Person:Joshua Wilson (5)

Records in Virginia

1782 – 1787 Virginia Taxpayers Other Than Those Published by the U.S. Census Bureau by Augusta Fothergill and John Mark Naugle (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1986) This book lists Jotham Brown in Botetourt County, Virginia and Joshua Wilson in Botetourt County, Virginia.

1783: “Catharine and Joshua Wilson moved from the Loudon County, Virginia area prior to 1783; their youngest child, Elizabeth, was born 29 March, 1783. They settled on Brush Creek, a branch of the Little River, west of Roanoke. They remained there until the late 1790’s.” (From an article in Virginia Appalachian Notes, V. 15, Issue E, August, 1991, page 91, entitled The Pioneer Daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Hough).

1790: Montgomery County Tax List: A list of taxable property in the district of John Robinson, commissioner, formerly the upper district of Botetourt County and now the lower district of Montgomery. May 24, Elliott Creek; Joshua Wilson, O males 16 – 21

Marriage Record, Montgomery County, VA: Wilson, Jonah and Elizabeth Durman. Joshua Wilson, surety - Oct. 4, 1791. [Source: Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 43.] [Note: Jonas Wilson was Joshua Wilson's son]

Marriage Record, Montgomery County, VA: Wilson, John and Betsy Cummings. Joshua Wilson, surety - Aug. 28, 1797. [Source: Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 43.] [Note: John Wilson was Joshua Wilson's son]

Marriage Record, Montgomery County, VA: Wilson, Benjamin (son of Joshua and Catherine) and Sarah Nuton, dau. [of] Richard Nuton. Richard Whitt surety - Nov. 13, 1787. [Source: Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 43].

Marriage Record, Montgomery County, VA: Wilson, Joseph and Mary Langdon. Jashua Wilson, surety - Oct. 4, 1791. Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 43. [Note: Joseph Wilson was Joshua Wilson's son]

Marriage Record, Montgomery County, VA: Gray, Daniel and Peggy Wilson, Joshua Wilson, surety - 2 March 1819. [Source: Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 18].

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv)
   Source number: 1057.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BAR.

   Name: Joshua Wilson
   Birth Date: 1740
   Birth Place: VA

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=1340168&ti=0&indiv=try

   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1340168&ti=0&indiv=try

2. ↑ Geni.com: (not a reliable primary source).

   https://www.geni.com/people/Joshua-Wilson-Sr/6000000002549103891

3.   Wallin, Carolyn D. Elisha Wallen, the longhunter. (Greenville, South Carolina: C.D. Wallin, c1990 (Johnson City, Tenn. : Overmountain Press))
   pg. 193.

   0.0.1.1.2 CATHERINE HOUGH - Catherine was born on 9-6-1748. She died after 1820 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Catherine married Joshua Wilson. he was born in September of 1740.
   Children:
   0.0.1.1.2.1 Benjamin Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.2 Joshua Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.3 Jonas Durman Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.4 Joseph Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.5 Catherine Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.6 John Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.7 Ury Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.8 Stephen Wilson
   0.0.1.1.2.9 Elizabeth Wilson
   
   Joshua [Wilson] bought land on the West Fork of Little River in 1798 in Montgomery County, Virginia. In 1800 he sold some land in Montgomery County to Thomas Lee. Joshua was on Captain Martin's Company of Bent Mountain Tithables with "3 horses, 11 cattle, no slaves or tithes."

4.   United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

   Name: Joshua Wilson
   [Joshua Wilson Senr]
   Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Rockcastle, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 [b. 1765 or before]
   Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
   Number of Household Members: 2

5. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Joshua Wilson
   BIRTH 10 Sep 1740
   Virginia, USA
   DEATH 18 Nov 1835 (aged 95)
   Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
   BURIAL
   Thompson Cemetery
   Bee Lick, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52220640