Interim Content
Williams, John Wilson
Biography
25 Mar. 1816–29 Aug. 1893. Surveyor. Born in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vermont. Son of John Wilson Williams and Minerva Barnes. Moved to Morgan Co., Illinois, where he was appointed deputy county surveyor, 1837. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois. Served as county surveyor, 1837–ca. 1849, and as U.S. deputy surveyor for surveyor general’s office in St. Louis. Surveyed land for JS, 29 June and 1 July 1841. Married Julia Ann Robison, 1 Dec. 1847, in Des Moines Co., Iowa. Moved to Huron, Des Moines Co., 1849. Represented Des Moines Co. in Iowa House of Representatives, 1852–1862, 1866, 1880. Elected trustee of Iowa Agricultural College, 1866. Elected to Iowa Senate, 1874. Died in Huron.
Links
papers
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Longhand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Shorthand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–B [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Amos Davis, Answer, circa 1 December 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Declaration, 18 January 1842
- Declaration, 18 January 1842, in handwriting of Willard Richards
- Deed from Daniel H. and Eliza Robison Wells, 4 February 1843, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed from Daniel H. and Eliza Robison Wells, 4 February 1843
- Deed from Robert D. and Sarah Phinney Foster, 22 January 1844
- Deed to Robert Burton, 5 December 1843
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from John Wilson Williams, 14 April 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claims, 14 April 1845–19 April 1849 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS and Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Letter from J. Wilson Williams, 27 April 1843
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Statement of Account from John Wilson Williams, 13 April 1845
- Subpoena, 27 May 1845–B [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Gender
- Male