Williamson Samuel ROARK and Mary Ann "Polly" HOLLAND
(TEDDER?), was born 21 November 1816 in Smith Co. TN and died 31 May
1894 in Macon Co. TN. He married Mary Ann "Polly" HOLLAND on 6
February 1840 in Smith Co. TN.
Williamson Samuel ROARK, Baptist minister, was arrested by Federal
troops on 24 April 1863 when he refused to sign an oath of allegiance to
the Federal government, and although he was a civilian, he was interned
in a Prisoner of War camp for Confederate soldiers at Camp Chase,Ohio.
While there he still refused to sign an oath of allegiance,
consequently, he was not released until the end of the Civil War.