Second Generation

2. William WILLCOCKSON¹ was born about 1752 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
RN - 2159
ORIGINAL ENTRIES, 5 Jan. 1972.
ADDITIONS, 1 Mar. 1989.
Wilcox Family Record.
Mrs. M. Arthur (Elizabeth) Payne, ca. 1972.
Virginia Brown, June 23, 2005, via e-mail.
William Wilcoxson; The Boone Family, Spraker, page 48; October 1, 1921.
In Rowan County, North Carolina court 1771, William, Martha, and Daniel Willcockson, minor orphans of Isaac Willcockson, deceased, chose Isaac Willcockson as their guardian. George Willcockson signed the guardianship bond with Isaac Willcockson.
Returned to Pennsylvania where he married Rachel. They went to Rowan (now Davie) County, North Carolina, ca. 1788.
On September 12, 1788 William Willcockson of Berks County, Pennsylvania bought 393 acres of land on Bear Creek in Rowan (now Davie) County, North Carolina, from William Hall, by a deed witnessed by John Willcockson and Elizabeth Welsh. William Willcockson and his wife Rachel of Rowan County, North Carolina, sold this tract to John Reese on April 10, 1795.

William WILLCOCKSON and Rachel BOONE were married prior to July 30, 1777 in Exeter, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Rachel BOONE¹ (daughter of James BOONE and Mary FOULKE) was born April 21, 1750 (N. S.).
RN - 2162
ORIGINAL ENTRIES, 5 Jan. 1972.
ADDITIONS, 1 Mar. 1989.
Wilcox Family Record.
Mrs. M. Arthur (Elizabeth) Payne, ca. 1972.
Born April 10, 1750 (O. S.). July 30, 1777, was condemned by Exeter Meeting for being married "out" and by a priest. In an old Boone family record found in Reading, Pennsylvania, there are two entries concerning her and her family. One reads "1790 Sept. 13. Then William Wilcoxson and his family moved for North Carolina." and the other "1797 Aug. 1. Then Rachel Wilcoxson came from North Carolina to see us, and her neighbor Elizabeth Freelan and her son Harry Freelan on the stage." This is practically all that is known of this couple, although there is reason to suppose that their descendants were among the general Boone migration from North Carolina to Kentucky and thence to the Middle West. - The Boone Family, Spraker, page 48; October 1, 1921.




William WILLCOCKSON and Rachel BOONE had the following children:

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Tarlton WILLCOCKSON was born about 1789. RN - 11196 Listed in Clark County, Kentucky, census for 1830; M19, R35, p. 91. Listed as "Tarlton Wilcoxen." 1 male 40-50; 1 female 30-40; 1 female 10-15; 2 males 5-10; no slaves; total, 5. Listed in Clark County, Kentucky, census for 1850; M432, R196, p. 22B and 23A, Dwelling 316, Family 317. William R. Sharp, 29, born Kentucky, Eliza Sharp, 28, born Kentucky, Rachel Wilcones (Wilcoxen ?) 57, born Kentucky, Tarlton Wilcoxen, 60, born in Pennsylvania, William Wilcoxen, 25, born Kentucky. (Note: The 4 families enumerated before this one are David Hagans Sr. and his children. Note: In Rowan County, North Carolina the 1772 tax list of William Sharp (which included western Davie County, North Carolina) contains these names: Isaac Wilcox & Wm. Wilcox 2 taxables, David Jones & Danl. Wilcox 2 taxables, Geo. Wilcox 1 taxable.