George Walton Williams

Background

Williams, George Walton was born on December 19, 1820 in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edward and Mary (Brown) Williams.

Education

Walked 150 miles to Augusta, Georgia, 1838. Became clerk in grocery store there. Partner, 1842, in Hand & Williams.

Career

Established, 1852, wholesale grocery house of George West. Williams & Company, Charleston, South Carolina. During war invested in Southern State securities when they could be bought low in the North. Bought sterling exchange, 1861, at 103 Confederate money.

Sold it in 1865 at 225 currency.

Also bought lands and cotton extensively. Established, 1874, Carolina Savings Bank.

Of which president Wrote: Letters to Young Men. Making and Saving; Sketches of Travel in the Old and New World.

Achievements

• George Walton Williams has been listed as a noteworthy banker, merchant by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mission Wightman, sister of Bishop William May Wightman, of Mechanical Engineering Church, 1843 (died 1854). Married second, Mission Porter, 1856.

Father:

Edward Williams

Mother:

Mary (Brown) Williams

Spouse:

Mission Wightman

Spouse:

Mission Porter