When William Lock was born in 1862 in Dublin, Georgia, his father, John, was 35 and his mother, Loucie, was 24. He had four brothers and six sisters.

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The date of his death is unknown.

 

In fact, very little is known about William after the 1870 census.William would have turned approximately 19 by the 1880 census, so it is reasonable to assume that he had either left home or died.