You probably need to check the NCGenWeb site on Wilson County for the history of the area. It was named for Louis Wilson, a state legislator. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ then select the county. At 12:44 PM 01/04/1999 -0500, you wrote: >After many years of searching by my relatives before me, and a few years on >my own, I still seek clues as to where my line of Wilsons came from. So it >is in this continuing effort that I have subscribed to this list. I know >little about the Wilson County Area, and am curious as to how it came to be >so named, etc. My line extends back to the mid 1700's here in what was then >Old Rowan (now Davidson County) to the first land grant to Richard Wilson >recorded in 1783. I would like to find some thread that links my line back >to Staunton Virginia area. I have no solid evidence to make this >connection, except for the works of some researchers who interviewed family >members before my time, noting that the word of mouth History claimed >Staunton as the place that the Wilsons occupied prior to coming to this >location in NC. I have a listing of my tree on my website for those who >wish to review the names and dates. Thanks, and I hope to find some clues. > Walt >Wilsons Family pages >http://www.geocites.com/paris/leftbank/5943 > > Carol Pridgen Martoccia 903 East Fifth St. Greenville, NC 27858 PRIDGEN Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 PRIDGEN Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl List manager for the Pridgen Family and for Wilson County, NC (NCWilson)