From an obituary of Matthew Wilson's son the II, Matthew Harvey Wilson II, published in The Abbeville Press and Banner (probably early 1848):
"Matthew Wilson, I, his father, was a Covenator or Presbyterian. At the age of six years he emigrated to this country with his father who settled on a farm on Upper Long Cane Creek in the Abbeville District and died about the commencement of the Reovlutionary War.
At his death, he left two sons, James and Matthew II, the father of the deceased. James being grown, took an active part in the Revolutionary War. He belonged to that independent and patriotic band of Partisans who in the darkest hour of South Carolina gloom, never desponded. Chased and hunted by the Tories who laid waste our country, and bathed it in blood, he and his companions were compelled to make their homes in the forests returning to visit their families only by stealth. They, however, permitted no opportunities to pass without retaliating on the foe and when he least expected it, dashed like a thunderbolt upon him. It was in an encounter like this that James Wilson and his comrades were overpowered and shamefully put to death. Matthew Wilson at that time was only fifteen years of age, too young to bear arms in his country's cause but not too young to serve her. For a long time, he was bearer of dispatches from one Whig post to another, a position of great difficulty and danger. After the WAr he returned home to his mother, she having married Robert Bell. Soon after he married Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell, also an immigrant from Protestant Ireland.
They settled on Calhoun's Creek, among the first settlers of that portion of our district. He was a member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and one of its strong pillars. He was ruling elder under the Rev. Robert Wilson and during the pastorate of the lamented Dr. William Hampden Barr. He had a family of twelve children all of whom lived to be grown. he died in the year 1834 in the 67th year of his age.
Wilson, Mathew - Box 98, Pack 2421: Will dated 3 Nov 1834 in Abbeville Dist. Prov. 10 Dec 1834. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth Wilson, Son, Hugh Wilson. Wit: Robt. Gilmer Sr., Hugh Kirkwood, Saml. Houston. Chn: Elizabeth Ann Reid, John H., Jas., Hugh, Leroy C., Matthew Harvey Wilson, Matilda Vashti Branch. Gr. Chn: Jas., Matthew H. Strayn, Wm. Hadden, Wm. C. Kirkwood. "In consequence of my son Hugh Wilson going to move to Alabama my will that my son Mathew Wilson be Exr." 18 Jan 1836 paid F. Branch legacy $150.00. ,
END
Other information not totally correct:
•Change Date: 17 JUN 2003.
Father: Matthew WILSON ,I, b: ABT 1742 in Co. Antrim, Ireland, d: Abbeville County, SC.
Marriage 1 Elizabeth CALDWELL b: 7 OCT 1768 in Mecklenburg Co., NC •Married: ABT 1788
Children
1. Robert C. WILSON b: 6 NOV 1789
2. Mary (Polly) WILSON b: ABT 1791
3. James Caldwell WILSON b: ABT 1793
4. Elizabeth Ann WILSON b: 4 FEB 1796
5. Jane WILSON b: 17 JAN 1798
6. Jemimah WILSON b: 25 JUL 1800 in Abbeville, SC
7. Hannah WILSON b: 22 SEP 1802
8. John Harris WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
9. Hugh Reid WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
10. Leroy Caldwell WILSON b: 15 MAY 1807
11. Matilda Vashti WILSON b: 11 AUG 1809
12. Matthew Harvey WILSON b: 7 APR 1812
Sources: 1.Type: Web Site
Author: Tricia Petitt
Title: Wilson/Willson Families
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Bonestwo/index.html
2.Type: Book
Periodical: Some Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, SC
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore
Date: 1982
3.Type: Book
Periodical: David Caldwell, 1705-1781 and his Descendants in the United States of America
Publication: Johnnie Caldwell Files
Date: 1987
4.Text: Pauline Young, Abstracts of Old Ninety Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds
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Matthew Wilson was born in the county of Antrim, Ireland(As indicated above bio and not on heading).
His wife was Elizabeth Wilson 'nee McHolland #92604418.
Other than that, great site, and great job.
Please update the memorial to reflect the information that I have provided.
Respectfully Yours June2013,
(#46985680)
----------------------------------------------
"Matthew Wilson, I, his father, was a Covenator or Presbyterian. At the age of six years he emigrated to this country with his father who settled on a farm on Upper Long Cane Creek in the Abbeville District and died about the commencement of the Reovlutionary War.
At his death, he left two sons, James and Matthew II, the father of the deceased. James being grown, took an active part in the Revolutionary War. He belonged to that independent and patriotic band of Partisans who in the darkest hour of South Carolina gloom, never desponded. Chased and hunted by the Tories who laid waste our country, and bathed it in blood, he and his companions were compelled to make their homes in the forests returning to visit their families only by stealth. They, however, permitted no opportunities to pass without retaliating on the foe and when he least expected it, dashed like a thunderbolt upon him. It was in an encounter like this that James Wilson and his comrades were overpowered and shamefully put to death. Matthew Wilson at that time was only fifteen years of age, too young to bear arms in his country's cause but not too young to serve her. For a long time, he was bearer of dispatches from one Whig post to another, a position of great difficulty and danger. After the WAr he returned home to his mother, she having married Robert Bell. Soon after he married Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell, also an immigrant from Protestant Ireland.
They settled on Calhoun's Creek, among the first settlers of that portion of our district. He was a member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and one of its strong pillars. He was ruling elder under the Rev. Robert Wilson and during the pastorate of the lamented Dr. William Hampden Barr. He had a family of twelve children all of whom lived to be grown. he died in the year 1834 in the 67th year of his age.
Wilson, Mathew - Box 98, Pack 2421: Will dated 3 Nov 1834 in Abbeville Dist. Prov. 10 Dec 1834. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth Wilson, Son, Hugh Wilson. Wit: Robt. Gilmer Sr., Hugh Kirkwood, Saml. Houston. Chn: Elizabeth Ann Reid, John H., Jas., Hugh, Leroy C., Matthew Harvey Wilson, Matilda Vashti Branch. Gr. Chn: Jas., Matthew H. Strayn, Wm. Hadden, Wm. C. Kirkwood. "In consequence of my son Hugh Wilson going to move to Alabama my will that my son Mathew Wilson be Exr." 18 Jan 1836 paid F. Branch legacy $150.00. ,
END
Other information not totally correct:
•Change Date: 17 JUN 2003.
Father: Matthew WILSON ,I, b: ABT 1742 in Co. Antrim, Ireland, d: Abbeville County, SC.
Marriage 1 Elizabeth CALDWELL b: 7 OCT 1768 in Mecklenburg Co., NC •Married: ABT 1788
Children
1. Robert C. WILSON b: 6 NOV 1789
2. Mary (Polly) WILSON b: ABT 1791
3. James Caldwell WILSON b: ABT 1793
4. Elizabeth Ann WILSON b: 4 FEB 1796
5. Jane WILSON b: 17 JAN 1798
6. Jemimah WILSON b: 25 JUL 1800 in Abbeville, SC
7. Hannah WILSON b: 22 SEP 1802
8. John Harris WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
9. Hugh Reid WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
10. Leroy Caldwell WILSON b: 15 MAY 1807
11. Matilda Vashti WILSON b: 11 AUG 1809
12. Matthew Harvey WILSON b: 7 APR 1812
Sources: 1.Type: Web Site
Author: Tricia Petitt
Title: Wilson/Willson Families
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Bonestwo/index.html
2.Type: Book
Periodical: Some Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, SC
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore
Date: 1982
3.Type: Book
Periodical: David Caldwell, 1705-1781 and his Descendants in the United States of America
Publication: Johnnie Caldwell Files
Date: 1987
4.Text: Pauline Young, Abstracts of Old Ninety Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds
Search original documents from all 50 states on footnote.com
-------------------------------------------
Matthew Wilson was born in the county of Antrim, Ireland(As indicated above bio and not on heading).
His wife was Elizabeth Wilson 'nee McHolland #92604418.
Other than that, great site, and great job.
Please update the memorial to reflect the information that I have provided.
Respectfully Yours June2013,
(#46985680)
----------------------------------------------
From an obituary of Matthew Wilson's son the II, Matthew Harvey Wilson II, published in The Abbeville Press and Banner (probably early 1848):
"Matthew Wilson, I, his father, was a Covenator or Presbyterian. At the age of six years he emigrated to this country with his father who settled on a farm on Upper Long Cane Creek in the Abbeville District and died about the commencement of the Reovlutionary War.
At his death, he left two sons, James and Matthew II, the father of the deceased. James being grown, took an active part in the Revolutionary War. He belonged to that independent and patriotic band of Partisans who in the darkest hour of South Carolina gloom, never desponded. Chased and hunted by the Tories who laid waste our country, and bathed it in blood, he and his companions were compelled to make their homes in the forests returning to visit their families only by stealth. They, however, permitted no opportunities to pass without retaliating on the foe and when he least expected it, dashed like a thunderbolt upon him. It was in an encounter like this that James Wilson and his comrades were overpowered and shamefully put to death. Matthew Wilson at that time was only fifteen years of age, too young to bear arms in his country's cause but not too young to serve her. For a long time, he was bearer of dispatches from one Whig post to another, a position of great difficulty and danger. After the WAr he returned home to his mother, she having married Robert Bell. Soon after he married Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell, also an immigrant from Protestant Ireland.
They settled on Calhoun's Creek, among the first settlers of that portion of our district. He was a member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and one of its strong pillars. He was ruling elder under the Rev. Robert Wilson and during the pastorate of the lamented Dr. William Hampden Barr. He had a family of twelve children all of whom lived to be grown. he died in the year 1834 in the 67th year of his age.
Wilson, Mathew - Box 98, Pack 2421: Will dated 3 Nov 1834 in Abbeville Dist. Prov. 10 Dec 1834. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth Wilson, Son, Hugh Wilson. Wit: Robt. Gilmer Sr., Hugh Kirkwood, Saml. Houston. Chn: Elizabeth Ann Reid, John H., Jas., Hugh, Leroy C., Matthew Harvey Wilson, Matilda Vashti Branch. Gr. Chn: Jas., Matthew H. Strayn, Wm. Hadden, Wm. C. Kirkwood. "In consequence of my son Hugh Wilson going to move to Alabama my will that my son Mathew Wilson be Exr." 18 Jan 1836 paid F. Branch legacy $150.00. ,
END
Other information not totally correct:
•Change Date: 17 JUN 2003.
Father: Matthew WILSON ,I, b: ABT 1742 in Co. Antrim, Ireland, d: Abbeville County, SC.
Marriage 1 Elizabeth CALDWELL b: 7 OCT 1768 in Mecklenburg Co., NC •Married: ABT 1788
Children
1. Robert C. WILSON b: 6 NOV 1789
2. Mary (Polly) WILSON b: ABT 1791
3. James Caldwell WILSON b: ABT 1793
4. Elizabeth Ann WILSON b: 4 FEB 1796
5. Jane WILSON b: 17 JAN 1798
6. Jemimah WILSON b: 25 JUL 1800 in Abbeville, SC
7. Hannah WILSON b: 22 SEP 1802
8. John Harris WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
9. Hugh Reid WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
10. Leroy Caldwell WILSON b: 15 MAY 1807
11. Matilda Vashti WILSON b: 11 AUG 1809
12. Matthew Harvey WILSON b: 7 APR 1812
Sources: 1.Type: Web Site
Author: Tricia Petitt
Title: Wilson/Willson Families
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Bonestwo/index.html
2.Type: Book
Periodical: Some Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, SC
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore
Date: 1982
3.Type: Book
Periodical: David Caldwell, 1705-1781 and his Descendants in the United States of America
Publication: Johnnie Caldwell Files
Date: 1987
4.Text: Pauline Young, Abstracts of Old Ninety Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds
Search original documents from all 50 states on footnote.com
-------------------------------------------
Matthew Wilson was born in the county of Antrim, Ireland(As indicated above bio and not on heading).
His wife was Elizabeth Wilson 'nee McHolland #92604418.
Other than that, great site, and great job.
Please update the memorial to reflect the information that I have provided.
Respectfully Yours June2013,
(#46985680)
----------------------------------------------
"Matthew Wilson, I, his father, was a Covenator or Presbyterian. At the age of six years he emigrated to this country with his father who settled on a farm on Upper Long Cane Creek in the Abbeville District and died about the commencement of the Reovlutionary War.
At his death, he left two sons, James and Matthew II, the father of the deceased. James being grown, took an active part in the Revolutionary War. He belonged to that independent and patriotic band of Partisans who in the darkest hour of South Carolina gloom, never desponded. Chased and hunted by the Tories who laid waste our country, and bathed it in blood, he and his companions were compelled to make their homes in the forests returning to visit their families only by stealth. They, however, permitted no opportunities to pass without retaliating on the foe and when he least expected it, dashed like a thunderbolt upon him. It was in an encounter like this that James Wilson and his comrades were overpowered and shamefully put to death. Matthew Wilson at that time was only fifteen years of age, too young to bear arms in his country's cause but not too young to serve her. For a long time, he was bearer of dispatches from one Whig post to another, a position of great difficulty and danger. After the WAr he returned home to his mother, she having married Robert Bell. Soon after he married Elizabeth Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell, also an immigrant from Protestant Ireland.
They settled on Calhoun's Creek, among the first settlers of that portion of our district. He was a member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and one of its strong pillars. He was ruling elder under the Rev. Robert Wilson and during the pastorate of the lamented Dr. William Hampden Barr. He had a family of twelve children all of whom lived to be grown. he died in the year 1834 in the 67th year of his age.
Wilson, Mathew - Box 98, Pack 2421: Will dated 3 Nov 1834 in Abbeville Dist. Prov. 10 Dec 1834. Exrs: Wife, Elizabeth Wilson, Son, Hugh Wilson. Wit: Robt. Gilmer Sr., Hugh Kirkwood, Saml. Houston. Chn: Elizabeth Ann Reid, John H., Jas., Hugh, Leroy C., Matthew Harvey Wilson, Matilda Vashti Branch. Gr. Chn: Jas., Matthew H. Strayn, Wm. Hadden, Wm. C. Kirkwood. "In consequence of my son Hugh Wilson going to move to Alabama my will that my son Mathew Wilson be Exr." 18 Jan 1836 paid F. Branch legacy $150.00. ,
END
Other information not totally correct:
•Change Date: 17 JUN 2003.
Father: Matthew WILSON ,I, b: ABT 1742 in Co. Antrim, Ireland, d: Abbeville County, SC.
Marriage 1 Elizabeth CALDWELL b: 7 OCT 1768 in Mecklenburg Co., NC •Married: ABT 1788
Children
1. Robert C. WILSON b: 6 NOV 1789
2. Mary (Polly) WILSON b: ABT 1791
3. James Caldwell WILSON b: ABT 1793
4. Elizabeth Ann WILSON b: 4 FEB 1796
5. Jane WILSON b: 17 JAN 1798
6. Jemimah WILSON b: 25 JUL 1800 in Abbeville, SC
7. Hannah WILSON b: 22 SEP 1802
8. John Harris WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
9. Hugh Reid WILSON b: 8 OCT 1804 in Abbeville Dist. SC
10. Leroy Caldwell WILSON b: 15 MAY 1807
11. Matilda Vashti WILSON b: 11 AUG 1809
12. Matthew Harvey WILSON b: 7 APR 1812
Sources: 1.Type: Web Site
Author: Tricia Petitt
Title: Wilson/Willson Families
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Bonestwo/index.html
2.Type: Book
Periodical: Some Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, SC
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore
Date: 1982
3.Type: Book
Periodical: David Caldwell, 1705-1781 and his Descendants in the United States of America
Publication: Johnnie Caldwell Files
Date: 1987
4.Text: Pauline Young, Abstracts of Old Ninety Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds
Search original documents from all 50 states on footnote.com
-------------------------------------------
Matthew Wilson was born in the county of Antrim, Ireland(As indicated above bio and not on heading).
His wife was Elizabeth Wilson 'nee McHolland #92604418.
Other than that, great site, and great job.
Please update the memorial to reflect the information that I have provided.
Respectfully Yours June2013,
(#46985680)
----------------------------------------------
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