1756 - 1836 (80 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Margaret was born in 1756 in Ireland; died on 10 Nov 1836 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Wilson Cemetery, Peach St., Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
Family/Spouse: John Wilson. John was born in 1752 in Ireland; died on 3 Aug 1822 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Thomas Wilson (1.Margaret1) was born on 1 Dec 1795; died on 23 May 1861 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Wilson Cemetery, Peach St., Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
- Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
Came to Americia by way of Virginia.
Thomas married Elizabeth Love on 18 Jan 1818. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles Love and Pherby Osborne) was born on 14 Mar 1800 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 23 Apr 1889 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
8. | Barbara Wilson (2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 30 Jan 1820 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 26 Jun 1855 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Poston Cemetery, Highway 226 North of Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
Barbara married Samuel Poston on 9 Dec 1841. Samuel (son of John Poston and Mable Patterson) was born on 8 Sep 1819 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 9 Oct 1902 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Mary G. Poston
was born on 14 Oct 1844 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 16 Sep 1898 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 22. John Poston
was born in 1850; and died.
- 23. James D Poston
died in 1850.
- 24. Infant Poston
was born in 1846 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in Nov 1846 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 25. Sarah E. Poston
was born in 1847 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in 1848 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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11. | Sarah Wilson (2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 18 Oct 1823 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 22 Jun 1899. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
Sarah married James Poston on 4 Oct 1847. James (son of John Poston and Mable Patterson) was born on 10 Nov 1820 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 27 Jan 1879 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Samuel Alexander Wilson (2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 20 Jun 1827 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 29 Apr 1908 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
- Occupation: Farmer
Family/Spouse: Hetty Hester Warlick. Hetty died on 17 May 1862 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Almina Clementine Whiteside. Almina was born on 11 Sep 1827 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 11 Jul 1903 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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20. | Mary Love Wilson (2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 17 Jan 1846; and died. Notes:
Appearing in the Yorkville SC newspaper, the announcement for their marriage reads: On Tuesday 28th of August, by Joseph Mccosh, Esq., Mr. William McK. Mittag, of Lancaster Court House, S. C., and Miss Mary Love Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson, of Cleveland County, N. C.
Mary married William Mittag on 27 Aug 1860. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
21. | Mary G. Poston (8.Barbara3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 14 Oct 1844 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 16 Sep 1898 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Poston Cemetery, Highway 226 North of Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
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24. | Infant Poston (8.Barbara3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born in 1846 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in Nov 1846 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Poston Cemetery, Highway 226 North of Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
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25. | Sarah E. Poston (8.Barbara3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born in 1847 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in 1848 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Poston Cemetery, Highway 226 North of Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
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26. | John King (10.Margaret3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 11 Mar 1743 in New Jersey; died on 13 May 1806 in Iredell County, North Carolna. Other Events:
- DAR #: A134254
- Military Service: 30 Oct 1780, North Carolina; Revolutionary War
Notes:
Juror Mecklenburg County NC. Salisbury District.
ROAD COMMISSIONER; TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY ROWAN CO NC 10 MAR 1778, 5 AUG 1778
Linn, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan Co, NC, 1775-1778, Vol III, pg 40
Priott, Abstracts of Land Entries, Rowan Co, NC, 1778, pg 48, 105
Military Service:
Battle of Kings Mountain NC
1781 in June, September and one other time he furnished sundries to himself and his company,
Military Land Warrant for heirs of Richard King for 640 acres, for 84 months service in Continental lines. No 2810
John married Rachel Margaret Young on 30 Dec 1768 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Rachel (daughter of James Franklin Wood and Deloras Jane Harrelson) was born in 1747 in Winnsboro Fairfield Co SC; died in 1827 in Iredell County, North Carolna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | James Osburne Poston (11.Sarah3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 1 Nov 1857 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 31 Jul 1929 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
- Funeral: Home
Notes:
Funeral:
Pallbearers were Messers. Clyde, McBride, Paul and Bryan Poston, Julius Mull and Porter Champion. Flower girls were close friends of the family. Attendants came from as far away as Jacksonville, Fl.
James married Ellen Margaret Kerr on 1 Oct 1884 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Ellen (daughter of John William Kerr and Nancy Cornelia Erwin) was born on 25 Nov 1864 in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC; died on 22 Feb 1940 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 55. Ora Lee Poston
was born on 19 Aug 1887 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 21 Jan 1974 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC.
- 56. Richard King
was born in 1705; died on 7 May 1782.
- 57. James Mcbride Poston
was born on 22 Apr 1889; died on 1 Jul 1890.
- 58. Lucile Poston
was born on 21 Jan 1891 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 4 Sep 1939 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 59. Sarah Margaret Poston
was born on 27 Mar 1892; died on 29 Sep 1981; was buried in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 60. William Garnet Poston
was born on 2 Apr 1894 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 9 Feb 1943 in Columbia, SC.
- 61. Lois Virginia Poston
was born on 10 Mar 1896 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 22 Sep 1973 in Hartwell, GA.
- 62. James Raleigh Poston
was born on 14 Jun 1899 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 11 May 1980 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 63. Henry Grady Poston
was born on 8 Oct 1901; died on 24 Aug 1961.
- 64. John D. Poston
was born on 3 Oct 1903 in Cleveland County, NC; died on 17 Oct 1973 in Cleveland County, NC; was buried in Elizabeth Baptist Church in Shelby.
- 65. Elsie Poston
was born on 11 Jun 1905 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in 1Apr 1992 in Daytona Beach, Florida; was buried in Daytona Beach, Florida.
- 66. Wilma Poston
was born on 27 Jan 1908; and died.
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33. | Daniel Pinkney Poston (11.Sarah3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 26 Oct 1859; died on 16 Oct 1897 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Daniel married Eugenia Hogue on 29 Nov 1885 in Zoar Baptist Church, Cleveland County, NC. Eugenia was born on 19 Oct 1867; died on 22 Jan 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 67. Edna Azelia Poston
was born on 5 Dec 1886 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 4 May 1888 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 68. Clyde Graham Poston
was born on 2 Dec 1888 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 25 Aug 1964 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 69. Samuel Mcbride "Mack" Poston
was born on 7 Aug 1890 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 9 Apr 1969 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 70. Paul Grady Poston
was born on 17 Apr 1892; died on 26 Jan 1977.
- 71. Magel Cleona Poston
was born on 21 Jul 1894 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 24 Dec 1994 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 72. Bryan Pinkney Poston
was born on 2 Sep 1896; died on 15 Jul 1981 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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36. | James A Wilson (13.Samuel3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 24 Oct 1865 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 30 Dec 1934 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
Family/Spouse: Amanda Dover. Amanda was born on 17 Dec 1866 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 3 Jul 1962 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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39. | Susan Elizabeth Wilson (14.James3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 24 Nov 1857 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 18 Jun 1947 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
Susan married Elza Caveny Borders in 1878 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Elza was born on 22 Dec 1857 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 9 Sep 1947 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Elizabeth Baptist Church in Shelby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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