Some of the below information I already knew about my great-great grandfather John Wilkinson, but it appears a lot it George gathered on his own. See below:
George Simmons (no direct relationship to Simmons that I know about) found his g-g-grandparents of Sparta, Chickasaw Co., MS. Per George, the info came the courtesy of Patsy, a lookup volunteer, and the Chickasaw Co Historical/Genealogical Society. Volume one, The History of Chickasaw Co.,MS.
Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON WILKINSON (my ggggranfather):
Thomas J. Wilkinson was a resident of Union,Greene Co.,Alabama. He was visiting his children, J.A. Wilkinson, Mrs. Joseph Alexander White, Mrs. Leonidas Hall and Mrs. William Henry Jemison, all of Sparta, when he became ill. He died at the home of J.A. Wilkinson and was buried in Amity Cemetery.
Children of THOMAS WILKINSON and SARAH DOUTHET are:
4. i.JOHN ADAMS4 WILKINSON, b. January 21, 1837, Union, Greene Co.,
Alabama; d. 1892, Sparta, Chickasaw Co., MS.
ii. JAMES HENRY WILKINSON, b. 1838; m. LOUISA A THORNTON.
iii. SARAH JANE WILKINSON, b. 1840; m. JOSEPH ALEXANDER WHITE.
iv. SAMUEL SNODDY WILKINSON, b. 1841.
v. ANNE ELIZABETH WILKINSON, b. 1843; m. ARTHUR F THORNTON.
vi. MARY FRANCES WILKINSON, b. 1845; m. LEONIDAS HALL.
vii. LOUISA MARIE WILKINSON, b. 1846; m. JOHN E JORDAN.
viii.ANDREW JACKSON WILKINSON, b. 1848; m. ALICE T JORDAN.
ix. LUCY MERCILLA WILKINSON, b. 1850; m. LEWIS A LAVENDER.
x. MARTHA ISABELLA WILKINSON, b. 1851; m. WILLIAM HENRY JEMISON.
xi. ? WILKINSON, b. 1854; d. 1854.
xii. CORNELIA ALICE WILKINSON, b.1855-d.1908; m.CHARLES ACKRON SPENCER.
xiii.HARRIET AMANDA WILKINSON, b. 1857; m. LEONIDUS MARION LAMB.
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Descendants of John Wilkinson
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 WILKINSON. He married LUCY PENICK.
Child of JOHN WILKINSON and LUCY PENICK is:
2. i. THOMAS JEFFERSON2 WILKINSON.
Generation No. 2
2. THOMAS JEFFERSON2 WILKINSON (JOHN1). He married SARAH RICHARDSON
DOUTHET, daughter of JAMES DOUTHET and SUSANNAH HOWARD.
Child of THOMAS WILKINSON and SARAH DOUTHET is:
3. i. JOHN ADAMS3 WILKINSON, b. January 21, 1837, Union, Greene Co.,
Alabama; d. 1892, Sparta, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN ADAMS3 WILKINSON (THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born January 21, 1837 in Union, Greene Co., Alabama, and died 1892 in Sparta, Chickasaw Co.,Mississippi. He married ARTEMISIA FRANCIS JEMISON October 24, 1861 in Sparta, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi, daughter of ROBERT JEMISON and MARTHA PITTS.
Notes for JOHN ADAMS WILKINSON:(This is my gggrandfather)
John Adams Wilkinson was a teacher and farmer. He received a BA from the University of Alabama in 1859. He moved to Sparta, Mississippi, where he taught at the Oak Grove Institute. John served as a Lieutenant in the CSA.He was a State Representative in the Mississippi General Assembly in 1875-1876. He was a merchant in Sparta 1879-1882.He served as Superintendent of Education, Chickasaw Co., from 1889 until his death in 1892. (Source: Chickasaw Co. Historical/Genealogical Society, Vol 1:History of Chickasaw Co.)
Children of JOHN WILKINSON and ARTEMISIA JEMISON are:
4. i. ELLA ROSS4 WILKINSON, b. 1863, Sparta, Chickasaw Co.,MS d.1920.
5. ii.ROBERT ENNIS WILKINSON,SR.,b.August 14,1866, Sparta,MS d. April 06, 1946, Heidelberg, Mississippi. (My great-grandfather William Wilkerson/Wilkinson was born the same year by Charlotte, enslaved by Robert Jamieson/Jemison.)
iii.WALTER A. WILKINSON,b.1868-d. 1944(John had another son with Charlotte and named him Sam, which means John had two sons with the same name) m. ANNIE BROWN.
iv. SAMUEL S. WILKINSON, b. 1871; d. 1884.
v. JOHN L. WILKINSON, b. 1875; m. PAULINE DRUMWRIGHT.
vi. THOMAS WILKINSON, b. 1879; d. 1884.
Generation No. 4
4. ELLA ROSS4 WILKINSON (JOHN ADAMS3, THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born 1863 in Sparta, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi, and died 1920. She married THOMAS ALEXANDER MOORE c. 1879.
Child of ELLA WILKINSON and THOMAS MOORE is:
i. EMMA C.5 MOORE, b. 1879, m. William Edwards
5. ROBERT ENNIS4 WILKINSON, SR. (JOHN ADAMS3, THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born August 14, 1866 in Sparta, Mississippi, and died April 06, 1946 in Heidelberg, Mississippi. He married SARAH JANE HEIDELBERG December 24, 1891 in Mississippi, daughter of WILLIAM HEIDELBERG and MARY THORNTON.
Children of ROBERT WILKINSON and SARAH HEIDELBERG are:
i. ROBERT ENNIS5 WILKINSON,JR., b. October 29, 1892.
6. ii. ELMA WILKINSON, b. January 15, 1895, Heidelberg, Mississippi; d. May 22, 1946, Indianapolis, Indiana.
iii. LILLIAN BELLE WILKINSON, b. May 26, 1898.
Generation No. 5
6. ELMA5 WILKINSON (ROBERT ENNIS4, JOHN ADAMS3, THOMAS JEFFERSON2, JOHN1) was born January 15, 1895 in Heidelberg, Mississippi, and died May 22, 1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She married FOREST LELAND FIERS August 10, 1918 in Meridan, MS, son of JAMES FIERS and MARY MCKINTY.
Children of ELMA WILKINSON and FOREST FIERS are:
7. i. MARY JANE6 FIERS, b. May 30, 1919, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; d.February 28, 1953, Walter Reed Hospital,Washington D.C..
8. ii. JAMES HENRY FIERS, b. April 22, 1921, Indianapolis, Indiana; d.August 26, 1998, Indianapolis, Indiana.---------------------------------------
