Keziah Elizabeth 'Floating Cloud' Williams

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Keziah Elizabeth 'Floating Cloud' Williams (Brooks)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sullivan, Stafford County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: November 16, 1785 (49-50)
Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Littleton Brooks and Elizabeth Ann Brooks
Wife of James Williams Sr
Mother of Phillip "Buckspike" Williams; Mark Williams; James Sheridan Sherod Williams, II; Rachel Gunter; Hardin Williams and 8 others

Occupation: Housewife
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About Keziah Elizabeth 'Floating Cloud' Williams

Keziah 'Floating Cloud' Brooks Cherokee 'Chota' Origins documentation:
Source: Regarding Phillip 'Buckspike' Williams, son of Keziah - Philip was quarter blood Cherokee. Philip's Mother's name was translated as "Floating Cloud"-Source for name -"No More Muffled Hoof Beats" by Estelle S. Rizk 1960 (based on interviews with Thornton Kennard).
Source- Guion roll testimony Claim 10862 of Great-Grandson Robert S. Williams and Philip's 98 year old neighbor Mrs. Mahala Turner in 1908 at Vanceburg,KY that " Philip was quarter blood Cherokee, white bred and educated for a chief and that Philip had always told her same." Also testimony of Great-Great Grandson Alfred Greeley Williams at Marble City.OK re Guion Rolls Claim 8370 in 1907 that "My great -great grandfather was Philip Williams, a minister of the tribe and died in the tribe". Note: The Guion Roll Claims were for the Eastern Band Cherokee enrollees who had not been captured or submitted and sent to Oklahoma. - 5th Great-Grandmother, DNA proven, Jacqueli Finley

The Life Summary of Keziah Elizabeth
When Keziah Elizabeth Brooks was born in 1735, in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, her father, Littleton Brooks, was 20 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Brooks, was 20. She married James Williams in 1752, in South Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 16 November 1785, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 50.
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James Williams 1730–1785
Keziah Elizabeth Brooks 1735–1785
Marriage: 1752

Philip Williams 1753–1848
Jarrett Williams 1755–1778
Isaac Williams 1756–1815
John Williams 1757–1818
William Williams 1758–1846
Mark Williams 1760–1774
James Williams II 1763–1851
Hardin Williams 1764–1837
Rachel Nancy Ann Williams 1764–1844
Anna Nancy Williams 1764–1840
Frances Williams 1772–1850
James Sherrod Williams 1776–1831

Below not for Keziah died abt. 1785:
Source Citation
Probate Records (Maury County, Tennessee); Author: Tennessee County Court (Maury County); Probate Place: Maury, Tennessee
Description
Notes: Wills, Vol F-G, 1851-1898

Source Citation
Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 19

Below citation is NOT for this Keziah Brooks - please look up on Archives.com and read:
Source Information
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line].
Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
Name: Keziah Brooks
Volume: 19
Page number: 293
Reference: Gregory Stone Gen. Anc. and Des. of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Ms. 1320-1917. By J. Gardiner Bartlett. Boston. 1918. (905p.):192

From My Heritage and All Things Cherokee:

Keziah Elizabeth Williams (born Brooks (Cherokee Princess)), 1735 - 1785
Keziah Elizabeth Williams (born Brooks (Cherokee Princess)) was born on month day 1735, at birth place, Virginia, to Littleton Brooks and Elizabeth Ann Brooks (born Wallings). Littleton was born in 1720, in Hawkins, Tennessee, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1703, in Sullivan, George Washington, Virginia, USA.

Keziah had 7 siblings: Littleton Brooks, James Brooks and 5 other siblings.

Keziah married James Williams. They had 12 children: Phillip Buck Spike Williams, Charles Williams and 10 other children. Keziah passed away on month day 1785, at age 50 at death place, North Carolina. She was buried at burial place, Tennessee. https://www.myheritage.com/names/keziah_brooks

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Keziah Elizabeth 'Floating Cloud' Williams's Timeline

1735
1735
Sullivan, Stafford County, Virginia, Colonial America
1753
February 10, 1753
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
1754
March 18, 1754
Farnham, Richmond, VA, United States
1755
1755
Virginia, Colonial America
1756
1756
Charleston, Johnston, NC, United States
1758
1758
Richmond, Wise, VA, United States
1760
1760
Pendleton, Seychelles
1760
Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
1763
May 13, 1763
Augusta County, Virginia