Buxton Place, Warren County, NC

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PLANTATION NAME:	BUXTON PLACE
ASSOCIATED LINK(s):	Cherry Hill, Myrtle Lawn
ORIGINAL OWNER:	John Buxton Williams (1815-1887)
BUILT:	1857

ASSOCIATED SURNAMES:	Williams, Alston

HISTORY:	The Williams Family of Warren County were long time residents of the area, the first members of the family having shown up in about 1704 when it was Chowan County, which became Bertie by 1722. The family acquired plenty of land, and in 1769, Solomon Williams (ca 1723-1794) the son of Samuel Williams(ca1695-1754) and Elizabeth Alston, received 1100 acres of land known as Raspberry Neck lying on Shocco Creek, from Joseph Montfort of Halifax Co. Solomon Williams (ca 1723-1794) was married on June 23, 1757 to Temperance Boddie (ca 1730-1784), daughter of William Boddie & Mary Bennett.. In 1787, Solomon deeded the land to his son, Henry Guston Williams (1765-1835), who built a house north of Buxton Place. Henry married Lucy Tunstall (1775-1857) in 1793, and they raised 11 children together. Their youngest child, John Buxton Williams (1815-1887) was given the lands on Shocco Creek in 1834, about 1679 acres, although due to the stipulation in the deed that his mother had a life estate on the house and property, he did not claim it until 1857, after the death of his mother. John B. married Mary Temperance Hilliard (1816-1866) on Dec. 17, 1834. She was the daughter of James Hilliard and Mourning Boddie, from Hillardston, Nash County. John Buxton Williams served as guardians to the two sons of his cousin, George Washington Alston (1801-1849) who was the owner of Cherry Hill Plantation. George was not only John B.'s cousin several times removed, but his wife, Marina Priscilla Williams-Alston (1810-1897) was his 1st cousin as well as his 3rd cousin.

SLAVE POPULATION:	In 1850, John B. Williams had 62 slaves. In 1860, he had 123 Slaves.
	SLAVES from WILL of HENRY GUSTON WILLIAMS, Probated February 1835: To wife LUCY WILLIAMS: RANDAL CEASAR OLD NED & TEENAH PHILL son of NED DINAH RACHAEL OLD CARY VICE POMPEY PATRICK SUKEY CREECY JORDAN JUDAH & DELIAH her child LUKE OLD CREECY CARROLL ANDREW HENRY son of TEENAH MAYHALA To son SOLOMON WILLIAMS: boy BURWELL To son HENRY G. WILLIAMS: MURREAH & her children as follow- BARBARA DINAH DOLLY ELIZA NED OSCAR To son SAMUEL T. WILLIAMS: SAM LYDIA NANCY & youngest PATIENCE & her youngest child, GRACE SIMON youngest child of NANCY BEN WILLIAM MARGARETT MAHALEE LUKE son of NANCY DAVY ADAM OLD GUY BETTY SYLVIA young CARY DINAH DICK GUY JUNR. CELAH & her child To son JOHN BUXTON WILLIAMS: GEORGE & his wife MARY DANIEL & his wife ANNA & her young child PHILL & BUNNA his wife PHILLIP MARIAH WASHINGTON TOM JESSE ADELINE LEACY SAM BEN of CARROLL To daughter LUCY B. PERRY: ZYLPHA & her two children NEPTUNE & WILLIAM To daughter ELIZABETH PERRY: AUSTIN PENELOPE & her child To daughter MARY T. GEE: girl named PHILLIS later, to daughter MARY T. GEE: girl named HASTY instead of PHILLIS To daughter MARINA C. PETTWAY: CHARLES To daughter MARTHA L. GEE: TREESAR & her children NED, the carriage driver To sons HENRY G. WILLIAMS and my son-in-law STERLING H. GEE as Trustees for the sole support and exclusive maintenance of my daughter HARRIETT R. CLANTON and her children: ISAAC AMELIA CAROLINE EDY LUCINDA & child CEELY DORCAS CEASAR ISHAM FLORAH CHERRY LOUISA ROBIN ADAM son of LOUISA HENRY DELILAH WILLIS & his son WILLIS CARROL daughter of CARROL **********************
	SLAVES from Will of LUCY TUNSTALL-WILLIAMS, Probated May 1857: To son SOLOMON WILLIAMS, Slave woman JUDAH, now in the State of Alabama. To the children of my son H. G. WILLIAMS (with the exception of H.G. WILLIAMS, JNO A. WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH MILLS and LUCY COOPER) the following slaves- to wit: LUKE, MAHALA, VICEY, and CREASY JR. with al the children she now has. To grand daughter LUCY T. CLANTON: man CAESAR To MARY L. GEE and STERLING H. GEE, children of STERLING H. GEE SEN'R Slave woman DELIA together with all the children she now has. To son JOHN B. WILLIAMS: OSSIAN and TREASER To son JOHN B. WILLIAMS in trust for daughter MARTHA L. GEE, not subject to her husband: EATON DINAH EPHRAIM DANIEL COLLIN WALTER Executors must sell following Slaves: NED SALLY CEASAR (Senior) RACHEL MARK **************** From the will of SOLOMON WILLIAMS, 1794, Warren Co. NC, Will Book 7, Page 151. (Father of HENRY) To son HENRY G. WILLIAMS: GREAT JOE BOB CEASAR DAVID LUKE son of LYDDA **************** This is Slave info from the John Buxton Williams/Dr. Peter Stapleton Foster Bible, Contributed by Bill Harris. This info found in the Bible of Dr. Peter Stapleton Foster (1823-1898), which indicates that it had originally belonged to the family of John Buxton Williams (1815-1887). The bible has resided on an old square grand piano since the middle of the 19th century. Foster was married to Matilda K. Williams, the daughter of Joseph J. Williams & Martha James Alston; she and John B. Williams were cousins multiple times over both sharing Solomon Williams & Temperance Boddie as grandparents or great- grandparents. There is no indication which of these names belonged to the FOSTER or the WILLIAMS family slaves, but this info may be of value to researchers. SLAVE RECORDS: Alimon was born 1844 ROBERT, Son of PEGGY, was born in May 1844 WILLIE was born in 1844 DANIEL, son of RACHEL TAB, was born Jany 1849 MARY, daughter of the same was born March 1850 WILSON, Son of RACHEL TAB, born May 1855 MARY, daughter of the same, was born in March 18-- PEGGY daughter of same, was born in April 1857 FRANCES, daughter of the same, was born Oct. 1854 NANCY, daughter of AMIS, was born Nov. 1853 PENNY, daughter of LUCY, was born June 1854 This was on a sheet of paper tucked into the bible: SLAVE RECORDS: (some of these are repeated twice) BOB son of PEGGY was born May 1844 ALIMON born in the year 1844 DANIEL son of RACHEL born Jany 1849 MARRY daughter of same born March 1850 MARY daughter of HARRIETT born 1850 PEGGY daughter of same born April 1852 GEORGY(?) daughter of LUCY born 1854 June FANNY daughter of ANNIE born Nov 1853 WILLIE son of MALISSA born 1842 WILSON son of RACHEL born May 1855 FRANCES daughter of HARRIETT born Nov 1852 or 1854 FRANK son of ISABELLA was born 28th November 1855 JANETTE daughter of ANNIE was born 25th December 1855 YORK son of LIZZY was born MOSES son of same was born NELSON son of JANE or JUNE was born MARGARET daughter of SALLYwas born July 1858 MELISSA daughter of MARTHA born June 1857 HAYWOOD son MARTHA born March 6th 1859 FRANK son of CHARITY born 1854 PATSY daughter of CHARITY born 1857 WINNY was born Nov 1857 JENETTE was born Dec 25, 1855 MALVIN was born March 1858 PATTY born June 18th 1857 ENOCH born March 1858 ARCHER son of CHARITY was born 13th August 1859
RESEARCH NOTES:	The Children of Solomon Williams & Temperance Boddie: William Williams (1760-1838) -m:1st) Ruina Elizabeth Webb (ca 1765-1789); 2nd) Elizabeth Kinchen Kearney (1769-1863) Samuel Williams (ca 1761-1824)-m:1st) Mary Person; 2nd) Mary Eaton Elizabeth Williams (ca 1762- )- m: William Williams (ca 1755- )son of Col. William Williams & Elizabeth Whitmell Temperance Boddie Williams (ca 1763- )- m: George Tunstall Henry Guston Williams (1765-1835) - m: Lucy Baker Tunstall (1775-1857) The Children of John Buxton Williams & Mary Temperance Hilliard: James Hilliard Williams, b.1835 Lucy Tunstall Williams, b.1839 Henry Guston Williams, b.1841 John Buxton Williams, b. 1844 Solomon Buxton Williams, b. 1846 Tempie Buxton Williams, b. 1848 Jonas Carr Williams, b. 1850 Romeo Williams, b. 1853 Thomas Barker Williams, b. 1855 Buxton Boddie Williams, b. 1858 *Researched & transcribed by Deloris Williams*
MISCELLANEOUS:	National Register of Historic Places ; Will of Solomon Williams, 1794 ; Lucy Tunstall Alston Williams Papers, 1827-1979 ; John Buxton Williams Family Bible ; Will of Henry G. Williams, 1834, Warren Co.WB35, Pg.52; Will of Lucy Tunstall-Williams,1857, Warren Co, WB49, Pg.109; Cuddins: Nathaniel Boddie & Chloe Crudup ; Buxton Place(Wikipedia); J. B. Williams/Peter S. Foster Bible