__
__|
| |__
|
|--Alexander CARRUTH
|
| __
|__|
|__
[235]
Alexander and Betsy moved to Texas an settled in Collin County in the early
1850's.
_______________________________
_Everett M. JACK _______|
| |_______________________________
|
|--Bertran JACK
|
| _Leonidas Thomas (Tom) WILSON _+
|_Minnie Rebecca WILSON _|
|_Lula Deane LYLE ______________
_________________________
_Henry Montgomery MARTIN _|
| |_________________________
|
|--Betty MARTIN
|
| _James Franklin MCCRARY _
|_Georgia Cleta MCCRARY ___|
|_Eulah Edith WILSON _____+
[473] still living - details excluded
______________________
_A.G. MCCORMACK ______|
| |______________________
|
|--Keith Russell MCCORMACK
|
| _Leslie Lowery BAKER _+
|_Virgie Danell BAKER _|
|_Zeila Creo SHUGART __
[303] still living - details excluded
__________________________
_Unknown WILMOTH ______|
| |__________________________
|
|--Floyd WILMOTH
|
| _William Milton HAWKINS __+
|_Ella Frances HAWKINS _|
|_Sarah Ellen BOAZ-HARRIS _
_Zaccheus Sr WILSON _+
_David Carroll Wilson, MAJOR _|
| |_Martha UNKNOWN _____
|
|--David Carroll WILSON
|
| _____________________
|_Jane (Jean) Rowan SHARP _____|
|_____________________
[79]
1850 Census lists David C. Wilson, at the age of 65, but the 1860 Census only
lists his widow, from his second marriage, Sally Driggers Wilson. David and
Jane had 11 children, but the records are incomplete. He came to Texas with
his second wife, the widow Sarah Driggers, and her children, Daivd and Jane,
in the late 1840's.
[80]
Many settlers came to Texas and settled under Peter's Colony. It was highly
advertised in U.S. and Europe and drew execellent population from the
states of Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee. Heads of families were
to receive 640 acres, single men over 17 were to receive 320 acres. They were
required to live on the land three years, build a house and cultivate at least
15 acres. David received 640 acres of land in southern Grayson County, and
gave land for a cemetary, and was the first person buried there. The exact
date was not known, but was between 1850 and 1860.
[81] Believed to be buried in Hackberry Cemetary, Grayson Co but stone is gone.
_David Carroll Wilson, MAJOR _+
_David Carroll WILSON ___|
| |_Jane (Jean) Rowan SHARP _____
|
|--Leonidas Amidas WILSON
|
| ______________________________
|_Jane (Jinny) CAROTHERS _|
|______________________________
[123]
Leonidas received 640 acres of land in Collin County, Texas as an early
settler, and was referred to as Lee. He settled in Chambersville community
in Collin County. Lee was buried at the Chamber's School House according to
the diary of Charles E. Moore, on 20-June-1895.
[124]
More information on Leonidas Wilson and family may be found in Stambaugh's
History of Collin County. The McKinny Public Library has a copy of this
book. Also, Minutes of Old Settlers Association, Book 1, Meeting of 1879.
Pioneers With Us No More, David Wilson-Lucas Collection, Page 8, Grayson
County.