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Moses Willson

Also Known As: "Wilson"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death: March 04, 1826 (71-72)
Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Willson and Rebekah Rebecca Willson
Husband of Elizabeth Wilson and Elizabeth Finley
Father of Matthew D. Wilson; James S. Samuel Willson; John Philander Willson; William B. Willson; James Willson and 4 others
Brother of Rev. William Wilson; John Willson; Hon Thomas Wilson; David Willson; James Willson and 9 others

DAR: Ancestor #: A131164
Managed by: Faustine Darsey on hiatus
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About Moses Willson

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Son of James the Immigrant, Soldier of Revolution, aged 72yr.
Note: stone is sunken in the ground in 1998.

Source of burial data: Book: Rockbridge County, Virginia Cemeteries, South River and Walker Creek Districts, by the Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, 1999, page 135.

His connection to parents James and Rebecca, was made by http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47118959.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 11 2021, 19:04:35 UTC


Moses' brother, Thomas, was elected to the 12th Congress. He was a member of the Federalist Party and served from 3/4/1811 to 3/3/1813 as a Representative from Virginia. Thomas' son, Edgar Campbell, was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 23rd Congress. He was also a Representative from Virginia (03 04 1833-03 03 1835). Edgar's son, Eugene McLanahan, was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.

Moses is listed as a Revolutionary War patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Moses Willson's Timeline

1754
1754
Pennsylvania
1781
1781
1782
1782
Augusta County, Virginia, United States
1784
March 17, 1784
VA
1784
1787
October 3, 1787
Rockbridge County, VA, United States
1787
1790
1790
1791
June 14, 1791
Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
1794
February 17, 1794
Rockbridge, Virginia, United States