Capt. Archibald Wilson

Capt Archibald Wilson BIRTH 13 Jun 1749 DEATH 7 Mar 1814 (aged 64) BURIAL Wilson Cemetery Wardensville, Hardy County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45819700/archibald-wilson

He was a magistrate under the crown, but on January 12 ,1776, took an oath of allegiance to the cause of the colonists. Served in Revolutionary War as captain from Virginia.

Alt dates 1745-1810

http://www.walthertree.com/ArchibaldWilson2.pdf

GEDCOM Note

Category:Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio
Category:Civil Service, Virginia, American Revolution
Category: Ohio, Wilson Name Study category = Virginia, Wilson Name Study

Biography

unit= Shenandoah County Militia, Virginia Militia, American Revolution
ancestor=A127283Archibald was the second son of William Wilson. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley, near Winchester, Virginia, on the thirteenth of June, 1749. <ref name="History of Licking County">N. N. Hill, Jr., History of Licking County, O., Its Past and Present, A. A. Graham & Co., Newark, Ohio, 1881. pp.802-803 History of Licking County at Internet Archive</ref> <ref name="Descendants of William Wilson">C. J. Maxwell, Descendants of William Wilson (1722-1801) and Elizabeth Blackburn, Dallas, Texas, 1943. p.12, p.33 Descendants of William Wilson at ExLibris</ref> <ref name="Descendants of David Davis Wilson">Billie Jo Runyon and Don Norman, Descendants of David Davis Wilson, Descendants of David Davis Wilson at Hacker's Creek</ref>
In 1774 he joined the Dunmore army and proceeded with it on the famous expedition against the Indian towns on the Scioto. After the Dunmore army had reached the Ohio River, on their homeward march, Archibald and John and William White (his cousins) were discharged, at their own request, preferring to take their own time, and to pursue their own chosen route for their homes in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Archibald married Ann Claypool at the house of Cuthbert Harris on 21 June 1775. They had 6 children: Abraham C., Archibald, Margaret, Jane, and 2 that died in infancy. Ann Claypool Wilson died on 6 May 1788.
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On 20 January 1776, Archibald was commissioned as a lieutenant in the militia of Dunmore County. The following year he was appointed Captain, the rank he maintained until the end of the war. His company was present at the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia in October of 1781.
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Archibald married Nancy Newman on 31 August 1791, and they had 6 sons and 2 daughters: Benjamin, George, Elizabeth, David, William B., John N., Winnefred Ann, and Enoch.
<ref name="History of Licking County"/>
<ref name="Descendants of William Wilson"/>
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Archibald died on 7 March 1814 in Newark, Ohio. <ref> Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52106058/archibald-wilson : accessed 20 April 2022), memorial page for Capt Archibald Wilson (13 Jun 1745–27 Nov 1810), 52106058 citing Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Robin (Bolda) Wilson (contributor 47432794) . </ref>
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<ref name="Descendants of David Davis Wilson"/>

Daughters of the American Revolution Records

• WILSON, ARCHIBALD
• Ancestor #: A127283
• Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, CAPTAIN
• Birth: 6-13-1749 FREDERICK CO VIRGINIA
• Death: 3-27-1814 NEWARK LICKING CO OHIO* Service Source: GILREATH, SHENANDOAH CO, VA MINUTE BOOK 1774-1780, P 19, GILREATH, ORDER BOOK 1781-1784, SHENANDOAH CO, VA, P 106
• Service Description: 1) SHENANDOAH CO, MILITIA; CONSTABLE* RESIDENCE: 1) County: DUNMORE CO - State: VIRGINIA 2) County: SHENANDOAH CO - State: VIRGINIA
• SPOUSE: 1) ANN CLAYPOOL 2) NANCY NEWMAN

Information obtained online from Ohio Cemetery Records - "Old Northwest" genealogical quarterly, Volumes 12-14

Soldier of the Revolution

Died near Newark, OH
He was a magistrate under the crown, but on January 12 ,1776, took an oath of allegiance to the cause of the colonists, the document being at present in the possession of a descendant. In march, 1806, he settled upon a portion of the "Wilson Section" near Newark, now on Buena Vista Road, in a "log cabin build by the spring." He "brought from Va. a willow sprout which he planted in the spring." says an old record, and it may be interesting to know it still flourishes, shading the ever abundant flow of clear cold water that runs into a trough by the roadside where hundreds of people stop during the summer to water their horses. Near this spot, he died and was buried in the 'family lot' on the hill top, but was transferred to Cedar Hill Cemetery. "Mr. Hill was an enterprising man of affairs and was much given to lead in all movements tending to subserve public interests." He m (1) Ann Claypool June 12, 1775 (2) Nancy Newman, Aug. 31, 1791.

Buried in Section 5 Lot 529.
He was originally buried in The Sixth Street Cemetery.

• Spouses

:Ann Claypool Wilson 1754–1788
:Nancy Newman Wilson 1770–1836

• Children

:Archibald Claypool Wilson 1781–1836
:Margaret Wilson Cooper 1783–1858
:Jane Wilson Scott 1786–1862
:Elizabeth Wilson McMillen 1803–1863

Burial

Cedar Hill Cemetery
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA

Sources

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52106058/archibald-wilson : accessed 26 April 2022), memorial page for Capt Archibald Wilson (13 Jun 1745–27 Nov 1810), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52106058, citing Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Robin (Bolda) Wilson (contributor 47432794) .

See Also:* https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=ful... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZP9-72K : accessed 2017-06-29), entry for Archibald John /Wilson/ CAPT SR. * Lineage Book: NSDAR: Vol 142:1918, Daughters of the American Revolution pg 168. This source confirms birth and death dates and places and wife Nancy Newman.
Author: Kelly O'Hair
<a href="/wiki/Wilson-83681" title="Wilson-83681">Wilson-83681</a> and Wilson-5701 appear to represent the same person because: Dates do not line up exactly, but spouses seem to match up. Not 100% sure, will leave it up to the managers to decide if this is indeed a match.