Date Original
1814-1961
Description
This collection contains personal and business correspondence, St. John's College documents, Civil War material, and Arkansas State Guard documents. The majority of the correspondence in this collection concerns Samuel Williams and his family and is business related. Also included are Confederate and Union Army muster rolls, rosters, payrolls, receipts, and correspondence.
Biographical/Historical Note
Samuel Wright Williams was born in 1828 in South Carolina. His family moved to Washington, Arkansas, in 1842. After becoming an attorney in 1851, he practiced law in Brownsville, and then Little Rock with his brother, W.L.D. Williams. At the start of the Civil War, Samuel Williams was appointed to the Military Board of Arkansas and he helped raise and equip the Confederate army in Arkansas. Following the Civil War, he was elected prosecuting attorney, and later state senator in 1876. Williams was a long time advocate of railroads in Arkansas and an active member of the Masonic Lodge in Little Rock. He died at Little Rock March 14, 1900.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000144
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Samuel W. Williams papers, MS.000144
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Samuel W. Williams papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
