Life History

Notes

• Rachel, whose name is sometimes spelled Rachael, married William Wilson in 1821.
  
  Georgia Marriages to 1850
  I certify that William Wilson and Rachel Lowery were duly joined in matrimony by me this 6th day of September 1821.
  B Crawford, JJC (?)
  Registerd 28 November 1821
  John C Gibson CCO
  Jasper County, Georgia
  
  Rachel's husband William died before the 1850 census.  No death record has been found.  She was living with her widowed mother and enumerated enumerated under her maiden name.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia, 8 November, page 257, District 46, Hse/Fam #708
  Ann Lowery 70 F $1000 Real Estate b GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1780]
  Rachel Lowery 48 F b GA Cannot read or write [b abt 1802]
  Cerley 34 M b GA Idiotic [b abt 1816]
  
  Again in 1860, she and her mother were enumerated in the same household   Her name was spelled Rachael by the 1860 enumerator. And this time she was reported under her married (widow) name.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia, P O Monticello, 5 Sept, page 321, Hse #2281, Fam #2321
  Anna Lowery 79 F Widow $1000 Real Estate $700 Personal born Georgia [born abt 1781]
  Elizabeth Lowery 64 F Georgia [born abt 1796]
  Rachael Wilson 55 F born Georgia [born abt 1805]
  Cirby Lowry 42 M Georgia Idiotic
  
  In 1861, Rachel's mother passed away.  In the 1870 census, there was a John Wilson in her household.  The census page is very faded and it is hard tomake out manby detrails.  The name is even unclear, but is transcribed by Acnestry as John.  They have the age as 4, but it looks like it could be 14 or 24.  No occupatoin is reported.  Rachel had a son named John Wilson, but he would have been born before 1850, so should have been over 20 in 1870.  And none of her children were in her household in 1850 or 1860.  This John Wilson is the only other person in Rachel's household.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia, 22 July, Fisher's District 291, PO Monticello, p 196, Hse #1581, Fam #1541
  Wilson, Rachel 69 M W Keeping House $400 Real Estate Value $300 Personal b Georgia [b abt 1801]
  Wilson, John ?4 M W  b Georgia [born abt 1866]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia, 12 June, Blackwell's, District 291, page 25, No Hse #137, Fam #150
  Wilson, Abram V  W M 34 Miller GA GA GA
  Wilson, Sarah J  W F 25 Wife Keeping House GA GA GA
  Wilson, Henry  W M 6 Son GA GA GA
  Wilson, Lucius W M 2 Son  GA GA GA
  Wilson, Mary E  W F 48 Mother House Keeper GA GA GA
  Wilson, Willie  W F 12 Niece GA GA GA
  -- page 26 --
  Wilson, Rachel  W F 80 Grand-Mother Boarder  Debility  Cannot read or write GA VA NC
  -- Fam #150 --
  Wilson, Rufus W M 26 [Brother] GA GA GA
  Wilson, Anna  W F 26 Wife Keeping House  GA GA GA
  Wilson, Willie W M 2 Son  GA GA GA
  
  Glenn Lowery in his genealogy reports the death date for Rachel as 4 Jan 1869.  This clearly is not our Rachel's date of death.  Her memorial on Find a Grave says Jun 1880.  The memorial has no photo of the stone.
  
  Rachel Lowery Wilson
  Birth Dec 22, 1801 Georgia, USA
  Death Jun 1880 Jasper County, Georgia, USA
  Daughter of Meshack Lowry (1774-1848) and his wife Ann Williams Wilkie (1781-1861)
  Spouse William L Wilson (1803 - 1894)
  Burial Wilson Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia
  Created by pdeneen Jul 17, 2014
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #132939756, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132939756

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Glenn Lowery, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=2078530&pid=-1864380246
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 8 November, page 257, District 46, Hse/Fam #708
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 22 July, Fisher's District 291, PO Monticello, p 196, Hse #1581, Fam #1541
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 12 June, Blackwell's, District 291, page 25, No Hse #137, Fam #150
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. 1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 5 Sept, P O Monticello, page 321, Hse #2281, Fam #2321
• 7. Will of William Wilson of Flat Creek, Hall County, Georgia
• 8. Georgia Marriages to 1850