Samuel Wilson (abt. 1735 - abt. 1814)

Born about 1735 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Brooks) Wilson — married 1762 in Surry, Virginia

Descendants

Died about Oct 1814 at about age 79 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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NOTE: The parents of this man are not Samuel Wilson and Mary Winslow, their son Samuel is well documented and did not marry Mary Brooks.

Biography

Birth

Samuel Wilson was born about 1735. He may have been born in Fincastle, Virginia, and may be the son of Samuel Wilson.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and Children

Samuel married Mary Brooks and had the following children:^{[citation needed]}

• William, b. c 1772
• John, b. c 1774
• Samuel Jr., b. c 1775, d.1853^[1]
• George, b. c 1778
• Jane
• Fredrick
• Sarah
• Keziah

Possible Residences

These need to be verified:

• 1776 - Berkeley County, Virginia^[2]
• 1790 - Hawkins County, Tennessee. He was appointed Stray Master for Hawkins County, 3 Nov 1790.^[3]

Death

Samuel died in October 1814 in Hawkins, Tennessee.^[4]

Research Notes

The following was added from an unsourced GEDCOM import and needs to be assessed:

• Event: Will Dated 12 DEC 1792 Rowan Co, North Carolina
• Event: Comment 2 See Abraham Wilson in 1758 Yadkin Creek, Rowan Co, NC
• Event: Witness 17 APR 1770 Rowan Co, NC deed bet Samuel HIllis & wf Anne to James Penry, 200 Ac on Second Creek. Also A William Willson witness, brother?
• Residence: 21 MAR 1780 Rowan Co, NC State grant #62 to Jonathan Hethman, 400 Ac on Third Crk adj Samuel Hillis, Saml Wilson, Thos Lyall.
• Residence: 10 OCT 1783 Rowan Co, NC State grant #545 to John McClane, 321 A on Third Crk adj Saml Wilson & Jonathan Boone.
• Event: Deed 21 MAR 1780 Rowan Co, NC 500 A granted to Samuel Wilson on N side of Second Crk incl Reedy Branch.
• Event: Deed ABT 8 FEB 1785 Rowan Co, NC Samuel Wilson Sr to his son Samuel Wilson Jr for love & affection, 248 A on N side SEcond Crk adj Robert McBride, Saml Hillhouse, Wm Wilson, orig grant dated 21 Mar 1780. Wit John McGuire, Saml Young. Prvd Feb 1785
• Event: Deed 8 FEB 1785 Rowan Co, NC Saml Wilson to his son Wm Wilson for love and affection, 252 A on N side Second Crk incl the Reedy Branch, being the SE part of 500 A granted sd Saml 21 Mar 1780. John McGuire, Saml Young, Prvd Feb 1785
• Event: Mentioned ABT 1786 Rowan Co, NC Court of Pleas, Danl McEwin vs Saml Willson & Solomon Kelly, 21 pounds money with money to be pd to Wm Hughey by order of Wm Sharpe esq. Probate: 6 FEB 1793 Rowan Co, North Carolina

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #124417503: son's memorial, unsourced
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999: Rent Rolls Ancestry Record 3578 #32548870
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011: Territorial Papers of the US; Vol. #: 4; Page #: 437; Family #: 20. Ancestry Record 2234 #2875. NOTE: this record might be his son
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #144225056: unsourced

See also:

• Williams, Deward C.. This is the maternal genealogy of three PK's, Deward Charles Williams, Jr., Donald Eugene Williams, Betty Marie (Williams) Spitze. Mount Carmel, Ill.: unknown, 1965. Online at Ancestry.com page 41: good leads, no sources listed
• "Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals of Tennessee: 3, 4, and 5 Haywood in One Volume, with Notes and References" by Melville M. Bigelow; New York NY: Hurd & Houghton 1870. "Wilson v. Kilcannon" pp.414-417
• Find A Grave: Memorial #144225082: wife's memorial, unsourced