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Colonel Edward Wilkerson 1720–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Colleton County, South Carolina

Death Date: 1783

Death Location: Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Father: Capt Esq.

Mother: Elizabeth Farr

Spouse(s): Mary 12sk

Children(s): Sarah Wilkerson

The story of Colonel Edward Wilkerson began in 1720 in Colleton County, South Carolina. Colonel Edward Wilkerson married Mary Mollie Flatt Welch Wilkerson Cherokee Wolf Clan 12Sk, and had children including Sarah Wilkerson. Colonel Edward Wilkerson passed away in 1783 in Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Colonel Edward Wilkerson began in 1720 in Colleton County, South Carolina.
  • Colonel Edward Wilkerson married Mary Mollie Flatt Welch Wilkerson Cherokee Wolf Clan 12Sk, and had children including Sarah Wilkerson.
  • Colonel Edward Wilkerson passed away in 1783 in Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Capt Esq.
1667–1733
Birth Location: Croft Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Farr
1667–1733
Birth Location: Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary 12sk
1742–1796
Birth Location: Tugaloo, Cherokee Nation East, South Carolina
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Children(s)

Sarah Wilkerson
1770–1849
Birth Location: Cherokee Nation East, North Carolina, USA
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Colonel Wilkerson's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Wilkerson
1720–1783
Birth Place: Colleton County, South Carolina
Parents
Capt Christopher John Coates Wilkerson (Wilkinson) Esq.
1667–1733
Croft Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Farr
1667–1733
Somerset, England
Grandparents
Francis (II) Wilkinson
1640–1727
Croft, Durham, England
Margaret (Arden) Wormley
1642–1709
Monk Road, Croft, Durham, England
Thomas Farr
1642–1731
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Wormerley
1615–1670
Henry Wormeley
1584–1657
John Eng)
1613–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Capt 2nd),
1560–1651
Elizabeth Hogge
1555–1595

Colonel Wilkerson's Descendants

1.
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Colonel (Edward) Wilkerson (1720–1783) m. Mary (Mollie Flatt\Welch \Wilkerson(Cherokee - Wolf Clan)) 12sk (1742–16 Apr 1796)
  1. 1. Sarah Wilkerson 1770–1849 m. David Moore 1770–1836
    1. 1. Merrill Moore 1816–1880 m. Nancy (Ann) Mullinax 1815–1900
      1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Moore 1845–1931 m. Newton (Franklin) Freeman 1851–1929
        1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Freeman 1878–1954 m. Grace (Elizabeth) Black 1878–1943

Colonel Wilkerson's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Colonel Edward Wilkerson in Colleton County, South Carolina
Colleton County, South Carolina
1783
1783
Age 63
Death of Colonel Edward Wilkerson in Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Colleton County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1783
    Event Place: Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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