Submitted by Dolores Raines Sutton Thanks Dolores!

James was born May 27, 1793 in SC, settled in Marion Co., Lebanon Ky in 1789. He was the son of Capt. William Wilson. Tradition HAS IT: William was a captain in the Revolutionary War and that he was sent to KY to protect the citizens from Indains and that he was a intimate friend of Daniel Boone.

On March 6, 1790 he was captured by indians, beheaded and 'placing his head on top a pole - The Cherokees rode off with it.' This was witnessed by his son, James, who was then 17 yrs old, James recovered the body and buried it, keeping the facts from his Mother.

James Married Margaret 'Peggy' Mc Elroy June 19, 1794 in Marion County, Kentucky. She was born July 7, 1773 in Kentucky, daughter of Samuel and Mary Irvin Mc Elroy.

James and Peggy were the parents of 14 children:
Mary 4-18-1796, married Arthur Davis [lived in later years with youngest brother, Alfrod in Fayetteville, Arkansas]
Nancy 9-30-1797, married William Neild
William 2-16-1799, married ? Clark
Samuel Houston 1-3-1801, married Cinthia Gibson, killed in Civil War in Carroll County, Arkansas
Sarah 4-5-1802, married Ben Gibson [lived in Paynesville, MO]
Elizabeth 9-24-1803
John Mc Elroy 5-31-1805, married Ellen Lee [died in Carroll County, Arkansas]
James Irvine 1-19-1807, married Josephine Vinson [died 10-1-1851 in Ponotoc, Mississippi]
Green Wilson 8-22-1808, married Lodusky?? [died in Carroll County, Arkansas]
Ann 3-6-1810, married Henry Hughey [My Line] died in Boone County, Arkansas circa 1860-70
Margaret 5-25-1812
Malinda 2-26-1814, married John W Peel
Josephine 12-23-1815
Alfred 6-8-1817, married #1 Isabella Dickson, #2 Margaret Rhodes

As Alfred was the only child born in Tennessee it appears they left Kentucky in 1816. He died 1907 in Washington County, Arkansas, buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Fayetteville.

Margaret died 9-26-1834 in Lincoln County, Tennrssee, James then moved to Crooked Creek in then Carroll County, Arkansas [now Boone Co]. He Died June 2, 1859 in Washington County, Arkansas, is buried in the Mt. Comfort Cemetery near Fayetteville.

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