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[957] This is thought to be the second wife of Edgar.
_______________________
_Mathew J. BINGHAM ____|
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|--Annie BINGHAM
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| _David Carroll WILSON _+
|_Isabella Jane WILSON _|
|_Mary Ann POTEET ______
[277]
Annie was a hunchback, believed to have been caused by a fall. She was a very
spoiled child, first taken by her grandparents, later she lived with Aunt Lou,
and evidently she was with Aunt Linna at various times from information
located.
_________________________
_Roy BRANNON _______|
| |_________________________
|
|--Robert Lee BRANNON
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| _Charlie Daniel MULLINS _
|_Jewel May MULLINS _|
|_Mary Ann BURGE _________+
[610] still living - details excluded
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|--Eleanor CAROTHERS
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[58] Mrs. Eleanor Wilson
[59]
The wives and mothers of Mecklenburg County bore a large share of the trials and dangers of the Revolution. Among these, and as a fair type of many others that might be mentioned, was Eleanor, wife of Robert Wilson, of Steele Creek- a woman of singular
energy of mind, and warmly devoted to the American cause. Her husband, with three brothers and other kinsmen, settled n Mecklenburg about 1760, having moved from the colony of Pennsylvania. These brothers were Scotch Presbyterians, and arrayed by
early religious education against tyranny in every form. At the Convention in Charlotte on the 20th of May, 1775, Zaccheus Wilson, representing all his kinsmen, signed that declaration, pledging himself and his extensive
connections, to its support and maintenance. At this crisis of our history there were a considerable number of timid persons, who shook their heads and characterized the actors in this opening scene of the bloody drama of the Revolution, as madmen,
rebels and traitors. From the first to the last, Mrs. Wilson espoused the cause of liberty, and exulted in every patriotic success.
[60]
Animated by her enthusiasm, her husband and sons entered warmly into the contest. At the
surrender of Charleston, her sons, Robert and Joseph, were made prisoners, but having given their paroles, were allowed to return home. But they had scarcely reached their home in Mecklenburg when the British general issued his proclamation declaring
the country subdued, and requiring every able-bodied militiaman to join the royal standard. Refusing to fight against their country, and being no longer bound as they believed, by their paroles, they immediately repaired to the standard of General
Sumter, and were with him in several battles. In the same action, Joseph, a little in advance, was assaulted by a Tory, a powerful man, whom he knew; after a severe struggle, he killed him, and bore off his sword, now in possession of his son, David
Wilson, of Maine county, Tennessee.
[61]
The elder Robert Wilson and his son John, having collected a supply of provisions and forage for
General Sumter’s corps, from the neighborhood of Steele Creek, were hastening to meet them at Fishing Creek, and reacted that vicinity a short time after the surprise. While engaged in this employment, the two Wilsons and the supplies were captured.
The prisoners were hurried to the rear, after having been brutally threatened with hanging on the nearest tree, and by a forced march reached Camden next day, where they were added to a crowd of honorable captives, such as Andrew Jackson, Colonel
Isaacs, General Rutherford and others.
[62]
In the meantime, Cornwallis, leaving Rawdon at Camden, marched with the larger portion of his
army to “rebellious” charlotte, to forage upon its farms, and to punish its inhabitants for their well-known resistance to royal authority. He reached Charlotte on the 26th of September, 1780, and during his stay of eighteen days, any scenes of
rapine, house burnings and plunderings took place in and around that place. But the bold Whigs of Mecklenburg-the “hornets” of that section-although unable to keep the open field, were vigilant and at work, constantly popping the sentinels, and
insolent dragoons of Tarleton, sent out as scouts and on foraging excursions Becoming uneasy by these bold attacks of the rebels, frequently driving his foraging parties within sight of his camp, Cornwallis, when he heard of the defeat of Ferguson at
King’s
Mountain, concentrated his army, and on the 14th of October, commenced his retrograde march towards Winnsboro, S.C, During this march, the British army halted for the night at Wilson’s plantation, near Steele Creek. Cornwallis and Tarleton occupied
the house of Mrs. Wilson, requiring her to prepare a meal for them as though they had been her friends. Cornwallis, in the meantime, finding out that her husband and one of her sons were his prisoners in the Camden jail, artfully attempted to enlist
her in the King’s cause.
[63]
“Madam, said he, your husband and son, are my prisoners; the fortune of war may soon place
others of your sons-perhaps all your kinsmen, in my power. Your sons are young, aspiring and brave. In a good cause, fighting for a generous and powerful king, such as George III., they might hope for rank, honor and wealth. If you could but induce
your husband and sons to leave the rebels, and take up arms for their lawful sovereign, I would almost pledge myself that they shall rank and consideration in the British army. If you, madam, will pledge yourself to induce them to do so, I will
immediately order their discharge.”
[64]
To this artful appeal, Mrs. Wilson replied that “her husband and children were indeed dear to her, and that she was willing to do anything she thought right to promote their real and permanent welfare; but, in this instance, they had embarked in the
holy cause of liberty; had fought and struggled for it during five years, never faltering for a moment, while others had fled the contest, and yielded up their hopes at the first obstacle. I have,” she continued, “seven sons who are now, or have been,
bearing arms-indeed, my seventh son, Zaccheus, who is only fifteen years old, I yesterday assisted to get ready to go and join his brothers in Sumter’s army. Now, sooner than see one of my family turn back from the glorious enterprise, I would take
these boys (pointing to three or four small sons) and would myself enlist under Sumter’s standard, and show my husband and sons how to fight, and, if necessary, to die for their country.”
[65]
“Ah, General,” interrupted the cold-hearted Tarelton, “I think you’ve got into a hornet’s nest!
Never mind, when we get to Camden, I’ll take care that old Robert Wilson never comes back.”
[66]
Source: Sketches of Western North Carolina, Baltimore, Regional Publishing Co., 1970. Reprinted from
1877 edition. Hunter, C.L.
_Lorenzo Miller DAVIS _
_Carl Franklin DAVIS _|
| |_Mary Belle DOUGLAS ___+
|
|--Dorothy Helen DAVIS
|
| _______________________
|_Gladys BRASHER ______|
|_______________________
[528] still living - details excluded
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_Dennis Euqene GRIFFIN _|
| |_____________________________
|
|--Natalie Denise GRIFFIN
|
| _Doyle George (Bud) HAWKINS _+
|_Jodie Kaye HAWKINS ____|
|_Chloe Ann WILSON ___________+
[358] still living - details excluded
_Eric Roy HAWKINS _____+
_Oscar William (Bill) HAWKINS _|
| |_Flossie Pearl MARTIN _+
|
|--Billy Don HAWKINS
|
| _______________________
|_Catherine Inez DIXON _________|
|_______________________
[946] still living - details excluded
_John HAWKINS _________+
_John Coleman HAWKINS _|
| |_Frances THORPE\THORP _
|
|--Pressley HAWKINS
|
| _______________________
|_Sarah BOND ___________|
|_______________________
_Robert David KINKEAD ___________
_Travis Robert KINKEAD _|
| |_Alice Winfield (Winnie) WILSON _+
|
|--Harriette Cox KINKEAD
|
| _________________________________
|_Louise LAMB ___________|
|_________________________________
[203] still living - details excluded
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_John Calvin PAXTON _|
| |_______________________________
|
|--Doris PAXTON
|
| _Winfield Scott (Pomp) WILSON _+
|_Mattie May WILSON __|
|_Alice Clorinda BAKER _________
[161] Doris died at the age of 42.
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|--Elouise UNKNOWN
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