An Algernon Wilson, Esq. was in Charleston SC in late 1700s, probably had a son, Jehu. Jehu had a son, Jesse, who migrated to GA and then to Marion Co., MS where lived in 1812 and 1813. His father, Jehu, may have joined Jesse in that area. Lawrence County, Ms formed 1814 out of Marion County and Jesse was there. A Jesse WILSON was in the 1818 state census of Mississippi and the 1820 federal census of Lawrence County. He was on the Lawrence County tax lists for Falling Creek 1818-1820, on Shoals Creek 1822, and the Jesse WILSON "estate" was taxed on Halls Creek in 1824. It appears that Josiah Wilson b. 1804, was the son of this Jesse Wilson. Josiah shows up in Lawrence County Ms. as head of a large household in the 1830 census (possibly family of Jesse Wilson). Josiah did not marry Lucinda Hargis until December of 1830. Josiah Wilson and family remained in Lawrence County until about 1845 when he moved to Claiborn Parish, La. to an area in which Lucinda's Hargis relatives were living. Ray