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GREEN BERRY WILLIAMS BEGINS 

 HIS CAREER 



Green Berry Williams, the oldest living turfman, a 

 resident of Gallatin, Tennessee, is now in the 95th year 

 of his age. Although in feeble health he retains his recol- 

 lection of distinguished men and horses of the olden time, 

 in a remarkable degree. 



He is the third son of Charles and Celia Williams; one 

 of six children, three sons and three daughters. He was 

 born in the year 1778, on Briar Creek, Burk County, 

 Georgia. His father was a native of Brunswick County, 

 Virginia, and was raised on the Roanoke River, near 

 Eaton's Ferry. His mother, whose maiden name was 

 Wall, was also a native of Virginia. His parents, though 

 neither rich nor distinguished, were in easy circumstances, 

 and, in personal character, were among the most respec- 

 table inhabitants of the colony. 



Several years before the commencement of the Revolu- 

 tionary War, Charles Williams and two of his wife's 

 brothers removed with their families to Georgia, where 

 Green Berry was born, as above stated. After the begin- 

 ning of the war these immigrants suffered greatly. Both 

 the Walls were killed, the dwellings of all were burned, 

 and their personal property and negroes were carried off 

 by the Tories and Indians. Mr. Williams had thus three 

 families to support; with them he returned to Virginia, 

 where he remained till the close of the war, and then 



