CAPT. JEHU WILLIAMS.
The subject of this sketch was born in Lynchburg, on June 24, 1836.
He is the son of Jehu and Susan (Thompkins) Williams whose record
appears in the sketch preceding this one. He entered the Confederate
State Army in May, 1861, rank of Captain, and assigned to the commissary
department, with headquarters at Lynchburg. After serving
six months at this point, he was sent to Manassas Junction, which remained
his headquarters five months, after which he returned to
Lynchburg, and later served at Petersburg Landing. He resigned in
1862. In 1864 he entered service again in Company G, 11th Virginia
regiment, with which he was actively engaged until made a prisoner
at Five Forks, April 1, 1865. He was held at Point Lookout three
months, then paroled. First Manassas, Dinwiddie C. H., Five Forks,
were among the battles in which he participated. Captain Williams is
carrying on a coal, wood, ice and grocery business in Lynchburg.
