A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for John Tilford Wilson
His father’s will mentions a son named John (actually it mentions three children of son John, and doesn’t name the children). "James McCoun & Margaret Walker & Their Descendants" by Maurie McCoun Klimcheck (Vol. II, p. 218; self-published, 1993, copied from microfilm obtained from FamilySearch.org) lists John T. Wilson as son of John Wilson and Priscilla McCoun. A Mercer Co., KY, guardian bond dated 7 May 1827 lists him as John Tilford Wilson.
His children's names come from a deed in Howard County deed book 21, pp. 190-92 (obtained from Shanna Tait and Harold Kerr). The deed concerns the sale in Feb 1879 of some land that had been acquired by Robert & John Wilson in 1824. The sellers were four couples: David and Sarah C. Wilson of Howard Co., MO; David W. and Rosa B. Wilson of Randolph Co., MO; Edward T. and Elizabeth M. Wilson of Randolph Co., MO; and William N. and Mary G. Reed of Chicot Co., AR. There is a notation that says "David W. Wilson, E. Wilson, & Mary G. Reed being children of John Wilson dec'd, who was a son of Gen'l John Wilson" (punctuation added). I was able to find those three couples in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. I have so far only found Mary in the 1860 census (more distinctive because she was already married by then). In 1850, they probably should have still been together as a family. There is a listing that is thought to be them living in Randolph County with H. B. Owen, who would have been their grandfather. There is a record of a marriage between John Wilson and Mary Owen on 14 Jul 1834 in Howard Co., MO. I'm not sure if it is right, but I am tentatively assuming that this is the right marriage/wife. See additional notes under Mary S. Owen and Edmund/Edward T. Wilson.
Mary Owen Wilson remarried on 12 Apr 1846, so presumably John died before that. Edmund/Edward was born on 23 Jan 1842, so presumably John was still alive nine months before that.
Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson
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