John Postell Williamson (September 28, 1778 – January 3, 1843) was one of the wealthiest real-estate owners and planters in Savannah, Georgia, in the first half of the 19th century.
[1] In 1820, Williamson built a two-storey brick Georgian-style home in the northwest corner of Savannah's now-demolished Liberty Square.
[1] His son, John P. Jr. (possibly known as "J. J. Williamson"),[3] purchased the plantation at public auction in 1848, but he was financially ruined when General Sherman's troops trampled and burned his fields and torched his home.
John P. Jr. never re-planted at Brampton, instead selling it to his cousin, Dr. James Bond Read, in 1867 for $11,000 (~$197,210 in 2023).
[1] His funeral was held in his home,[1] after which he was interred in Savannah's Brampton Plantation Cemetery, alongside his first wife.