William Scott Wilkins (1785 - 1847)

Born 1785 in Hertford, NC

Husband of Mary (Sandlin) Wilkins — married 1805 in Kings Creek, York Co., SC

Descendants

Died 1847 at about age 62 in Haines Twp., Marion Co., IL

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4 William C. WILKINS Jr. Born abt 1780 in Hertford County, NC.3,2 William C. died in Haines Twp, Marion Co., IL in 1847; he was 67.4,2 Buried in 1847 in Bell Cem, Haines Twp, Marion Co, IL.2

The earliest document that William WILKINS can be traced to is a 24 July 1805 land deed. William became the grantor for a tract of land in Sumner County, Tennessee, on the waters of Sinking Creek. Later on, William is mentioned as having been a private in the army during the War of 1812. Come 1820, he was found living with his family in Lincoln County, Tennessee. It is his presence here that circumstantially links him to William WILKINS Sr., the Revolutionary War veteran, who was also in Lincoln County, Tennessee about that same time. Additionally, that William Jr. was purportedly born in North Carolina also matches up with William Sr.'s earlier whereabouts. At any rate, this 1820 census lists two boys, 10-16 years of age, one boy under 10, and one girl under 10 (which would be Mary "Polly"). A James WILKINS is also present in Lincoln County at this time.

By 1830 William Jr. had moved to Marion County, Illinois. In the 1840 census William Jr. is found living next to his three sons (presumably), Benjamin, John, and William III ("Bill"), still in Marion County, Illinois. Living with him are 5 boys, 1 girl, and his wife. The boys' ages match up with the siblings' names I have added into this database. William Jr. is not present in the 1850 census, so I would assume he died. His widow (Mary) is found in 1850 living with 3 of his sons and what would appear to be a 9-year-old daughter (Angaline). This would indicate that he died sometime between 1841-1850. However, I don't actually think Angaline was his daughter because another Angaline of the exact same age is living with William III at the same time. Ten years later the only Angaline that can be found is still living with William III, so I think there was only one Angaline, who happened to be counted twice on the 1850 census.

Living with his son, William III, during the 1840 census is an elderly couple (70-80 years old) that are most likely William Jr.'s parents (and William III's grandparents). They are both gone by the next census.

bef 1805 when William C. was 25, he married Mary SANDLIN, in Kings Creek, York Co, SC.2

( http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WILKINS/2001-05/0991279673 )