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Captain Zaccheus Wilson

Captain Zaccheus Wilson

Male Aft 1715 - 1795  (< 78 years)

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  • Name Captain Zaccheus Wilson  [1
    Birth Aft 1715  of PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name Zacheus WILSON 
    Death 19 Dec 1795  , Mecklenburg, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18712  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Father Zaccheus (or Robert) Wilson,   b. 1695, of Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1755, of Newville, Cumberland, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Frances,   b. 1700, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1755 (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1716 
    Family ID F6055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 1st wife 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Julian WILSON,   b. 1752, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820, Williamson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Zaccheus Wilson,   b. Bef 1756, of PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6047  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Family 2 Frances Russell Rogers 
    Family ID F6048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Deed Bk. 6, pg 242 Dated 18 Oct 1774
      Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) and his 2nd wife, Frances (?) of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina sold 150 acres to George Calhoun (son-in-law) the Land was located on South side of Sugar Creek, adjoining Robert Wilson’s land. Signed: Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) and Frances (her mark) his wife. Witnesses: Robert Irwin and David Weeks.

      This is one of the last deeds believed by Captain Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) after his marriage to Frances Russell (Rodgers) in ca.1774 prior to leaving Mecklenburg County for his new land granted him (some 900 acres) in the Western district of the middle North Carolina Sumner County. (Now Tennessee) There are several other land transactions by Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) before he left Mecklenburg County ca.1783. Refer to papers in Archives Sumner County, Tennessee for he is of record there in 1784 along with his brother Major David Wilson, both having come into Western District of now middle Tennessee in 1784 to claim said grants.

      Deed Bk. 15, pg 369
      Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) of the State of Georgia, County of Olgethorpe, Executor of Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) (Deceased) sold 70 acres on Sugar Creek, bordering Robert Wilson, Isaac Wilson and former land of Benjamin Thomas. Signed; Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.) Witnesses: Aaron Wilson and John Osborn. Proved in April 1797 Court Session.
      Obviously this is his son Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.) now disposing of land his legatee from his fathers’ left him before leaving Mecklenburg for middle Tennessee as seen in will who died in June 3, 1796, or/ at least his Will was proven on that date has helped add to the confusion over his death and where ….. due to all they knew as Olgethorpe County, Georgia. However the death reads was in Olgethorpe county on Indian land as opposed to US or/ State owned.

      Probate record: Olgethorpe county, January 1808
      Account of estate of Zaccheus Wilson, deceased

      Joseph & William Wilson as legatees
      Balance due James Wilson (son) Balance due Isaac Wilson (son)
      Balance due George Calhoun (son-in-law) Balance due Charles Calhoun (grandson)

      Zaccheus Wilson ‘Jr. Executor Inventory recorded 30 & 23 June by Zaccheus Wilson Jr.
      Sum paid to one legatee 1802, James Wilson.

      Information of the Estate of (Captain) Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) deceased
      Olgethorpe County, Georgia
      Loose Probate Papers Annual Return 1795-1805

      Now from the above transcribed Will and documents of this David Russell (Sr.) you can see the reference to his daughter, Mary Russell by her father when he writes his will …… Although there are several others ties to these Wilsons’ as seen by other documents herein, as well as his grandson William Wilson, the son of Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.) his son-in-law who he named in his Will, in other words his own grandson the property on which other Wilsons’ owned.

      The references made by David Russell in his Will filed in Mar. 1797, concerning William Wilson, the son of Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.) or/his grandson who had purchased 187 acres from David Russell was in fact his own grandson or/son of Mary Russell Wilson & Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.), and not that of the Zaccheus Wilson (Sr.) as I, and others had first though to this Will, therefore now can be seen as one of the Executors to that document March 27, 1802, in Mecklenburg County. This is Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.) who then loses his wife Mary Russell Wilson, within a year of her father’s death or/1803. For when Zaccheus Wilson (Jr.) returned to Sumner County in ca.1804/05 he then married Nancy Long (White), the widow of John White (Jr.), in probably Bedford County, but is seen the 1800 census records, in which he was & his wife Mary Russell Wilson along with their son David Wilson born 1780, 10-16 years of age, and then plays a role & converse as the one who married Jinny (Jean) Carothers May 9, 1804 for this families history.

  • Sources 
    1. [S817] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Historic Sumner County, Tennessee : with genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass families and.