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Owned by Dr. Robert Edgar Williams (b. Sept. 16, 1817 -d. March 7, 1904) who first lived in Franklin County,NC on land left to him by his grandfather, William Williams (1760-1838), land that had previously been owned by his deceased father, Robert Webb Williams (b. Feb.27-1792-d. Nov. 15, 1822);by 1860, Robert E. had moved to Warren County to be near his widowed grandmother, Elizabeth Kearney Williams (b. May 20-1769 - d. May 22, 1863). It was sometime during this time period that he had the plantaton known as Myrtle Lawn constructed, which became his lifetime home.
Location
Fork Township
Warren County, North Carolina.
Date Constructed/ Founded
ca. 1858
Associated Surnames
Williams, Alston, Kearney, Davis.
Historical notes
Robert Edgar Williams was the son of Robert Webb Williams (1792-1822) & Harty Hodges Davis (1793-1870), who had married on October 1812. He married on October 20, 1841 in Warren Co., to Valeria Virginia Kearney (b.Dec. 7, 1822-d. Nov. 7, 1907),the daughter of William Kinchen Kearney (1785-1869) & Maria Hardy Alston (1793-1883) who had married July 22, 1810. Robert W. Williams was the son of William Williams (1760-1838) & Elizabeth Kearney (1769- 1863): William Williams was the son of Solomon Williams (d.July 28, 1794) & Temporance Bodie (d.May 11, 1784), who married June 23, 1757. Solomon Williams was the son of Samuel Williams (ca.1698-1753) & Elizabeth Alston (ca.1711-aft.1792),who married ca. 1726. Elizabeth Alston was the daughter of John Alston (ca.1670-1758) & his wife, Mary (b.ca.1700).
Maria Hardy Alston, was the daughter of William Alston (b.Oct.7, 1747-d. July 15, 1795) & Martha Hardy (1759-d. Feb. 1823). William Alston was the son of Philip Alston (ca.1706-1784) & Winefred Whitmel (1729-1795), who had married ca. 1745. Philip Alston was the son of John Alston (ca. 1670 -1758) & his wife, Mary (b.ca.1700).
Associated Slave Workplaces
Cherry Hill Plantation & Tusculum Plantation (Warren Co., NC); Vine Hill & Rocky Hill Plantations (Franklin Co., NC)
Associated Free Persons
- Dr. Robert Edgar Williams
- Valeria Virginia Kearney - wife of Robert Edgar Williams
- William Kinchen Kearney- father of V.V. Kearney
- Benjamin Hardy James Maria Kearney (full name)- daughter of William Alston & Martha Hardy; and wife of William K. Kearney
- William Williams - grandfather of Robert Edgar Williams
Associated Enslaved Persons
- 1795- William Alston to wife Martha,following Slaves:
- Sarah
- Lettuce
- Lucy
- Boatswain
- 1823- Martha Alston to daughter Maria, following Slaves:
- Allen
- Diley
- Easter
- ca. 1841- slaves from Martha Alston for children of Maria & her husband, William K. Kearney;these went with Valeria Virginia Kearney upon her marriage to Robert E. Williams:
- Melvy, born 1804
- Lucy, born 1820, child of Melvy
- Hubbard, born 1827, child of Melvy
- Delia, born 1831, child of Melvy
- Frank, born 1836, child of Melvy
Research Leads and Plantation Records
- Annie Blackwell Thorne Papers, Manuscripts Library, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Lucy Tunstall Alston Williams Papers, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Miscellaneous Information
In the 1860 Slave Schedules for Warren County, R.E. Williams had 38 slaves
References
- Wills of William Alston, probated August 1795, Martha Alston, probated February 1823, William Williams, probated May 1838, all in Warren County.
- Bible Records:
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