When James “Jim” Wilson was born on 2 April 1816, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, his father, Allen Wilson, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Cantrell, was 16. He married Darcus Elizabeth Alexander on 4 September 1841, in Como, Hertford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Carroll, Georgia, United States in 1860. He died on 26 July 1898, in Walker, Alabama, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Aaron Cemetery, Red Rock, Walker, Alabama, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1823: Walker, Alabama, United States
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
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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