Francis Wilks 1759

Francis Wilks, 1759–1840 (aged 81 years)

Name

Francis Wilks

Name: Francis /Wilks/
Given names: Francis
Surname: Wilks

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	between 1759 and 1760 25 20 Loudoun, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a brother	Name Unknown Wilks about 1761 Loudoun, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a brother	Benjamin Wilks 1762 Loudoun, Virginia, USA Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers
Birth of a brother	Samuel Wilks October 24, 1764 Loudoun, Virginia, USA Source: National Archives Citation details: Revolutionary Pension File R.11.553 Note: As stated on Interrogatory to his Revolutionary pension application, "That he was born on the 24th day of Oct 1764 in the County of Loudoun in State of Virginia, that while a boy he was brought by his parents to the County of Bedford in the same state where he has ever since resided."
Birth of a sister	Elizabeth Ann Wilks 1768
Birth of a sister	Sally Wilks 1774 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a brother	John Wilks Jr 1775 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Birth of a brother	Amos Wilks Sr. about 1777 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: was 73 in 1850 census
Birth of a sister	Rachel Wilks about 1778 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Marriage of a brother	Name Unknown Wilks — Sarah Burcham — View this family before 1780 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage	Elizabeth … — View this family about 1780 (aged 21 years) Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a paternal grandfather	Francis Wilks before June 10, 1783 Loudoun, Virginia, USA Source: Loudoun County, Virginia, Inventory Citation details: Book C, p. 79 Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: when Inventory was recorded. No will, list of heirs, or widow's dower has been found
Marriage of a brother	Samuel Wilks — Elizabeth Newman — View this family July 9, 1783 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Deeds Citation details: Deed Book 7, pp 343-344 Note: mother of all his children whose births were 1784-1803
Marriage of a brother	Benjamin Wilks — Sarah Osborn — View this family December 23, 1783 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Marriages Citation details: Book 7, page 344 Note: married by William Johnson
Birth of a son	James Wilks about 1783 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a maternal grandfather	Samuel Mead 1784 Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, USA
Birth of a daughter	Peggy Wilks about 1785 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: FamilySearch.org - Family History & Genealogy Records Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File", database
Birth of a daughter	Sarah Wilks about 1790 Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a brother	Name Unknown Wilks about 1794 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage of a sister	James Newman — Sally Wilks — View this family December 4, 1794 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Virginia-EASy, Film# 30591, Reference# pg 23
Marriage of a brother	John Wilks Jr — Barbara Newman — View this family September 3, 1795 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County Marriage Bonds Quality of data: secondary evidence Citation details: Extracted from the appendix in Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI, Virginia. (Marriages are NOT Quaker) Source: Virginia, Marriages, 1785 - 1940 Quality of data: primary evidence Citation details: Virginia-EASy, film# 30591, pg 234 Note: her consent signed by Cunradh NeuMan and Anna NeuMennen, witnessed by Edmund Franklin (his mark) and Samuel Wilks (signature), both married to Newman girls; bondsmen John Wilks and Edmund Franklin (signed their marks) Note: BOND: "August 30, 1795; John Wilks & Barberry Numan; Edmond Franklin, Surety; Consent of Conrad Newman; Married by Alderson Weeks, September 3, 1795." Note: listed as John Wilks and Barbary Numan
Marriage of a brother	Amos Wilks Sr. — Elizabeth Killough — View this family September 30, 1796 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Source: Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967 Citation details: Georgia-EASy, Film# 158729, page 262 Source: Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Marriages Citation details: Book 1, page 183
Death of a sister	Elizabeth Ann Wilks before March 27, 1801 Virginia, USA
Marriage of a daughter	Chateen Doggett — Peggy Wilks — View this family August 4, 1801 Franklin, Virginia, USA Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Virginia-EASy, Film# 31523
Death of a mother	Elizabeth Mead 1804 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Death of a daughter	Peggy Wilks about 1805 Virginia, USA Source: FamilySearch.org - Family History & Genealogy Records Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File", database
Birth of a son	Samuel Wilks 1805 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a father	John Wilks Sr after 1806 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a son	Benjamin Wilks 1807 Patrick, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 Citation details: Indexing Project# B07040-2, Film# 317745, Reference# ldg 1 p 272 reg 19 Note: Birth date: 1806; Place: Ohio
Death of a brother	Benjamin Wilks 1808 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: page 270
Marriage of a son	James Wilks — Unknown 1st Wife Peyton? — View this family about 1813 Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a granddaughter	Sabrina Wilks 1814 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Birth of a grandson	Burwell Wilks 1818 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
British King	George III from October 25, 1760 to January 29, 1820
1st President of the United States	George Washington April 30, 1789
2nd President of the United States	John Adams March 4, 1797
3rd President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801
4th President of the United States	James Madison March 4, 1809
5th President of the United States	James Monroe March 4, 1817
Family census	Elizabeth … — View this family 1820 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Address: Union Township Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Source: 1820 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Citation details: Page 160, Sheet 105A Text: Enumerator: Joseph Davidson Enumeration Date of Completion: 20 JAN 1821 Quality of data: transcription Note: listed on line 28 as Frances Wilks - 3 males 10-16, 1 male 26-45; 1 female 0-10, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45; 1 in agriculture. [The ages don't seem to work out correctly but several sources have this 1820 census with this Francis.]
6th President of the United States	John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825
Marriage of a daughter	William Snell — Sarah Wilks — View this family March 13, 1826 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Address: Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Source: Ohio, County Marriages 1789 - 1994 Citation details: Lawrence County Marriage Records, page 80, No 321 Note: married by Edward Ward, Justice of Peace
Marriage of a brother	Samuel Wilks — Margaret Witt — View this family October 11, 1826 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Selected Bedford County Virginia Marriages Source: Bedford County Marriage Bonds Note: ceremony performed by William Leftwich, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Joseph Crouch as surety on bond. Note: "Oct. 6, 1826; Samuel Wilks & Margaret Witt; Joseph Crouch, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Oct. 11, 1826."[License issued 6 OCT 1826; married 11 OCT 1826]
Marriage of a son	James Wilks — Mary McCoy — View this family February 25, 1829 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage of a son	Benjamin Wilks — Juliet E. Howard — View this family December 10, 1829 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Ohio Marriages, 1800 - 1958 Citation details: Indexing Project# M01118-4, Film# 317716, Reference# cn 129 Note: listed as Juliet or Julet Belcher
British King	George IV from January 29, 1820 to June 26, 1830
7th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829
Census	1830 (aged 71 years) Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA Source: 1830 Census for Mason County, Virginia (now WV), USA Citation details: p. 166 Note: as Francis Wilks, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30
Marriage of a son	Samuel Wilks — Elizabeth Whitehead — View this family November 8, 1830 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Address: Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Source: Lawrence County Marriage Record Quality of data: record book image Citation details: Vol 1-3, page 137, Certificate# 543 Note: married by Solomon B. Simpson, J. Peace
Civil marriage	Susannah Whitehead — View this family January 10, 1831 (aged 72 years) Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Ohio, County Marriages 1789 - 1994 Citation details: Lawrence County Marriage Record. No. 561, Page 141 Note: married by Solomon B. Simpson, Justice of Peace
Birth of a son	Joel Wilks December 1832 Union, Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 Citation details: Indexing Project# B07041-9, Film# 317746, Reference# __ Note: on possibly born in Virginia according to his Ohio death record.
Birth of a grandson	Francis N. Wilks 1834 Ohio, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1850 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
Birth of a granddaughter	Elizabeth Wilks April 23, 1835 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: FamilySearch.org - Family History & Genealogy Records Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File", database
Death of a brother	John Wilks Jr January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Cause: tuberculosis Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: Page 295 Note: presumably in Mississippi. Samuel Newman Wilks wrote his father Samuel in Bedford County, Virginia, a letter dated 20 Jan 1836, "Dir father . . . Uncle JOHN and Aunt BARBY is both dead. Aunt died three days first. Neither one would take anything while they were sick."¶ Ben Wilks's daughter Betsy Ann Creasey died in 1835 of consumption, and family tradition is that John's family in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, with the exception of some orphan children, died of the same disease (tuberculosis).
Birth of a granddaughter	Martha I. Wilks 1836 Ohio, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1850 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Citation details: page 388
Marriage of a grandson	Burwell Wilks — Barbary Sheff — View this family March 2, 1837 Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Birth of a grandson	Silas Wilks June 12, 1837 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
British King	William IV from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
Death of a brother	Samuel Wilks July 1, 1837 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Wills Citation details: Book 9, pages 381, 384; Book 10, page 322 Note: his property was appraised by administrators Henry Wilks and Thomas Rider, and the last of sale buyer s included Samuel Norman Wilks (a grandson, Ben's son Samuel Norman)
Birth of a granddaughter	Frances A. Wilks 1837 Ohio, USA Source: 1850 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
Birth of a grandson	Franklin N. Wilks October 1838 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Citation details: Rachel Wilks Adkins Death Certificate# 60692
Birth of a grandson	William Henry Harrison Wilks January 3, 1840 Union, Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Citation details: Benjamin A. Wilkes Death Certificate # 80758 Source: Ohio Marriages, 1800 - 1958 Citation details: Indexing Project# M02291-4, Film# 317723, Reference# V20 P523
Census	October 12, 1840 (aged 81 years) Lawrence, Ohio, USA Address: Union Township Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Source: 1840 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Text: Enumerator: Camillus Hall Quality of data: transcription Citation details: page 55 Note: as Francis Wilks, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 80-90, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 40-50; nearby was son Benjamin Wilks 30-40 and family. Can not determine with certainty who the 30-40 aged female was.
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
Death	after October 12, 1840 (aged 81 years) Source: 1840 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Citation details: page 55

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: before January 31, 1734 35 14 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: June 24, 1758 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Emigration: 1772 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Immigration: before February 21, 1793 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Family census: 1800 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Death: after 1806 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Unique identifier: A3EF3748C5EB8E84718BCFF08EC0C8B79808 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Mead Francis Wilks Name Unknown Wilks Benjamin Wilks Samuel Wilks Elizabeth Ann Wilks Sally Wilks John Wilks Jr Amos Wilks Sr. Rachel Wilks John Wilks Sr 1734–1806 Birth: before January 31, 1734 35 14 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Death: after 1806 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
mother	Links Birth: about 1740 33 23 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: June 24, 1758 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Emigration: 1772 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Family census: 1800 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Death: 1804 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Unique identifier: A3EF3748C5EB8E84718BCFF08EC0C8B79808 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Wilks Sr Francis Wilks Name Unknown Wilks Benjamin Wilks Samuel Wilks Elizabeth Ann Wilks Sally Wilks John Wilks Jr Amos Wilks Sr. Rachel Wilks Elizabeth Mead 1740–1804 Birth: about 1740 33 23 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: 1804 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Marriage	Marriage — June 24, 1758 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA
3 years himself	Links Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Virginia, USA Family census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: 1830 — Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA Unique identifier: 1558DEA4EB9ABC454FFB065CC729A21B Civil marriage: January 10, 1831 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: after October 12, 1840 Unique identifier: B2C4D2B06E4C9EA54F9FC3CFEE0BAA35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth … James Wilks Peggy Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Family with spouse Susannah Whitehead Joel Wilks Francis Wilks 1759–1840 Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: after October 12, 1840
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: about 1761 26 21 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: before 1780 — Virginia, USA Death: about 1794 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: D651A9B5C9F7B90A48957B970887FE06 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Burcham Jesse Wilks Henry Wilks Archibald Wilks Anna Wilks Archelaus Wilks Peyton G Wilks Name Unknown Wilks 1761–1794 Birth: about 1761 26 21 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: about 1794 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1762 27 22 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: December 23, 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Occupation: petitioned to build a grist mill on Crab Orchard Creek — 1790 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Immigration: before February 21, 1793 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Family census: 1800 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Death: 1808 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Unique identifier: 8F7473C8FF5B91E246BFFB719C9DC398 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Osborn Moses Wilks Aaron Wilks Benajah Wilks Osborn Wilks John B. Wilks Joel Wilks Sarah Wilks Mary Wilks William Wilks Benjamin Wilks 1762–1808 Birth: 1762 27 22 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: 1808 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: October 24, 1764 30 24 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Milit-Beg: 1780 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Milit-End: March 1782 — Virginia, USA Marriage: July 9, 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Property: Bedford County Virginia — after July 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Occupation: petitioned to build a grist mill on Crab Orchard Creek — 1790 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Property: Grayson County, Virginia — after August 1803 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Property: Grayson County, Virginia — June 12, 1809 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 8D61E5EF8327A5F4C549BE2B472F9D6F387A Marriage: October 11, 1826 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Property: Patrick County, Virginia — after December 1832 — Patrick, Virginia, USA Pension Application: March 28, 1833 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Pension: Revolutionary Pension — May 11, 1833 — Virginia, USA Death: July 1, 1837 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 98E260B93B229A544318674F2DB6E54E Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Newman Israel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth Wilks Francis Wilks Henry Wilks John Wilks Thomas Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Newman Wilks Family with spouse Margaret Witt Samuel Wilks 1764–1837 Birth: October 24, 1764 30 24 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: July 1, 1837 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1768 33 28 Death: before March 27, 1801 — Virginia, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Ann Wilks 1768–1801 Birth: 1768 33 28 Death: before March 27, 1801 — Virginia, USA
7 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1774 39 34 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: December 4, 1794 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: 79F721684AD881B744A728D86BB63001 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Newman Sally Wilks 1774– Birth: 1774 39 34 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1775 40 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: September 3, 1795 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Emigration: before 1810 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1814 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Immigration: March 7, 1818 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: November 1, 1835 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 8D3D4DFFCC5659946533CC2E1C2DCB7DD4C6 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barbara Newman Fanny Wilks John W. Wilks III Newman Wilks Philip Wilks General Jackson Wilks Mary Wilks Anna Wilks John Wilks Jr 1775–1836 Birth: 1775 40 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: about 1777 42 37 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: September 30, 1796 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Immigration: about 1812 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Emigration: July 1844 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Occupation: Blacksmith, Grocerer, Farmer Will: June 20, 1846 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Census: October 15, 1850 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Death: between October 15, 1850 and October 31, 1850 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Unique identifier: FE6918E7EE488DE345058596DAB45F35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Killough Ruth G. Wilks Matilda Wilks Jesse M. Wilks Francis P. Wilks Amos Wilks Jr Amos Wilks Sr. 1777–1850 Birth: about 1777 42 37 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: between October 15, 1850 and October 31, 1850 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1778 43 38 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Rachel Wilks 1778– Birth: about 1778 43 38 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:

Family with Elizabeth …
himself	Links Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Virginia, USA Family census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: 1830 — Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA Unique identifier: 1558DEA4EB9ABC454FFB065CC729A21B Civil marriage: January 10, 1831 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: after October 12, 1840 Unique identifier: B2C4D2B06E4C9EA54F9FC3CFEE0BAA35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth … James Wilks Peggy Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Family with spouse Susannah Whitehead Joel Wilks Francis Wilks 1759–1840 Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: after October 12, 1840
wife	Links Birth: about 1760 Marriage: about 1780 — Virginia, USA Family census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: Unique identifier: 1558DEA4EB9ABC454FFB065CC729A21B Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Francis Wilks James Wilks Peggy Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth … 1760– Birth: about 1760 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — about 1780 — Virginia, USA
4 years son	Links Birth: about 1783 24 23 — Virginia, USA Marriage: about 1813 Family census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Unique identifier: 1ED5ED47E4D8A09F4B00D3F2A5B41BEF Marriage: February 25, 1829 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: June 1, 1830 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: August 15, 1850 — Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA Census: June 22, 1860 — Cabell, Virginia (later WV), USA Death: between July 1860 and July 1870 — Cabell, West Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 9D9892C0906D8CD546CADFCFFF63C720 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Unknown 1st Wife Peyton? Sabrina Wilks Burwell Wilks Family with spouse Mary McCoy Elizabeth Wilks James Wilks 1783–1870 Birth: about 1783 24 23 — Virginia, USA Death: between July 1860 and July 1870 — Cabell, West Virginia, USA
3 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1785 26 25 — Virginia, USA Marriage: August 4, 1801 — Franklin, Virginia, USA Death: about 1805 — Virginia, USA Unique identifier: AE9484D842C794074F816D614D422647 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Chateen Doggett Peggy Wilks 1785–1805 Birth: about 1785 26 25 — Virginia, USA Death: about 1805 — Virginia, USA
6 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1790 31 30 Marriage license: March 12, 1826 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Civil marriage: March 13, 1826 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: December 30, 1830 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: Unique identifier: 2324E4EFC06A990D45211CE52984F9E6 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Snell Sarah Wilks 1790– Birth: about 1790 31 30 Death:
16 years son	Links Birth: 1805 46 45 — Virginia, USA Census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Marriage license: September 5, 1830 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Civil marriage: November 8, 1830 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: August 2, 1850 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: June 14, 1870 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: February 24, 1883 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Unique identifier: 4BF636BCD7DC815B4DDCE653E92A089A Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Whitehead Samuel Wilks 1805–1883 Birth: 1805 46 45 — Virginia, USA Death: February 24, 1883 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA
3 years son	Links Birth: 1807 48 47 — Patrick, Virginia, USA Census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Marriage: December 10, 1829 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: August 1, 1850 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: June 20, 1870 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: June 11, 1880 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: August 12, 1882 — Union, Lawrence, Ohio, USA Unique identifier: DCEF84159ED29F01468E914F2EE307FF Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Juliet E. Howard Francis N. Wilks Martha I. Wilks Silas Wilks Frances A. Wilks Franklin N. Wilks William Henry Harrison Wilks Sarah Jane Wilks Louisanna Susannah Wilks Louise Wilks Benjamin F. Wilks Ephraim Wilks Julia E. Wilks Benjamin Wilks 1807–1882 Birth: 1807 48 47 — Patrick, Virginia, USA Death: August 12, 1882 — Union, Lawrence, Ohio, USA

Family with Susannah Whitehead
himself	Links Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Virginia, USA Family census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: 1830 — Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA Unique identifier: 1558DEA4EB9ABC454FFB065CC729A21B Civil marriage: January 10, 1831 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: after October 12, 1840 Unique identifier: B2C4D2B06E4C9EA54F9FC3CFEE0BAA35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth … James Wilks Peggy Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Family with spouse Susannah Whitehead Joel Wilks Francis Wilks 1759–1840 Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: after October 12, 1840
wife	Links Birth: 1797 — Virginia, USA Civil marriage: January 10, 1831 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: August 2, 1850 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: Unique identifier: B2C4D2B06E4C9EA54F9FC3CFEE0BAA35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Francis Wilks Joel Wilks Susannah Whitehead 1797– Birth: 1797 — Virginia, USA Death:
Civil marriage	Civil marriage — January 10, 1831 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA
2 years son	Links Birth: December 1832 73 35 — Union, Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: August 2, 1850 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Marriage: November 15, 1866 — Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: June 14, 1870 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Family census: 1880 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: February 14, 1904 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Unique identifier: 8D6AE23EEB4FA0794574833EB9CCBC9F Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Hayes Joel Wilks 1832–1904 Birth: December 1832 73 35 — Union, Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: February 14, 1904 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA

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Birth	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Family census	Source: 1820 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Citation details: Page 160, Sheet 105A Text: Enumerator: Joseph Davidson Enumeration Date of Completion: 20 JAN 1821 Quality of data: transcription
Census	Source: 1830 Census for Mason County, Virginia (now WV), USA Citation details: p. 166
Civil marriage	Source: Ohio, County Marriages 1789 - 1994 Citation details: Lawrence County Marriage Record. No. 561, Page 141
Census	Source: 1840 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Text: Enumerator: Camillus Hall Quality of data: transcription Citation details: page 55
Death	Source: 1840 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Citation details: page 55
Note	Source: Franklin County, Virginia, Deeds Citation details: Book 2, pp. 39-41
Note	Source: Patrick County, Virginia, Court Records 1791-1845
Note	Source: Patrick County, Virginia, Court Records 1791-1845
Note	Source: Wilkes Letters owned by Harry Wilkes of Altavista, VA
Note	Source: Library of Virginia. Land Office Patents and Grants Citation details: Land Office Grants No. 31, 1793-1795. pgs 626-627 (Reel 97) Quality of data: primary evidence

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Family census	listed on line 28 as Frances Wilks - 3 males 10-16, 1 male 26-45; 1 female 0-10, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45; 1 in agriculture. [The ages don't seem to work out correctly but several sources have this 1820 census with this Francis.]
Census	as Francis Wilks, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30
Civil marriage	married by Solomon B. Simpson, Justice of Peace
Census	as Francis Wilks, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 80-90, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 40-50; nearby was son Benjamin Wilks 30-40 and family. Can not determine with certainty who the 30-40 aged female was.
Note	deeds mention Francis Wilks, one as grantee and the other as adjoining John Wilks: William Martin of Franklin County to FRANCIS WILKS (late of Franklin County) for 60 pounds (no acreage given) on both sides of Gill's Creek. Witnesses: Abraham Griffith, John Craghead (mark). Recorded 5 Jun 1789. William Martin Sen. of Franklin County to John Harris of Franklin County for 40 pounds, 10 acres more or less on both sides of Gills Creek, it being part of a Larger Tract of land marked and laid of by agreement of the said parties and Joining the lines of John WILKS, John Divers, Joshua Starkey, and Francis WILKS. Witnesses: Williston Talbot, John Hook, Daniel Brown. Recorded 5 May 1789. Source: Franklin County, Virginia, Deeds Citation details: Book 2, pp. 39-41
Note	deed from Elijah Dehart to Francis Wilks proven and ordered recorded Source: Patrick County, Virginia, Court Records 1791-1845
Note	deed from Francis Wilks to Israel Wilks and Ben Wilks, acknowledged and ordered recorded Source: Patrick County, Virginia, Court Records 1791-1845
Note	wrote letter to his nephew Henry Wilks, Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia after a visit to the family in Virginia, "Cosen hennery Wilks thes comes with my best lov and complements to you all hopping that theas few lins may find you all in good stat of helth as they live ours in we are all in good helth at this time thanks be to god for it. We had a long tiersom jorney. was most thirteen days on the rodd for the rodd was in bad order as I ever seen. land has ris very much and all the vacan land is tacen up and produse is all high and I wold a wrote you sooner but we had a hard winter and the river has been frose so much that it has bin hard to cros and I never got about tel in janury and I wanted to know whether I shold or not and a few days before I got home my hors got in the creek and drowned. I dont know that I have more to inform you about PRICHARD WOLNDER. I stophed at JAMS WILKS and hee sot in with to work and said that hee would come and settle him with mee and that the last of him. I want you to demand three dollars of him and give him the recet fore the same. For wee wish to be rememerd to brother and sister and my wife desires to be rememerd to JABBES and wife and LUCE WODFORD and the rest of the family and brother and his wife and all the rest of our friends for which it to teGermanys to menshon and to you all the rest of your family. I have got so I can work in stil. I hant had a high sence I lef your hous and I must conceed at pressant and remaining your old uncle tel death FRANCIS WILKS and my wife desired in purteckler to Hennery and wife wonted to be remberd in stil to you all but I made such a lick of a hand of it that I am ashame of it." [JABBES and wife were Jabes Beard and wife Sally Wilks.] Source: Wilkes Letters owned by Harry Wilkes of Altavista, VA
Note	"It is likely that Francis provided either supplies or civil or military service during the Revolutionary war, for at its end he was given a Land Office Treasury Warrant." Doris Ross Johnston. On May 19, 1795 he received a Virginia land grant for 618 acres between Blackwater River and Gills Creek "by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 20,904 dated 1 Dec 1783". The land was surveyed 25 Feb 1794 in the County of Franklin between black water River and Gills Creek." Francis moved SW from Bedford to Franklin County Virginia- Doris Ross Johnston. Source: Library of Virginia. Land Office Patents and Grants Citation details: Land Office Grants No. 31, 1793-1795. pgs 626-627 (Reel 97) Quality of data: primary evidence

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Media object	Francis Wilks 1783 Grant Franklin County Virginia Note: Land Office Grants No. 31, 1793-1795, p. 626 (Reel 97). Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-. Library of Virginia, Richmond, website.

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father Parents Francis Wilks Martha …	John Wilks Sr 1734–1806
mother Parents Samuel Mead Mary Downey	Elizabeth Mead 1740–1804
himself	Francis Wilks 1759–1840
younger brother Family Sarah Burcham Jesse Wilks Henry Wilks Archibald Wilks Anna Wilks Archelaus Wilks Peyton G Wilks	Name Unknown Wilks 1761–1794
younger brother Family Sarah Osborn Moses Wilks Aaron Wilks Benajah Wilks Osborn Wilks John B. Wilks Joel Wilks Sarah Wilks Mary Wilks William Wilks	Benjamin Wilks 1762–1808
younger brother Family Elizabeth Newman Israel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth Wilks Francis Wilks Henry Wilks John Wilks Thomas Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Newman Wilks Family Margaret Witt	Samuel Wilks 1764–1837
younger sister	Elizabeth Ann Wilks 1768–1801
younger sister Family James Newman	Sally Wilks 1774–
younger brother Family Barbara Newman Fanny Wilks John W. Wilks III Newman Wilks Philip Wilks General Jackson Wilks Mary Wilks Anna Wilks	John Wilks Jr 1775–1836
younger brother Family Elizabeth Killough Ruth G. Wilks Matilda Wilks Jesse M. Wilks Francis P. Wilks Amos Wilks Jr	Amos Wilks Sr. 1777–1850
younger sister	Rachel Wilks 1778–

Family with Elizabeth …
himself	Francis Wilks 1759–1840
wife	Elizabeth … 1760–
son Family Unknown 1st Wife Peyton? Sabrina Wilks Burwell Wilks Family Mary McCoy Elizabeth Wilks	James Wilks 1783–1870
daughter Family Chateen Doggett	Peggy Wilks 1785–1805
daughter Family William Snell	Sarah Wilks 1790–
son Family Elizabeth Whitehead	Samuel Wilks 1805–1883
son Family Juliet E. Howard Francis N. Wilks Martha I. Wilks Silas Wilks Frances A. Wilks Franklin N. Wilks William Henry Harrison Wilks Sarah Jane Wilks Louisanna Susannah Wilks Louise Wilks Benjamin F. Wilks Ephraim Wilks Julia E. Wilks	Benjamin Wilks 1807–1882

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himself	Francis Wilks 1759–1840
wife	Susannah Whitehead 1797–
son Family Mary Hayes	Joel Wilks 1832–1904