Lewis L Wilson, Sr

1805 - 1882

• Name	Lewis L Wilson
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	23 Feb 1805	SC   [1, 2]
  	or VA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1810	Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY   [3]
  	age < 10(5)
  Census	1820	Hopkins Co, KY   [4]
  	age 10-15)15)
  Census	1830	Hopkins Co, KY   [5]
  	age 20-29(25), spouse age 20-29(22), 2 children
  Census	1840	Hopkins Co, KY   [6]
  	age 30-39(35), spouse age 20-29(?32), 6 children
  Census	1850	Hopkins Co, KY   [7]
  	age 45, no spouse listed
  Census-State	1850	Hopewell, Hopewell City, VA   [8]
  	age 45, no spouse listed
  Census	1860	Hopkins Co, KY   [9]
  	age 53, no spouse listed
  Census-State	1860	Hopkins Co, KY   [10]
  	age 53, no spouse listed
  Census	1870	Fisher Spring, Hopkins Co, KY   [11]
  	age 65, no spouse listed
  Census	1880	Fisher Spring, Hopkins Co, KY   [12]
  	age 75, widower
  Will	04 Feb 1882	Hopkins Co, KY   [2, 13]
  	Recorded 12/14/1882 in Will Book 12 p. 270
  Probate	14 Dec 1882	Hopkins Co, KY   [13]
  	Exec Bond
  Death	Between 04 Feb and 14 Dec 1882	Hopkins Co, KY   [14]
  Person ID	I179	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John Wilson, Sr,   b. 28 Jan 1772, SC d. 06 Jan 1829, Caldwell Co, KY (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Matthews,   b. 28 Oct 1777, SC d. 05 Dec 1850, Caldwell Co, KY (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Nov 1797  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Sisk,   b. 1808, Hopkins Co, KY d. Between 08 Aug 1846 and 10 Aug 1850 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	04 Aug 1825	Hopkins Co, KY   [15, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Delanie Wilson,   b. Between 1825 and 1850  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Albert Mitchell Wilson,   b. 21 Mar 1826, Hopkins Co, KY d. Between 1900 and 1910, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Preston Mack Wilson,   b. 11 Nov 1829, Hopkins Co, KY d. 17 Jan 1914, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John Thomas Wilson,   b. 22 Sep 1831, Hopkins Co, KY d. 24 Aug 1918, Dawson Springs, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mansel C Wilson,   b. Sep 1838, Hopkins Co, KY d. Aft 1900 (Age > 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Cynthia Vivian R Wilson,   b. 17 Sep 1835, Hopkins Co, KY d. 12 Oct 1915, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Lewis L Wilson, Jr,   b. Abt 1837, Hopkins Co, KY  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Sarah E Wilson,   b. Abt 1840, Hopkins Co, KY d. Bef 13 Aug 1878 (Age < 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Isaac D Wilson,   b. Abt 1842, Hopkins Co, KY  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Andrew J Wilson,   b. 23 Jan 1844, Hopkins Co, KY d. 25 Oct 1928, Madison Co, KY (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Usibia Wilson,   b. 08 Aug 1846, Silent Run, Hopkins Co, KY d. 16 Jan 1917, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - age < 10(5) - 1810 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 10-15)15) - 1820 - Hopkins Co, KY Marriage - 04 Aug 1825 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 20-29(25), spouse age 20-29(22), 2 children - 1830 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 30-39(35), spouse age 20-29(?32), 6 children - 1840 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 45, no spouse listed - 1850 - Hopkins Co, KY Census-State - age 45, no spouse listed - 1850 - Hopewell, Hopewell City, VA Census - age 53, no spouse listed - 1860 - Hopkins Co, KY Census-State - age 53, no spouse listed - 1860 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 65, no spouse listed - 1870 - Fisher Spring, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 75, widower - 1880 - Fisher Spring, Hopkins Co, KY Will - Recorded 12/14/1882 in Will Book 12 p. 270 - 04 Feb 1882 - Hopkins Co, KY Probate - Exec Bond - 14 Dec 1882 - Hopkins Co, KY Death - Between 04 Feb and 14 Dec 1882 - Hopkins Co, KY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - FFRU = Franklin Family Researchers United ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/bibles/hcgs/wilson.txt John Wilson Family Bible, Hopkins County, Ky Bible printed and sold by Collins & Co, 1816. Copy contributed by Mrs James (Kathleen) Bryant, Madisonville, Ky. Page 1 [left side of page] MARRIAGE John Wilson & Isabel Matthews were married the 20th day of November 1797 [right side of page] MARRIAGE John Wilson & Jane Hunter were married the 18th day of November 1824 Spencer G Metcalf and Mary Wilson was married January th 26th 1827 Page 2 [left side of page] BIRTHS John Wilson Senior son of Henry & Wilinoth Wilson was born the 28th day of January 1772 Isabel Matthews daughter of ___ & Isabel Matthews was born the 28th of Oct 1777 _______ daughter ______ Isabel was ____ Sept 1798 _______ son of ________ Wilson was _____ 1799 ____ ____ son of ____ ______ was _____ 1801 ____ _____ ____ of John _____ was born ___ ___ 1803 [right side of page] BIRTHS Lewis Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 23rd February 1805 Polly Wilson daughter of John & Isabel Wilson was born 5th August 1808 James Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 7th February 1810 Isabel Wilson daughter of John & Isabel Wilson was born 16th March 1811 David Lilly Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 1st December 1812 Mitchell Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 25th September 1814 Page 3 [left side of page] BIRTHS John Wilson Junior son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 28th December 1799 Jane Hunter daughter of John & Elizabeth Hunter was born the 30th September 1802 John E Wilson son of John & Jane Wilson was born the 15th Dec 1825 Martha J Wilson daughter of John & Jane Wilson was born Dec 25th 1827 [right side of page] BIRTHS John T Melcalf son of Spencer O and Mary Metcalf was born January the 24th 1828 Albert Mitchell Wilson son of Lewis Wilson and Sally Wilson was born the 21st of March 1826 James Wilson Metcalf son of Spencer G & Mary Metcalf was born September the 5th 1829 Mary Wilson Heasly daughter of John and Tapener Heasly was born the 6th day of June 1825 Page 4 [Left side of page] DEATHS Rebecca Wilson daughter of John and Isabel Wilson died the 11th of November 1808 Isabel Wilson J____ daughter of John & Isabel Wilson died the 26th November 1821 David Lilly Wilson son John & Isabel Wilson died the 11th of September 1831 James Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson died the 8th of March 1848 Benjamin Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson died the 12 of March 1851 [Right side of page] DEATHS John Wilson died the 6th of January 1829 Isabel Wilson died the 5th December 1850 John Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson died 5th June 1859 Isaac Wilson departed the life January th 31 1861 Mitchell Wilson departed this life Aug the 29th 1877 From Hopkins County Genealogical Society Yesterdays Tuckaways, Volume V, Issue 3, July 1973 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ffru/Docs/FFRU_back/vol49.pdf **??** Will of Lewis L. Wilson of Hopkins County, Kentucky Will of Lewis L. Wilson written 4 Feb 1882, recorded 14 Dec 1882 in Hopkins County, Kentucky Will Book 12, page 270. State of Kentucky Hopkins County Sct I Louis [sic] Wilson of the state and county aforesaid being of sound mind and disposing memory and being desirous to so dispose of my temporal affairs while living that no contention may arise relative to the same when I am ded [sic] I make and ordain this my last will and testament 1st I will and bequeath my soul to the God who gave it and my body to the dust from whence it came. 2nd My desire is that all my just debts if any there be & burial expenses to be paid out of my Estate 3rd I will and bequeath to my son Albert M. Wilson Five Hundred Dollars To my son Preston M. Wilson58 Five Hundred Dollars To my son Jno. T. Wilson Five Hundred Dollars To my son Mancel C. Wilson Five Hundred Dollars. To my son Louis L. Wilson Five Hundred Dollars. To Usiba Franklin59 Five Dollars To my Grandson Benjamin L. Franklin Five Dollars with two hundred he has already received. To my Grand 58. Preson Mack Wilson, born 1826 59.Usibia “Sibby” Wilson born 1846 in Kentucky, daughter of Lewis L. Wilson (born 1805 in SC; died 1882 in Hopkins County, Kentucky) and Sally (Sisk) Wilson. Usibia married Stephen Addison Franklin (born 15 Aug 1844 in KY) 22 Dec 1862 in Hopkins County, Kentucky (FFRU Volume 13) FFRU Volume 49 - Page 29 son Daniel G. Franklin Two hundred Dollars. For and in Consideration of my natural love and affection and her love and care and attention to me in my affliction and old age, I will and bequeath to my daughter Cynthia V. Wilson & her son Jno. L. Wilson my home tract of land containing about one hundred & Twenty acres, all my household & Kitchen furniture all my horses, hogs, Cattle, Sheep & farming utensils and the ballance [sic] of my Cash & Cash Notes on hand if any. I desire that F. M. Kirkwood be my Executor to this my will This February 4th 1882 Lewis L. Wilson [sic] AttestW. M. Wilson Cynthia V. Wilson S. C. Clark Kentucky Hopkins County Sct This is to certify that the foregoing will of Lewis [sic] L. Wilson decd is duly recorded in my office as this day ordered by the Hopkins County Court witness my hand this December 14th 1882 Jno T. Adams Clk By T. B. Earle D.C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Bible Records. [S48] See Notes. [S3] 1810 United States Federal Census. [S4] 1820 United States Federal Census. [S5] 1830 United States Federal Census. [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S30] KY,Hopkins Co,1850 Census. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census. [S31] KY,Hopkins Co,1860 Census. [S9] 1870 United States Federal Census. [S10] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S46] See Documents. [S77] Will. [S29] KY Marriage Index. Marriage Record for Lewis Wilson Spouse: Sally Sisk ***** Date: 4 Aug 1825 B/G: Groom County and State: Hopkins Co. KY [S42] Marriage Record Journal. [S41] Marriage License.