WILLIAMS, John, a Delegate from North
Carolina; born in Hanover County, Va., March 14, 1731; moved to North Carolina
in 1745 with his parents, who settled in Granville County; donated the land and
laid out the town of Williamsboro, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Williamsboro; one of the founders of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; deputy attorney general in 1768; delegate to the
Provincial Congress of 1775; member of the State house of commons in 1777 and
1778 and served as speaker; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779;
judge of the supreme court of North Carolina from 1779 until his death in
Montpelier, near Williamsboro, N.C., October 10, 1799; interment in the family
cemetery, Montpelier, N.C. - -Biographical
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