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Gibson, Lydia

In northeastern Chatham County, the Williams family descendants have owned and worked the same forty acres of land and forest for eight generations. They are the descendants of Mountain Williams, 1814-1873, a part-Indian, part African slave girl. Each year, starting in 1895 and continuing to the present, the Williams Family Circle, as they are called, have gathered for a family reunion in Chatham County. More than 300 persons come from all over the nation to renew family ties and family history.

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 10, Mar 2006, p74-76, 78, 80, il, por Periodical Website

Family reunions--Chatham County; African American families--Chatham County