Williams, Robert
congressman, governor, was born July 12, 1773, in Surry county, N. C. He was an adjutant-general of North Carolina; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1797 to 1803. He was appointed commissioner of land titles in Mississippi territory in 1803, and was governor of the territory of Mississippi from 1805 to 1809. He died about 1820 in Louisiana.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT WILLOUGHBY, lawyer, public official, was born Feb. 21, 1845, in Tallahassee, Fla. He received his education at the university of North Carolina, and has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of the south in Tallahassee, the city of his nativity. He has filled various civil and military offices with distinction, and is now commissioner on uniform state laws for the state of Florida, and a member of the congress of state commissioners.