As the 1913 State Girl’s Basketball Champs knew, with teamwork we can accomplish any task. Below is a list of researchers with interest in the families of Wilson County. You may contact any of them to help with your research.
Your name can be added as a Wilson County Researcher regardless of where you live. The only requirement is that researchers must be a member of the WCGS to ensure that answers provided to queries are provided by a representative of the Society. If you would like to be added to the list, please contact the website administrator with your contact information and the surnames on which you focus.
| Carol Forbes cforbes2@nc.rr.com FORBES, BAKER, VARNELL, ELLIS, WEBB (Wilson Co.); MCKEEL, HEATH, BEAMAN, BRITT, HOLLOMAN, WILKINS, GOODMAN (Greene Co.) |
| Lisa Henderson 1855 Thompson Ave., East Point, GA 30344 Website: https://afamwilsonnc.com lyhend@aol.com Lisa lives in Georgia and has accumulated materials on Wilson County’s African-American families. Lisa volunteers her services to others but is unable to do primary research due to her location. She is interested in communicating with anyone looking for African-American families. REID, ARTIS, HAGANS, BARNES, JONES, POWELL, THOMAS, SEABERRY |
| Joan Howell joanlawrencehowell@yahoo.com BARNES, KIRBY, SCOTT |
| Sue Powell wcgs@earthlink.net Sue does research as well as constantly supporting the operations of the WCGS. EVANS (Wales, Black Creek NC, possible Virginia connections), HARRISON, JOHNSON (particularly Zadoc), ELLIS, PEELE |
| Krista Williamson Contact Krista via WCGS website Krista has compiled information on the Williamson family that originated in Isle of Wight, Virginia and migrated c. 1745 to the Edgecombe/Nash area that became Wilson. She is also recruiting for the Williamson Y-DNA Project. WILLIAMSON, AYCOCK, BAREFOOT, BASS, HOOKS, KINCHEN/KITCHING, VANPELT |
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