When William Robert Wyatt was born on 14 January 1808, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, John S Wyatt Sr, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Sally Williams, was 22. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Betsy Ann Williams. He lived in Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Montgomery, Tennessee, United States in 1860. He died on 7 January 1866, at the age of 57.