Third Generation

9. Jasper WILSON [See Note 1]was born on 24 Feb 1831 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina. Jasper WILSON and Octavia NORWOOD were married on 5 Jul 1855.

He appeared in the census in 1860 in Catawba Station Twp., Catawba, North Carolina as follows:¹²
1121/1104 Jasper Wilson, 29 M Farmer; 2800/1130, b. NC
Octava A., 23, F
Mary C., 2, F
Gilbert Stamper, 24, M, Farm laborer

He appears in the following account book: Acount Agants Jasper Wilson (cents)

to a pare of old shoes one toed 10
to two new twisters 60
to triming twister and sharping 15
to cuting 3 and makeing 2 screws 15
to steepels and ribits 10
to one new clevis 18 3/4
to one pare of old shoes 12 1/2
to sharping two twisters 10
to makeing sige shovel 25
to sharping twister 05
to sharping two twister 10
to one old shoe 06 1/4
to sharping one twister 10
to one old shoe 06 1/4

Jasper Wilson served in the Confederate States Army as a Capt. in the 89th Regiment, NC Troops, a reserve unit. Jasper Wilson, his wife Octavia and her sister, Rebecca Norwood, migrated from Catawba County in November 1868, settling in Jefferson Co Kansas in November 1868 where he probably died.

Note 1:
While looking for Jasper Wilson who married Octavia A. Norwood in 1855 and their family, I found them in the 1870 Kentucky, Jefferson Co., KS census.  Right above them were Walter H. Clark, Almena Clark, Larena Clark, Mary Clark, Jacob Clark.  I believe that Jacob Benjamin was his real name and his nickname was Berdie.  Even Almena's sister, Frances, and their mother, Mary, were also there in 1870. 
 
1870 Kentucky, Jefferson Co., KS Census:
Walter H. Clark, age 28, born about 1842 in NC
Almena Clark, age 32, born about 1838 in NC
Larena (should be Lorena) Clark, age 3, born about 1867 in NC
Mary F. Clark, age 1, born about 1869 in NC
Jacob Clark, age 1 month, born about 1870 in KS
 
In another household is on the same census page:
Mary Wilson, head of household, born about 1810 in TN
Frances Wilson, daughter, born about 1849 in NC
[courtesy of Theresa Connor Minor, June, 2006]