James John Wilson (1743 - 1799)

Born 13 Jul 1743 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Husband of Agnes Nancy (Henderson) Wilson — married 27 Jun 1769 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1799 at age 55 in Ross, Northwest Territory, United States

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James Wilson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A127500.

Biography

John (James) was born in 1743. ^[1]

James H. stated his grandfather, this James, moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1797, accompanied by most of his children, his wife having died previously. He and several emigrants clubbed together and built a flat-boat on the Monongahela River, on which they placed their families and floated down to the Ohio river, and thence down that river to where Portsmouth now is, but was then a dense wilderness. They had on board horses, cattle and sheep. The company encamped till my grandfather and uncle John went up to Chillicothe and procured a keel boat and returned with it down the Scioto River. While they were gone, the wolves made sad havoc with their little flock of sheep. When the keel boat arrived at the mouth of the Scioto River, the families and effects were put on it and the boat was keeled up the river. When they arrived at Chillicothe, they found but one house with a shingle roof and that was a log structure. They arrived in the spring season, and the families remained there some weeks while the working portion of the males went to Pickaway Plains and planted a crop of corn, after which the women and children were taken to their new homes.

The Indians had not yet left the country, and used to assemble at the residences of the new-comers and sing their songs which were to the whites a great novelty. But the natives of the forest soon afterward disappeared and melted away into the western forests, leaving their successors, the white settlers, in quiet possession of their "hunting grounds". They continued to cultivate the land and soon the aborigines were almost forgotten. Week after week, month after month, year after year, other settlers crowded in--and they were always welcome--and their children grew up, and soon began to marry, multiply and increase.

My grandfather died in 1797, the fall after arriving there, and his remains were taken to Chillicothe and buried. Of my grandfather's family, there were six daughters and three sons, viz: Sarah, Polly, Martha, Nancy, Esther, Jane, John, James and William. Sarah and Polly were married before the family came out, and remained in Pennsylvania some years, but afterwards came out and settled with their husbands near here.^[2]

Children of JAMES WILSON and AGNES HENDERSON

• SARAH WILSON, b. April 07, 1770; m. JOHN SWAN.
• MARY WILSON, b. January 27, 1773; m. JOHN SHIELDS.
• MARTHA WILSON, b. March 29, 1779; d. 1824.
• AGNES WILSON, b. February 04, 1777; d. May 10, 1808; m. SOLOMON TEMPLIN, May 05, 1803.
• JOHN WILSON, b. February 18, 1779, Chambersberg, Pennsylvania; d. September 29, 1856, Ross County, Ohio.
• JAMES WILSON, b. May 16, 1781, Chambersberg, Pennsylvania; d. January 20, 1870, Pike County, Ohio.
• ESTHER WILSON, b. October 18, 1783; d. May 29, 1856; m. TERAH TEMPLIN, May 29, 1804.
• WILLIAM WILSON, b. June 11, 1787; d. July 15, 1852, Highland County, Ohio.
• JANE WILSON, b. August 28, 1789.^[3]

Military Service

WILSON, JAMES

Ancestor #: A127500

Service: PENNSYLVANIA

Rank(s): PRIVATE

Birth: 7-13-1743 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA

Death: 6-8-1799 ROSS CO NORTHWEST TERRITORY

Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 6, PP 279-281, 289, 291

Service Description: 1) CAPT JAMES CULBERTSON, 4TH BATT, CUMBERLAND CO MILITIA

RESIDENCE: 1) County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA

SPOUSE: 1) AGNES HENDERSON

Death

8 JUN 1799 Ross, Ohio, USA :: Age: 55

Notes

Note NI320!SOURCES: 1. Family Records

2. DAR application of Margaret Erdman Junkert

3. James Wilson's Rev. War Service Record p. 280, 281, 291

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A127500

1. ↑ Entered by Arik Russell, Nov 22, 2012
2. ↑ History of Ross and Highalnd Counties, Ohio (1895)
3. ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohpickaw/reports/descendants_of_james_wilson.htm

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohpickaw/reports/descendants_of_james_wilson.htm