Seeking information on my family.
7th Great Grandparents:
Mary Running Water Hoskins, b.1786 TN d.1825 Volga, Floyd County, KY (buried in Old Indian Cemetery on Mt. Misery). Eastern Cherokee. WHO WERE HER PARENTS???
She married:
Robert Sanborn Williams, b. 1788 NC d. 1851 Red Bush, Johnson County, KY. His wife, his mother, and his paternal grandmother were all Native American. Cherokee and Shawnee.
8th great Grandparents:
“Ann” Running Fawn, b. January 1754 d. 1840 Volga, Floyd, KY (Buried in Old Indian Cemetery on Mt. Misery.) There are a LOT of conflicting stories that name her “Floating Cloud, instead of “Running Fawn.” I believe that her mother in law was actually Floating Cloud, however. I believe that Running Fawn was from the Great Lakes Region, but I have literally no idea who she was, who her people were, or who her parents were.
She married:
Buckspike “Phillip” Williams b. 10 February 1753 SC d. 12 September 1848 Volga, Floyd, KY (Buried in Old Indian Cemetery.) His wife, aunt, and mother were all Native Americans.
9th Great Grandparents:
Floating Cloud “Frenchie” Hardin b.15 July 1728 TN d. 16 Nov 1785 Sullivan Co, NC. Allegedly, her parents were a French Fur Trader and the third daughter of Cherokee Chief Amahetai Pidgeon of Tellico MoyToy II (her name I cannot find…)
James Williams Sr. b. 1730 Charleston, SC d.7 Oct 1780 Hawkins, TN. (Allegedly, his paternal Uncle, Timothy, from England, married “Elizabeth” MoyToy, his wife’s paternal aunt…)
Any help or clarification is greatly appreciated, even if it contradicts my info! Thank you so much, in advance.
We Share the same family. Buck Spike was my 4th Great Grandfather making Floating cloud my 4th great grandmother. Robert S Williams and Running water were my 5th great Aunt and uncle. Here is how I fit in the Williams Tree
John Williams (1695 – )
6th great-grandfather
James Williams (1730 – 1785)
son of John Williams
Philip “Buck Spike” Williams (1753 – 1848)
son of James Williams
Hardin “Hardy” Williams (1796 – 1875)
son of Philip “Buck Spike” Williams
James Silas “Jim” Williams (1822 – 1908)
son of Hardin “Hardy” Williams
James Monroe Williams (1846 – 1935)
son of James Silas “Jim” Williams
Charlie Boyd Williams (1886 – 1962)
son of James Monroe Williams
Avery Ewing Williams (1938 – 2009)
son of Charlie Boyd Williams
Melissa Williams
I am the daughter of Avery Ewing Williams
My direct Email is lady1ferg@gmail.com
Please use Williams Family in subject line.
Hi 🙂 we are related! from Hardin he had James who had Andrew Williams who had my Great Grandfather Andrew “Long Andy” Williams who was my grandmother Amanda’s father. Amanda was the mother to my father Harold Dobson.
This is the same info I have on my Williams family. Ann’s Indian name, married to Philip Buckspike, was Running Water and Not Running Fawn.
James Williams 1st was married to Ann Floating Cloud. A great reference book is from “No more muffled hoofbeats by Estelle Smith Rizk”.
“Printers Devil” by Sam Williams. is another book where the Williams are mentioned.
Wish they had correct for our comments. Ann Floating Cloud was also known as Kiziah. Not Kiziah Vest..
Kiziah Vest was married to a German, Philip Williams. Our Philip was from Welsh.
Aloha Cousins!
I belong to this same line of Williams. According to what my Great Grandmother compiled my ancestry is as follows:
James Williams from Wells- Ship Builder
James Wilson born May 1763 (he may be a grandfather through 2 lines. I have yet to decipher some of what
she wrote.)
Col John Wilson Williams
James a Williams
Charles Williams
Mattie Williams Swan Johnson- my great grandmother
William Webster Swan II- my grandfather
Great Grandmother Mattie did not add names of any wives! That is what brought me here. Searching for the names of grandmothers. If anyone has any info they would share; names, birthdates, family histories/stories etc.. It would be very much appreciated. I did not know my father until I was 17 and never had the chance to meet grandparents, and great grandparents, so I missed out on this.
Thank You
Melissa
mswankeller@gmail.com– please put Williams Family or cousins in the subject line
Sorry, I have some corrections,
James Williams Ship Builder
James Williams born 1763
Col. John Wilson Williams
James Williams (I am not sure of the middle initial it could be an A or S)
Charles Williams
Mattie Williams Swan Johnson
William Webster Swan III
my father
me
Also on the same handwritten page are the names
Samuel Wilson Wells
Martha Williams wells
Col. Samuel Hardin Williams
Hardin williams
I’m a 6th-great-grandson of Philip “Buck Spike” Williams’ younger brother Hardin Williams, son of James Williams and husband to Jane Hart Williams, I am descended through their daughter Keziah Williams Martin and Urias Pleasant Martin who are buried in Texas. What proof is there? What Cherokee documentation do any of you have? – J Purkaple
Philip is a great grandfather to me also! I haven’t known many of the Williams(many have passed away) but I do love learning about our line and meeting family 🖤
Nice to meet you guys!
Hi, I know it’s been a few years but I’m curious as to what you (and the genealogists) found?
i come from the same line of williams! Philip “Buck Spike” Williams i come from Hardy “Hardin” Williams line. i would love to know more about this. This fascinates me!
You should check out this query: https://www.allthingscherokee.com/queries/women-james-williams-family-keizah-floating-cloud/#comment-1828
Same family. I just earlier this year paid the site’s owner to research this family for us, cousins. We may yet get certified answers!
This is the same info I have on my Williams family. Ann’s Indian name, married to Philip Buckspike, was Running Water and Not Running Fawn. I would love to know what you found out from the research.
This Hardin Cherokee connection sounds eerily similar: https://www.allthingscherokee.com/queries/rebekah-great-granddaughter-talaquah-nc-ms/
Somewhat related, Phillip (Buckspike) Williams is my 6th great uncle so Keziah Elizabeth Brooks (b. 1728) is my 6th GGrandmother (Princess floating cloud). I see a lot of places indicate she is half French and half Cherokee. Has anyone found any proof of her heritage?
Keziah Elizabeth Brooks also my 6GG—
Rachel Nancy Ann Williams — Lucinda Gunter — Malinda Linda Chandler — Simeon Chandler— Susan Susie Chandler — Addie Mae Jane Elizabeth Jones — Robert Francis Jones Jr — ME Jennifer Jones Coalts
Pardon my intrusion, but have any of you Williams came across a Welshman named Timothy Williams whom married an indigenous native female named Elizabeth (Betsy) Williams (born Moytoy) I keep turning up the name Moytoy is fictious, but her fathers name was Kanagatoga Moytoy nd her mother was
Su gi of Tellico? I’ve searched and searched and continue coming up with conflicting information.
I’m Buddy Williams in Tennessee..
Please be careful about Kizah Brooks being 1/2 French. I saw where it was posted that he was white.
My DNA shows I am 1% African. I know there were black french men. Being only 1% it could easily be he was black