Name: Augustus Wilson.[1]
Born: 4 May 1759 Cecil Twp, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
(or Massachusetts, according to 1850 mortality schedule)
Married: Ann Rice, abt 1778 North Carolina (?).
(10 children)
Land: 21 Jan 1797 White Mill Creek, Knox County, Tennessee.[2]
Warrant No., 283: Purchased 300 acres in Grassy Valley on White Mill Creek.
Married: Barbara Mayes, abt 1810 Hawkins County, Tennessee.
(2 children)
Military Pension: abt 1848 Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Claim for a Revolutionary War pension was apparently rejected because he served less than 6 months. Original claim not seen. No further details.
Died: 28 Feb 1850 Anderson County, Tennessee.[1]
(burial location not known)
Mortality Schedule:
Age: 100 [sic]
State of Birth: Mass. [sic]
Cause of Death: "Old age"
Census 1830
Anderson County, Tennessee, p. 191.[3]
Wilson, Augustus
Males
10-14 = 1
70-79 = 1
Females
50-59 = 1
Slaves = 1
Census 1840
Anderson County, Tennessee, p. 4.[4]
Wilsaon, Augustus
Males
80-89 = 1
Females
70-79 = 1
Slaves = 0
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