Posted on: Pike County, Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Pike/1917 Surname: Wilson ------------------------- John Leonard Wilson joined the Civil War probably in Fayette County GA. Am told he helped build breastworks at Vicksburg & was captured there. Released from prison near Chicago, & returned to Birmingham or Goshen (Pike County) as best he could. Family were, or became Mormons & moved to Colorado, except for Joseph Columbus Wilson, who stayed in Pike County & at one time, operated store in Goshen.