 1850 - 1862 (12 years)
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| Name |
James Washington Williams [1] |
| Birth |
6 Sep 1850 |
Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1860 |
Not Stated, New River, Florida, USA [1] |
| Death |
12 Sep 1862 |
Union, Florida, USA [2] |
| Person ID |
I5592 |
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| Father |
Peter Edward Williams, b. 2 Feb 1814, Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, USA d. 18 Jul 1892, Lake Butler, Bradford, Florida, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Eliza Caroline Herndon, b. 7 Aug 1825, Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, USA d. 4 Feb 1896, Providence, Union, Florida, USA (Age 70 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
9 Nov 1843 |
Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, USA |
| Family ID |
F2177 |
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 | Birth - 6 Sep 1850 - Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, USA |
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 | Death - 12 Sep 1862 - Union, Florida, USA |
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| Notes |
- It is thought James is buried at New Zion Cemetery, Lulu, Union County, Florida.
Peter Edward Williams, as many in those times had to go to the bay as it was called, the Gulf Coast at Cedar Keys, for salt and fish. This was about 1862.
It would take several days of travel by horse and wagon and days to get the fish and salt them down in barrels, a layer of fish and a layer of salt until the barrel was full. They would get a half barrel of salt for the house use. This would take about two weeks from his home in the Lake Butler area.
As he was leaving on one of these trips his son, James Washington, who was about twelve years old, asked to go. He was told "not this trip, when you are a little older you may go and learn how to salt down the fish." So James was disappointed but someday he would get to go on the trip.
Several days later he was in the peanut patch and pulled a hill just to eat. A small rattlesnake was coiled in the hill and bit him on the finger. A peanut hill is the green plant that grows on the top of the ground. As the story was told, when Peter Edward came from the trip to the bay he saw a new grave of a child in the cemetery as he passed by.
When he got home he was told it was his son, James Washington, the little boy he had said no to the trip. He said, "I will never get over saying no to my boy for if I had let him go to the bay with me he would still be here."
The above story is another reason it is thought James is buried at New Zion, because their home was next to this cemetery.
Note: Son of Peter Edward and Eliza Caroline Herndon Williams. Died from a Rattlesnake bite.
SOURCE: Donna McPherson dlmcpherson0848comcast.net
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