Isaiah WILLSON^{[1, 2]}

Aft 1779 - Aft 1840  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Isaiah WILLSON
  Born	Aft 1779	, Warren, NJ, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1840	, Sullivan Or Vigo, IN
  Person ID	I1495	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert WILLSON, Sr.,   b. 26 Aug 1753, , Warren, NJ, USA ,   d. Bef 1797  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Mercy HEATON,   b. 3 Sep 1756, Hardwick, Sussex, New Jersey, United States ,   d. Aft 1796, Of Fayette, PA, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	1775
  Family ID	F6146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He moved to Vigo Co., Indiana with brothers Caleb and Gabriel. Caleb and Gabriel eventually moved to Parke Co., IN whereas Isaiah moved back and forth from Vigo Co. to Sullivan Co., IN. (C-256) Kim Holly sent me the following from the "History of Vigo and Parke Counties". "Isaiah WILSON was the first blacksmith, in fact he seems to have performed all the mechanical work of the township up to the year 1818. About this date Samuel KEEN established a smith shop near the present residence of Leander WILSON (grandson of Jeremiah Willson who married Joanna Moore). Relieved, in part, of the duties required of him, Mr. WILSON now constructed a cotton-gin, a mechanical branch of industry then much needed, and which materially increased the growth of cotton. From fifteen to thirty acres of cotton were annually grown on Battlerow prairie for many years, and as late as the year 1840 patches of from one-fourth to two acres were grown in many parts of the township."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2832] Richard Eugene Willson, comp, The Willson Family, 1672-1959 (Kent, Oh: Unpublished, 1959). [S2877] Holly, Kim, Email dated 2002+ from kimh@cwnet.com.