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- John Bryan Williams was born in Bertie County, North Carolina. He served under General Elijah Clarke in the 1st Battalion of Minutemen. He died in 1836 and was buried behind the colonial home he built in 1823 in Crawford County.
After the Revolutionary War, but before 1880, John Williams married Susannah Mourning, her second marriage. They had four children: James Mourning Williams, Tryphena House, Rachel Moore, and Louisa M. Repass.
John Williams purchased land in Crawford County where he made his plantation on a tract of 1000 acres. He also had a sawmill and a cotton factory on another 50 acres. The community became known as Robley, Georgia. Soon after 1823, John purchased 55 acres of land in the Blackankle District of Upson County, where he built the New Providence Factory. The factory was water-powered and produced thread.
It was learned during probate of his estate that many of his friends and neighbors owed him money for various reasons. It would appear that John Bryan Williams was very wealthy and supported the needs of the neighborhood.
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