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William Williams Colbert
6 Apr 1807 – 14 Aug 1890
| Birth | 6 Apr 1807 |
| Death | 14 Aug 1890 |
| Cemetery | Colbert Cemetery Bienville Parish , Louisiana , USA |
| Added by | Veronica Crews on 14 Jul 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8636393 |
Bio
COLBERT, William Williams, planter. Born, Greene County, Ga., April 6, 1807; son of William Colbert and Margaret Williams. Removed to Montgomery County, Ala., 1817. Married, February 17, 1831, Mary Ann Elizabeth Goodson of Montgomery County, Ala., daughter of John Goodson and Mary Elizabeth Adams, who came from Darlington, S.C. Children: Mary Ann Elizabeth (b. 1831), Richard (b. 1835), Evelyn Mahala (b. 1836), Margaret Malinda (b. 1838), William Bonaparte (b. 1840), John Randolph (b. 1842), Georgia Alabama (b. 1843), James Polk (b. 1844), Andrew Jackson (b. 1849), and Augustus (b. 1852). Became a successful planter in Montgomery County, Ala., before removing to Bienville Parish, La., in 1849. By 1860 he had 53 slaves and eventually had in excess of 2,300 acres in his plantation, located five miles west of Mount Lebanon, and known as Oak Lawn. He was one of the largest planters in Bienville Parish in the antebellum period. Died, Gibsland, La., August 14, 1890; interred Oak Lawn Plantation Cemetery. W.W.C. Sources: Katherine C. Colbert and William W. Colbert, Jr., Descendants of William Colbert (1956); North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, V (1973), No. 1; Colbert family papers.
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- Mary Ann Elizabeth Colbert Frazier 1831–1885
- Richard Colbert 1835–1864
- Evertene Mahala "Evelyn" Colbert Potts 1836–1924
- Margaret Malinda Colbert Potts 1838–1925
- William Bonapart Colbert 1840–1890
- Georgia Alabama Colbert Murphy 1843–1890
- James Polk Colbert 1844–1919
- Andrew Jackson Colbert 1849–1925
- Augustus Colbert 1852–1925
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