Revision as of 12:06, 31 December 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, and that he had access to the 1895 History of Butler County as his source. The census record suggests the two additional children, John and George.
• 1810, 1820, or 1830 census: none can be positively tied to James Wilson.
• 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, listed in 1850 may be the male age 15-20 in the 1840 census.
• 1860 census not found for James and Mary Wilson. Repeated searches of both Pennsylvania and Ohio records give no sign of James Wilson after 1850.

Conjecture

• Old Berks County PA was formed 1770, and included parts of present-day Berks, Schuylkill, Northampton, Columbia, Montour, eastern Snyder and Union Counties. It was reduced to half size in 1785, ("2nd Berks") excluding what then became part of old Northumberland County, but still including present day Schulykill County. In 1811, Schulykill and present day Berks were separated. Thus James Wilson, born 1805, could be a "native of Berks Co"., by birth in "2nd Berks" ,which later became Berks and Schuylkill Counties.
  There appears only one Wilson in the 1780 tax record for Berks County, below, a John Wilson. Since this "2nd Berks" County was formed in 1790, and in 1780 there is only one Wilsons listed in Berks County tax records (source below), it appears that, unless John Wilson is our James' father or grandfather, then Wilsons moved into the (2nd Berks) area between 1780 and 1805, from other eastern PA counties, other states, or by immigrating. The possibility remains that they were landless and thus do not appear in the tax record.
• Pennsylvania in 1780', a Statewide Index of Circa 1780 Pa Taxlists, Compiled by John D. & E. Diane Stemmons, Salt Lake City UT. (Our James Wilson's father would likely be a child in 1780, living with his parents; his son (our James) was born in 1805.)See table below for areas including later Berks County.

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.

• Elizabeth Wilson Williams visited Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, OH, in June 2007. 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 in use in the time period of James (and Mary?) Wilson's move to Ohio. It is now presumed they were buried in a smaller cemetery somewhere in Scioto County other than Portsmouth.
• 1810 Census Centre Twp Butler Co., household of W. Wilson with 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 10-15, 2 males age 16-25, 2 females under 10, 1 females age 10-15, 1 female age 16-25, and 1 female 26-44. No known relationship.
  
  
  
• Wilson families of Prospect, Franklin Twp. Butler Co. PA include the family of a James Wilson b. ~1819 , and the family of a J. Lowder Wilson (1840-1892. For census and gravestone images see Wilson Families of Prospect PA, Relationship Unknown
• Early Lutheran Baptisms & Marriages in SE Pennsylvania, the Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever 1730-1779, Benealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore 1984. See Wilson entries in table below.