Ebenezer Pressley Wilson (1848 - 1918)

Born 6 Dec 1848 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Katherine (Giffin) Wilson — married 18 Nov 1880 (to 28 Oct 1918) in Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer Pressley Wilson

Birth

Date: December 6, 1848

Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Family

Father: James Wilson

Mother: Elizabeth Bryant Hines

Siblings:

1. James B Wilson
2. Thomas Templeton Wilson
3. Benjamin T Wilson
4. Elizabeth Ellen Wilson
5. Mary Ann Wilson
6. Sarah Jane Wilson
7. Zaccheus M Wilson
8. William Kendle Wilson
9. Isaac Anderson Loag Wilson
10. Jemima Catherine Wilson
11. Jannett T Wilson
12. Lovinia Caroline Wilson
13. Margaret Rebecca Wilson
14. Martha Lutitia Wilson
15. Nancy Lauretta Wilson
16. Frances Emmaline Wilson

Marriage

Husband: Ebenezer Pressley Wilson

Wife: Eliza Katherine Giffin

Date: November 18, 1880

Place: Knox, Tennessee, United States

Marriage Certificate^[1]

Note: Surname of co-signer is Burnett

US Census

1850^[2]

Additional information:

Elizabeth (mother) cannot read and write

James Wilson is working as a farmer and Thomas as laborer

James' property value is $500

1860^[3]

Enough of the children's names and ages match that I believe this is the correct family even if some names are different.

1870^[4]

Isaac's personal estate is $150, nobody else's is listed

Elizabeth (mother) still can't read and write but the rest can

1880^[5]

Note: both Elizabeth and Ebenezer are widowed. He is working as a carpenter.

1900^[6]

Note: Eliza had 6 children, 5 still living; Ebenezer, Minnia, and James have been unemployed for 6 months

Death

Date: October 28, 1918

Place: Unknown

Death Certificate^[7]

Additional information: Informant: James W Wilson; Attended: Oct 23 - Oct 28; Cause of Death: Arterio Sclerosis

Death certificate of wife Eliza^[8]

Additional information: Informant: Mrs. Luther Cummings; Cause of Death: Hypertension

Death Certificate for son James William^[9]

Notes

From Wilson-Moore.com^[10] :

• (Research):James Willson, known as "Jeems", was a farmer and owner-operator of a tannery on Willson Branch, about 100 yards east of the old Shooks Post Office. This was at junction of old Seiverville Pike and the road leading to Kimberlin Heights. For three years (1846-1850) James and his family lived near New West, Abbeyville District, South Carolina, then returned to his Knox County home. At the time of his marriage he repaired and moved into the old log, two story, house on the Kimberlin Heights road where the Willson - Hines family reunion was held on July 15, 1909.
• Migration of the family seems at first glance to be very stable. Each census records them living in Knox County, Tennessee. But a closer look reveals an interesting movement. Once census lists the birth state of Lavinia (1846) as being South Carolina. One census list the birth state of Ebenezer (1848) as being South Carolina. And finally the death of Mary Ann in 1849 appears to have happened in South Carolina.
• Bible Records -- Tombstone Inscriptions for New Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery list James Wilson as being buried in the cemetery.
• Eliza Giffin married Ebenezer Wilson, a widower, and daughter Minnie is from his previous marriage so she is Eliza's stepdaughter.
• From Wilson-Moore.com^[11]:
• "Uncle Eb" was the last child to leave his father's home place; he later lived on Boggs Avenue in South Knoxville. He was a carpenter and was active in the South Knoxville Baptist Church. In 1892 he and his brother-in-law, Marshall Walker, visited Loag Willson at Plano, Texas, and persuaded Loag's son Audley to return to Tennessee, which he did in the next year.
• Is this his daughter, "Minnie Wilson, wife of S.H. Ford, April 13, 1874-November 13, 1906? http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121270162

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9819-34251-50?cc=1619127 : accessed 29 June 2015), 004538919 > image 593 of 1069; county courthouses, Tennessee.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-N21 : accessed 30 June 2015), James Willson, Knox county, part of, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing family 127, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TP-FHQ : accessed 30 June 2015), James Wilson, 15 District, Knox, Tennessee, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 130, household ID 818, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,259.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDZ-48X : accessed 30 June 2015), Elizabeth Willson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 13, family 90, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,040.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-64W : accessed 29 June 2015), Elizbeth B Willson, District 15, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 158, sheet 345C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1265; FHL microfilm 1,255,265.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDW-73M : accessed 29 June 2015), Eb* Wellson, Civil District 14 (south, west part) South Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,583.
7. ↑ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N91M-VNY : accessed 29 June 2015), Ebenezer P. Wilson, 28 Oct 1918; citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, v 35 cn 265, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,689.
8. ↑ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS7K-XZP : accessed 29 June 2015), Nancy King in entry for Eliza Katherine Wilson, 21 Dec 1945; citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, cn 25920, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,365.
9. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-8GTY : accessed 29 June 2015), Ebineger Wilson in entry for James William Wilson, 02 Feb 1959; citing Middlesboro, Bell, Kentucky, United States, , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,973,385.
10. ↑ http://www.wilson-moore.com/getperson.php?personID=I5954&tree=WilsonTree
11. ↑ http://www.wilson-moore.com/getperson.php?personID=I8556&tree=WilsonTree

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135354790
• http://records.ancestry.com/ebenezer_pressly_willson_records.ashx?pid=57831920

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile was created through the import of Jim Walker gedcom 4 Wikitree may 22 2011.ged on May 24, 2011.