Rev Squire Wilcoxen
Birth: Mar. 16, 1778
Rowan County
North Carolina, USA
Death: May 1, 1837
Fulton County
Illinois, USA
Son of Samuel Willcockson and Anna Jordan.
He married Sarah Tatum about 1800, in North Carolina.
Children:
Martha Wilcoxen 1802-1851 (Garrett P. Allumbaugh)
Elizabeth Wilcoxen abt. 1803 (1m. Joseph Allen) (2m. Benjamin F. Roebuck)
Sarah Wilcoxen 1804-1886 (James McGuire 1798-1851)
Anne Wilcoxen abt. 1805/06 (Asa Smith)
Jordan T. Wilcoxen 1807-1867
Amy Wilcoxen abt. 1810 (William O. Spencer)
Samuel Wilcoxen 1813-1893 (Lucinda Carver)
James F. Wilcoxen 1815-1863
Ellenora "Ellen" Wilcoxen 1818-1839
He served as captain of Militia in North Carolina in the War of 1812, Eighth North Carolina Regiment, 5th Company. His name appears on the veteran's roster in the Ashe County courthouse.
Oil Fields Baptist Church, later known as the Baptist Church at Old Fields, was established in 1803, near New River, Ashe Co., NC. Ordained that year, Squire was its first pastor and a charter member.
He was listed in the records of the Three Forks Baptist Church in Watagua Co., NC. He was one of the first elders of the Salem Baptist Church organized in 1830, in Liverpool Township, and the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church near Canton, Fulton Co., IL Records for Squire at Bethel Church include in his name a middle initial "W."
(Old Fields Baptist Church, 1803-2003: Fleetwood, North Carolina)
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