Amie (nee Conner) Williams

Born: 1842 in Robertson County, Texas

Died: March 3, 1899 in Limestone County, Texas

Amie (nee Conner) Williams was born in 1842 in Robertson County, Texas. She was the daughter of Alfred Conner (1820 - 1892) and wife, Eliza (nee Walker) Conner (d. bef. 1870). She married Andrew W. ("Andy") Williams (b. abt. 1834 - d. bef. June 1926), the son of Andy Sr. Williams (b. abt. 1812 in GA and d. bet. 1880 and 1900 in Limestone County, TX.) and wife, Delilah Williams (d. bef. 1870). Amie and Andrew (“A.W.”) had one son, Floyd, born in 1861, before they were married. Floyd passed away sometime between 1880 and 1899 before his mother Amie passed away.

Amie and Andrew were present for the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation on the Stroud Plantation on June 19, 1865. Andrew W. Williams is noted in Texas law as having been designated as a commissioner to help mark off the boundaries of the town of Springfield, Texas. He also became one of the first Black state policemen when he was appointed by Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis' to the State Police force during Reconstruction (abt. July 1870). Andrew continued his career in law enforcement by serving as a State Constable for decades after Reconstruction.

Amie passed away on March 3, 1899 in Limestone County. Andrew married a second time to Dinah Cook on February 14, 1901 and no children were born of this marriage. Andrew passed away between February of 1920 and August of 1926.