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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



WILSON, THOMAS, was born in 1785 in Buncombe county, North Carolina. Elizabeth Gardner was born in 1786 in Patrick county, Virginia. Her parents moved to Buncombe county, North Carolina, when she was a child. Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth Gardner were there married about 1804 and had two children in that county. They then moved to Warren county, Tennessee. The earthquake of December, 1811, on the Mississippi river so alarmed them that early in 1812 they returned to North Carolina. The government having purchased the lands of the Cherokee Indians in East Tennessee, they removed to Monroe county, near Philadelphia, Loudon county, in 1818, and soon after moved a short distance into Roane county. They moved from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, in the spring of 1830. Five children were born in Tennessee. Of the seven children--

GEORGE, born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, Nov. 27, 1806, married in Tennessee to Elizabeth McCoy, came to Sangamon county, went to Missouri, and from there to Texas.

RACHEL, born in 1809, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Martin McCoy. They had three children, JOSEPH, THOMAS and MARY. Mrs. McCoy died in Springfield, and he near Auburn, Illinois.

MARY, born Jan. 3, 1812, in Buncombe county, North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Dr. Charles D. Nuckolls. See his name.

JACKSON, born in North Carolina, married Susan Martin. They had one child, WILLIAM, who married Adaline Martin in Christian county, and now lives in Missouri. Mrs. Susan Wilson died in Christian county, and Jackson Wilson lives in Texas.

NANCY, born in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to David Drennan. See his name.

WILLIAM, born Jan. 18, 1819, in Tennessee, raised in Illinois, married in Missouri to Mary Murray, and lives in Texas.

JAMES, born April 22, 1822, in Monroe or Roane county, Tennessee, came to Sangamon county in 1834, married Margaret Nuckolls, who died, and he married Elizabeth Courtney, who was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Feb. 25, 1838, and they reside in Ball township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Thomas Wilson died in the fall of 1830, and his widow died September, 1845, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.



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