When Rev William Wilson was born in April 1791, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James Wilson, was 49 and his mother, Elizabeth Kennedy, was 44. He married Amy Halliburton about 1809, in Humphreys, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died in November 1845, in Gates, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Gates, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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