In 2009, the WCGS published Wilson County’s Founding Families, a compilation of the 363 families with a sustained residence in the area that became Wilson County in 1855. The listings include the members of the households found in at least two consecutive census records between 1850 (in the parent counties of Wilson County) and 1870, extended to 1880 for African-Americans. Included is a description of each family unit with that surname, the townships in which the family lived, and when it could be determined, their origin, how and where they immigrated, and their arrival in North Carolina.
The material included in the family narratives is a compilation of census and marriage information supported by wills, land, and other court records. About seventy-five members and friends of the Wilson County Genealogical Society contributed the research of their family histories that has been included. Most of the family descriptions compiled by the editors came from abstracts that have been published. Some information was found on the Internet. A diligent effort was made to be accurate; however, since the original records were not used and some data included was circumstantial, mistakes may have been made.
The following list of surnames have been confirmed as Founding Families of Wilson County and are included in the WCFF volume, which may be purchased online.
| A – C | D – H | J – P | R – Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS ALLEY AMERSON ANDERS ANDERSON APPLEWHITE ARMSTRONG ARRINGTON ARTIS ATKINSON AUSTIN AYCOCK AYRES BAGLEY BAILEY BAKER BARBER BARDIN BAREFOOT BARGHAM BARHAM BARNES BARRON BASS BATCHELOR BATTLE BATTS BEAMON BECTON BELAND BELL BENNETT BENTON BEST BIGGS BIRD BLACKWELL BLOUNT BONE BOON BOSWELL BOTTOMS BOWDEN BOYCE BOYETTE BOYKIN BRANTLEY BRASWELL BREWER BRIDGERS BRIGGS BRINKLEY BROOKS BROWN BRYANT BULLOCK BUNN BURNETT BURRESS BUTLER BYNUM CALLAGHAN CAMPBELL CARTER CAWTHORN CHEEKS CHERRY CHRISTMAN CLARK CLEMENTS COBB COGGINS COLEMAN COLSTON CONDON CONE CONNER COOK COOPER COPELAND CORBETT CORNISH COTTEN COX CRAFTON CRAPP CREECH CRUMPLER CROMWELL |
DALTON DANCY DANFORD DANIEL DARDEN DAVIS DAWSON DEANS DEW DICKINSON DILDAY DIXON DONNELL DOWNING DRAKE DRAUGHN DRIVER DUNN DUNSTON EARP EASON EATMAN EDMUNDSON EDWARDS ELLIS EPPS ETHERIDGE EURE EVANS EVERETT EXUM FALKLAND FARMER FELTON FELTS FERRELL FINCH FITZGERALD FLEMING FLORA FLOWERS FORBES FOUNTAIN FOY FRANKLIN FREEMAN FRIAR FULGHAM FULLER GALLOWAY GARDNER GAY GILL GLEN GODWIN GRAVES GRAY GRIFFIN GRIMES GRIZELL HACKNEY HADLEY HAGAN HALES HALL HAMILTON HAMMONS HAMLET HANES HARDY HARPER HARRELL HARRIS HARRISON HAWLEY HAYES HEARN HEATH HEGANS HIGH HILL HILLIARD HINES HINNANT HODGE HOGG HOCUTT HOLLAND HOLLERMAN HOLT HOOKS HORN HOWARD HUNT |
JACKSON JENKINS JOHNSON JOHNSTON JONES JORDAN JOYNER KEEN KENT KERSEY KING KINGSMORE KIRBY KNIGHT LAMM LANCASTER LANE LASSATER LAWRENCE LEE LEWIS LILES LINDSAY LIPSCOMB LOCUS LODGE LOVE LUCAS LYNCH MADDREY MANNING MARSHALL MARSHBOURN MARSHMAN MATHEWS MATHIS MATTOCKS MAYO MCGOWN MCNAIR MEEKS MERCER MERRITT MILLER MITCHELL MOORE MORDICA MORGAN MORRIS MOYE MUMFORD MURRY NADAL NARRON NEWSOME NICHOLS NEAL NOLLY ODOM O’NEIL OUTLAW OVERMAN OWENS PAGE PARISH PARKER PATE PATTERSON PEACOCK PEARSON PEEL/PEELE/PEELLE PENDER PERKINS PERRY PETTYFOOT PETWAY PITT PITTMAN POPE PORTICE POWELL PRICE PRIDGEN PRIVETTE PROCTOR |
RANDOL RAPER RASBERRY RAY REASON RENFROW REVEL RHODES RICE RICKS RIVERS ROBBINS ROBINSON ROGERS ROSE ROUNTREE ROWE RUFFIN SANDERS SANDERSON SASSER SAULS SCARBOROUGH SCOTT SELBY SHARP SHAW SHELTON SHERARD SHORT SIMMS SIMSON SKINNER SMILLY SMITH SPEIGHT STALLINGS STANCIL STANTON STEVENS STOKES STOTT STRICKLAND SUGG SUGGS SULLIVAN SUMMERLIN SWIFT TABON TATE TAYLOR TEDDER THIGPEN THOMAS THOMPSON THORN THORNELL TODD TOMLINSON TREVATHAN TYSON UZZELL VALENTINE VESTER VICK WALKER WALSTON WARD WARREN WASHINGTON WATSON WEAVER WEBB WELLS WHEELER WHITE WHITEHEAD WHITLEY WIGGINS WILDER WILKINS WILKINSON WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIFORD WILSON WINBORN WINSTEAD WOMBLE WOODARD WOOTEN WORRELL WYATT YELVERTON YOUNG |
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