1 of 2 - K.C. Williams Family History

We, The G.C. and Frances Hawley Museum, #NCMAAHC #Irememberourhistory, are honored to share with you some of Mr. Kevin. C. Williams' family history.
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The narrative is in Mr. Williams words.

Picture #1: This is my great-great-grandfather, Rev. Abram B. Williams (Alice's husband). He was born January 1842 in Washington County, NC, near the Somerset Plantation, to Jack and Eliza Williams. He was the father of nine children, a cotton farmer, minister, and founder of Whiteville Grove A.M.E Zion Church in Hertford, NC. He died November 29, 1918, in Greenville, NC, at age 76. This picture was taken at a conference for the Eastern NC A.M.E Zion District in 1898 in New Bern, NC.

PICTURE #2: Grandma Alice (1839-1949) . This picture was taken in August of 1948 in Elizabeth City, NC at the home of Mrs. Eva Williams Bowe (1895-1981) Alice's oldest granddaughter

This is my Paternal great-great grandmother, Alice Williams Holloway. She was born about 1839 in Pasquotank County, NC to Jeffery Davis, and Lizzie Morris. Alice was born on the plantation of William Davis where she worked as a house slave, and took care of the master’s children who secretly taught her how to read. Grandma Alice was 24 years old when she received word that she had been freed from slavery in 1863.

On November 9, 1876, Alice legally married my great-great grandfather Abram B. Williams, and they had nine children Mary, George, Viola, Garfield, William Thomas, Liza Ann, Floyd, Jeffery, and Eva. She was a domestic worker, midwife, medicine woman, laundress, and also helped her husband run their farm outside Weeksville, NC.

This picture was taken when Alice was 109 years old, and she died on September 12, 1949, in Elizabeth City, NC at age 110. She would often tell her grandchildren to vote, go to school, and get as much education in their heads as possible to make her proud since she was denied the right to vote, and an education. She is buried in the Whiteville Grove A.M.E Zion Church cemetery in Pasquotank County, NC.

Picture #3: (Alice& Abram's daughters and grandson) My Paternal great great aunts, Mary Williams (1877-1932), Liza Ann Williams Riddick (1889-1948), and baby Daniel Riddick Jr (1907-1965). Photographed in Perquimans County, NC January 1907. They lived on a farm in Winfall, NC where they worked as sharecroppers. Mary was killed by a drunk driver in 1932 at age 54, as she was leaving church and nothing was done regarding her murder. Liza died in 1948 at age 58 from breast cancer. Daniel Riddick Jr joined the army in WWII and died in 1965. Mary, and Eliza were both the daughters of former slaves, my great great-grandparents Alice, and Abram B. Williams.

Picture #4: This is my great grandfather Garfield Williams Sr. He was born September 19, 1888 in Pasquotank County, NC, to Alice and Abram Williams, and died April 16, 1967 in Chesapeake, VA. Garfield Sr. was married to Lou Carter, the father of eight children, six girls, and two boys. He was a tobacco farmer, and a delivery man for Birchard Dairy company. This picture was taken June 5, 1960 in South Norfolk, Virginia.

PICTURE #5: Grandma Alice's headstone located at Whiteville Grove A.M.E Zion Church in Pasquotank County, NC.