Frances Pannell Banks Farish

From Chatham County, North Carolina. Her ancestors were from Stafford County, Virginia.

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 594-595

Name also seen as Pannill and Pannil

Frances Farish Williamson was a descendant of prominent Virginia families. Her maternal uncle, Linn Banks, was a member of the Virginia legislature for twenty-four years and speaker of the house for eighteen of them; he was serving his third term in Congress at the time of his death.

Source: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, William S. Powell, Editor (1996) (Volume 6 T-Z) (article by Anna Withers Bair).
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: F P B Williamson
[Frances Pannill Banks Williamson]
Age in 1860: 55
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Caswell, North Carolina
Gender: Female
Post Office: Locust Hill
Household Members: Name Age
Emily A Holt 30
Mary E Williamson 27
Virginia Williamson 20
J N Williamson 18
Ella V Holt 7
Thos W Holt 8
Addie L Holt 4
F P B Williamson 55

1. Anthony Swift Williamson
2. Virginia Frances Williamson
3. Emily A. Williamson b: ABT 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina
4. Mary Elizabeth Williamson b: ABT 1832 in Caswell County, North Carolina
5. Thomas Farish Williamson b: 10 FEB 1836 in Stoney Creek Township, Caswell County, North Carolina
6. Lynn Banks Williamson b: ABT 1838 in Caswell County, North Carolina
7. James Nathaniel Williamson b: 6 MAR 1842 in Caswell County, North Carolina

1. Title: 1850 US Federal Census