Office: | Member of the North Carolina State Senate |
Birth Date: | September 11, 1788 |
Birth Place: | Caswell County, North Carolina, US |
Death Date: | August 22, 1856 |
Death Place: | Caswell County, North Carolina, US |
Resting Place: | Melrose/Williamson House |
Children: | 11 |
Termstart: | November 18, 1850 |
Termend: | January 29, 1851 |
George "Royal George" Williamson (1788 - 1856) was a Caswell County Sheriff from 1815 to 1832, one of the justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Chairman of the Court, he served as a member of the Council of State from 1834 to 1836, as a member of the North Carolina State Senate, and as a charter member of the Bank of Yanceyville in 1852. “Royal George” was a state senator who represented North Carolina's 37th District (now 30th District) from November 18, 1850 to January 29, 1851. He owned the Melrose/Williamson House, which is a historic plantation house, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.