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Samuel Wilson was crippled from injuries he received while fighting for the Crown in the French and Indian War. As such, he was unable to serve in the Revolutionary War. In 1791, he and his wife Sarah and four sons moved to Gallatin, Tennessee where they erected a fort called Walnut Field Station. By 1797, he had been granted 640 acres in North Sumner County and 3,000 acres in Marshall, Bedford, and Williamson Counties.
Old Sumner, A History of Sumner County, TN, From 1805-1861
by Walter T. Durham
Pay Roll of a company of Volunteer Infantry commanded by Captain John Wallace of the Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Bradley in the service of the United States from 26 September, 1813, to 10 December, 1813.
John Wallace, Capt.; George A. Lucas, 1st Lt.; Ezekiel Cherry, 2nd Lt.; Israel Moore, Sgt.; William Huffman, Sgt.; Lewis Lane, Sgt.; Thomas C. Beard, Sgt.; Samuel Wilson, Cpl.; Turner Barnes, Cpl.; Raby Herrald, Cpl.; C.H. Mays, Cpl.; and the following privates:
Levi Allin
Pleasent Anderson
Isaac Askew
Edmund Barrow
David Beard
Saml. Beard
Grey Briant
Colin Campbell
Alex Dobbins
George Elliott
John Foster
Hugh Gourley
James Jackson
Rich Jarvice
Allen Josa
John Josa
Joseph McRunnels
Mede Mays
Liza Moore
Gessum Moss
Thomas Neale
James Wallace
Joseph Wallace
Jacob Willis
SUMNER COUNTY, TN
Sumner County was erected on November 17, 1786, by act of the Legislature of North Carolina. It was formed from a part of Davidson County and was named in honor of Gen. Jethro Sumner, a gallant officer in the Revolutionary war. It was the second county formed in Middle Tennessee. Cisco says, "the curtain of history arises on Sumner County in the year 1779, when a settlement of a dozen families was formed near Bledsoe's Lick," now Castalian Springs. Before this day, however, Thomas Sharp Spencer and others had come into the Cumberland country, in 1777, had built a number of cabins about one-half mile west of Bledsoe's Lick, and in 1778 had planted some corn. This was the first agricultural effort made by men of the Anglo-Saxon race in Middle Tennessee.
Col. Isaac Bledsoe built a fort or station about a quarter of a mile west of Bledsoe's Lick, and his brother, Col. Anthony Bledsoe, built a fort two and one-half miles north of the Lick, and called it "Greenfield." Asher and others built a fort a little southeast of Gallatin. Forts were also built by John Morgan, Maj. Jas. White, Colonel Sanders, Jacob Zeigler, Capt. Jos. Wilson, ancestor of Judge S. F. Wilson, of the State Court of Chancery Appeals, Kasper Mansker, Hamilton, and others. Among the early settlers were: Col. Isaac Bledsoe, Col. Anthony Bledsoe, Robert Desha, Jordan Gibson, Henry Loving, Wm. Morrison, John Morgan, John Sawyer, Robt. Steele, Jacob Zeigler, Henry Ramsey, Wm. Hall, Hugh Rogan, David Shelby, Geo. D. Blackmore, Jas. and Geo. Winchester, Robt. Peyton, Jos. Wilson, Michael Shafer, Jas. Hayes, Chas. Morgan, Gabriel Black, John Carr, Robt. Brigham, Chas. Campbell, Wm. Crawford, Edward and Elmore Douglass, Jas. Franklin, Richard Hogan, Robt. and David Looney, Geo. Mansker, Benjamin Kuykendall, Thos. Sharp Spencer, John Peyton, Jas. McCain, Benj. Porter, John Withers, Jno. Hamilton, Jno. Latham, Wm. Snoddy, Jas. Cartwright, Jas. McCann, John and Joseph Byrns, Jas. Trousdale, Benj. Williams, Jno. Edwards, Samuel Wilson, John Hall, Wm. Montgomery, Edward Hagan, Gen. Daniel Smith, Wm. FRAZIER, Benj. Sheppard and Redmond D. Berry, who introduced Kentucky bluegrass and brought from North Carolina his blooded, horse Gray Metley.
SOURCE: TENNESSEE The Volunteer State 1769—1923
Sumner County, Tennessee Will Abstracts, 1788-1882:
Will of Wilson, Samuel, 9 Apr 1814 - Life estate to wife Sarah, sons James & John, Elizabeth Wilson. Grandson Samuel Wilson son of John Wilson. Grandsons Samuel & Milles (sic) sons of Zaccheus Wilson dec'd. Ex: Moore, Israel; Wilson, Jonathan. Wt. Bell, William; Hall…
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Abt 1740 - 1814 (~ 74 years)