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Williams was the fourth child of Oscar Waldo Williams, a [[Harvard University]]-educated [[lattorney]] who would serve for a decade as the Pecos county judge, and the former Sallie Wheat, hence his middle name. Williams was born in an officers’ building of the former Fort Stockton [[United States Army|Army]] base, which had housed the Buffalo soldiers of the [[American West]] from 1867 to 1886.<ref>Mike Cochran, ''Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter'' (biography of Clayton Williams, Jr.) (College Station, Texas|College Station]]: [[Texas A&M University]] , 2007),  pp. 30, 381; hereinafter cited as Claytie .</ref> O. W. Williams had prospected for [[gold]] and [[silver]] in Silver City, [[New Mexico|New Mexico Territory]], before he came to Fort Stockton. O.W. was in New Mexico during the heyday of [[Geronimo]] and [[Billy the Kid]]. He was also a suspect in the shotgun death of a "rogue" sheriff named A. J. Royal, but the killer was never apprehended, and Clayton Williams, Sr., insisted that his father was not the culprit.<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 15.</ref>​

Williams was the fourth child of Oscar Waldo Williams, a [[Harvard University]]-educated [[lattorney]] who would serve for a decade as the Pecos county judge, and the former Sallie Wheat, hence his middle name. Williams was born in an officers’ building of the former Fort Stockton [[United States Army|Army]] base, which had housed the Buffalo soldiers of the [[American West]] from 1867 to 1886.<ref>Mike Cochran, ''Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter'' (biography of Clayton Williams, Jr.) (College Station, Texas|College Station]]: [[Texas A&M University]] , 2007),  pp. 30, 381; hereinafter cited as Claytie .</ref> O. W. Williams had prospected for [[gold]] and [[silver]] in Silver City, [[New Mexico|New Mexico Territory]], before he came to Fort Stockton. O.W. was in New Mexico during the heyday of [[Geronimo]] and [[Billy the Kid]]. He was also a suspect in the shotgun death of a "rogue" sheriff named A. J. Royal, but the killer was never apprehended, and Clayton Williams, Sr., insisted that his father was not the culprit.<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 15.</ref>​

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After attending Fort Stockton public schools, Williams enrolled in 1911 at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. To reach TAMU, he travelled by [[stagecoach]] north to Monahans in Ward County (known for its sand dunes) and then took the [[railroad]] nort-east to [[Dallas]] and south to College Station. In 1915, Williams received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[electrical engineering]].<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwi77|author=[[Ernest Wallace]]|Williams, Sr., Clayton W.|publisher=Texas State Historical Association: ''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=November 17, 2019}}</ref>​

After attending Fort Stockton public schools, Williams enrolled in 1911 at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. To reach TAMU, he travelled by [[stagecoach]] north to Monahans in Ward County (known for its sand dunes) and then took the [[railroad]] nort-east to [[Dallas]] and south to College Station. In 1915, Williams received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwi77|author=[[Ernest Wallace]]|title=Williams, Sr., Clayton W.|publisher=Texas State Historical Association: ''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=November 17, 2019}}</ref>​

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He was then employed for two years in New Mexico as an electrician for a mining company. In 1917, he joined the officers’ training camp at Leon Springs near [[San Antonio]] and soon procured a commission as a second lieutenan] from the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, [[Virginia]]. He volunteered for duty in [[France]]. Until the end of the war, he was an instructor in military schools in Langres and Cleremont-Ferrand, France.<ref name=handbook/> In 1919, Williams was in [[Paris, France|Paris]], where he joined a group of veterans who formed the American Legion.<ref>''Claytie'', pp. 30-31.</ref>​

He was then employed for two years in New Mexico as an electrician for a mining company. In 1917, he joined the officers’ training camp at Leon Springs near [[San Antonio]] and soon procured a commission as a second lieutenan] from the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, [[Virginia]]. He volunteered for duty in [[France]]. Until the end of the war, he was an instructor in military schools in Langres and Cleremont-Ferrand, France.<ref name=handbook/> In 1919, Williams was in [[Paris]], where he joined a group of veterans who formed the American Legion.<ref>''Claytie,'' pp. 30-31.</ref>​

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==Marriage to Chicora Graham==​

==Marriage to Chicora Graham==​