Name: 071043 -- Morgan-Dennis Family

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. John Williamson: Birth: 29 MAR 1772.

  2. Mary Susannah Williamson: Birth: 1775 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek.

  3. William Williamson: Birth: 17 APR 1779 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek. Death: JUL 1876 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA

  4. Lewis Williamson: Birth: 10 JAN 1781 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek. Death: in Blount County, Tennessee, USA

  5. Mary Williamson: Birth: 1785 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek.

  6. Dolly Williamson: Birth: 1788 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek. Death: 1848 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA

  7. Bailey Williamson: Birth: 8 JAN 1791 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek. Death: 16 FEB 1875 in Moore Co. NC USA

  8. William Williamson: Birth: 1794 in Moore Co. NC USA.

  9. Sallie Williamson: Birth: 6 NOV 1794 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek. Death: 1850 in Moore Co. NC USA

  10. Wyatt Williamson: Birth: 8 FEB 1802 in Moore County, Along Grassy Creek. Death: 3 FEB 1893 in Moore Co. NC USA

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Sources
1. Title:   County Heritage, Inc. PO Box 34 Waynesville, NC 28786 Copyright 2005 The Moore County Heritage Book Committee County Heritage, Inc.
Page:   John R. Kennedy
2. Title:   County Heritage, Inc. PO Box 34 Waynesville, NC 28786 Copyright 2005 The Moore County Heritage Book Committee County Heritage, Inc.
Page:   William Jonathan 'John' Williamson
3. Title:   GEDCOM file submitted by Mr. Lacy A. Garner Jr. alton@pinehurst.net. Created on 1 DEC 2007. Imported on 3 Dec 2007.

Notes
a. Note:   03 was a remarkable man. He was buried in the Williamson Family Cemetery along Grassy Creek. He was born in Virginia and came down with his parents on the wagon train. William III fought in the Revolution War at the battle of Moores Creek when a suspense cannon ball come rolling at his feet he picked it up and put it in his back pack and brought it home with him and it was passed on down the line through Bailey Williamson's family. He was an owner of a gun factory that once stood on Bear Creek and it was called Mechanic Hill. He bought the gun factory from Hardy Davis took a government contract making Youger rifles for the Mexican government for the war of 1812 the Spanish and American war. William took on a partner David Kennedy a part owner in the gun factory. David Kennedy rode horse back all the way to Philadelphia to learn the trick to the new gun locks-him being a good fiddler he got his foot in the door and learned the trade. Bailey Williamson Sr. fired the first rifle shot across Bear creek. Bailey Williamson Sr. was a volunteer and was in listed in the Spanish American War.
Note:   William Williamson III born 8-12-1744 and died 1-27-1848 at the age of 1
b. Note:   William Williamson Sr. lived on Grassy Creek south of Needham's Grove. William Williamson was half-ower with The Kennedys of the Original Mechanics Hill Gun Shop in Robbins N.C. per Mr. Thurman Maness. On 1880 Moore Co.NC census son Wyatt Williamson states that his father Wm. Williamson was born in Virginia and his mother in North Carolina.

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