James Longstreet Wilkinson was born in 1866 in Georgia to William Riley Wilkinson and Mary Easterling.[1][2] He married Ann Eliza Kicklighter about 1891 in Georgia.[3][4][5] After Eliza's death, James married Alice Dent in 1923 in Wayne County, Georgia.[6][7] He passed away in 1938 in Tattnall County, Georgia and is buried in the Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Glennville, Georgia.[8][9]
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G8-Y2V : 11 August 2017), James L Wilkenson in household of William K Wilkenson, District 16, Liberty, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 72C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,155.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VZ-3TT : accessed 2 March 2020), James Wilkerson, Militia District 1432 Glenville village, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 8A, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,222.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLL6-58M : accessed 2 March 2020), James L Wilkinson, Glennville, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 146, sheet 15B, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 212; FHL microfilm 1,374,225.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXZ-ZMH : accessed 2 March 2020), James L Wilkerson, Glennville, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing ED 155, sheet 2A, line 35, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 277; FHL microfilm 1,820,277.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3C5R-TPZ : accessed 2 March 2020), James L Wilkerson, Militia District 1432, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 5B, line 86, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 386; FHL microfilm 2,340,121.
↑ "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-D7KK : 1 August 2019), James L Wilkerson, 18 Jul 1938; citing Tattnall, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
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