A Guide to the Robert W. Williams Papers, 1880-1995 Williams, Robert W., Papers, 1880-1995
45531
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Repository The Library of Virginia
Accession Number 45531
Title Robert W. Williams Papers,
1880-1995
Physical Description 9 cubic feet (20 boxes).
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Robert W. Williams Papers, 1880-1995. Accession 45531. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mike and Susie Cluff, Alexandria.
Robert Wesley Williams was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 July 1911. He was the son of Dr. Robert Williams (1875-1962)
and Martha Golden Davidson (1876-1936). He graduated from Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota, the moved to Washington,
DC, where he was employed as a fingerprint examiner with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Williams later worked for the
Social Security Board, Railroad Retirement Board, War Department, Veterans Adminstration, and the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare. He married Dorothy Joyce Hudgens (1912-2008) on 30 December 1939 in Mobile, Alabama. They resided in Alexandria,
Virginia. Robert W. Williams died on 15 January 1997.
Papers, 1880-1995, of Robert W. Williams (1911-1995) of Alexandria, Virginia, including his genealogical research and family
papers. The majority of the collection consists of his revisions to a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Gillham, Sr.
(ca. 1740-1790) of Augusta County, Virginia and Union County, South Carolina, compiled by W. Clark Gillham (1894-1980). Williams
also compiled a genealogy of the descendants of William D. Hudgens (1784-1849) of McMinn County, Tennessee, Washington County,
Kentucky, and Phelps County, Missouri. He also researched the family of John Ownby II (1781-1869) of Buncombe and Rutherford
Counties, North Carolina. There are transcriptions of cemetery and census records, correspondence with family and other researchers,
drafts, family group sheets, genealogical charts and pedigrees, military and pension records, newsletters, obituaries, and
copies of published sources. Other surnames include Campbell, Credo, Davidson, Light, Lusk, Springer, and Williams.
Other items of note in the collection include transcriptions of letters written by Wesley Cutler Williams (1833-1891), while
he was serving with the 12 Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War, a large group of personal papers of Charles Adolph Schueller
(1857-1937) of Brooklyn, New York, and personal correspondence of Williams and his wife Dorothy with members of the Hudgens
family.
Box 1
Folder 2
Bankhead
.
Box 1
Folder 3
Barney, Jacob (Salem, MA)
.
Box 1
Folder 4
Bell-Hudgins
.
Box 1
Folder 6-7
Boulden
.
Box 1
Folder 8-9
Brant, Rev. Gordon E. and Helen
.
Box 1
Folder 10-11
Campbell
.
Box 1
Folder 12
Campbell-Gillham-Davidson
.
Box 2
Folder 1-2
"Descendants of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy" by J. Lyle Campbell
.
Box 2
Folder 3
Carroll County, IL
.
Box 2
Folder 4
Certificates
.
Box 2
Folder 5
Christmas Cards
.
Box 2
Folder 6
Civil War Letters - Transcriptions - Wesley C. Williams
.
Box 2
Folder 7
Clan Campbell Society
.
Box 2
Folder 8
Clan Davidson Society
.
Box 2
Folder 9
Clippings
.
Box 2
Folder 10
Correspondence - Miscellaneous
.
Box 2
Folder 11-13
Davidson
.
Box 3
Folder 1-4
Davidson
.
Box 3
Folder 5-6
Davidson - Family Sheets - Incomplete Set
.
Box 3
Folder 7
Davidson, James Bankhead
.
Box 3
Folder 8
Davidson, Richard T.
.
Box 3
Folder 9
Davidson, Vance
.
Box 3
Folder 10
Diary,
1971 .
Box 3
Folder 11
Dunnagan
.
Box 4
Folder 1
Estate of Charles A. Schueller
.
Box 4
Folder 4
Gillham - Civil War
.
Box 4
Folder 5
Gillham-Davidson
.
Box 4
Folder 6
Gillham - Family Sheets
.
Box 4
Folder 7
Gillham, Isaac
.
Box 4
Folder 8
Gillham, Jacob C.
.
Box 4
Folder 9
Gillham - Military
.
Box 4
Folder 10
"Gillham News"
.
Box 4
Folder 11
Gillham - Supplemental Data
.
Box 4
Folder 12
Gillham - War of 1812
.
Box 5
Folder 1
Goldwater
.
Box 5
Folder 2
Grace Episcopal Church (Alexandria, VA)
.
Box 5
Folder 3
Graham, A. Townsend (Hancock County, IL)
.
Box 5
Folder 4
Haige, Joyce (Ownbey Research)
.
Box 5
Folder 5
"The Hartwells of Canon City, Colorado" by Elizabeth Davidson Wheatley and Philip G. Davidson, Jr.
.
Box 5
Folder 6
Hatten, Ruth L.
.
Box 5
Folder 7
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church
.
Box 5
Folder 8-9
Hudgens
.
Box 5
Folder 10
Hudgens, Ambrose (Laurens County, SC)
.
Box 5
Folder 11-12
Hudgens Book No. 1 by J.J. Watts
.
Box 6
Folder 1
Hudgens Cemetery Association
.
Box 6
Folder 2-3
Hudgens - Census
.
Box 6
Folder 4-5
Hudgens - Charts
.
Box 6
Folder 5a
Hudgens, Dora
.
Box 6
Folder 6
Hudgens, Dorothy Joyce
.
Box 6
Folder 7
Hudgens, Edward D. - Correspondence,
1966-1969 .
Box 6
Folder 8
Hudgens Family Bible Records
.
Box 6
Folder 9
Hudgens Family History
.
Box 6
Folder 10
"The Hudgens Family of Kentucky" by Deloris Shelton Best
.
Box 6
Folder 11
Hudgens Family Letters (Outgoing),
1965-1972 .
Box 6
Folder 12-13
Hudgens Family Letters,
1954-1993 .
Box 7
Folder 1-3
Hudgens Family Letters,
1954-1993 .
Box 7
Folder 4-5
Hudgens Family Letters,
1981-1984 .
Box 7
Folder 6
Hudgens, Frances
.
Box 7
Folder 7
Hudgens Genealogy - First Draft
.
Box 7
Folder 8-9
Hudgens Genealogy - 1970 Draft
.
Box 7
Folder 10-12
Hudgens Genealogy - 1970 Draft
.
Box 8
Folder 1
Hudgens Genealogy - Introduction
.
Box 8
Folder 2
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 1
.
Box 8
Folder 3
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 2
.
Box 8
Folder 4-5
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 3
.
Box 8
Folder 6-7
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 4
.
Box 8
Folder 8
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 5
.
Box 8
Folder 9
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 6
.
Box 8
Folder 10
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapters 7, 10, 12
.
Box 8
Folder 11
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 8
.
Box 8
Folder 12
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 9
.
Box 8
Folder 13
Hudgens Genealogy - Chapter 11
.
Box 8
Folder 14
Hudgens Genealogy - Index
.
Box 8
Folder 15
Hudgens, Gil
.
Box 8
Folder 16
"Houlder Hudgins of Mathews County, Virginia and His Descendants" by Houlder Hudgins IV
.
Box 9
Folder 1
Hudgens, Nola Owensby
.
Box 9
Folder 2
Hudgens, Robert - Charts
.
Box 9
Folder 3
Hudgens, Robert Luther
.
Box 9
Folder 4
Hudgens, Starling
.
Box 9
Folder 5
Hudgens, Tony A.
.
Box 9
Folder 11
"Macoupin County Illinois Marriage Records Index, 1829-1838"
.
Box 9
Folder 14
Mason-Scarritt
.
Box 10
Folder 1-2
Military Service and Pension Records
.
Box 10
Folder 3
Millwee
.
Box 10
Folder 4
Miscellaneous
.
Box 10
Folder 5-9
Moore
.
Box 10
Folder 10
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island
.
Box 10
Folder 11
"Nathaniel Morrison of Virginia and Some of His Descendants" by Arthur C. Morrison
.
Box 10
Folder 12
Obituaries
.
Map-case 2
Drawer 12
Ogle - Genealogical Charts
.
Box 11
Folder 3
Olsen, Addis G.
.
Box 11
Folder 4
Oneby - England
.
Box 11
Folder 5
"Our Gillham Family" - Introduction
.
Box 11
Folder 6-7
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 1
.
Box 11
Folder 8-9
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 2
.
Box 12
Folder 1-3
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 2
.
Box 12
Folder 4-5
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 5
.
Box 12
Folder 6-7
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 6
.
Box 12
Folder 8-9
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 7
.
Box 13
Folder 1-3
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 7
.
Box 13
Folder 4-9
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 8
.
Box 13
Folder 10
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 9
.
Box 14
Folder 1-5
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 10
.
Box 14
Folder 6
"Our Gillham Family" - Section 11
.
Box 14
Folder 8-9
Owens
.
Box 15
Folder 1-6
Owensby
.
Box 15
Folder 7
Owensby, Arthur Dow
.
Box 15
Folder 8-9
Owensby - Census
.
Box 15
Folder 10
Owensby, James Coon
.
Box 15
Folder 11-12
Owensby, Lorenzo Dow
.
Box 16
Folder 1-3
Owensby, Lorenzo Dow
.
Box 16
Folder 4
Owensby Proofs
.
Box 16
Folder 5
Ownbey, Arthur
.
Box 16
Folder 6
Ownbey, Nicholas
.
Box 16
Folder 7
Ownbey, Peter
.
Box 16
Folder 8-9
Ownby
.
Box 16
Folder 10
Ownby, Amos
.
Box 16
Folder 11
Ownby - Civil War
.
Box 16
Folder 12
Ownby Genealogy
.
Box 17
Folder 1
Ownby - Heard County, GA
.
Box 17
Folder 2
Ownby, John Jr.
.
Box 17
Folder 3
Ownby - Miscellaneous Notes
.
Box 17
Folder 4
Ownby, Nancy Ann (Hills)
.
Box 17
Folder 5
Ownby Notes
.
Box 17
Folder 6
Ownby - Unknown
.
Box 17
Folder 7
Ownsby - Correspondence (A-K)
.
Box 17
Folder 8
Ownsby - Correspondence (L-Z)
.
Box 17
Folder 9
"The Phelps Countian"
.
Box 17
Folder 10
Photographs - Owensby, Mary Esther
.
Box 17
Folder 11
Pocahontas
.
Box 17
Folder 12
Reagan, Timothy (1750-1830)
.
Box 17
Folder 13
"Roster of Cemetery and Historical Sketch of Bullock Creek Church"
.
Box 17
Folder 14
"Rutherford County NC 1790 Census and 1782 Tax List"
.
Box PP Oversize Box 59
Scrapbook
.
Box 17
Folder 16
"St. James - Forest City of the Ozarks" by Irene McManus
.
Box 17
Folder 17
Scarritt
.
Box 18
Folder 1-10
Schueller
.
Box 19
Folder 1
Society of the War of 1812
.
Box 19
Folder 2
Sons of the American Revolution
.
Box 19
Folder 3
Sons of Confederate Veterans
.
Box 19
Folder 4
Springer
.
Box 19
Folder 5-6
"Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware"
.
Box 19
Folder 7
Springer, Rev. Elihu - Diary, 1840-1843 (Typed Transcription)
.
Box 19
Folder 8
Trotter
.
Box 19
Folder 11
University High School 50th Reunion,
1978 .
Box 19
Folder 12
Usry, John M.
.
Box 20
Folder 1-6
Williams
.
Box 20
Folder 7
Williams, David S. and Irene - Correspondence,
1936-1938 .
Box 20
Folder 8
Williams, Robert W. - Biographical Material
.
Box 20
Folder 9
Williams, Robert W. - Correspondence,
1936-1937 .
Box 20
Folder 10
Williams, Robert W. - Pedigree Chart
.
Box 20
Folder 11
Winfrey-Butcher
.
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