John Pugh Williams (c. 1750 – 1803) was an officer in the

American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...

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Bertie County, North Carolina Bertie County ( , with both syllables stressed) is a county located in the northeast area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,934. Its county seat is Windsor. The county was created in 1722 as Berti ...

. He represented Bertie County in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1779 and New Hanover County in 1785, 1786, 1788, and 1789.

Military service

He was an officer during the American Revolution in North Carolina units. * Captain in the Edenton District Minutemen (1775-1776) * Captain in the

5th North Carolina Regiment The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New ...

(1776-1778) * Colonel in the Bertie County Regiment of the North Carolina militia - 1778-1779 * Brigadier General (Pro Tempore) over the Edenton District Brigade of the North Carolina militia (May 1779) * Colonel on Staff to Maj. Gen. Richard Caswell (1780) It is reported that John Pugh (pronounced and sometimes spelled Pue) Williams was a brother of

Benjamin Williams Benjamin Williams (January 1, 1751July 20, 1814) was the 11th and 14th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1799 to 1802 and from 1807 to 1808. He was the first of two North Carolina Governors since the American Revolution to ser ...

, the Governor of North Carolina, and that he was recommended to Thomas Jefferson for a political appointment in 1801.

References

* * * 1790 U.S. Census; State: NC; County: New Hanover; Roll: M637_7; Page: 193; Image: 0375; Shows John Pugh Willams, esq. 1 male, 4 females, 39 slaves * 1800 U.S. Census; John P. Williams; State: NC; County: New Hanover, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 7, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 337,909 {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, John Pugh North Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution Militia generals in the American Revolution 1803 deaths 1750s births