Moses Wilson, II

Moses Wilson, II BIRTH 1761 DEATH 1786 (aged 24–25) BURIAL Wilson Cemetery Wardensville, Hardy County, West Virginia

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As was common practice at that time, a child that died at an early age was "remembered" by naming the next child born to the family with the same name. Hence Moses II who was born in 1761 was named for his brother Moses who died in 1760.

GEDCOM Note

Biography == category = Virginia, Wilson Name Study

Moses Wilson was born on April 8, 1761 to William Wilson and Elizabeth Blackburn. He was the second son of that name, his younger brother Moses having been born on May 1, 1768 and died on Feb. 7, 1760. Moses II died on April 7, 1786. <ref name="Descendants of William Wilson">C. J. Maxwell, Descendants of William Wilson (1722-1801) and Elizabeth Blackburn, Dallas, Texas, 1943. p.31 Descendants of William Wilson at ExLibris</ref>

: Birth:
:: Date: 8 APR 1761:: Place: Trout Run, Hampshire/Hardy, West Virginia <ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Trees</ref> <ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M5MZ-Z24 : accessed 2017-07-06), entry for Moses Wilson.
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: Death:
:: Date: 7 APR 1786
:: Place: Hardy, Bedford, Virginia, USA <ref name="Ancestry"/>

He is buried in the Wilson Cemetery in Wardensville, West Virginia. <ref>Find A Grave Memorial# 45819753</ref>

Sources

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See also:

• Billie Jo Runyon and Don Norman, Descendants of David Davis Wilson, Descendants of David Davis Wilson at Hacker's Creek
• Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, 1910. History of Ritchie County transcribed by Janet Waite

Author: G Mason
<a href="/wiki/Wilson-27464" title="Wilson-27464">Wilson-27464</a> and Wilson-5697 appear to represent the same person because: I agree with Juliie that the two profiles share enough information that they appear to represent the same person.
Author: Julie Hunt
Recommend merge with Wilson-5697