Major Lafayette WILKERSON

1845 - 1906  (60 years)

• Name	Major Lafayette WILKERSON  [1]
  Birth	29 Jul 1845	, Roane, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1846	, , Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Census	12 Dec 1850	Subdivision 15, Knox, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Claibourn Wilkenson household
  	Major L. Wilkenson, age 4, male, born Tennessee.
  		1850 U.S. Census - Wilkerson Tennessee. Knox co. - Claibourn Wilkenson
  Military	1861-1865	, , Tennessee, USA
  	Co. J 9 Tenn Cav
  Military Service	1861-1865	, , Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Union Pvt, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Co. I
  Census	13 Aug 1870	Dist. 12, Union, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	Major Wilkerson household
  	Wilkerson, Major, age 21, male, white, day laborer, born Tennessee, cannot read or write, citizen.
  		1870 U.S. Census - Wilkerson Tennessee. Union Co. - Major Wilkerson
  FS FamilyTree	9QKG-S7L
  Death	8 Mar 1906	Doe Run, St. Francois, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	Hit by train/dragged
  Burial	Doe Run Memorial Cemetery, Doe Run, St. Francois, Missouri, USA   [5]
  		Grave Marker - Wilkerson Major L. and Mary Wilkerson
  		Grave Marker - Wilkerson Major L. Wilkerson, Co. J 9 Tenn Cav
  Person ID	I6179	richison
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Claiborn WILKERSON,   b. 1810, , , Tennessee, USA d. 21 Nov 1862, , Roane, Tennessee, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Lucy Ann PEARSON,   b. Abt 1816, , , Tennessee, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Evelyn ACUFF,   b. c.1848, , , Tennessee, USA d. c.1873 (Age ~ 25 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1867	, Union, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  	Married by D A. King, Minister of the Gospel
  		Marriage return - Wilkerson Wilkerson-Acuff marriage, 1867
  Children	1. Elbert WILKERSON   2. Lucy WILKERSON  [Birth] + 3. Simeon Charles WILKERSON,   b. 24 Dec 1869, , Union, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Feb 1957, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F2325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ellen POLITTE,   b. 17 Jun 1861, , Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA d. 7 Apr 1945, Nameoki, Madison, Illinois, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1879	, Ste Genevieve, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Joseph W. WILKERSON  [Birth]   2. Homer James WILKERSON,   b. 15 Nov 1893/4, , , Missouri, USA d. 21 Jun 1942, Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F2376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2007

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jul 1845 - , Roane, Tennessee, USA Alt. Birth - 1846 - , , Tennessee, USA Military - Co. J 9 Tenn Cav - 1861-1865 - , , Tennessee, USA Military Service - Union Pvt, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Co. I - 1861-1865 - , , Tennessee, USA Marriage - 11 Dec 1867 - , Union, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 1879 - , Ste Genevieve, Missouri, USA Burial - - Doe Run Memorial Cemetery, Doe Run, St. Francois, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Marriage return - Wilkerson Wilkerson-Acuff marriage, 1867

  
  

• Sources

  [S1837] 1850 U.S. Census, 15 Apr 2010. 1850 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, pop. sch., Subdivision 15, p. 228, dwell. 1911, fam. 1920, Claibourn Wilkenson; image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 15 April 2010); NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 886. W0033 [S382] Family Tree Online, 16 Jun 2010, "Imgene Givens-Wells Family," \i Ancestry World Tree Project: Imogene Givens-Wells Family\i0  (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Aug 2003) (Reliability: 3). Copies from Internet in WILKERSON, Clairborn file. [S308] National Park Service, Military - Civil War, (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldier.htm), www.itd.nps.gov/cwss. No. Soldier Name Side Function Regiment Name Rank in/out, Company, Film, Alternate Name --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Wilkerson, Andrew Union, Infantry, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. F, M392 roll 16 (Andrew Wilkinson) 2 Wilkerson, Dock Union, Infantry, 4th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. G, M392 roll 16 3 Wilkerson, George M. Union, Infantry, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Pvt/Sgt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 4 Wilkerson, Henry C. Union, Infantry, 7th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. C, M392 roll 16 5 Wilkerson, Jackson Union, Infantry, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. A, M392 roll 16 6 Wilkerson, John Union, Cavalry, 7th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Pvt/Pvt, Co. H, M392 roll 16 7 Wilkerson, John Union, Cavalry, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Pvt/Pvt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 8 Wilkerson, John Union, Cavalry, 11th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Pvt/Pvt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 9 Wilkerson, John C. Union, Infantry, 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. H, A, M392 roll 16 10 Wilkerson, Joseph W. Union, Cavalry, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Pvt/Teamster, Co. B, M392 roll 16 11 Wilkerson, Major L. Union, Cavalry, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Pvt/Pvt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 12 Wilkerson, Major L. Union, Cavalry, 11th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry Pvt/Pvt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 13 Wilkerson, Richard T. Union, Infantry, 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. F, M392 roll 16 14 Wilkerson, Richard T. Union, Infantry, 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. C, M392 roll 16 15 Wilkerson, Robert E. Union, Infantry, 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Corp, Co. H, M392 roll 16 16 Wilkerson, Samuel M. Union, Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 (Samuel Wilkerson) 17 Wilkerson, Thomas Union, Infantry, 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. I, M392 roll 16 18 Wilkerson, William W. Union, Cavalry, 13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry 2nd Lieut/2nd Lieut, Co. C, M392 roll 16 (William F. Wilkerson) 19 Wilkerson, Yandy Union, Infantry, 1st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Pvt/Pvt, Co. H, M392 roll 16 WILKERSON - Tennessee: 3 [S1835] 1870 U.S. Census, 12 Feb 2012. 1870 U.S. Census, Union County, Tennessee, pop. schs., District 12, Lost Creek post office , p. 301A (stamped), dwelling 108, family 108, Major Wilkerson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2012), citing NARA microfilm publicationM593, roll 1567. [S1310] Find A Grave, 26 Dec 2017. Find A Grave, database and image, (https://findagrave.com : accessed 26 December 2017); memorial for Major Lafayette Wilkerson (unk-1905), Memorial no. 38,713,932; Doe Run Memorial Cemetery, Doe Run, St. Francois County, Missouri; the photograph by Desoto Joe/ The Record Man is materially informative and provides a legible image of the inscribed data. [S1866] Online database w/image, 12 Feb 2012 (Reliability: 3). ?Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002,? digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 12 February 2012), entry for Wilkerson-Acuff marriage, 1867.