William I was born in South Carolina. His wife, Jane (last name unknown) was also born in South Carolina. The location of Jane's grave is unknown. William is buried in the Johnson Maddox Goldsmith Cemetery in Stone Mountain.
We don't have documentation, but believe William's parents came to this country from the Isle of Skye in the Hebrides Islands off the west coast of Scotland before the American Revolution. His father planned to help colonize North Carolina.
There is no record of Jane's parents.
William was granted 250 acres of land in Gwinnett County, Georgia, on March 9, 1822. He was also granted 102 acres in Carroll County, Georgia, February 22, 1830. He purchased 202 1/2 acres of land in Dekalb County Georgia in 1840 and sold 192 acres of this purchase to his grandson Thomas on December 17, 1857. This was just a few months after the birth of his great-grandchild, Alice Virginia Jonson. William died the following year at the age of 85. |
