Joseph L. Wilson ¹

   FamilySearch ID: L5Z9-R22.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in , Iredell, NC. ² The 1860 census recorded Jos. L. Wilson, tanner, 20, living in the household of D. C. Thompson, tanner, 32, and his wife Margaret E., 27. Also in the home is Martha Thompson, 24. Everyone was born in North Carolina. The census location was "district south of the Yadkin River" and the post office was Statesville.

2. Census in 1870 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. ³ The 1870 census recorded in Mount Ulla Township: Joseph O. Beeker, at school, 11, and John Henry Beeker, at home, 8, living in the household of Joseph L. Wilson, farmer, 30; wife Jane E. Wilson, 33; daughter Mattie J., 4; and son William W., 2. Also in the home is a black farm laborer Madison Pritchett, 18. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Joseph's real estate was valued at $800 and personal estate $409. The post office was Salisbury. [Note: in online census the Beekers are indexed Becker].

3. Census in 1880 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded Jos. L. Wilson [indexed in census as Jas. L. Wilson], farmer, 43, living with wife Jane, 46; daughter Matta, 13; son Willie, farm laborer, 11; son Burton, 8; and daughter Emma, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

Joseph married Jane Elizabeth Owens, daughter of Joseph Owens and Rebecca Dent, on 6 Mar 1866 in , Rowan, NC.¹ (Jane Elizabeth Owens was born about 1836 in , Rowan, NC ⁵.)