Brief Life History of Richard Luck
When Richard Luck Wilson was born on 7 January 1819, in Taylorsville, Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, Garland Wilson, was 48 and his mother, Mary Polly Cooke, was 43. He married Elizabeth Fenner on 14 November 1841, in Johnson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Tennessee, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 8 July 1907, in Mountain City, Johnson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mountain City, Johnson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Richard L Wilson, "United States Census, 1860"
- R L Willson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Richard Luck Wilson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Richard Luck Wilson - Johnson County, Tennessee Biographies
The Wilson Family of Johnson County, Tennessee No Author The first white settlers in the mountains of North East Tennessee came into this area about 1769. At that time these lands were part of the Un …
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