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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, James 1740- (search)
Williams, James 1740- Military officer; born in Hanover county, Va., in 1740; emigrated to Laurens district, S. C., in 1773, where he was an active patriot and member of the Provincial Congress in 1775. In 1779 he became colonel of militia, and commanded a detachment in the battle of Stono Ferry, June 20, 1779. At Musgrove's Mill he attacked and defeated a large body of British and Tories; and in the expedition against Ferguson, which terminated in the battle of King's Mountain, he exhibited great energy and skill,. but fell in the thickest of the fight, mortally wounded, and died the next day, Oct. 8, 1780.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, Jonathan 1750-1815 (search)
Williams, Jonathan 1750-1815 Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., May 26, 1750; was engaged in mercantile and shipping business in early life. Dr. Franklin was his great-uncle, and kindly received his nephew when in England (1770-73), and intrusted him with the bearing of important letters and documents to Massachusetts. Visiting France in 1777, he was appointed commercial agent of Congress, and in 1785 returned to the United States and settled with Franklin in Philadelphia. For several years he was judge of the court of common pleas in Philadelphia. In 1801 he was made a major of artillery and inspector of fortifications, and was appointed the first superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. He was colonel of engineers from 1808 to 1812, and general of New York militia from 1812 to 1815. He was a delegate in Congress from Philadelphia in 1814, and was made vice-president of the American Philological Society. He died in Philadelphia, May 16, 1815.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williamsburg, (search)
Williamsburg, A city and county seat of James City county, Va., 3 miles from the James River and 50 miles southeast of Richmond. The city was first settled in 1632; was the seat of the royal government prior to the Revolutionary War; and afterwards was the State capital till 1780, when the government was transferred to Richmond. The capitol was completed in 1704, burned, rebuilt in 1752, and again burned about 1831. Williamsburg is the seat of William and Mary College (q. v.), of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia, opened in 1773, and the oldest institution of its kind in the United States; and of an Episcopal church dating from 1678. The city was the scene of a noted battle in the Civil War. See Williamsburg, battle of.
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