Shirley Sorrell, right, is an avid family historian and provided material and photographs for the book Neighbor to Neighbor (2007). Published by Appalachian State University, this tome is built around the memoirs of The Rev. William A. Wilson (1861-1951), tells the story of the Wilson-Greer families of Ash County, North Carolina during and immediately after the Civil War.
Both Mrs. Sorrell and this writer share a common lineage as we are descended from Isaac (1822-1864) and Caroline Greer Wilson (1828-1911) whose portraits Mrs. Sorrell holds in this picture. As recorded in earlier articles Isaac, an officer in the North Carolina Home Guard was brutally murdered in June 1864 while plowing corn at his farm in Sutherland, Ashe County, North Carolina.
Isaac and Caroline Wilson had seven childen. In previous posts, another descendant of Isaac and Caroline, Jennifer Bundy, provided photographs and commentary of her lineage through one of the sons, Robert Wilson (1860-1949) . In this post, Shirley begins sharing from her collection of family pictures, beginning with the family of John Wilson, another son of Isaac and Caroline. Shirley is a great grand daughter of John and Rebecca.
John Wilson (1855-1928) would marry a cousin, Rebecca Wilson Wilson (1862-1952), daughter of Jacob Wilson (1832-1917) and Eliza Jenkins (1830-1905). They would spend their lives farming in Sutherland on part of the property left to Caroline and the children after Isaac's death.
One of the first pictures in Shirley's collection is of John and Rebecca with their children in 1895 although there is some ambiguity about which child is whom. Ultimately the couple would have nine children.
More information on the relationships of Greers, Wilsons, Osbornes, Stansberys and others can be found at this writer's Ancestry.com site. Please write glennhistory@gmail.com for access or to add information.
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