Another Family Poem by Annette Hughey Cash

I thought with our reunion just a week and a half away that this poem about the Hughey reunion of years gone by was just the perfect thing for this posting.

Before I start let me go ahead and tell you that the first sentence is not accurate, according to census records. We did come from Virginia, but not during the Civil War. This is what has been told over the years, but I have found no proof to support the time frame.

Annette did give me premisson to use her poems in my family history research before she passed away a few years ago.

With that being said here is the poem.



This was written by Annette Hughey Cash Elder for the Hughey Reunion, Sunday, June 23, 1963



Our Forefathers came from Virginia

It was during the Civil War

They settled around old Buck Creek

When they were little girls and boys.



There was Uncle Dave, Aunt Mary Jane,

Uncle Jim Abb and Granpa Mac;

Now we don't know our forefathers

any farther back.



This is the old homestead

of Uncle Jim Abb and Aunt Lou

Here their children spent a happy childhood

where they played and worked hard, too.



Soon, they grew up and left here

But it's still a dear old place

and, as we look around today

we miss many a face.



First, Uncle Jim Abb left us

followed by Aunt Lou;

Then, a few years later, it was Howard,

then, Ida, Ethel, and Wofford, too.



Now, Irene has lost her husband,

others have lost a child or two;

But won't that be a Great Reunion

When we meet Beyond the Blue!



Uncle Jim Abb was so jovial

and loved to have his fun;

But Aunt Lou was a quiet mother

and was loved by everyone.



Everybody liked to visit here;

You were as welcome as could be;

Such a table was prepared,

You'd never leave hungry.



We're here for this reunion

and hope you enjoy it, too;

May this day long be remembered!

I'm glad I'm a Hughey, aren't you?

Parents of William Pinckney Williams

The parents of William Pinckney Williams are Elial and Eliza Self Williams. The proof for this connection comes in the form of the will of Elial Williams, where he list his 4 children's names.

William P. Williams, born Oct 21, 1836- June 18,1902

Martha C. Williams

Andrew Jackson Williams, born Jan 14, 1839-Nov 12,1879

Benjamin Franklin Williams, Oct 1842

Elial owned land on Lawson Fork Creek and Fair Forest Creek. He apparently bought and sold land as a way of income, since I found several deeds from transactions he made, of course this is speculation. Elial was also a farmer, owning several hundred acres of land.

Elial died sometime between 1842 and Oct 24, 1844. I know this because his youngest child has born in 1842 and his widow remarried on Oct 24, 1844. I have not been able to find the name of Elial's parents, although a good bet would be Frederick Williams since he is listed as a neighbor of Elial in the 1830 census. It was common for children to be the neighbors of their parents during this time period. So far this is the only hint regarding his parents.

The 1850 census shows Eliza married to Henry Jefferson Bishop at that time. The census taker made a mistake by listing William as a Bishop, but the other children were listed as Williams'.

Eliza had at least 9 children with Henry Jefferson Bishop. Jefferson Bishop was also a neighbor of Elial and Frederick Williams. He is also mentioned in the will of Elial as one of the witnesses.

Williams Family Reunion

Hello Everyone
It seems this year has been so busy that I haven't had time to post a blog lately.
Wanted to take time to remind everyone that our annual reunion is coming.
The Williams Family Reunion is held every year on the 1st Sat in May. It will be at Bobbie and O'Neal's house as usual. Remember to mark your calendar so you want miss out on seeing your family.

Buck Creek Baptist Church

The Holiday's are over and a new year has begun. With the beginning of a new year we'll look at the beginning of the first church building for Buck Creek Baptist Church. I have come to realize that our family history can not be researched without also researching the history of Buck Creek Church. The two are intertwined to the point that one would be incomplete without the other. Our ancestor's have been attending Buck Creek Church since the very beginning.

The people of the community came together in worship 230 years ago and among those attending was Smith and Rebecca Bostick Elder. Smith and other men of the congregation came prepared with guns to fight off the Indians during worship. The services were held outside until the construction of the first church building. The land for this church was donated by Smith and Rebecca. I have been told by some that the first church was actually located behind the cemetery, but I have no proof.



If you come from my generation and you are a grandchild of Wyatt and Ethel Hughey Williams then Smith and Rebecca would be your great great great grandparents. The tree would go like this: Smith and Rebecca were the parents of Elizabeth and Susan who in turn were the Mothers of Jim Ab and Lou Humphries Hughey, respectively. As I told you once before Jim Ab and Lou were first cousins.

One other note. The church was named Buck Creek after the creek that once ran just a few yards away. The creek is know part of Lake Blalock. The pioneer's of the area named the creek buck because buck's came to satisfy their thirst on it's shores.