Descendants of Robert Wilson of Augusta County, Virginia From Mid-Eighteenth Century to Early Twenty-First Century Michael Leonard Wilson Copyright © 2018 by Michael L. Wilson Published by Copper Ave. Press Albuquerque, NM Printed and bound in the United States of America by L Albuquerque, NM Library of Congress Control Number: 2018908882A Wilson, Michael Leonard, 1953– Descendants of Robert Wilson of Augusta County, Virginia: From Mid-Eighteenth Century to Early Twenty-First Century Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 978-1-949086-88-1 Descendants of Robert Wilson Table of Contents List of Maps ............................................................................................................................. ii List of Photographs ................................................................................................................. iii Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. 1 First Generation ............................................................................................................................... 3 Second Generation .......................................................................................................................... 9 Third Generation ........................................................................................................................... 21 Fourth Generation ......................................................................................................................... 55 Fifth Generation ............................................................................................................................ 93 Sixth Generation.......................................................................................................................... 133 Seventh Generation ..................................................................................................................... 177 Augusta County Details .............................................................................................................. 189 Timeline ............................................................................................................................... 189 Land Tax Records ................................................................................................................ 195 Transcriptions ...................................................................................................................... 196 William Adair Wilson and Family During the Civil War ........................................................... 213 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 213 1859–1860............................................................................................................................ 215 1861...................................................................................................................................... 217 1862–1863............................................................................................................................ 219 1864...................................................................................................................................... 223 1865...................................................................................................................................... 227 References ................................................................................................................................... 231 Index of Names ........................................................................................................................... 237 i Descendants of Robert Wilson List of Maps Virginia Counties in 1755 ................................................................................................................ 3 Augusta County locations of interest (modern-day borders) ........................................................... 4 Southwestern corner of the Beverley Patent (by J.R. Hildebrand) ................................................ 15 Spreadsheet to reconcile the tract descriptions .............................................................................. 15 Early colonial roads (by William Dollarhide) ............................................................................... 20 Counties and towns of interest around Saline and Howard Counties (modern-day borders) ........ 33 Other locations of interest in Missouri (modern-day borders) ...................................................... 45 Locations of interest in Indiana and Ohio (modern-day borders) .................................................. 46 Early roads to the west (by William Dollarhide) ........................................................................... 54 Locations of interest in Northern California (modern-day borders) .............................................. 60 Locations of interest in Colorado (modern-day borders) .............................................................. 83 Locations of interest in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (modern-day borders) .......................... 94 Locations of interest in Louisiana (modern-day borders) .............................................................. 99 Locations of interest in Southern California and Arizona (modern-day borders) ....................... 131 Early western migration trails (by Frederick Smoot) .................................................................. 132 Locations of interest in New Mexico (modern-day borders) ....................................................... 164 Expansion of Railroads in the 1800s ........................................................................................... 176 Portion of an 1860 map of Missouri (by Richard Edwards) ........................................................ 215 ii Descendants of Robert Wilson List of Photographs John Wilson ................................................................................................................................... 21 Robert Wilson ............................................................................................................................... 40 William Adair Wilson ................................................................................................................... 47 Mary Eliza Wilson Wakeman ....................................................................................................... 61 R. L. McDonald and Company building ....................................................................................... 68 Benjamin Harrison Wilson ............................................................................................................ 71 Colonel Benjamin H. Wilson coat of arms ................................................................................... 72 Maud and Genevieve Wilson ........................................................................................................ 76 John Bright Grove ......................................................................................................................... 77 Adair Wilson ................................................................................................................................. 79 Mary Sandidge Wilson .................................................................................................................. 88 Priscilla Wilson Ewers .................................................................................................................. 93 Eugene E. Ewers ........................................................................................................................... 93 John David Wilson ........................................................................................................................ 96 Charles and Maud Miller ............................................................................................................ 120 Leonie Wilson Rinker ................................................................................................................. 125 Rose Lino Nash ........................................................................................................................... 128 Turner Wilson Reid ..................................................................................................................... 143 Harry Hawkins Vaughan ............................................................................................................. 144 Adair and Maud Miller (and Captain) ......................................................................................... 151 Adair (Butch) Wilson .................................................................................................................. 156 Ruth Larens Wilson..................................................................................................................... 157 William Edwards Wilson ............................................................................................................ 160 Anna Larens Wilson .................................................................................................................... 161 Leonard Everett Wilson .............................................................................................................