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Judge Honorable Samuel Walker Confederate Soldier Williams, Esquire

Judge Honorable Samuel Walker Confederate Soldier Williams, Esquire[1, 2, 3]

Male 1847 - 1920  (73 years)

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  • Name Samuel Walker Confederate Soldier Williams 
    Title Judge 
    Prefix Honorable 
    Suffix Esquire 
    Born 24 Jan 1847  Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Aug 1920  Roanoke, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15127  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2018 

    Father Robert Walker Williams,   b. 9 Apr 1807, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1865, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Pocahontas Martin,   b. 27 Oct 1823, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1841  Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • from the Sons of the American Revolution Application
    • Children of ROBERT WILLIAMS and ELIZABETH POCAHONTAS MARTIN:

      i. BENJAMIN W. WILLIAMS (BY 1ST WIFE), b. ca. 1836.
      ii. ROBERT W. WILLIAMS (BY 1ST WIFE), b. ca. 1838.
      iii. SALLIE WILLIE WILLIAMS, b. ca. 1842.
      iv. ANNA E. WILLIAMS, b. ca. 1844.
      v. JOSEPH M. WILLIAMS, b. ca. 1846.
      vi. SAMUEL WALKER WILLIAMS, b. ca. 1848, d. 1921
      vii. WILLIAM M. WILLIAMS, b. 1849.
      viii. THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, b. 1852.
      ix. MARY ALICE WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1853.
      x. ELIZABETH R. WILLIAMS, b. 1855; d. June 05, 1857
      xi. MARTIN WILLIAMS, b.9-25-1858, Pittsylvania Co., VA; d.8-27-1934, Pearisburg, Giles Co., VA.
      xii. ARCHER WILLIAMS
    Family ID F5275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Agnes Grayson,   b. 4 Feb 1857, Bland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1916, Wythe County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2016 
    Family ID F5604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lucy Henry,   b. 25 Sep 1876, Tazewell, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1975, Roanoke, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1917  Washington, D.C. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2016 
    Family ID F5605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Samuel Walker Williams
    Samuel Walker Williams
    psamuelwalkerwilliams.jpg

    Documents
    Death Certificate-Samuel Walker Williams
    Death Certificate-Samuel Walker Williams
    dsamuelwalkerwilliams.jpg
    Samuel Walker Williams-Obit
    Samuel Walker Williams-Obit
    Clinch Valley News
    Aug 13, 1920
    Death Certificate-Margaret Williams (nee Grayson)
    Death Certificate-Margaret Williams (nee Grayson)
    margwilliams.jpg
    Death Certificate-Lucy A. Williams (nee Henry)
    Death Certificate-Lucy A. Williams (nee Henry)
    lucyawilliams.jpg
    Margaret Grayson Williams-Obit
    Margaret Grayson Williams-Obit
    Clinch Valley News
    Apr 21, 1916

    Histories
    Judge Samuel W Williams-A Romance in His Life
    Judge Samuel W Williams-A Romance in His Life
    The Richmond Times
    Aug 18, 1901

  • Notes 
    • from findagrave:

      THE HENRY BULLETIN, Martinsville, Va., Fri., Aug. 13, 1920, p. 1, col. 1:
      (edited)
      Confederate Veteran and a man honored by the State in many ways was buried Sunday, having died Friday night at a Roanoke hospital. Reference is to Judge Samuel W. Williams of Wythe County, former attorney general of Virginia, ex-member of the State judiciary, candidate for Congress, elector-at-large on a former Democratic presidential ticket and a man beloved throughout the State. Judge Williams had been in declining health for some years.
      He was 73 years of age, but until a few years ago had preserved a remarkably youthful appearance and unusual activity, with the result that he was never regarded as an old man.
      He was born in Pittsylvania county in 1847.
      He enlisted in a Cavalry Company in the Confederate Army when a mere boy, under command of Judge Berryman Green of Danville,Va. and served throughout the entire conflict.
      At the end of the civil war Judge Williams returned home impoverished. He saved enough money farming to attend a session of the law school at the University of Virginia, later moving to the Southwest. It is said that he walked several hundred miles to reach Bland County, where he began the practice of law. Judge Samuel Walker Williams, senior member of the law firm of Williams and Hannah, died Aug. 6, at his home on Clarke Avenue, Roanoke, Va. He had been in ill health for the past four months and his death was not unexpected. He was born in Pittsylvania County, January 24, 1847.
      He was a son of Robert Walker and Elizabeth Martin Williams, his mother being a daughter of Colonel Joseph Martin of Henry County, Va.
      He was admitted to the bar when he was twenty years of age in 1867 and located at Bland Courthouse.
      Judge Williams had made his home in Roanoke for the past three years.
      He moved from Bland County to Wytheville where he made his home until the death of this first wife who was Miss Margaret Grayson of Bland County.
      About three years ago he married Mrs. Lucy Walker, who was Miss Lucy Henry of Tazewell.
      He is survived by his widow, two brothers, Judge Martin Williams of Pearisburg, and A. H. Williams of Wytheville, Va. One sister, Mrs. James H. Colley of Vance, Pittsylvania County; two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Dunn of Richmond, Va. and Miss Louise Williams of Wytheville, Va. and the following sons: Robert W. Williams of Wytheville; Samuel W. Williams Jr. of Bland, W. Carrington Williams of Wytheville, Dr. John Bell Williams, of Richmond, Brook L. Williams of Bland and J. Brice Williams of Wytheville, who is now in the United States Army.
      ===
      He was Attorney General of Virginia from 1910-1914.

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60506379.
      Samuel Walker Williams
      Birth 24 Jan 1848
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Death 6 Aug 1920 (aged 72)
      Roanoke City, Virginia
      Burial
      East End Cemetery
      Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia

    2. [S37] Death Certificate, Samuel Walker Williams.

    3. [S150] Photograph, Samuel Walker Williams.