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1. James WILSON Jr. was born on 10 Nov 1779.1 He died on 7 Jul 1841.1 He was buried in New Zion Baptist Cemetery, Etowah,
TN.1 James WILSON Jr. and
(Mary? or Dicy?) MCCLURE were married on 1 Mar 1803 in Lincoln Co, NC.1,2,3 There is still some question as
to James' first wife's given name. The North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741
to 1868 list the following marriage:
Bride: Mary McClure
Groom: James Wilson
Bond Date: 01, Mar 1803
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 134
Bondman: John McClure
Bond #: 000076650
Also, the will of the mother of this Mary McClure, dated 1820, leaves everything
to her children except for Mary - she leaves Mary's part to Mary's children which
indicates that Mary was dead at that time. We know that James' first wife (Mary?
or Dicy?) died around 1815 so this would fit.
Here is the content of that will:
ELIZABETH McCLURE - WILL (1820)
In the name of God Amen
I Elizabeth McClure of the State of North carolina and County of Lincoln.-
Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body And that it is apointed to all Men once
to die I do make this my Last Will and Testament Recomending my Soul to God who
gave it And my Body to the Earth to be decently Bureyed.- And as for such worly
Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on Me - I Give and Bequeth in the following
Manner. In the first place I give and Bequeth to my granddaugter Elizabeth Moor
one Bead and Bead Cloes and one trunk
2dly I Give to my grand daughter Elizabeth Oets one Bead and Bead Cloes and one
trunk
3dly I Give and Bequeth to my Daughter Elizabeth Otes my Loom and tacklers the
walnut table and Cubert and the heckle and my side sadle and the Remainder of
my househould property not hearin named
4thly I Give and Bequeth to my two daughters Peggey Moor and Elizabeth Otes to
be devided as they pleas themselves... [sic] 4thly I Bequeth to my Son Williams
Six Children fifty dollars to be devided between them...
And all my Books I Leave to be devided between All my Children that is Liveing
Male and female and what money Remains at my death I allow to Be devided Into
four Equal Shares to My Daughter Pegey Moor and her children to get to get [sic]
one share Devided between them ...
And my Daughter Mary Wilsons Children to get one Share Equely devided between
them
And the other two Shares to be Equely Devided between my other two Daughters
Martha Weatherspoon and Elizabeth Otes.
And, Lastly I do hereby apoint my Worthy Friends John Otes and Edward Moor Joint
Executors of this My Last will and Testament In Witness here of I Set my hand
and affixd my Seal this 29th Day of October in the year of our Lord - 1820 -
Signed and Sealed in presence of
X her
Test Elizabeth McClure
James Ferguson jurat mark
Test
Sam.l Blackwood
Jno Oats }
+ Edward Moore } Executors
[This will was proved in open court and admitted to record in October,
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The LDS on-line records list the following marriage:
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James Wilson
Male
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Event(s):
Birth: 10 NOV 1779 Of, , , Georgia
Christening:
Death: 01 NOV 1841
Burial:
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Marriages:
Spouse: Dicy McClure
Marriage: 1803 Of, , , Georgia
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Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information
is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.
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Source Information:
No source information is available.
The problem with this record is that no primary source is available to verify
the record. For that reason, I lean toward the Lincoln County, NC record. Another
reason I lean that way is because Dicy wasn't a very common name at that time.
It would be a very big coincidence for a man to marry two women with such an
uncommon name.
(Mary? or Dicy?) MCCLURE2 died estimated 1815.2
James WILSON Jr. and (Mary? or Dicy?) MCCLURE had the following children:
James WILSON Jr. and Dicy Murphree ELLIS
were married on 18 Jun 1820 in Rhea County, Tennessee.2 Dicey moved to Tennessee with her five children after
the death of her first husband, Jeremiah Ellis, who died about 1809. Dicy
Murphree ELLIS2 was born
on 22 Jan 1780.2 She died
before 1860.2 James WILSON
Jr. and Dicy Murphree ELLIS had the following children:
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