Samuel Wilson

1804 - 1854  (50 years)   Has 4 ancestors and 46 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Samuel Wilson
  Birth	1803/1804	Buncombe Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC)
  Gender	Male
  _UID	45B0888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400001935
  Death	Sep 1854	Macon Co, NC
  Person ID	I44204	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Wilson,   b. Placeholder d. Macon Co, NC
  Mother	?,   b. Placeholder d. Macon Co, NC
  _UID	2FD869F43C131544B52288F6AC67672500FD
  Family ID	F34471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hensley,   b. 1806/1807, Buncombe Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 74 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1833	Yancey Co, NC
  _UID	0AA446192C507B4281844663E3654CC54D44
  Children	1. Edward Wilson,   b. 1832/1833, Yancey Co, NC d. 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age 27 years)   2. Martha Wilson,   b. 1834/1835, Yancey Co, NC d. 1858/1860, Macon Co, NC (Age 25 years)   3. Mary Wilson,   b. 26 Aug 1836, Yancey Co, NC d. 7 Oct 1924, Macon Co, NC (Age 88 years)   4. Thomas Wilson,   b. 1838/1839, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age > 22 years)   5. Elizabeth Wilson,   b. 1 Feb 1843, Yancey Co, NC d. 13 Oct 1923, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 80 years)   6. Margaret Wilson,   b. 1843/1844, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1859, Macon Co, NC (Age > 16 years)   7. Eunice Wilson,   b. 6 Sep 1844, Yancey Co, NC d. 7 Mar 1928, Macon Co, NC (Age 83 years)   8. Rachel Wilson,   b. 1847/1848, Yancey Co, NC or Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age > 13 years)   9. Silas Wilson,   b. 1850, Macon Co, NC d. Bef 1927 (Age < 76 years)
  Family ID	F6285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:Online trees (Geneanet) show Samuel *E* Hensley as child of John B. (1767-1835 Yancey) and Sarah Moore (1771-1866). Other trees list him son of George Wilson and Elizabeth Shepherd; !CENSUS:1830 Buncombe Co., NC p. 288 Samuel Wilson age 20-29 (1800/1810) 0000100000000-2000100000000 Yancey area My analysis (who each person *might* be) 1m 20-29 (1800/1810) Samuel Wilson (c1804) 1f 20-29 (1800/1810) Elizabeth Hensley Wilson (c1807) wife 2f 0-4 (1825/1830).. 1. Daughter? (1825/1830) .................... 2. Daughter? (1825/1830) !CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 263 Samuel Wilson, B.C. age 30-39 (1800/10) 220001-112001 * B.C. might mean Bald Creek My analysis (who each person *might* be) 1m 30-39 (1800/1810) Samuel Wilson (c1804) 2m 5-9 (1830/1835).. 1. Edward Wilson (c1833) son .................... 2. Son? (1830/1835) > gone by 1850 2m 0-4 (1835/1840).. 1. Son? (1830/1835) > gone by 1850 .................... 2. Thomas Hensley (c1839) son 1f 30-39 (1800/1810) Elizabeth Hensley Wilson (c1807) wife 2f 10-14 (1825/1830) 1. Daughter? (1825/1830) > gone by 1850 .................... 2. Daughter? (1825/1830) > gone by 1850 1f 5-9 (1830/1835).. Martha Wilson (c1835) daughter 1f 0-4 (1835/1840).. Mary Wilson (1836) daughter !CENSUS:1850 Macon Co., NC (no township) # 483/493 Samuel Wilson 46 Farmer $1000 Yancey Elizabeth 43 Edward 17 Laborer Martha 15 Mary 13 Thomas 11 Elizabeth 9 Margaret 6 Eunice 5 Rachel 2; !COURT:11 Sep 1854 Macon Co., NC Court Minutes p. 602 Samuel Wilson, late of Macon Co., NC died leaving no last will and testament ... Elizabeth, widow, applies for administration ...