Paula, You may want to look up the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. The Great Valley Road branch. http://tradingpath.org is a good reference. A group of Wilson from Pittsylvania County, VA moved down to the Charlotte/Rock Hill area after fighting at the Battle of Kings Mountain during the Revolutionary War. Joseph Wilson was the father of more than one. Pittsylvania County has groups of several of those families you mentioned like Woodall and Wynn. I'm from a separate Wilson/Willson family that lived in Henry and Pittsylvania Counties. They did use the name Minerva in the later 1800's. My gr grandfather was William Henderson Wilson born in 1849. His father was Morgan J. Willson born in 1813. Other members of my Wilson's did migrate south then west like many from Pittsylvania County. Many ended up in Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. I've heard of another group of Wilsons that were Methodist preachers out of what is now West Virginia. They followed the route to Georgia and across to Texas too. Happy Hunting, Mark Wilson On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:42 PM, TOM F DUNKLIN <dunk1432@verizon.net> wrote: > I have a William Wilson born ca 1802 SC. Married an unknown Sarah, born ca 1808 SC. Had several children born in SC and in GA. This family was in West Amunchee, Walker Co GA for the 1850 census and in DeKalb Co, AL for the 1860 census. > > WILLIAM and SARAH'S CHILDREN: > Benjamin W. E. Wilson (ca 1829 SC);  Mary M. (ca 1837 SC);  Abbey L. (ca 1838 SC);  Martha A. (ca1839 SC);  James (ca 1841 SC);  Susy/Suzy C. (ca 1843 GA);  Jerry M (ca 1845 GA) ;  Minerva/Manerva J. (ca 1847 GA);  Sarah E. (ca 1849 GA); and Abraham/Abram (ca 1851-1852 GA or AL). Believe some in this family later had ties to Morgan & Jackson Counties of AL & may possibly have had some kind of earlier tie to the state of TN. > > ASSOCIATED SURNAMES: Bramlett; Breedlove; Cagle; Canady; Couch; Crosby/Cosby; Crow; Hampton; Harvey; Kennedy; Long; Martin; Moss; Nesmith; Rains; Roberts; Robeson; Rogers; Vest; Wilson; Woodall; Wright; Wynn; Yarbrough > > Unable to find any Wilsons in 1700's SC that connect to my William Wilson. > > Anyone? > > Paula > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Hal McCawley <halmac@cox.net> > To: Carolyn Achata <cachata@gmail.com> > Cc: WILSON-L <WILSON-l@rootsweb.com>; VAAugusta-L <VAAugust-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 7:24 PM > Subject: [WILSON] Rev William WILSON of 1700s Augusta Co, VA > > Need help IDing the Rev William WILSON below that was of the Tinkling Springs or North Presby Churches in late 1700s.  Our below dates or mine must be in error??  Also wife needed. > Best, > Hal McCawley  4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 1-760-941-4716 HalMac@Cox.Net > Researching McCAULEY, TUCKER, LEDBETTER, YOUNG, SANDERS, WILSON, CHRISTIAN, SEE,  CLEMMER, DETTRO.. > >   ----- Original Message ----- >   From: Carolyn Achata >   To: Hal McCawley >   Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:33 PM >   Subject: Re: researching Wilsons too > > >   Hal, >   This William Wilson was born in Chester Co.,PA in 1751 according to ancestry. He was brought to Augusta County as a child and grew up in the area known as Rockbridge, Augusta County. He was known as quite a scholar in Latin and Greek, but the book doesn't say where he was educated, neither does it mention who his parents were. He died 1834 in Pittsylvania County, VA. He pastored a church called Tinkling Spring in Augusta County from 1780-1814. On later census records he was found in Waynesboro, VA. but at some point before his death moved to Pittsylvania County, VA. The Annals of Augusta County says he was proficient in Latin and Greek. Following a severe illness he recovered and had forgotten English, but remembered Latin and Greek. He eventually remembered English. >   Does that help you identify him? >   Thanks, >   Carolyn > > >   On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Hal McCawley <halmac@cox.net> wrote: > >     Hi Carolyn, good to hear you are interested in the WILSONs of 1700s Augusta Co, Va.  I believe I have Rev Wm WILSON in my base but I also have 54 other Wm WILSONs.  Can you tell me abt his age... church...?? >     Best, >     Hal McCawley  4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 1-760-941-4716 HalMac@Cox.Net >     Researching McCAULEY, TUCKER, LEDBETTER, YOUNG, SANDERS, WILSON, CHRISTIAN, SEE,  CLEMMER, DETTRO.. > >       ----- Original Message ----- >       From: Carolyn Achata >       To: halmac@cox.net >       Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:26 PM >       Subject: researching Wilsons too > > >       Hi Hal, >       I got your name and email from a Wilson DNA contact. I have the book The Annals of Augusta County, VA. (1886, Waddell) and found record of Rev. William Wilson. I've looked at what was said about him several times and wondered who their children might be. I'm assuming that you have looked on the vital statistics of ancestry.com and saw that he died in Pittsylvania County, VA, 1834. >       Looks like he had slaves, but not sure if he had children, or who they were. Do you happen to know? I'm thinking that in prior searches I found the name of his wife, but don't see it tonight. >       I believe that our Wilsons came along this same trail, then went to Greenville County, S.C. Our GG grandfather was Alvin Wilson (b. 1816)  and I've searched for years to find out who his father was. Other Wilsons in the area came as Quakers from Chester County, Pennsylvania, late 1700s and were there into the early to mid 1800s. Those who left seem to have gone to Indiana. My brother has DNA matches who went up that way, some still live in Indiana. One match had ancestry in Danville, VA. prior to the Civil War. Danville is in Pittsylvania County, so there is a strong likelihood that he would have been a son or grandson of William Wilson. >       Would be glad to share info with you. What is your Wilson connection? >       Regards, >       Carolyn Wilson Achata >       McDonald, TN. (near Chattanooga, TN.) > >       -- >       Carolyn Achata > > > > >   -- >   Carolyn Achata > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >