Williams, Samuel A., Rev.

Born in Tennessee about 1804, Samuel A. Williams became a Methodist minister. He was admitted to the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Church in 1834, and also served as a minister in Alabama. Williams became the first Methodist minister regularly stationed in East Texas in 1838 when the Republic of Texas was made an official district of the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Church. The first informal conference met in San Augustine that year and assigned Williams to the Nacogdoches circuit. In 1841 Williams married Terisa Kellogg, and in 1843 he was assigned to the newly created Lake Soda District that included Shelbyville, Harrison, Lake Soda, Henderson and Nacogdoches. Williams was elected chairman of the annual meeting of the East Texas Methodist Conference in 1850 and 1851. He was chosen as their delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for several years. A powerful speaker and well-respected minister, Williams retired in 1863, and died in 1866. He was buried at his home in San Augustine. A grave marker was placed here in 1936. (1997)

Williams, Samuel A., Rev. is a historical marker in San Augustine, San Augustine County, dedicated in 1997. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in San Augustine County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 161 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5562, -94.1203 near San Augustine. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lewis (cemetery), about 1.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Moses, Wells, Raymond, and Horton, Alexandeer, Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5405007650. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.