Revision as of 17:54, 30 September 2007

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5     Generation 6       Generation 7
 
                                 +-- [unknown]
                                 |   (????-????)   
              +-- James Wilson --+
              |   (1805-????)    |
 Lot Wilson --+                  +-- [unknown]
 (1831-1906)  |                      (????-????)
              +-- Mary Baum
                  (1806-????)

Sources: ^[4]

Children

(all children presumably with Mary Baum)

Places of Residence

Photos

Old Town Portsmouth, Scioto Co. OH

Old Town Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio looking much as James Wilson & wife Mary saw it.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Township, Butler County, PA, Page 7, lines 25-31 lists James Wilson household with 2 males under 5, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40. This may correspond to James & Mary Wilson & children John, Lot, William, and Martha. Tamson, at age 11, may have been working as a servant in another household; George was not yet born.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, West Connoquenessing, Butler County, PA, Page 101, lines 25-31 lists James Wilson, 45, married to Mary Wilson, 44. They are listed as living with five children: John (?) Wilson, 24; Lot Wilson, 19; William Wilson, 17; Martha J. Wilson, 15; and George A. Wilson, 7. All family members are listed as having been born in PA. Lot and William are listed a "laborers," John is listed as a "Tanner" or possibly "Farmer". James' occupation is possibly "Carpenter". Lot, William, Martha, and George are listed as having attended school within the year. The census is dated August 23, 1850.
3	1850 U.S. Federal Census Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA, ancestry.com pg. 12. Date of census 3 Apr. 1850. Lines 10&11: James Cratty Jr., age 28, farmer; wife Tamzen, age 21. Both born in PA. Next door is the famiy of James Cratty Sr. Nearby are the families of John Gallagher (age 67) & wife Frances; James Gallagher (age 70) & wife Mary (age 40) and 8 children; John Gallagher (age 38) & wife Sarah. Note: Nancy Gallagher, the daughter of John & Mary Gallagher, married Lot Wilson, the brother of Tamson Wilson Cratty.
4	1895 History of Butler Co. PA, Brown & Co., p. 1277: "Lott Wilson was born in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania, February 10, 1831, son of James and Mary (Baum) Wilson, and came with his parents to Butler county in 1844. His father was a native of Berks county, whence he removed to Westmoreland county, and afterwards to Butler county. After a few years' residence in Connoquenessing township, he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he died. By his marriage to Mary Baum he became the father of ...Martha J., who married Hiram Milhuisen; Tamson, who married James Cratty; William, of Lancaster township, and Lott..."	(Complete text, Lott Wilson sketch, 1895 Hist. Butler Co. PA)
5	Early Bounty Hunters of Butler County, Pennsylvania, ed. David K. Webb & John M. Stevens, 1934; reprinted by Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown PA Date of Warrant Issue: Dec. 5, 1837,Hunter: James Wilson, killed 1 fox; p.5, Bounty for foxes listed as $0.50.
6	Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 2, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Borough of Prospect, Butler Co. PA Millison, Martha J. died 04-05-1867, Wife of Hiram Lot Wilson born 02-10-1831? died 04-14-1906 Nancy Wilson born 02-18-1829 died 03-09-1904 Wilson, Infant died 08-22-1863, Dau. of L. & N.
7	Gravestone Transcriptions, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Prospect, Butler Co. PA; transcribed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. "Nancy Wilson Feb. 18, 1829 - Mar. 9, 1904 (same stone) Lot Wilson Feb 10, 1831 - Apr. 14, 1906." "Infant dau. of L & N Wilson died Aug 22 18(67?)" "H. A." on small stone oriented sideways and next to stone of Lot & Nancy Wilson. Maria C. (dau. of?) L & N Wilson died Aug 1877 age 9 yrs 11 mos 7 da. Martha J. wife of Hiram Millison died Apr. 5, 1867 in her (78th?) year.
8	Manuscript of John T. Wilson researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Gahagan.
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Source notes

• John T. Wilson's manuscript, researched in about 1975-1985, lists the names of four children of James Wilson & Mary Baum as Tamson, Lot, William & Martha J. We expect that there was no direct family memory of the James Wilson generation, no information retrieved through interviews. From other family information he cites, we expect he had access to the 1895 History of Butler County, and that this was his source for this family. Thus, no particular additional weight is given his listing in this instance. The census record suggests the two additional names of John and George. As George was born 7 years after Martha J. (1850 census), there may have been additional children who did not survive.
• No census record for 1810, 1820, or 1830 can be positively tied to James Wilson.
  Repeated searches of both Pennsylvania and Ohio records give no sign of James Wilson after 1850.
  
• 1840 Census: the ages given for William and Lot indicate that they should be no more than 14 & 15 in the 1850 census, but are in fact listed as 17 & 19; errors of 2 years are common in early census. No other plausible match for this family in the 1840 census could be found. Also on this census page is an entry for the John Wilson household: 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 30-40. Two households separate James & John Wilson in the census report. No known relationship, though it seems plausible that James & John could have been brothers or cousins. James did name a son John.

• 1850 Census: Tamson is not in the James Wilson household; she is already married to James Cratty.They appear in the 1850 census in Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA John Wilson may be the male age 15-20 in the 1840 census.

Conjecture

• Berks County PA at the time of James Wilson's birth included much of present day Schuylkill Co. Persons reporting their birth county in later years sometimes named the place as it was named later, and some named it as it was when they were born. Thus it would be possible for James Wilson to be a native of Berks Co., but to be living in Schuylkill Co. after its formation in 1811.

Research

The material in this section is for research leads only. We do not wish to imply any connection to our family at present, nor suggest its use without additional confirmation.

• Having real problems with this page. Can't find James and Mary in 1860, can't find a good 1840 census. Very little information on the children; some sources leave some out. The 1850 census seems to include bonus children that aren't mentioned elsewhere.
• A visit by Elizabeth Wilson Williams to Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, OH, in Jun3 2007, produced no results. No stone was found for a James or Mary Wilson Subsequent research on the website of the Scioto County Historical Society, specifically the inventory of graves at Greenlawn Cemetery, also did not list James & Mary Wilson. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohscogs2/Greenlawn/index.htm
  Greenlawn is the only cemetery in Portsmouth that was in use in the time period of James and Mary Wilson's move to Ohio. It is presumed they were buried in a smaller cemetery somewhere in the Scioto County other than Portsmouth.