Mitchell Wilson

1814 - 1877  (62 years)

• Name	Mitchell Wilson
  Birth	25 Sep 1814	KY   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1820	Hopkins Co, KY   [5]
  	age < 10(6)
  Census	1850	District 1, Hopkins Co, KY   [4]
  	age 35,wife Matilda-age 34, 5 children
  Census-State	1850  [6]
  	age 35,wife Matilda
  Census	1860	Hopkins Co, KY   [7]
  	age 45,spouse Matilda-age 48, 5 children
  Census-State	1860  [8]
  	age 45,wife Matilda
  Census	1870	Fisher Spring, Hopkins Co, KY   [9]
  	age 55,wife Matilda-age 53, dau Mariah-age 21, dau Misaniah-age 19, & David Utley-age 35
  Death	29 Aug 1877	Hopkins Co, KY   [1, 2, 3]
  Findagrave.com	19 Jul 2015
  	See Notes
  Burial	Dawson Springs, Hopkins Co, KY   [1]
  	Lick Creek Cemetery
  Person ID	I926	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 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  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Wyatt-xx,   b. Nov 1816, KY d. 15 Aug 1898 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1837	Hopkins Co, KY   [3, 10, 11]
  Notes	Children: dau Phebe Isabel Wilson 7/7/1838 KY - 2/18/1926 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See death certificate ** - on 4/13/1859 Hop Co KY mar. Isaac W Beshears - d. bef 2/18/1926 dau Ann Wilson 1842 KY dau Maranda Wilson 10/6/1842 KY - 6/2/1936 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See death certificate ** - on 12/6/1860 Hop Co KY mar. William P Fox 1840 KY - d. bef 6/2/1936 - S/O William Preston Fox 1807 KY - 8/3/1878 & Mary Polly McGregor 1809 KY - 8/7/1865 - S/O Jeremiah Fox 1780 NC - 1850 census lists him as living with daughter Sarah & Burrell Jackson - D/O William McGregor & Amelia Clark William P's siblings: bro Addison Fox 1833 KY - 4/2/1906 sis Mary C Fox 1833 - on 3/26/1852 Hop Co KY mar. John H Wadlington sis Martha A Fox 1/17/1836 KY - 6/3/1893 - on 8/30/1853 Hop Co KY mar. Wiley McGregor 1/3/1829 KY - 6/16/1878 - S/O James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 & Elizabeth Chappel 11/2/1808 KY - 10/13/1861 bro John D Preston Fox 1838 KY - on 4/13/1858 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy C Dunn 1836 KY - D/O David Dunn 1807 TN & Jemima Kellibrew - they mar. on 12/8/1834 Hop Co KY - S/O ??? Dunn & Nancy ??? 1790 NC - mother Nancy living with him in 1850, listed on census - on 4/2/1845 Hop Co KY David mar. Minerva Yandell 1820 KY dau Mary A Dunn 1848 KY dau Cynthia E Dunn 1850 KY - on 4/2/1876 Hop Co KY mar. John F Haithcoat - S/O William Haithcoat 1811 & Charlotte ??? 1819 - they mar. bef 1843 KY Hop Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Heathcoat, J.F. Dunn, Cynthia E. 4/2/1876 TT37 258 John's siblings: sis Lucinda Haithcoat 1843 - on 7/10/1860 Hop Co KY mar. Benjamin P Dunn 4/2/1838 - 4/24/1924 Hop Co KY - S/O David Dunn 1807 & Jemima Kellibrew dau Ollie M Dunn 1876 KY - on 3/6/1894 Hop Co KY mar. William P Woodruff 1873 KY - S/O George W Woodruff 1841 - 1927 & Mary C Lee 1848 - bet 1880-1883 son William Woodruff 1896 KY sis Elizabeth Haithcoat 1862 - 1920 - on 1/27/1890 Hop Co KY mar. David Milton Utley 1852 KY - 12/10/1930 Hop Co KY - S/O John Utley 1812 - 1857 & Sara M Herron 1816 - 1864 Elizabeth also mar. ??? McGregor Nancy's siblings: bro Benjamin P Dunn 4/2/1838 KY - 4/24/1924 Hop Co KY - on 7/10/1860 Hop Co KY mar. Lucinda A Haithcoat 1843 - D/O William Haithcoat 1811 & Charlotte ??? 1819 - they mar. bef 1843 Lucinda's siblings: sis Elizabeth Haithcoat 1862 - 1920 - on 1/27/1890 Hop Co KY mar. David Milton Utley 1852 KY - 12/10/1930 Hop Co KY - S/O John Utley 1812 - 1857 & Sara M Herron 1816 - 1864 Elizabeth also mar. ??? McGregor bro John F Haithcoat - on 4/2/1876 Hop Co KY mar. Cynthia E Dunn 1850 KY - D/O David Dunn 1807 & Minerva Yandell 1820 dau Ollie M Dunn 1876 KY - on 3/6/1894 Hop Co KY mar. William P Woodruff 1873 KY - S/O George W Woodruff 1841 - 1927 & Mary C Lee 1848 - bet 1880-1883 son William Woodruff 1896 KY bro David N Dunn 1842 KY bro James D Dunn 1843 KY - on 5/3/1870 Hop Co KY mar. Missaniah Menser 1850 KY - D/O Daniel Menser 1814 KY & Malinda Ashmore 1818 KY KY Hop Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Dunn, J.D. Menser, M.C. 3 May 1870 TT33 333 sis Sarah J Fox 1842 KY sis Rosa Lenora Fox 3/5/1850 KY - 12/8/1909 - on 5/5/1867 Hop Co KY mar. George Washington Mullins 7/2/1841 - 6/23/1880 William Preston's siblings: sis Sarah J Fox 1828 KY - on 2/17/1842 Hop Co KY mar. Burrell Jackson 1820 KY son Calvin M Jackson 1844 KY - on 12/25/1862 Hop Co KY mar. Ava McGregor 1845 KY - D/O James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 & Elizabeth Chappell 11/2/1808 KY - 10/13/1861 - S/O William McGregor & Amelia Clark - D/O Steven D Chappel & Margaret Franklin - D/O James Franklin 1771 SC & Rachel ??? 1767 SC Elizabeth's siblings: bro Stephen D Chappel 1824 KY bro Enoch Chappel 1827 KY sis Sarah Jane Chappel 1831 KY - 5/18/1854 in Caldwell Co, KY mar. William K Phelps son Preston Jackson 1846 KY - on 9/15/1864 Hop Co KY mar. Susannah R Sisk 1846 KY - D/O William F Hampton Sisk 1807 SC - bet 1850-1860 & Nancy Dillender 1810 TN - 9/23/1855 Hop Co KY - S/O Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 Hop Co KY & Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - d. aft 8/25/1856 dau Serilda Ann Jackson 1847 KY - 1900 - on 3/3/1863 mar. John Marlon McGregor 1841 KY - 1887 - S/O James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 & Elizabeth Chappell 11/2/1808 KY - 10/13/1861 - S/O William McGregor & Amelia Clark - D/O Steven D Chappel & Margaret Franklin - D/O James Franklin 1771 SC & Rachel ??? 1767 SC Elizabeth's siblings: ** See list under Calvin M Jackson above ** dau Vealinsa Josephine Jackson 1848 KY - 1923 - on 12/10/1868 Hop Co KY mar. Barnett McGregor 1848 KY - 1935 - S/O James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 & Elizabeth Chappell 11/2/1808 KY - 10/13/1861 - S/O William McGregor & Amelia Clark - D/O Steven D Chappel & Margaret Franklin - D/O James Franklin 1771 SC & Rachel ??? 1767 SC Elizabeth's siblings: ** See list under Calvin M Jackson above ** Mary Polly's siblings: bro James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 - on 7/4/1825 mar. Elizabeth Chappel 11/2/1808 KY - 10/13/1861 - D/O Steven D Chappel & Margaret Franklin - D/O James Franklin 1771 SC & Rachel ??? 1767 SC Elizabeth's siblings: ** See list under Calvin M Jackson above ** son Shadrick McGregor 3/5/1826 Hop Co KY - 3/17/1901 Caldwell Co, KY - on 10/15/1846 Hop Co KY mar. Artenecy N Howton 6/15/1827 KY - 11/28/1902 Caldwell Co, KY - D/O David Howton & Elizabeth Castleberry Artenecy's siblings: bro Abraham Howton 3/17/1831 KY - 2/20/1902 - 1850 state census lists him as age 19,living with sister Artinecy & Shadrick McGregor son James Wylie McGregor 1849 KY son Samuel Alfred McGregor 8/7/1827 - 2/7/1885 both Hop Co KY - on 10/3/1858 Hop Co mar. Elizabeth R Franklin 7/24/1834 Caldwell Co, KY - 1894 Hop Co - D/O Lewis Franklin 1773 - bet 1839-1840 & Susannah ??? Hart son Wiley McGregor 1/3/1829 KY - 6/16/1878 - on 8/30/1853 Hop Co KY mar. Martha A Fox 1/17/1836 KY - 6/3/1893 - D/O William Preston Fox 1807 KY - 8/3/1878 & Mary Polly McGregor 1809 KY - 8/7/1865 - D/O William McGregor & Amelia Clark dau Elizabeth McGregor 8/5/1831 KY - 1/1/1890 - on 3/3/1887 Caldwell Co, KY mar. S W Calvert son James McGregor Jr. 3/6/1835 KY - 10/21/1911 - on 11/18/1861 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy Jane Utley 1841 KY - D/O Joseph Utley 1813 KY - 1866 & Sarah Langford Brown 12/24/1814 KY - 3/17/1909 - S/O Obediah D Utley 1785 Goochland, VA - 8/27/1839 Hop Co & Jane Thompson 1785 dau Margaret Louviney McGregor 1/9/1837 KY - 2/27/1887 Hop Co KY - on 3/6/1862 Hop Co KY mar. John Martin Goodaker 10/13/1838 - 7/1/1869 both in Caldwell Co, KY dau Rebecca Caroline McGregor 5/30/1839 KY - 4/18/1907 Caldwell Co, KY - on 3/15/1860 Hop Co mar. William Riley Goodaker 5/23/1840 - 11/24/1863 both Caldwell Co, KY son John Marlon McGregor 1841 KY - 1887 - on 3/3/1863 mar. Serilda Ann Jackson 1847 KY - 1900 - D/O Burrell Jackson 1820 KY & Sarah J Fox 1828 KY - D/O Jeremiah Fox 1780 NC - 1850 census listed him as living with dau Sarah & Burrell Jackson Sarah J's siblings: bro William Preston Fox 1807 KY - 8/3/1878 - on 8/23/1827 Hop Co KY mar. Mary Polly McGregor 1809 KY - 8/7/1865 - sister of James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 (Serilda's father) Serilda's siblings: ** See that family listing under Sarah J Fox & Burrell Jackson above ** dau Ava McGregor 1845 KY - on 12/25/1862 Hop Co KY mar. Calvin M Jackson 1844 KY - S/O Burrell Jackson 1820 KY & Sarah J Fox 1828 KY - D/O Jeremiah Fox 1780 NC - 1850 census listed him as living with dau Sarah & Burrell Jackson Sarah J's siblings: bro William Preston Fox 1807 KY - 8/3/1878 - on 8/23/1827 Hop Co KY mar. Mary Polly McGregor 1809 KY - 8/7/1865 - sister of James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 (Ava's father) Calvin's siblings: ** See that family listing under Sarah J Fox & Burrell Jackson above ** son Barnett McGregor 1848 KY - 1935 - on 12/10/1868 Hop Co KY mar. Vealinsa Josephine Jackson 1848 KY - 1923 - D/O Burrell Jackson 1820 KY & Sarah J Fox 1828 KY - D/O Jeremiah Fox 1780 NC - 1850 census listed him as living with dau Sarah & Burrell Jackson Sarah J's siblings: bro William Preston Fox 1807 KY - 8/3/1878 - on 8/23/1827 Hop Co KY mar. Mary Polly McGregor 1809 KY - 8/7/1865 - sister of James McGregor 3/13/1804 SC - 8/26/1865 (Vealinsa's father) Vealinsa's siblings: ** See that family listing under Sarah J Fox & Burrell Jackson above ** son Bailey McGregor 2/22/1850 KY - 2/8/1912 - on 5/20/1875 Hop Co KY mar. Cynthia A H Dockery 6/15/1857 - 10/29/1920 - D/O Absalom Dockery 1820 - 1893 & Mary Knox 1820 - 1900 KY Hop Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page McGregor, Bailey Dockery, Cynthia A. 5/20/1875 TT36 314 dau Lydia McGregor 9/26/1852 - 9/16/1936 both in Dalton, Hop Co KY - on 1/31/1875 Hop Co mar. David Green Utley 2/2/1834 Dalton, Hop Co - 1/31/1922 Hop Co - S/O Joseph Utley 1813 KY - 1866 & Sarah Langford Brown 12/24/1814 KY - 3/17/1909 - S/O Obediah D Utley 1785 Goochland, VA - 8/27/1839 Hop Co & Jane Thompson 1785 dau Lelia A Utley 4/23/1876 Hop Co KY - 3/12/1917 Fulton Co, KY son Dennie Utley 10/31/1889 - 12/30/1890 dau Harriet W Wilson 1845 KY - 1926 - on 2/21/1869 Hop Co KY mar. Theodore Winfred Clark 2/22/1848 KY - 5/2/1932 Hop Co KY - S/O Lafayette W Clark 11/2/1825 KY - 10/4/1890 & Elizabeth Josephine Kirkwood 10/9/1828 KY - 11/2/1910 - D/O James W Kirkwood b. Hop Co KY & Mary Polly Sisk b. Hop Co KY KY Hop Co deaths: Name Date Age Cert Clark, Theodore W 05/02/1932 084 25915 dau Maria Wilson 1847 KY - on 12/21/1870 Hop Co mar. James K P Kirkwood 1847 KY - aft 7/9/1900 - they evidently divorced bef 1880 - S/O Isaac Newton Kirkwood 10/14/1825 - 1/29/1917 both Hop Co KY & Lucinda Utley 11/1/1825 OH - 12/27/1908 - S/O James W Kirkwood b. Hop Co KY & Mary Polly Sisk b. Hop Co KY - D/O Obediah D Utley 1785 Goochland, VA - 8/27/1839 Hop Co KY & Wealthy Melvin 12/5/1803 OH - 1/7/1890 Hop Co KY KY Hopkibns Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Kirkwood, James K. Wilson, Maria 21 Dec 1870 TT34 27 son William E Kirkwood 1872 KY - 1880 census lists him as age 8,living with mother & grandmother Matilda (Wyatt) Wilson dau Misania Wilson 1851 KY - on 5/3/1876 Hop Co KY mar. William Gilbert Clark 1853 KY KY Hop Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Clark, W.G. Wilson, Misania 5/3/1876 TT37 276 son Amos Kendal Clark 1879 KY dau Robinet Wilson 1853 KY ----------------------------------------------------- KY marriage index: Marriage Record for Mitchell Wilson Spouse: Matilda Wyatt Date: 26 Jan 1837 B/G: Groom Co. & State: Hop Co KY ------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F1852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Sep 1814 - KY Census - age < 10(6) - 1820 - Hopkins Co, KY Marriage - 26 Jan 1837 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 35,wife Matilda-age 34, 5 children - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 45,spouse Matilda-age 48, 5 children - 1860 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 55,wife Matilda-age 53, dau Mariah-age 21, dau Misaniah-age 19, & David Utley-age 35 - 1870 - Fisher Spring, Hopkins Co, KY Death - 29 Aug 1877 - Hopkins Co, KY Burial - - Dawson Springs, Hopkins Co, KY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Wilson-Mitchell
  		Wilson-Mitchell-(Matilda-(Wyatt))

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pamela7&id=I704 ID: I704 •Name: Mitchell Wilson •Surname: Wilson •Given Name: Mitchell •Sex: M •Birth: 25 Sep 1814 in , , Kentucky •Death: 29 Aug 1877 in , Hopkins, Kentucky •_UID: 0E375A3EFF0EDA1181E70020183A0CF2ADE7 •Change Date: 28 Dec 2005 at 00:00:00 HintsAncestry Hints for Mitchell Wilson 1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Marriage 1 Matilda Wyatt b: ABT 1816 in , , Kentucky •Married: 26 Jan 1837 in , Hopkins, Kentucky Children 1.Has Children Phebe Isabel Wilson b: ABT 1838 in , , Kentucky 2.Has No Children Ann Wilson b: ABT 1842 in , , Kentucky 3.Has No Children Miranda Wilson b: ABT 1844 in , , Kentucky 4.Has No Children Harriet Wilson b: ABT 1846 in , , Kentucky 5.Has No Children Mariah Wilson b: Feb 1848 in , , Kentucky 6.Has No Children Misaniah Wilson b: ABT 1851 in , Hopkins, Kentucky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com on 7/19/2015 Mitchell Wilson Birth: Sep. 25, 1814 Death: Aug. 29, 1877 Family links: Spouse: Matilda Wyatt Wilson (1816 - 1898) ** Burial: Lick Creek Cemetery #1 Dawson Springs Hopkins County Kentucky, USA Created by: Shelia Hart Record added: Oct 23, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 60550159 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com bef 7/19/2015 Mitchell Wilson Birth: Sep. 25, 1814 Death: Aug. 29, 1877 Burial: Lick Creek Cemetery Dawson Springs Hopkins County Kentucky, USA Created by: Shelia Hart Record added: Oct 23, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 60550159 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Findagrave.com. [S80] Bible Records. [S48] See Notes. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S4] 1820 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. [S42] Marriage Record Journal. [S29] KY Marriage Index.