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Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:34:25 EST

This Wilkinson family below settled in Nelson Co., Ky. by 1797. I am dubious
of their supposed Fauquier Co., Va. origin for the reasons given just below.
I am also suspicious, because of their ties with some Md. Catholic families
that they may have come from there themselves. However, despite certain
Catholic ties, most of them turned out to be Methodists. I have noted the
existence of Wilkinsons in southern Md. and wonder if anyone can help me tie
this family to Maryland.
Bob Moore
George Wilkinson, b. 1738, England[?], d. 10 Dec. 1833, Nelson Co., Ky., m.
Mary Ann ___, b. ca. 1747, d. 18 March 1812, Nelson Co., Ky. Both bur. in
Wilkinson family cem., Nelson Co., Ky. There is no Wilkinson by any name in
the 1787 census of Fauquier Co., Va. George's first mention in Nelson Co.
deeds is in 1809. George is said to have been a protege in England of a Lord
Palmore, according to the biography of John W. Wilkinson on p. 300 of
Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Vol. V (see below under Evans for complete
publishing information), but there is probably no way of confirming this.
This same biography says that he came to America sometime before the
Revolution and settled in Fauquier Co., where he lived until 1792 (but he is
not in 1787 census of that county). The family is said to have settled
briefly near Louisville, later moving to Bourbon Co. and from there to land
near the head-waters of Simpson Creek in Nelson Co. One researcher has said
without documentation that Mary Ann was a Calvert.
1. George Wilkinson, b. 31 July 1786, d. 17 Jan. 1857, Nelson Co., Ky., m. 1
Jan. 1811, Nelson Co., Ky., Mrs. Saloma Nugent [Salome Adams, b. ca. 1781,
widow of Henry Nugent and dau. of Richard Admas and Elizabeth ___]. The 1850
census of Nelson Co., Ky. states that he was b. in Va. and his wife in Md.
A daughter m. Philip Zachariah Brewer, possibly a son of Thomas Brewer and
Catherine Aud, dau. of Thomas Aud and Priscilla Duvall. Thomas Brewer may
have been a son of George Brewer of St. Mary's Co., Md..
2. Charles Wilkinson, b. 22 Aug. 1788, d. 24 May 1860, Preble, Ohio, m. 29
June 1815, Nelson Co., Ky., Elizabeth Evans, b. 16 Apr. 1791, d. 7 July 1868,
Preble, Ohio. It may be his estate settlement that is recorded in Nelson Co.
Will Book 10, p. 323, on 9 July 1860.
3. Abraham Wilkinson, d. Nov. 1855, m. 28 June 1812, Nelson Co., Ky., Nancy
Lindsay. His will, in which he is called of the city of Louisville, is in
Nelson Co. Will Book 2, p. 142, proved 7 Dec. 1855, Jefferson Co.
4. Samuel F. Wilkinson, b. 26 Oct. 1792, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., Va., d.
4 Aug. 1883, Nelson Co., Ky., m. 1 Jan. 1824, Nelson Co., Ky., Nancy Bland,
dau. of William, b. 28 Mar. 1802, d. 7 June 1859. Both bur. Wilkinson family
cem., Nelson Co., Ky.
5. Sally Wilkinson, m. 5 March 1801, Nelson Co., Ky., George Davis.
6. Elizabeth Jane Wilkinson, b. 29 Dec. 1794, d. 3 Oct. 1851, age 57 years,
10 months, 5 days, Nelson Co., Ky., m. 1 Oct. 1812, Nelson Co., Ky., Redmon
Evans. She is bur. in Wilkinson family cem., Nelson Co., Ky.
7. Alice Wilkinson, m. 26 Feb. 1818, Nelson Co., Ky., Daniel Bishop. See
her descendants in Bishop compilation.
8. Polly Wilkinson, b. ca. 1802, d. 1833, m. 27 May 1821, Nelson Co., Ky.,
John Evans (bondsman Redmon Evans), b. ca. 1800, d. 1833. The basic
information to do with their descendants comes from the biography of Walter
M. Evans on page 111 of Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Vol. V (ed. Thomas
W. Westerfield), a 1975 reprinting by Genealogical Reference Co., Owensboro,
Ky., of that section of Kentucky: A History of the State, 4th ed., by W.H.
Perrin, J.H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin. That biography states that both
Polly and John died of cholera in 1833.
9. John G. Wilkinson, b. 9 Aug. 1805, d. 27 Sept. 1871, Warrick Co., Ind.,
m. 18 June 1824, Nelson Co., Ky., Eliza Bishop, dau. of Susannah, b. 1807,
Daviess Co., Ky., d. 10 Apr. 1857, Daviess Co., Ky.. . .
10. Allen Wilkinson, m. 15 Sept. 1825, Nelson Co., Ky., Sally Bishop, dau. of
Susannah. The following are given in a family account as their children.
11. possibly Nancy Wilkinson (bondsman Allen Wilkinson), m. 10 Dec. 1839,
Nelson Co., Ky., Charles Hopkins.

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