Family History System
Descendant Report for
James, Sr. WILSON
WILSON, James, Sr., Born 1700? in Virginia, Died 1777 at age 77
SP ---, Martha, Married 1730 in Virginia for 47* years
SP ---, Elizabeth, Married 1764 for 66 years
. . 1 WILSON, Moses, Born 1788 in Henry Co., Virginia, Died in Russell Co., Kentucky
. . 2 WILSON, Abner, Born 1790 in Henry Co., Virginia, Died in Russell Co., Kentucky; He came to Ky. before 1829. (1850 census lists him in Russell Co., Ky. There may be more than 4 children but no record is known.--(Wilson 1982, p.10.)
SP BAILEY, Elizabeth, Born 1800, Married 29 Sep 1817 in Russell Co., Kentucky
. . 3 WILSON, Rice, Born 1792? in Henry Co., Virginia?
. . 4 WILSON, Thomas, Born 1795 in Henry Co., Virginia, Died 10 Oct 1843 in Pulaski Co., Kentucky at age 48; He did not sign for Moses or Josiah's marriages. George, Thomas, & Sintha are buried in the family grave yard on House Fork Creek. The old home site is on up ground near where the Little Creek empties into House Fork Creek, about 300 yards southwest or more west by the side of a small branch that comes down through the field.--(Ellison 1991) Moses was a charter member of the United Baptist Church and records of this church show that on the second Saturday in April 1831 that Sintha Wilson united with the church by experience and Baptism, and on the next meeting day, the second Saturday in May 1831, Thomas Wilson united with the church by experience and Baptism. Also after this he was chosen several times as Moderator of their meetings in the absence of their pastor. Then, in April 1843, he was chosen to be ordained as a Deacon.
The ordination was held the second Saturday in August 1843, and he served until his death on 10/10/1843. After the church was moved from their first location in 1867, there was no church at this site known as the Pleasant Point stand until 1879, the institution of a new church known as the NEW Pleasant Point United Baptist Church and it still existed in 1979.--(Wilson 1982, p. 10.)
SP HARRIS, Sinthy (Scyntha), Born 1803 in Virginia; The 1850 census lists here as being 47 but the Wilson book records her with a birth in 1802.
. 2 WILSON, Moses (see prior reference on page1 line 19)
SP WILSON, Nancy (see prior reference on page1 line 18)
. 3 WILSON, Abner, Born 1770?, Died
. 4 WILSON, Patsy, Born 1771?, Died
SP WHITLOCK, Mr., Married in before 1829
. 5 WILSON, Nathaniel, Born 1773 in Henry Co., Virginia, Died 1829 in Pulaski Co., Kentucky at age 56; He came to Adair Co., Ky. ca. 1805 & in Aug. 1807 he was listed as a charter member of the Wolf Creek United Baptist Church, as of its organization on the 2nd Saturday in August 1807, in Pulaski Co.Ky. located on the hill between House Fork and Wolf Creeks, at the same location as the New Pleasant Point Baptist Church now occupies. Nathaniel Wilson was also a Baptist preacher, receiving his license in Virginia. The Church here gave him the same authority and privilege. He later joined a church known as Stephens Baptist Church in Adair Co., Ky. on 10-17-1807. He owned 300 acres of land on Alligator Fork of Wolf Creek of Pulaski Co.,Ky.--(Wilson 1982, p.6-7.)
SP STEPHENS, Susannah, Born 1773 in Henry Co., Virginia, Married 19 May 1793 in Henry Co., Virginia for 35 years, She was the youngest d/o William Stephens, Sr. in Henry Co., VA. Susannah and Nathaniel Wilson had at least 9 children.--(Wilson 1982, p. 7.) Most of their children were born in Adair Co., Kentucky.
. . 1 WILSON, Nancy
. . 2 WILSON, Dorcas
. . 3 WILSON, Partheny
. . 4 WILSON, Jane
. . 5 WILSON, Moses Harkness, Born 1808, Died; Like his father, Nathaniel, he was also a Baptist minister and was called Preacher Moses, and is referred to as that to this day by his descendants. He was pastor of the church mentioned heretofore from 1840 to 1851 and was also a member during his service as pastor. He was originally a member of Friendship Church and served as pastor for some time, and several other churches in the immediate area, as well as other business activities. His great-granddaughter,Ora (Wilson) Perkins, who lived near Russell Springs, Ky., had many of his old papers and records in her possession.--(Wilson 1982, p. 11.)
SP HOPPER, Melissa, Born 1810 in Kentucky, Married 1826 in Russell Co., Kentucky.
. . 6 WILSON, Elizabeth, Born 1810?
. . 7 WILSON, Hester, Born 1812?
. . 8 WILSON, Meridy, Born 1814?
. . 9 WILSON, Letty, Born 1816?