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Wilkerson “Wilks” Carrico

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
18 Jul 1863 (aged 60–61)
Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Speedwell, Wythe County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Wife: Aurelia Rutherford - Father: Peter Carrico - Mother: Nancy Wilkerson
Records have many variations and misspelling of name Wilkerson Carrico/Carico:
Wilson, Wilt, Wilkinson, Wilkison, Welkerson, Welrooker Carson, Caricoy, ...etc.
Family information on Ancestry (no source record) has his birthplace as Fairfax County, Virginia.

Published in the Wytheville, Virginia newspaper, May 3, 1889
Old Mrs. Carico, widow of the man Carico who was killed by the Yankees in Wytheville during the late war, was buried at Speedwell Church, yesterday.
Her husband, Wilkerson (Wilks) Carico was killed on July 18, 1863 in the Battle of Wytheville. He was about 61 years old and was, most likely, buried in this cemetery also.
Wife: Aurelia Rutherford - Father: Peter Carrico - Mother: Nancy Wilkerson
Records have many variations and misspelling of name Wilkerson Carrico/Carico:
Wilson, Wilt, Wilkinson, Wilkison, Welkerson, Welrooker Carson, Caricoy, ...etc.
Family information on Ancestry (no source record) has his birthplace as Fairfax County, Virginia.

Published in the Wytheville, Virginia newspaper, May 3, 1889
Old Mrs. Carico, widow of the man Carico who was killed by the Yankees in Wytheville during the late war, was buried at Speedwell Church, yesterday.
Her husband, Wilkerson (Wilks) Carico was killed on July 18, 1863 in the Battle of Wytheville. He was about 61 years old and was, most likely, buried in this cemetery also.

Gravesite Details

Obituary for wife states Mr. Carrico 'most likely' buried in Speedwell Methodist Cemetery also



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