WILLIAMS, Marmaduke, (cousin of John Williams, of Tennessee, Lewis Williams, and Robert Williams), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Caswell County, N.C., April 6, 1774; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State senate in 1802; elected as a Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1809); was not a candidate for renomination; moved to Mississippi Territory in 1810 and later to Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; in 1818 settled in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1819 and the same year was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Alabama; member of the State house of representatives 1821-1839; judge of the Tuscaloosa County Court 1832-1842; died in Tuscaloosa, Ala., October 29, 1850; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

WILLIAMS, MARMADUKE, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 6, 1772, In Caswell County, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina. In 1810 he moved, with his family, to Madison County, Ala., and thence to Tuscaloosa in 1818. He was repeatedly elected to the legislature, and was a delegate from Tuscaloosa County to the convention which framed the state constitution. In 1832 he was elected judge of the county court, which office he held until 1842. He died Oct. 29, 1850, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

WILLIAMS, ROBERT, lawyer, governor, was born in 1765 in Caswell County, N. C. He was appointed governor of Mississippi territory, filling that office from 1805 till 1809. He died in Louisiana.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

GEORGE LEA WILLIAMSON.
(Eighteenth District.—Counties: Caswell, Alamance, Orange, and Durham.   Two Senators.)
George Lea Williamson, Democrat, of Caswell County, Senator from Eighteenth District, was born at Danville, Va., May 26, 1857. Son of George and Marion Wallace (Hill) Williamson. Was educated at Yanceyville private schools, 1866-1872; Hughes Academy (Cedar Grove), 1874-1876; Homer and Graves school (Hillsboro). 1876-1878. Farmer. Member Farmers' Union. Presbyterian. Married Miss Lucy Owen, January 20, 1886. Address: Blanch, N. C, R. F. D. 1.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.)