Col. James Williams Petitions - Lee Adair
Subject: Col. James Williams Petitions
From: Lee Adair
Date: May 29, 1999

I have recently obtained a photocopy of a petition circulated before 
1780 in support of Colonel James Williams who was killed at the 
Battle of Kings Mountain. I have seen it called the Col. James 
Williams Petition and the Little River Brigade Petition. One of the 
originals is in the South Caroliniana Library and another is at Duke 
University. The copy that I have (from the South Caroliniana Library) 
is signed by 64 men, who _may_ have been from the area around 
what is now Spartanburg Co. The one at Duke (of which I have a 
transcript) has the signatures of 24 men from Laurens Co. It is my 
impression (correct me if I'm wrong) that a signatures on this 
petition would provide extremely good evidence for Revolutionary 
War service. If there is any interest in a list of the names on these
petitions, I will be happy to provide them to the list.

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