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Submitted by James T. Worthy (need updated email please)

The earliest records of Wessons in America, appears to be that of James Wesson B: 1754 Brunswick Co. Virginia, D:

1826 Rutherford Co. North Carolina. He was married to Nancy Ann Cleary B: 1770 Brunswick Co. Virginia D: 1856

Cleveland Co. North Carolina. There were 3 Girls and 5 Boys born to this union. One of the Sons, Henry, B. 1794 Brunswick

 Co. is the patriarch of the Georgia Wessons. . A virtual diary of Henry’s movements over the years, is known.... 1803
migrated, with family, to Rutherford Co. NC. 1812 enlisted Rutherford Co. 2nd Regiment War of 1812. 1815 Henry and

Mother, Nancy signed James Wesson’s Will as executors. 1817- 1825, not proven, but probable, Henry marries in

this time frame. 1820 Rutherford Co. NC Census lists Henry Wesson, 1 male 18-26. 1 male; 1-9; 1 female 16-26. 1826

Henry and Mother in court qualified as executors of James Wesson’s estate. In this same year shown as paying Poll

Tax in Lincoln Co NC. 1827 Henry sells his share of land from Father’s estate to his Brother, William. 1829 Henry joins

Antioch Baptist Church, located in York Co. SC, just over the State line, a mile or so south of his home in Lincoln Co. NC 1830
Lincoln Co. Census shows ,Henry Wesson 1 male 30-40 1 male 15-20 2 males 5-10 2 males under 5; 1 female 30-40.

1838 Dismissed by letter from Antioch Baptist Church. 1840 Family in Union Co. SC. By1860 they were in Cobb Co.

at Big Shanty, Georgia ( now Kennesaw). In the Civil War, Henry and Son, William Charles, entered Co A 7th
Regiment Georgia Home Guards and fought Sherman in the trenches in and around Atlanta. After the War, Henry died in

 Cobb Co and the family went separate ways. William Charles migrated down thru Georgia and at one point farmed in

Haralson Co. According to a Wesson decendant, living in Alabama, one of the Sons of Henry, Joab, migrated to

Alabama there by establishing the Wesson lineage in Alabama. The attached picture is of James Morris Wesson B:

1862 Died 1935 , a Son of William Charles Wesson B: Aug. 1826 North Carolina and Synthia Dobbs B: June 1831

Georgia, and Sabra Elvira Simpson/Wesson B: Jan. 1861 Died 1952 Daughter of Joel and Sabra Griffin/Simpson.

James Morris and Sabra Elvira were married in Haralson County 3 Oct. 1880

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