Williams

… formerly an inc. town in E Yadkin County, the site now being in W Forsyth County. A whiskey distillery was operated at the site by the Williams family (who settled there about 1765) from shortly after the Revolution until 1908. On February 26, 1903, the General Assembly passed a bill prohibiting the operation of whiskey distilleries outside of inc. towns. On March 3, 1903, the town of Williams was inc. With the coming of statewide prohibition in 1908, the Williams distillery closed and the "town" ceased to exist.