The Wilkinson Family

There are a number of Wilkinson family lines in the United States. Most of them are unrelated it seems.

My William Wilkinson was born in North Carolina on June 24, 1794. He married Jane Butcher on June 25, 1813 in Ohio. William moved his family from Highland County to Sangamon County, Illinois where his first wife died about 1834. He remarried in Sangamon County to a widow named Jane Guthrie Powell. He then moved his new family to Jo Daviess County, Illinois where he died in 1873.


William Wilkinson born June 24, 1794 in North Carolina
died June 30, 1873 in Jo Daviess Co., Illinois

Jane Butcher born in Germany or Pennsylvania
died after 1832 in Sangamon County, Illinois

Jacob Butcher Wilkinson born 1814 in Highland Co., Ohio
died before 1860

John Griffith Wilkinson born 1816 in Highland Co., Ohio

William Washington Wilkinson born 1818 in Highland Co., Ohio
died after 1880 in Benton Co., Oregon

Robert Manndy Wilkinson born 1820 in Highland Co., Ohio
died April, 1870 in Wakarusa Twp., Douglas Co., Kansas

Martin Shepherd Wilkinson born August, 1822 in Highland Co., Ohio
died April 1870 in Wakarusa Twp., Douglas Co., Kansas

Andrew Hart Wilkinson born 1824 in Highland Co., Ohio

Sarah Ann Wilkinson born July 12, 1826 in Highland Co., Ohio
died October 5, 1900 in Sabula, Iowa

Elisha Hammer Wilkinson born August 17, 1828 in Highland Co., Ohio
died September 7, 1907 near Allendale, Missouri

Elizabeth Jane Wilkinson born September 18, 1830 in Highland Co., Ohio
died October 20, 1914 in Garden Grove, Orange Co., California

Richard Perry Wilkinson born December 7, 1832 in Sangamon Co., Illinois
died January 13, 1913 in Allendale, Missouri

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