Willoughby Williams

Willoughby Williams
Willoughby Williams
Died	June 6, 1802; Rutledge, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Politician
Spouse	Nancy Glasgow
Children	6, including Willoughby Williams Jr.
Relatives	James Glasgow (father-in-law)

Willoughby Williams was an American war veteran and politician from North Carolina.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Williams was born in the 18th century.

Williams enlisted in 1776 and fought in the American Revolutionary War as a regimental commissionary officer.^[1]^[2] He served in the Battle of Cowpens of January 17, 1781.^[1] In 1790, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives.^[1]

On January 1, 1786, Williams married Nancy Glasgow (1771-1857), daughter of James Glasgow (1735-1819) who served as North Carolina Secretary of State from 1777 to 1798.^[1]^[3] They had six children.^[1] Their son Willoughby Williams Jr. (1798-1882) went on to live in Woodlawn, a National Register of Historic Places-listed mansion in Nashville, with his wife m. Nancy Nichols (1808-1844).^[3]

Williams died on June 6, 1802, in Rutledge, Tennessee, on his way to Davidson County, Tennessee.^[1] In 1806, his widow married Joseph McMinn, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1815 to 1821.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Zella Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution: Compiled from Pension Statements, Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009, p. 117 [1]
^ ^a ^b William Stevens Powell (ed.), Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press, 1986, p. 304 [2]
^ ^a ^b Lineage Book, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1936, p. 269 [3]

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