Samuel Cole Williams

Samuel Cole Williams was a jurist and historian who attended Vanderbilt University law school. Always interested in researching history, he promoted a state program placing markers at or near historical sites throughout Tennessee and encouraged the preservation of local records and private papers for students, professors, and historians to use in their studies of local history.

Samuel Cole Williams was a jurist and historian who attended Vanderbilt University law school. Always interested in researching history, he promoted a state program placing markers at or near historical sites throughout Tennessee and encouraged the preservation of local records and private papers for students, professors, and historians to use in their studies of local history. See less