Alabama 1821 $20 Note Issued At Cahawba To Peter Williamson
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:9882940 | Denomination: $20 |
Alabama 1821 $20 note issued at Cahawba by State Treasurer for a member of the General Assembly. Was Issue to Peter Williamson 19th of Dec 1821 Very Rare !!Any questions please contact me .
Peter Ballantine Williamson Biography Peter was born in Georgia in 1772, the fourth of 12 children of Micajah and Sally Williamson.[1][2]. He received a commission as Capt. of Militia in Greene County in 1793 and helped rid the area of warring indians. As recorded in Albert Pickett's "History... of Alabama", in an interview with Pickett, he told him of his association with General Elijah Clark in his Florida campaign, in the service of France against the Spaniards in Florida in 1792-93 and of his activities in trailing indian marauders who had ravaged Greensboro and Greene County.[3] After the indian campaigns were over, he studied law under Judge Crawford in Milledgeville, Georgia.[2]He practiced law in Greene County as early as 1800. In 1798, he represented the University of Georgia in litigation concerning lands in Greensboro and Greene County, Georgia.[2]He married five times during his life and fathered children by three wives. He first married Rebecca McAlpin about 1799. [4] Three children were born. Robert Mc Alpin, father of Rebecca, lived in Greene County before Robert lived in Clark County, where he died. Rebecca died about 1804.[5]Peter moved to Jefferson, Jackson County soon after his brother, Micajah's death prior to 1807-1808. [2]He took over his brother's law practice and lived there until moving to Alabama, 1818-19. He married his second wife, Sophia Spullock (Spurlock) about 1806, who died a few months after their marriage. He married his third wife, Sophia's sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Spullock(Spurlock) in 1808 and the marriage is recorded in Clark County.[6] She bore him three children. Elizabeth died before 1817. He then married Penelope Brown in Georgia before migrating to Alabama. She bore him two children. Her death date is unknown. Peter migrated to Montgomery County, Alabama, 1818.[2]He represented Montgomery County in the State Assembly from 1821. His home fell in Lowndes County when it was formed from Montgomery County in 1830. He served as the first County Judge of Lowndes County from 1830-1841. He laid out and named the town of Hayneville. He married Rebecca Tatum of Lowndes County in 1837.[2][7] He was a lawyer, Methodist lay preacher and Whig. He was described as a man of superior intelligence, brusk manners and warm sympathies. He wore knee breeches with silver buckles and a three-cornered hat all his life. He died at the home of his daughter, Susan (Mrs. Jacob Bruce), at China Grove, Pike County, Alabama in 1849.[2] Susan wrote a letter to her brothers describing Peter's last days.
Peter Ballantine Williamson Biography Peter was born in Georgia in 1772, the fourth of 12 children of Micajah and Sally Williamson.[1][2]. He received a commission as Capt. of Militia in Greene County in 1793 and helped rid the area of warring indians. As recorded in Albert Pickett's "History... of Alabama", in an interview with Pickett, he told him of his association with General Elijah Clark in his Florida campaign, in the service of France against the Spaniards in Florida in 1792-93 and of his activities in trailing indian marauders who had ravaged Greensboro and Greene County.[3] After the indian campaigns were over, he studied law under Judge Crawford in Milledgeville, Georgia.[2]He practiced law in Greene County as early as 1800. In 1798, he represented the University of Georgia in litigation concerning lands in Greensboro and Greene County, Georgia.[2]He married five times during his life and fathered children by three wives. He first married Rebecca McAlpin about 1799. [4] Three children were born. Robert Mc Alpin, father of Rebecca, lived in Greene County before Robert lived in Clark County, where he died. Rebecca died about 1804.[5]Peter moved to Jefferson, Jackson County soon after his brother, Micajah's death prior to 1807-1808. [2]He took over his brother's law practice and lived there until moving to Alabama, 1818-19. He married his second wife, Sophia Spullock (Spurlock) about 1806, who died a few months after their marriage. He married his third wife, Sophia's sister, Elizabeth (Betsy) Spullock(Spurlock) in 1808 and the marriage is recorded in Clark County.[6] She bore him three children. Elizabeth died before 1817. He then married Penelope Brown in Georgia before migrating to Alabama. She bore him two children. Her death date is unknown. Peter migrated to Montgomery County, Alabama, 1818.[2]He represented Montgomery County in the State Assembly from 1821. His home fell in Lowndes County when it was formed from Montgomery County in 1830. He served as the first County Judge of Lowndes County from 1830-1841. He laid out and named the town of Hayneville. He married Rebecca Tatum of Lowndes County in 1837.[2][7] He was a lawyer, Methodist lay preacher and Whig. He was described as a man of superior intelligence, brusk manners and warm sympathies. He wore knee breeches with silver buckles and a three-cornered hat all his life. He died at the home of his daughter, Susan (Mrs. Jacob Bruce), at China Grove, Pike County, Alabama in 1849.[2] Susan wrote a letter to her brothers describing Peter's last days.
