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Anna "Running, Fawn" Williams 1754 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1754

Birth Location: Stokes Co, North Carolina

Death Date: 1840

Death Location: Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA

Father: William Vest

Mother: Lucretia Alford

Spouse(s): "Pennsylvania" Williams

Children(s): John Williams

Born in 1754 in Stokes Co, North Carolina, Anna "Running Fawn" Williams was the child of William Tunwell Vest and Lucretia "Lucy" Alford. In time, Anna "Running Fawn" Williams married "Pennsylvania" Phillip "Buck Spike" Williams, and they raised a family that included John Thomas Williams. Anna "Running Fawn" Williams died in Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA in 1840.

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Parents

William Vest
1735 – 1812
Birth Location: Powhatan, Powhatan, Colony of Virginia
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Lucretia Alford
1736 – 1812
Birth Location: St Peter S Par, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

"Pennsylvania" Williams
1753 – 1848
Birth Location: 96th Military District, Pendleton, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

John Williams
1782 – 1860
Birth Location: Claiborne, Tennessee, Colony of North Carolina
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Jan 1754
    Event Place: Stokes Co, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
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