About Willoughby Williams
Lived 1701 – 1802 (aged 100–101). Willoughby Williams was an American politician.
Willoughby Williams was an American war veteran and politician from North Carolina.
Early life Williams was born in the 18th century.
Career Williams enlisted in 1776 and fought in the American Revolutionary War as a regimental commissionary officer. They had six children. Their son Willoughby Williams Jr. (1798-1882) went on to live in Woodlawn, a National Register of Historic Places-listed mansion in Nashville.
Williams lived in Dobbs County, North Carolina.
Death Williams died on June 6, 1802, in Rutledge, Tennessee, on his way to Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1806, his widow married Joseph McMinn, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1815 to 1821.
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Who was Willoughby Williams?
American politician
When was Willoughby Williams born?
Willoughby Williams was born in 1701.
When did Willoughby Williams die?
Willoughby Williams died on 6 June 1802 in Rutledge.
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Willoughby Williams was a politician.
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Willoughby Williams was American.
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