Records of Sherrod Williams on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sherrod Williams in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sherrod Williams and the Williams Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Williams Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Williams family tree.

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Some Famous People called Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams (1804–1876) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, Williams moved with his parents to Wayne County.He received a limited education.Learned the trade of brickmaker in Monticello when about fifteen years of age.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1829-1834 and in 1846.

Williams was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian Whig to the Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841).He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-sixth Congress).He was not a candidate for reelection.He moved to one of the Southern States, where he died.

Source: Sherrod Williams, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Williams

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