Williamsport is an

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on Patterson Creek in

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, United States. Williamsport is the birthplace of J.R. Clifford (1848-1933), West Virginia's first

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attorney. Joseph V. Williams, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.

Notable residents

* J. R. Clifford, who became West Virginia's first African-American attorney

References

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