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Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Adam Daniel Williams

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• • Grandfather of Martin Luther King Jr. — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Willis Williams 
  • Mother:
  • Lucrecia "Creecy" Daniel   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Jan 1863 
  • Birth Location:
  • Penfield, Greene, Georgia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Mar 1931 
  • Death Location:
  • Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • South View Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jennie Celeste Parks
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Oct 1899 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fulton County, Georgia 
  • Children:
  
  

  Alberta Christine Williams (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  Fannie Louise Williams

  Parks Williams

• Sources for Adam Daniel Williams

  • ¹ Federal Census, GA, Greene County, 1870, Militia District 140, p. 48, Image 13 of 13.
  • ² Federal Census, GA, Fulton County, 1900, Atlanta Ward 4, E.D. 65, Sheet 38B, Image 76 of 86.
  • ³ Federal Census, GA, Fulton County, 1920, Atlanta Ward 4, E.D. 86, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 53.
  • ⁴ Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, Marriage certificate for Adam D Williams and Jennie C Parks.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/17/2018).
  • ⁶ 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.
  • ⁷ National Archives at Atlanta, From the Roots of a Tree: The Genealogy of Martin Luther King, Jr., (accessed 03/17/2018).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Alberta Williams King", (accessed 03/17/2018).