Elijah Wilson

1817 - Aft 1870  (> 54 years)   Has 6 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Elijah Wilson
  Birth	1816/1817	Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC)
  Gender	Male
  _UID	02B2C0809F5A924EA220E31B4B835A823706
  Death	Aft 1870	Iron Co, MO
  Person ID	I5379	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Jesse Wilson,   b. 1784/1785, NC d. Aft 1850, Union Co, GA (Age > 66 years)
  Mother	?,   b. 1784/1790   d. 1840/1848, Yancey Co, NC (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1810	Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC)
  _UID	A467DBEDE90DE3489E43F1FFC3A45D74FDB9
  Family ID	F34568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza,   b. 1814/1815, NC d. Aft 1880, Wright Co, MO (Age > 66 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1837	Yancey Co, NC
  _UID	770727400D6E904FBD7C0EFA59A1D2B3FF18
  Children	1. William Wilson,   b. 1836/1837, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Cherokee Co, NC (Age > 14 years)   2. Jesse A Wilson,   b. 1839/1840, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Cherokee Co, NC (Age > 11 years)   3. Minerva C Wilson,   b. 1840/1841, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Polk Co, TN (Age > 20 years)   4. John H Wilson,   b. 1842/1843, GA d. Aft 1860, Polk Co, TN (Age > 18 years)   5. Louisa A Wilson,   b. 1844/1845, GA d. Aft 1860, Polk Co, TN (Age > 16 years)   6. Rebecca Emaline Wilson,   b. 1846/1847, Cherokee Co, NC d. Aft 1870, Iron Co, MO (Age > 24 years)   7. Ezekiel A Wilson,   b. 1850, Cherokee Co, NC d. Aft 1870, Iron Co, MO (Age > 21 years)   8. Thomas Wilson,   b. 1851/1852, Cherokee Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Wright Co, MO (Age > 29 years)   9. E H Wilson,   b. 1853/1854, Cherokee Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Polk Co, TN (Age > 7 years)   10. Martha Adeline Wilson,   b. 1855/1856, Cherokee Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Wright Co, MO (Age > 25 years)
  Family ID	F34611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:I don't know if I'm related to this family or not but I am interested in them. I've researched all Wilsons in the region to some extent in the attempt to discover the family of my ancestor Mrs. David Carpenter. She is a presumed Miss Wilson born ca 1810/15 in Burke Co., NC, died ca 1839 in Yancey Co., NC or in Ashe (now Watauga) Co., NC. My area of interest mainly includes Burke, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery and Watauga Counties, and some of their parent counties such as Buncombe and Ashe. I am not yet 100% certain Mrs. David Carpenter was a Wilson, but they did name their second son "Wilson Carpenter" so that strongly suggests Wilson ancestry. They were associated with Wilsons as well; !REFERENCES: https://martygrant.com/ https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/ https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/wilson/ My Wilson ancestor: https://martygrant.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2634&tree=martygrant !NOTES:I don't know that Elijah is a son of Jesse, but was associated and named one of his sons Jesse. Online trees list an Elijah Wilson (1812) as a son of George Wilson and Elizabeth Shepherd. This could be that Elijah except he was born ca 1817 per 1850 and 1870 census, or ca 1820 per 1860 census. He fits better in Jesse's household in my opinion. Either they are wrong about George or else George had a different son also named Elijah. !CENSUS:1840 x * Maybe: Monroe Co., TN p. 28 Elija Wilson age 30-39 (1800/1810) 112002-110011 !CENSUS:1850 Cherokee Co., NC # 218/218 Elija Wilson 33 Farmer $- NC Eliza 35 William 13 Jesse A. 10 Minerva C. 9 John H. 7 GA Louisa A. 5 GA Rebecca 3 NC Ezekiel 2/12 * Next to Ezekiel Garland 37, coincidence? !CENSUS:1860 Polk Co., TN 8 District, Benton PO # 1039/1039 & 1040/1040 (apparently misnumbered) 1039/1039 Martha Brown 10 GA* Elijah Wilson 40 Miner $-/- NC Eliza 44 * Martha should be part of prior household # 1040/1040 Minerva Wilson 19 NC John H. 15 Miner GA Eliza A. 14 GA Emaline 10 NC Thomas 8 E. H. 6 m Adline 4 * a few houses away: # 1044/1044 E. J. Nicholson 23 Miner $-/- TN Louisa 19 GA Ezekiel A. Wilson 10 NC; !CENSUS:1870 Iron Co., MO Township 32 Range 3 East, Ironton PO # 10/10 Elijah H. Wilson 53 works at saw mill $-/100 NC Eliza 55 keeping House NC Ezekiel 21 works at saw mill GA Rebecca 20 at home GA Martha 18 at home GA;