Williamson, Samuel, Dd

Williamson, Samuel, D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born in York District, S.C., June 12, 1795. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1818, and studied theology under Reverend James Adams; became pastor at Providence in 1822, professor in Davidson College in 1840, its president from 1841 to 1854, and pastor at Washington and Columbus, Arkansas, from 1857 to 1876. He died March 12, 1882. See Nevin, Presbyterian Encyclop. s.v.