He was a plantation owner in Franklin and Campbell Countys, GA. During the Civil War his home, Sandtown Place (Cambell County, near the present day intersection of Boatrock Rd. and Fulton Industrial), was used as a hospital by Sherman's troops.
The following story appears in "White Columns in Georgia" by Medora Field Perkerson, p. 342:
"Mr. Wilson refugeed to other parts when the South went to war in the 'sixties but filled the six big square porch columns with wheat in order to preserve his harvest from invaders. The wheat was conveyed aloft to the swinging balcony and poured into the columns, each of which held fifty bushels. When he returned, Mr. Wilson bored holes in the base of each column and out came the wheat. His family thought the house was haunted until an investigation proved that some joker among Northern troops had locked a billy goat in the attic-the only living creature on the place when the family returned."
James Harwell Wilson was married three times. His first wife, Sarah Thomas Stubbs, bore him three daughters before she passed away. They were: Nancy Leake Wilson Ferguson, Martha Caroline Wilson Collins, and Sarah Frances Wilson. His second wife, Rebecca Matilda Pitts, bore him four daughters and three sons. They were: Mary Lula Wilson, William A. Wilson, Judge James Fletcher Wilson, Joseph Columbus Wilson and twin Josephine M. Wilson, Evelyn Elizabeth Wilson Green and Louisa Jane Wilson Greene. And his third wife was the young Mary Frances Green, whose brother later married James' daughter, Evelyn. James and Mary had one daughter, Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High.
He was a plantation owner in Franklin and Campbell Countys, GA. During the Civil War his home, Sandtown Place (Cambell County, near the present day intersection of Boatrock Rd. and Fulton Industrial), was used as a hospital by Sherman's troops.
The following story appears in "White Columns in Georgia" by Medora Field Perkerson, p. 342:
"Mr. Wilson refugeed to other parts when the South went to war in the 'sixties but filled the six big square porch columns with wheat in order to preserve his harvest from invaders. The wheat was conveyed aloft to the swinging balcony and poured into the columns, each of which held fifty bushels. When he returned, Mr. Wilson bored holes in the base of each column and out came the wheat. His family thought the house was haunted until an investigation proved that some joker among Northern troops had locked a billy goat in the attic-the only living creature on the place when the family returned."
James Harwell Wilson was married three times. His first wife, Sarah Thomas Stubbs, bore him three daughters before she passed away. They were: Nancy Leake Wilson Ferguson, Martha Caroline Wilson Collins, and Sarah Frances Wilson. His second wife, Rebecca Matilda Pitts, bore him four daughters and three sons. They were: Mary Lula Wilson, William A. Wilson, Judge James Fletcher Wilson, Joseph Columbus Wilson and twin Josephine M. Wilson, Evelyn Elizabeth Wilson Green and Louisa Jane Wilson Greene. And his third wife was the young Mary Frances Green, whose brother later married James' daughter, Evelyn. James and Mary had one daughter, Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High.
Inscription
James H. Wilson Died July 19, 1865 Aged 54 years and 10 months
He was a kind and affectionate husband and father.
James Harwell Wilson
1810 - 1865
Family Members
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Nancy Leak Wilson Ferguson
1832–1863
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Martha Caroline Wilson Collins
1834–1901
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Sarah Frances Wilson
1835–1851
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Mary Ann Lula Wilson Hudson
1842–1882
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William Arnold Wilson
1843–1904
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Judge James Fletcher Wilson
1845–1917
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Josephine Mahulda Wilson
1848–1924
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Joseph Columbus Wilson
1848–1932
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Evelyn Elizabeth "Eva" Wilson Green
1850–1919
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Louisa Jane Wilson Greene
1850–1925
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Harriet Harwell "Hattie" Wilson High
1862–1932
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