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JOHN WILSON SR.----->-----JOHN WILSON JR----->-----ELIZABETH (BETSY) WILSON 
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SUSANNA KAUTZMAN        ISABELLA RAIDER            JOHN GILBERT McBRIDE----->-----go to McBRIDE  Family page

Generation 1

John Wilson (Sr) was born 6-16-1761 at Hampshire Co. Va. now Hardy Co. W. Va.(Grandson James Kautzman Wilson in Sullivan Co.In. biography states Hardin Co.).  Parents unknown.  He died on 4-13-1809 in Green Co. Tn. near Greenville.  He married Susanna Kautzman (Kratzman) in 1781 at Mooresfield, Hampshire Co. Va..  He served under General Washington as a private during the Revolution.  Susanna Kautzman's father was also reportedly a Revolutionary soldier.  They moved to Green Co. Tn. in 1784.  Susanna died in Sullivan Co. In. in July or August 1857, age 94 (see Sullivan Democrat article below).

Children:                                                                                                                    

2010 research DAR Library:

Tennesse Land Grants: North Carolina Land Grants in Tn. 1778-1791

Tennesse Land Entries:

Wilson, John: 300 acres/1795, 341 acres/ 1797, 100 acres/1797, 300 acres/1787 (onl Little Chuchey), 640 acres on Stones River
Wilson, Samuel: 640 acres on west fork Stones River, 25 miles from mouth of said river  and Samuel Barton's Mill.
*Question if Samuel and John were brothers, father and son, since these lands were often adjacent. Sources:
JOHN WILSON (Sr.) DAR APPLICATION  
Sullivan Democrat (newspaper)
Friday, July 24, 1857

 DIED
On Saturday, the 18th inst., at the residence of E. Johnson, in Cass township, Sullivan co., Ind., Mrs. SUSANNAH WILSON, in the 94th year of her age.
The deceased was undoubtedly the oldest person in this county. She was born near Moorefield, in Hampshire (now Hardy) county, Virginia. She was married to JOHN WILSON, a Revolutionary Soldier, in 1781, immediately after his return from the War. She removed to East Tennessee in the year 1784, when it was a wilderness, and resided there until 1831, when she came to this county, where she has resided, with her son, Mr. ADAM WILSON, ever since. Mrs. WILSON was very stout and hardy, having ridden on horseback all the way from Virginia to her new home in Tennessee, a distance of about 600 miles, carrying an infant in her arms; subsequently she made several trips there and back in the same manner. She had a good memory, and retained a vivid recollection of many incidents of the Revolutionary war, having arrived at mature years when it broke out. Her health continued remarkably good, and she might have lived several years longer, but for a severe fall she received a few weeks ago.

Picture of Grave Marker of Susannah Kratzman Wilson
 Provided by J.D. Wilson
Generation 2

John Wilson  (Jr.)

John Wilson Jr. was born 1788 in Va (Tn), and died before December 26, 1856 in Sullivan Co. In.  He married (1) Fanny Sexton. She was born Abt. 1790.  He married (2) Isabella Raider (there is Green Co. Tn. record of John W Wilson marrying a Isabella Rankin on Nov 12,1818) Abt. 1810 in Green Co Tn.  She was born Abt. 1790, and died Abt. 1838 in Sullivan Co In.  He married (3) Permella Jane Tinsley Abt. 1847 in Sullivan Co In.  She was born Abt. 1810

John Wilson (Jr) son of John Wilson and Susanna Kautzman was born in Green Co. Tn. (Then Va.) in 1788.  He was married three times: in Tn to Isabella Raider on 11-12-1818 by Samuel Doak.  He is also listed as marrying a Fanny Sexton on 8-29-1816 in Knox Co. In.  He also married a Permelia Jane Tinsley, a widow with children.  He came to Indiana in or around 1828 with his brothers (Adam, George and Peter) and mother (Susan Kratzman).  He died in Sullivan Co. In. before 12-26-1858, date of Will. (Bk #1, pgs. 96-98).   He owned 40 acres of land N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 Sec. 9 T 6 R 8.  The 1820 In Crawford Co. Census lists a John Wilson.  He is listed in Sullivan Co. 1830, 1840, and 1850.

Sullivan Democrat, Sullivan Co. In.(This could be same individual)

Saturday, December 13, 1856

MYSTERIOUS DEATH-- PROBABLE MURDER-- Sunday last Mr. JOHN WILSON, living three miles east of Carlisle left home during the morning, and not returning, search was instituted for him, which resulted in finding his dead body in close proximity to a fence about half a mile from his house. A pistol which he took from home with him was found lying within a few feet of his body, discharged, and covered with blood. It was presumed he had been shot in the breast near the collar bone, but the hogs had devoured and lacerated the flesh about the neck and breast, so that it was difficult to determine. We learn that several shot were extracted from his breast. A hole was found in his cheek, as if made by a blow from some sharp instrument, which knocked out two of his teeth.
It is the opinion of a number that he accidently shot himself while others believe he was murdered. Esq. DOOLEY officiated as Coroner and held an inquest on the body. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death at the hands of some person or persons unkown.
Mr. WILSON was quite an old man-- about 68 years of age.

Assembling his family and which child belongs with which wife is difficult.

Those listed in the will:
 Sons:


Daughters:

Very confusing If Knox County Marriage record correct then possible that Betsy McBride's mother was Fanny Sexton not Isabella Raider,  yet Betsy states her place of birth as Tn.  Tend to believe her rather than above mixed up dates from census and marriage records.

Children of John Wilson and  Fanny Sexton are:

i.   Polly Ann Wilson, b. Abt. 1815.

                 ii.    Sally Ann Wilson, b. Abt 1816

Children of John Wilson and  Isabella Raider

                 iii.    Elizabeth Betsy Wilson, b. Abt. 1819, Tn.; d. September 17, 1872, Sullivan Co. In..

                 iv.    William Wilson, b. 1831.

                  v.    John H Wilson, b. January 27, 1811.

                 vi.    Henry K Wilson, b. January 18, 1815,  m.  (1) Mary Mann  1842  (2)  Pogue (?), Mrs. Sally  ca 1855  *(J.D. Wilson feels the Henry who married               Elizabeth Mann was son of Adam and Margaret Magill Wilson above. This Henry son of John m Mary Ann Buckellew).                                        

                vii.    Emanual Wilson, b. Abt. 1815.

               viii.    Ann Wilson, b. Abt. 1815.

                ix.    Mahalia Wilson, b. 1835.

                 x.    George  Wilson, b. 1835.

                  xi.   Adam Wilson, b. 1829.

                xii.    Mary A Wilson, b. 1834.

                xiii.   Anson Wilson, b. 1838.

                xiv.    Robert Wilson, b. 1846.

  Children of John Wilson and Permellia Tinsley are:

                 xv.    Alexander Tinsley, b. 1839.

                xvi.    Mulary Tinsley, b. 1840.

               xvii.    Sofelia Tinsley, b. 1842.

              xviii.   May Tinsley, b. 1844.

                xix.    David Wilson, b. 1848.

               xx.    Sarah Wilson, b. 1850.

WILL OF JOHN WILSON (Jr.)

Generation 3

Elizabeth Betsy Wilson was born Abt. 1819 in Tn., and died September 17, 1872 in Sullivan Co. In..  She married  John Gilbert McBride April 16, 1846 in Sullivan Co. In, son of Allen McBride and Polly (?) McBride.  He was born June 10, 1818 in Anderson Co. Tn., and died December 26, 1892 in Cass Twp. Sullivan Co. In..


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