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From: "TreeMother" <>
Subject: Re: [CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS] Robeson Co. WILKINSON's to MS
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:36:56 -0600
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I am interested in one Nathaniel Wilkinson's family in Mississippi. He was
in the Rankin County area. The census reports that he was from Louisiana.
Have not found Wilkinson family in LA but they could have been there early
and I may have missed them. There is another Wilkinson family in the county
and as the records in Mississippi are poorly preserved I have not found a
link between these two family groups. Perhaps they were brothers.
Nathaniel's daughter Mary Ann married Noah Collins Roberts as his second
wife. It is possible that his first wife was a Wilkinson also as his last
son by his first wife is named Nathaniel.
If anyone is familiar with this family and can provide me with more
information on them I will appreciate it very much.
The Roberts lived in Washington Parish, Louisiana and then Pike County MS
and surrounding counties.
Thanking everyone in advance for the discussion of the Wilkinson family and
anything further that can be revealed.
Tree Mother


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Subject: Re: [CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS] Robeson Co. WILKINSON's to MS


> What I have is as follows -
> "Mississippi became the twentieth state in 1817. To settle the new
territory,
> substantial land was opened, and the Highlanders of Robeson County rallied
to
> the effort. On April 1st, 1821, many Robeson County families joined in a
> great wagon train that included the Buies, the McGoogans, the Smylies, the
> Conerlys, the McCorveys, the Wilkinsons, the McAlpins and others, west to
the new
> territories.
>
> Neil's sons Alfred, Daniel and Patrick (now a doctor), along with their
> sister Catherine and her husband Malcolm McGoogan were part of this train.
The
> Conerlys in the group included the twenty-nine year old Reverend Luke Ward
> Conerly, his wife Rebecca Wilkinson Conerly; his brother and sister in
law, forty
> five year old Owen Conerly and Mary Wilkinson Conerly, and Rebecca and
Mary's
> half sister Catherine Russell. "These two ladies were noted for their
beauty,
> amiability and gentleness of disposition."
>
> They were outfitted with "Carolina" wagons, (a smaller version of the
famous
> Conestoga, but watertight and with a bow built in the front, so that the
> wheels could be pulled off, and the wagon used as a raft). They each
transported a
> "milk cow, some chickens, horses, hunting dogs and farm implements."
>
> They traveled via the Lumber River, to the Pee Dee River and then overland
to
> the Holston River in northeastern Tennessee. From there, they traveled via
> the South Carolina State Road, continuing on the Catawba Trail to the
Wilderness
> Road Fort near Kingsport, Tennessee. There they built flat boats and
followed
> the Holston River to the Tennessee River, entering the Tennessee near
> Knoxville. Following the Tennessee River they reached the Ohio River near
Paducah, KY.
>
> The Ohio converges with the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois, and the flat
> boats embarked on the "mercy" of the mighty Mississippi River for the rest
of the
> journey to Baton Rouge. They reached Baton Rouge on June 12th, 1821.
There
> they took the overland route to what is now Bogalusa, then up the Pearl
River.
> The group settled in Marion County Mississippi (named for Francis Marion,
the
> Swamp Fox) on Magee's Creek below China Grove near the Waterholes Church.
This
> site was about seven miles west of Columbia, the temporary state capitol.
>
> They had made a trip of approximately 1400 miles by flat boat. The total
> miles traveled by horse-pack and flat boat would be about 1650-1700 miles.
>
> Their survival the first year was dependent on their ability to fish and
> hunt. Squirrel, deer, ducks, and wild turkey were the family's fresh
meat."
>
> If any one can add additional information to this, I would greatly
appreciate
> it.
>
> Catherine Wilkinson's Russell's father, William Wilkinson had "complied
with
> the Rabbitt Creek Treaty of 1830 between the US Govt and the Mississippi
> Choctaw Indians." according to a family journal that I have that was
written in
> the 1860's.
>
> Regards,
> Michael T McAlpin
>
>
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