Sarah Wilson

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah Wilson was born in 1786, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. She married Gilbra Segraves Sr about 1816, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Macon, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years and Oak Bluff Township, Clay, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died on 31 December 1885, in Clay, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 99.

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Family Time Line

Gilbra Segraves Sr
1800–1887
Sarah Wilson
1786–1885
Marriage: about 1816
William Seagraves
1817–1851
Martha Segraves
1818–
Lewis L. Segraves
1819–1901
Gilbra Segraves Jr
1822–1840
Maxwell C Seagraves
1823–1867
Samuel Tilman Segraves
1825–1867
Sarah Segraves
1826–
Henry Seagraves
1830–1881
Dr. John Henderson Seegraves
1832–1909

Sources (5)

  • Sarah Segraves, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Biographical and historical memoirs of northeast Arkansas
  • Sarah Seegraves, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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