Ancestrees
Isaiah WILLSON
Aft 1779 - Aft 1840 (> 61 years)
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Name Isaiah WILLSON [1, 2] Birth Aft 1779 , Warren, NJ, USA 
Gender Male Death Aft 1840 , Sullivan Or Vigo, IN Person ID I217 Ancestrees Last Modified 7 Sep 2024
Marriage 1775 Family ID F3205 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - He moved to Vigo Co., Indiana with brothers Caleb and Gabriel. Caleb and Gabriel eventually moved to Parke Co., IN whereas Isaiah moved back and forth from Vigo Co. to Sullivan Co., IN. (C-256) Kim Holly sent me the following fromHistory of Vigo and Parke Counties". "Isaiah WILSON was the first blacksmith, in fact he seems to have performed all the mechanical work of the township up to the year 1818. About this date Samuel KEEN established a smith shop near the present residence of Leander WILSON (grandson of Jeremiah Willson who married Joanna Moore). Relieved, in part, of the duties required of him, Mr. WILSON now constructed a cotton-gin, a mechanical branch of industry then much needed, and which materially increased the growth of cotton. From fifteen to thirty acres of cotton were annually grown on Battlerow prairie for many years, and as late as the year 1840 patches of from one-fourth to two acres were grown in many parts of the township."
- He moved to Vigo Co., Indiana with brothers Caleb and Gabriel. Caleb and Gabriel eventually moved to Parke Co., IN whereas Isaiah moved back and forth from Vigo Co. to Sullivan Co., IN. (C-256) Kim Holly sent me the following fromHistory of Vigo and Parke Counties". "Isaiah WILSON was the first blacksmith, in fact he seems to have performed all the mechanical work of the township up to the year 1818. About this date Samuel KEEN established a smith shop near the present residence of Leander WILSON (grandson of Jeremiah Willson who married Joanna Moore). Relieved, in part, of the duties required of him, Mr. WILSON now constructed a cotton-gin, a mechanical branch of industry then much needed, and which materially increased the growth of cotton. From fifteen to thirty acres of cotton were annually grown on Battlerow prairie for many years, and as late as the year 1840 patches of from one-fourth to two acres were grown in many parts of the township."
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