William Wilson of Jackson River and Bull Pasture, in what is now Highland County, Virginia. William was born about 1722 and some have his birth in Scotland and others in Northern Ireland.
Virginia’s Gov. Col. Alexander Spotswood first discovered this Great Road in 1716.
In 1744, a treaty between the English colonists and the Indians gave the white men control of the road for the first time. William and his wife Mary settled near Doe Hill, Virginia about 1743. By 1765 the Great Wagon Road was cleared all along it way enough to hold horse drawn vehicles and by 1775, the road stretched 700 miles.
Augusta Co., Virginia
Primary Immigrant: Wilson, William
Source Publication Code: 3816
Annotation: Legal proceedings before Orange County Court, Virginia, where settlers proved their entitlement to enter public lands. Also in no. 5831, Morton; no. 2302, Fry; in no. 720, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, the South, pp. 91-95; and in no. 9144, Tepper, New Wor
Source Bibliography: KING, FANNIE BAYLY (Mrs. W.W.). “Augusta County Early Settlers, Importations, 1739-1740.” In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 25:2 (June 1937), pp. 46-50.
James Wilson, born 3-8-1758 in Doe Hill, was the seventh of William’s nine children.
In 1783, William paid the 1783 Supply Tax and is recognized as an American Revolutionary War Patriot with the number A216364.
Name
William Wilson
Probate Date
7 Sep 1802
Probate Place
Pendleton, West Virginia, USA
Inferred Death Year
Abt 1802
Inferred Death Place
West Virginia, USA
Item Description Wills, Vol 2-4, 1801-1858
William died after 26 Jun 1802 in Doe Hill, Highland County, Virginia.