Ancestry of Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Willis Williams

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• • Great-grandfather of Martin Luther King Jr. — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1810 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Penfield, Greene, Georgia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1874 
  • Death Location:
  • Penfield, Greene, Georgia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucrecia "Creecy" Daniel
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  Berryman Williams

  Randal Williams

  Adam Daniel Williams (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  Eve Williams

  Marshall Williams

• Sources for Willis Williams

  • ¹ Federal Census, GA, Greene County, 1870, Militia District 140, p. 48, Image 13 of 13.
  • ² King, Naomi Ruth Barber, A. D. and M. L. King: Two Brothers Who Dared to Dream, Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse LLC (2014), family tree in back part of book.
  • ³ National Archives at Atlanta, From the Roots of a Tree: The Genealogy of Martin Luther King, Jr., (accessed 03/17/2018).