Benjamin Williamson

Benjamin Williamson

• Benjamin Williamson was born circa 1796 in Georgia.
• He married Emma Baldwin on 23 March 1830 in Wilcox County, Alabama.
• Benjamin Williamson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other counted but unnamed members of the household included a second male aged 30-39 and one female aged 15-19.
• Benjamin Williamson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Wilcox County, Alabama, enumerated next to Robert H. Williamson, who may have been his brother.. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Emma Baldwin, George W. Williamson, Benjamin Williamson, Mary L. Williamson, Eliza Williamson and Emma B. Williamson.
• Benjamin Williamson and Emma Baldwin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary L. Williamson, Caroline M. Williamson, George W. Williamson, Benjamin Williamson, Emma B. Williamson, Augusta Williamson and Sarah M. Williamson. Either son Drue Baldwin was omitted from the household, or he was identified as male "Zoe Taylor," age 1. Also in the household were Lucy A. Williamson (age 25), Junius? (6) and Charles (4), and also Lucy A. Mason (age 58), Henry L. Wiliamson (7) and Gertrude Williamson (5).
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1850 census.
• Benjamin Williamson and Emma Baldwin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Rehoboth PO, Wilcox County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sarah M. Williamson and Drue Baldwin Williamson.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1860 census.
• Benjamin Williamson died on 26 May 1869.
• His wife Emma Baldwin became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared in the the Mobile Daily Register: Hon. Benjamin Williamson of Camden, died on the 26th ult., in the 75th year of his age. He emigrated from Screven county, Ga., to Pascagoula, in 1810, and soon afterwards became a resident of Alabama.

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2012