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1. Charles Wilson Sr. son of David Willson, was born in 1710 in Antrim, Northern Ireland and died in 1768 in Augusta Co., Virginia at age 58.

General Notes: Charles' family was of Scottish descent and settled in Ulster, Ireland sometime in the 13th or 14th Century. Charles immigrated to America around 1737 and settled in Augusta Co., Virginia, now Pendleton Co., West Virginia. About 1775 he lived in a narrow valley through which the South Fork of the South Branch Potomac River flows west of the Blue Ridge.

Charles married Elizabeth.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Joseph Wilson was born about 1734 in County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland and died on Nov 7, 1838 in Sevier Co., Tennessee about age 104.

+ 3 M    ii. Charles Wilson Jr. was born in 1736 in County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland and died on Sep 8, 1815 in United States at age 79.

+ 4 M    iii. Isaac Wilson Sr. was born in 1741 in Augusta Co., Virginia1 and died on May 18, 1810 in Washington Co., Tennessee1 at age 69.

   5 M    iv. David Wilson was born in 1746 in Augusta Co., Virginia.