Histories

Stephen Williams joined the American revolutionary armies at the age of eighteen and fought at the battles of Briar Creek, Camden, and Eutaw Springs. He was mustered out of the service after the expiration of his third enlistment in 1782. He married Delilah Stallings in 1779. After the war Williams acquired bounty land in Georgia before moving westward to Louisiana. During the winter of 1814-15 he helped guard the Madisonville naval yards against the British. He moved to Texas in 1830. By then he was a widower with at least five children. As part of the Texas Centennial celebration his body was moved to State Cemetery in Austin.

Descent from Stephen Williams proven - DAR, DRT, USD1812, Desc. Siege of Bexar.
Stephen Williams, Sr listed in First Census of Texas.