Zaccheus Wilson (abt. 1713 - abt. 1796)

Born about 1713 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania

Husband of Martha (Armstrong) Wilson — married 1730 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Frances Wilson — married 1745 in Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1796 at about age 83 in Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

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Biography

A merged profile showed that he was born in Newville, Cumberland, Colony of Pennsylvania, Colonial America.

Zaccheus /Wilson/^[1][2][3]

Captain Zaccheus /Wilson/^[4]

The correct list of the eight children of Zaccheus Wilson Sr and Martha Armstrong Wilson are:

1. 1. Elizabeth (Lea) b. ca 1739 d. 1792 Tenn
   2. Amney (Annie) b. ca 1741 c. aft 1800
   3. Zaccheus Wilson Jr. b. ca 1742 m. Nancy "Elsey" Graham ca. 1764 2nd Nancy (White) Long d.1824 Sumner County, Tenn. (recorded)
   4. James b. ca 1744 d. 1798 (will) m. 1st Rachel Bird Nov 1771 & 2nd Hannah Grey ca 1793
   5. Isaac b. ca 1745 d. aft 1805 m. Katie (Grinder (Grammer) ca 1769
   6. Margaret b. ca 1747
   7. Joseph (Capt) b. ca 1749 d. Feb 1833 (Sumner Co) m. Sarah White, a sister to Col. James White of Revolutionary War fame
   8. William b. ca 1751 d. aft 1825 m. Jane Stanbury ca 1774 in NC

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In 1788, Zacheus was in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, when he was a member of the convention that met at Hillsboro to deliberate on the Federal Constitution^[6]

In 1790, Zacheus was enumerated on the Federal Census at Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States^[7]

Zacheus made his Will on 20 Oct 1795 and died before 3 Jun 1796, when his Will was recorded in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Will Book "A." NOTE: A merged file showed his death in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA, with no sources.

Will

The Last Will and Testament of Zacheus Wilson, Farmer (Precis prepared from a transcription of the Will made 12/20/35. Transcriber not named.)^[8][9] You can find a transcription of Zacheus's complete Will HERE Note: This transcription does not show whether it was made from the original, recorded in Will Book "A," or from the transcript made of that Will Book.

Signed: 20 Oct 1795

Recorded: 3 Jun 1796 in Will Book "A"

Will Provisions:

1. Pay all lawful debts.
2. To son Zacheus: the land on which I now live; negro boy Gay; boy named Daniel; negro woman named Nell; the wagon and horses that I am possessed of; one half the household and kitchen furniture.
3. To my now well beloved wife Frances: negro woman named Dinah; the three children that lived with Dinah (but when Frances dies, Dinah and the three children and all Dinah's increase are to go to son Zacheus); two cows; son Zacheus to provide meat and bread as long as Frances lives with him; two feather beds and furniture to them; the other half of the household and kitchen furniture.
4. To my daughter Anney, my son Joseph, daughter Margaret, my son Jesse, my son Isaac, and my son Wm.: to each one five shillings.
5. My son Zacheus is to furnish his mother with a good quiet horse to ride, while she lives with him. If she moves away, he is to provide her with a good horse, which will be his upon her death.
6. My hogs and the remaining cattle are for the use of those of the family who live with me. The Executors to be my son Zacheus and my true and trusty friend, Wm. Brown.

Witnesses: James Younge and Thomas Gilham

Named in Will:

• son Zaccheus Wilson,
• daughter Anney,
• son Joseph,
• daughter Margaret,
• son James,
• son Isaac,
• son William

friend Wm. Brosser

witnesses James Younge and William Gillham

negro boy Gay, boy Daniel, Negro woman Nell, negro woman Dinah

Last Will and Testament of Zaccheus Wilson Sr. (1713-1795)

In the name of God amen. I Zaccheus Wilson, and of the County of Oglethorpe and state of Georgia, furthermore being sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it's appointed for all mankind to die. Do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give my soul to God that gave it to me and my body I commend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty hand of God, and as touching such worldly state where with it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. I give and demise and dispose of in the following manner and form.

First: I will that all my lawful debts be paid.

Secondly: give to my son Zaccheus Wilson the land where on I now live by him freely holded and enjoyed with the advantages passing from it and he, the said son is to have my Negro boy named Gay and the boy named Daniel and the Negro woman named Nell and the wagon and horses that I am now possessing of is all to be his and two cows and one feathered bed and furniture and one half of the household and kitchen furniture.

Thirdly: I give and bequeath to my now wise beloved wife Francis my Negro woman named Dinah to be hers whilst she lives and if the child that the said Dinah is now with lives it is to be at my wife's own disposal. But at her death the said Dinah and all her other increase is to be my sons Zaccheus and my wife is to have two cows and they are to be at her own disposal and my son Zaccheus is to find his mother bread and meat while she chooses to live with him, but if at any time she should see fit to remove her living to any other place, he is then not obligated to find her the said provisions any longer and my wife is to have two feather beds and furniture to them and the then half of the household furniture and they are to be at her own disposal.

Fourthly: I give my daughter Anney and my son Joseph and daughter Margaret and my son James and my son Isaac and my son William, each one five shillings.

Fifthly: My son Zaccheus is to furnish his mother with a good quiet horse to ride to meeting and any other place that she may be called to go, while she chooses to live with him and if at any time she should see fit to remove her living to any other place he is to give her a good horse with and at her death said horse is to be my son Zaccheus',

Sixthly: My hogs and remaining of my cattle is to be for the use of my family that is now living with my and I hereby constitute make and ordain my now well beloved son Zaccheus Wilson and my true and trustworthy friend Wm Brosser executors of this my last will and testament in witness here of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 20th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five in the twentieth year of American independence.

Zaccheus Wilson [Seal]

Signed and sealed in the presence of

James Younge

Thomas Gillham

and recorded in Record Book A the 3rd of June 1796

Slaves

Bequeathed in Will

• 1 Negro boy named Gay to son Zacccheus
• 1 Negro boy named Daniel to son Zaccheus
• 1 Negro woman named Nell to son Zaccheus
• 1 Negro woman named Dinah, and the child she carries, to wife Frances

This the original text for the bio of Zaccheus Wilson Sr.(1713-1796). It is incorrect as the children listed here are not the same as the children in this tree.

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This the original text for the bio of Zaccheus Wilson Sr.(1713-1796). It is incorrect as the children listed here are not the same as the children in this tree.

Zaccheus Wilson, son of Robert Wilson (1690 - 1745) and Rachael Pritlowe (1692 - 1727), was born in 1713 in Chester Co PA. He married Martha Armstrong about 1729 in PA. Martha was born in Ireland in 1708, and died in Mecklenburg Co NC after 1758. Zaccheus died in Oglethorpe Co GA in 1796. They had nine known children:

1. Robert Wilson was born in 1730 in PA. He married Eleanor Carothers at Newville, Cumberland Co PA. She was born in Lancaster Co PA in 1737, daughter of James Carothers, and died in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1810. Robert died at Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co on 14 December 1793. After one child was born in PA, Robert and Eleanor came south from PA to NC about 1750, and was probably the first or second of his brothers to move to NC. They moved to newly created Anson Co NC about 1750, in the part of the county which became Mecklenburg Co in 1762. Robert and Eleanor had ten to twelve children, all but the eldest were born in NC.
2. Joseph Wilson, b 1749, died in 1833 in Williamson Co TN. He married Sarah White from VA about 1774, She was born in 1752 and died in Sumner Co in 1833. They had at least thirteen children, born in Mecklenburg Co NC and in Sumner Co TN.
   
3. Aaron Wilson, b 1751, married Hannah Martin from Marshall Co TN. Aaron died in 1833 in Bedford Co TN.
   
4. John H Wilson, b 1753, married Susannah Boone in Mecklenburg Co in 1774, and died in 1838 in Marshall Co TN. They had seven children.
   
5. James Wilson, b 1757, died in Williamson Co TN in 1843. He married Sarah Ogilvie in 1784 and they had five children born in Mecklenburg Co and in GA. Sarah was born in 1760 and died in 1843.
   
6. Robert Wilson, b 1760, died in 1819 in Williamson Co TN. He married Jane McDowell in 1783 in Mecklenburg Co. She was born in 1766 in York Co SC and died in 1853 in Rutherford Co TN. They had nine children born in Mecklenburg Co, in GA, and in Williamson Co & Rutherford Counties TN.
   
7. Samuel Wilson, b 1762, died in Williamson Co TN in 1812. He married Martha Clark in 1788 in Williamson Co. She was born in Mecklenburg Co in 1771 and died in Williamson Co in 1844. They had ten children born in Mecklenburg Co and in Williamson Co. (W)
   
8. Thomas Wilson, b 1763, died in 1854 in Williamson Co TN. He married Annie Miller and they had six children.
   
9. Zaccheus Wilson, b 1765, died at Henderson, Williamson Co TN on 21 October 1842 and was buried in Wilson family cemetery on the Robert E Wilson farm one-half mile southeast of Allisona, Williamson Co and directly north of the center of the northern border of Marshall Co, in the center of TN. This would be about 25 miles south of the center of Nashville. “Circuit Court Minute Book 12, page 207: March 10, 1847. Nancy Wilson et al Exparte. Zacheus Wilson died in 1842 leaving a will. He left a widow Nancy Wilson and 11 children now living and the descendants of three of the children who are now deceased. Zacheus left a tract of land containing 247 acres bounded on the east by Cowden McCord, north by John Scales' land, west by Samuel Brown, south by Thomas Wilson. Nancy is willing to take a sum of money for her dower instead of the land.” Zaccheus married Nancy Alsey Graham in 1782, and married Nancy Long in 1816. Ms Graham was born in Rowan Co NC in 1762 and died in Pontotoc Co MS in 1871. Ms Long was born in 1780, daughter of John Long, and died in Pontotoc Co MS after 1857. In the 1850 census there, she was age 70 and lived with her son Hugh. Between the two woman, Zaccheus had sixteen children.
10. Samuel Wilson was born in 1732 in Lancaster Co PA. He married twice; the first wife was Elizabeth Knox, daughter of Captain Patrick Knox, and the second wife was Sarah Moore. Samuel died in Sumner Co TN in 1814. The mother of each of the known children is not known, but probably the first wife had just two children; all children were born in Mecklenburg Co NC:
    1. James Wilson, b 1755
       
    2. Captain David Wilson, b abt 1759 and lived in Mecklenburg Co NC into the 1820s, was a son of Samuel Wilson (Sr). He married Mrs Sallie (White) McConnell in Rowan County NC about 1772, then came into TN after his uncle Major David Carroll Wilson and Jane Rowan had settled there. They had six children.^[10]

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S69
2. ↑ Source: #S44
3. ↑ Source: #S55 Year: 1790; Census Place: , Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: ;
4. ↑ Source: #S69
5. ↑ Wright, Wilburn Dennis "The Saga of Zaccheus Wilson" self-published, 2011 ISBN 978-1-4568-8558-8
6. ↑ Wheeler, John H. Reminiscences and memoirs of North Carolina and eminent North Carolinians Columbus print. works (Columbus, Ohio 1884) OCLC: 2619750 Accessed 27 Aug 2016 at Internet Archive
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-1NW : 29 May 2015), Zachias Wilson, 1790.
8. ↑ Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts. Will Books A-C, 1794-1834. Page 11; original recorded at Will Book "A", page #25
9. ↑ S45 California Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law website URL: Will
10. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19258120/person/19952114352/story/c45fa903-a26c-4e43-819b-158998c487ce?usePUBJs=true

    This is a private family tree at Ancestry, so it is impossible to determine whether what sources were used, if any, as no one can see it.

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