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Author: Porter Patrick Conerly
William Wilkinson (1753 - before 1835) served as a soldier in the North Carolina militia in the Duplin County Regiment from the District of Wilmington. He was the son of patriot John Wilkinson (1726-1806, P-320257)) and John’s first wife, Elizabeth. William moved from Virginia to North Carolina where he married Elizabeth Jackson of Eno, North Carolina. They had at least five children: Catherine, James M., Jehu W., Mary and Rebecca. William had ties to patriot Cullen Conerly (P-137344) from the Duplin County Regiment as reflected in 1794 court records where William and Elizabeth deed 66 acres to Cullen Conerly. The Wilkinsons later deepened their ties to the Conerlys when daughters Mary and Rebecca married Cullen’s sons Owen Lewis Sr. and Luke, respectively. This generation migrated from North Carolina to Mississippi and Louisiana circa 1822.
Sources:
William Amel Sausamen, “Descendants of Irish Immigrant John Wilkinson (1726 - 1806),” Springfield, IL 1971 (Nabu Public Domain Reprints).
Leora H. McEachern, “Duplin County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions," Abstract of Minutes 1791-1795, Part 3, Duplin County Historical Society, Rose Hill, NC, 1980.
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