My earliest Wilson is George W. Wilson, SR. born 1786, place unknown. Married Ruth Springston, 1/2 Cherokee. Evaluated for Removal in Jan. 1834 in TN, arrived in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in May 1834. source: Genealogy Dept. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. His parents are listed as Thomas Wilson, SR. and Betsy McCrary. estimated births 1770 +or -. Which is probably earlier at least for Thomas. Thomas, Sr. was married first to an unknown Hicks (prob. Elizabeth) and had only one known son together, Thomas Wilson, Jr. b. 1785 found in AL., as an adult, prior to Removal of 1838. Unknown HICKs remarried to a Bigby and had children. I was curious about the Urvin/Erwin/Irvan Will because it mentioned Hicks and Wilson as son-in-laws(Nathaniel and Thomas?), and those names hit so close to what I was researching. I was wondering if it might be Thomas Wilson Jr and a Maternal Uncle or cousin. I have not looked into this too much, and I have not gotten into details on the Hicks family yet, as Thomas, Jr. is only a half brother to George, Sr. and this is too far off to the side for me right now. I am just now getting into the Thomas Wilson, Sr. generation. This is about all I have on Thomas as of now. Emmit Starr was a reknown expert on Cherokee genealogy and his book on the Cherokiee History is a great starting place for research. It list family groups in a genealogical order. There are a few mistakes and incomplete family listings. These are being fixed and the book rewritten by at least two separate gentlemen. I have documented and corrected my family line that is listed in the book. It goes back to the marriage of George Wilson, SR. and Ruth Springston, through the Springston/Drumgoole line. My documentation for this line has been added to the Cherokee Nation genealogy department to add to the completion of certain family records. My Grandfathers paternal and maternal lines are Cherokee with a few intermarried whites, so I have done a lot of Cherokee research. I have most lines back to before 1800. I still have one missing Gr. Gr. Grandmother that I need to find. I will try the Google search and see what I can find. Thank you Tom FYI: Cherokee genealogy is not proven the way whites are proven. There is no Federal censuses, land sales(Cherokee land was owned by the tribe, and not indiviually until 1906), marriage records, etc. Though some marriages and baptisms were recorded by missionaries working inside the Nation. Most documents come from census Rolls, Applications such as Dawes and Guion Miller app.'s, where enrollees had to list their ancestors, Indian agent logs, Cherokee council records, etc. So the info on George Wilson is the best that can be found. The Cherokee Nation uses the Dawes Roll (1897-1905) to prove eligibility for Tribal Enrollment today. Where and when in the 1700s are your earliest proven Wilson records? The Thomas Wilson I referred to had a son named Thomas also and I get the two generations confused. One married a McLin and the other married an Irvin/Urvin/Irwin/ spellings unsure. At any rate the elder Thomas Wilson was married to a Nathaniel either Urvin/Erwin, or McLin. His son married the other surname. I am not an expert on either this family or the Indian traders. However I am very interested in them. I don't have the information at my fingertips, and won't have time until after Christmas to do much about it. I think if you do a google search on William Pettypool, it will bring up the info on the Indian traders. Many were found living on Three Creeks near each other. I have really beaten the bushes for early Wilsons in this area along the NC/Va border.