Person:Margaret Wilson (162)

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Margaret Wilson
b.4 Mar 1794 Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee
d.Abt 9 Oct 1871 Pleasant Hope, Polk County, Missouri
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Margaret Wilson1794 - Abt 1871
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Burns1788 - 1863
  • W.  Margaret Wilson1794 - Abt 1871
m. 1811
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Facts and Events
Name Margaret Wilson
Gender Female
Birth[1] 4 Mar 1794 Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee
Marriage 1811 Bedford County, Tennesseeto John Burns
Death[1] Abt 9 Oct 1871 Pleasant Hope, Polk County, Missouri
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikitree.com.

    Margaret (Wilson) Burns (abt. 1794 - abt. 1871)

    Margaret Burns formerly Wilson
    Born about 4 Mar 1794 in Rogersville, Tennesseemap
    Ancestors ancestors
    Daughter of James Wilson and Sarah Curry (Ogilvie) Wilson
    [sibling(s) unknown]
    Wife of John Burns — married 1811 in Bedford County, Tennesseemap
    Mother of Sarah Malinda Burns and Zacharius Thaddeus Lafayette Burns
    Died about 9 Oct 1871 in Pleasant Hope, MO

    Discrepancy in info on birth date and local for Margaret. Inclined to believe above, however, alternative info is: born 1796 in Lincoln County, GA to dau of James Wilson & Sarah Ogilvie (Wilsons were from Mecklenburg Cnty,NC).

    Margaret and John had eight children (all born in TN). In 1835 they moved to Tippah Cnty,MS but there ran into a land dispute and by 1837 had arrived in Polk Cnty,MO. They helped found the town of Pleasant Hope,MO. John was murdered by bushwackers in 1863 and Margaret died in 1875. They are buried in Pleasant Hope Cemetery

    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-22514

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