Memorials
Williams' original hastily dug grave at the site of the battlefield was eventually moved, and he was re-interred on the lawn in front of the Cherokee County Administration building, on Limestone street in Gaffney, South Carolina. It is marked by a large memorial.
The South Carolina Provincial Congress had promoted Williams to the rank of brigadier general, but he died before the commission could be delivered. In 2005, the South Carolina General Assembly confirmed the rank originally bestowed upon him 225 years before. In the same act, Gen. Williams was further honored by renaming the Little River Bridge, "James Williams Memorial Bridge", marking the northeast corner of what had been his plantation.
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