Williamson of Wilkes County

Micajah Williamson was born in Bedford County, Virginia ca 1735. His grandfather came from the north of Ireland and settled in Virginia, marrying Susan Giliam of Henrico County who is said to be a niece of Rev. Devereaux Garratt, a native clergyman in Virginia. Micajah Williamson fought in the Revolutionary War, and was frequently wounded in battles. He was a friend of Colonel Elijah Clarke when Clarke wanted to lay siege to Augusta in the spring of 1781. Colonel Clarke, having smallpox, asked Williamson to command until his recovery. During this battle, they were reinforced by Colonel Pickens and Light Horse Harry Lee. While he was off to, the English Tories and Indians burned all his buildings and hung up his 12-year old son before the eyes of his mother, while the remainder of the family escaped to the North Carolina mountains. Colonel Williamson returned home from war, broken in heath and fortune. In 1768, Colonel Micajah Williamson removed to Georgia. He purchased a valuable plantation in Wilkes County from Colonel Alston, for which he gave 60 negroes. Micajah was one of the wealthiest men of upper Georgia. For years, he kept an inn in the Town of Washington on the present site of the court house. He died in 1795, leaving 5 sons and 6 daughters, as follows:

Charles Williamson.
Peter Williamson.
Micajah Williamson.
William Williamson.
Thomas Jefferson Williamson.
Nancy Williamson married General John Clarke, late Governor of Georgia, and son of Elijah Clarke.
Sarah Williamson married (1) Judge Griffin (2) Judge Charles Tait.
Susan Williamson married Dr. Thompson Bird. Their daughter, Sarah Williamson Bird, married Judge L. Q. C. Lamar.
Martha Williamson married Mr. Fitch.
Mary Williamson married Duncan G. Campbell.