Williams was a wealthy lawyer and planter in Colleton County, SC at the beginning of the war, and he had served in the South Carolina legislature. He served as captain of the local reserve unit, Co. K of the 11th Regiment South Carolina Reserves from Nov. 1, 1862 until its dissolution in February 1863. He requested on Jan. 24, 1864 to be appointed an agent for the Confederacy rather than serve in the army. Williams supplied significant amounts of goods to the Confederate army in 1863 and 1864.
After the war, he continued to practice law and to farm in Colleton County, SC, where he died on April 28, 1881. He is buried at Pon Pon Chapel Cemetery, also known as Burnt Church Burial Ground, in Colleton County, SC.
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