William was the youngest child of Col. David Meriwether and Anne Holmes. He m. Martha Cox Wood in July 1751 in Goochland County, Virginia, where their ten children (Martha, David Wood, Elizabeth, William Jr., Mildred, Thomas, Valentine Wood, Sarah (Sally), James and Anne (Nancy)) were born.
William was a grandson of Nicholas Meriwether II and was given a bequest in Nicholas's lengthy will which was filed in Louisa County, Va., in 1744.
The descendants of this couple were among the first settlers in Kentucky, some later settling in Indiana, and thence moving to Illinois and to North Missouri. Most of their descendants, however, continue to live near and in Louisville.
A great-grandson, George Wood Meriwether, was an early chronicler of the family and had extensive records, particularly of the Kentucky and Illinois groups.
∼TMSI [107]: M1228 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether & Elizabeth (?) Meriwether Browne
William was a grandson of Nicholas Meriwether II and was given a bequest in Nicholas's lengthy will which was filed in Louisa County, Va., in 1744.
The descendants of this couple were among the first settlers in Kentucky, some later settling in Indiana, and thence moving to Illinois and to North Missouri. Most of their descendants, however, continue to live near and in Louisville.
A great-grandson, George Wood Meriwether, was an early chronicler of the family and had extensive records, particularly of the Kentucky and Illinois groups.
∼TMSI [107]: M1228 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether & Elizabeth (?) Meriwether Browne
William was the youngest child of Col. David Meriwether and Anne Holmes. He m. Martha Cox Wood in July 1751 in Goochland County, Virginia, where their ten children (Martha, David Wood, Elizabeth, William Jr., Mildred, Thomas, Valentine Wood, Sarah (Sally), James and Anne (Nancy)) were born.
William was a grandson of Nicholas Meriwether II and was given a bequest in Nicholas's lengthy will which was filed in Louisa County, Va., in 1744.
The descendants of this couple were among the first settlers in Kentucky, some later settling in Indiana, and thence moving to Illinois and to North Missouri. Most of their descendants, however, continue to live near and in Louisville.
A great-grandson, George Wood Meriwether, was an early chronicler of the family and had extensive records, particularly of the Kentucky and Illinois groups.
∼TMSI [107]: M1228 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether & Elizabeth (?) Meriwether Browne
William was a grandson of Nicholas Meriwether II and was given a bequest in Nicholas's lengthy will which was filed in Louisa County, Va., in 1744.
The descendants of this couple were among the first settlers in Kentucky, some later settling in Indiana, and thence moving to Illinois and to North Missouri. Most of their descendants, however, continue to live near and in Louisville.
A great-grandson, George Wood Meriwether, was an early chronicler of the family and had extensive records, particularly of the Kentucky and Illinois groups.
∼TMSI [107]: M1228 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether & Elizabeth (?) Meriwether Browne
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Wm Meriwether
Born Dec. 25, 1730
Died Dec. 21, 1790
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Martha
Wife of Wm Meriwether
Born 1735
Died Oct. 17, 1800
Gravesite Details
TMSI [107] Interment date 4/1/1889 (reinterred from a family graveyard)
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