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Logan County KY Court Records Book 8 (1822-1827) LDS #0364563 p.127 5 Oct 1824 Inventory, appraisement and sale of goods & chattels of John Wilson Decd was this day return and ordered to be recorded... (but if this is this John Wilson he could not have had the children shown; perhaps his father? Also John Wilson was still living during the estate settlement of his father-in-law William Haden so this cannot be the same.)

Neither is the following the right John Wilson:
Logan County Census of 1820 shows: John Wilson with 1 male under 5, 2 males 16-26, one male 45 up;1 female between 10-16, 1 female 26-45
John S. Wilson with 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 45 up; 1 female under 5, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45 up.
Tax List for 1820 in Logan Co shows a John G. Wilson, one white male over 21 and one horse, no property. John S. Wilson has two white males over 21 (agrees with census) 12 slaves, 1400 acres in Shelby Co

None of these works out too well with this John who married Polly Haden. No John Wilson found in Logan Co 1830. Since they didn't want to "travel" to the settlement of slaves of Polly's father, perhaps they lived in another county. In an 1821 deed, they were living in Butler Co. The censuses from Butler Co also indicate that is where they were living in 1820 - by 1830, they were in Missouri.

1820 US Census, Butler Co KY John Wilson: 1m -10, 1m 26-45, 1f -10, 1f 16-26 [There is no daughter known of this age, living in later censuses, but there was time for John & Mary to have had two children since they married. John was also likely older and could have had an earlier marriage.] 2 slaves.
Note: They had received slaves from Mary's father William Haden and chose not to participate in the slave division after his death.

1830 Census. St. Louis Co MO; Bonhomme Township, p.320
John Wilson: 1m under 5 [Leonidas age 4], 1m 5-10 [Lycurgus age 7], 1m 10-15 [Benjamin age 11], 1m age 40-50 [John, several years older than Mary in 1820]
2f under age 5 [Agnes age 2 and unknown daughter], 1f age 5-10 [Nancy age 8], 1f age 20-30 [Mary "Polly" age about 30]
They did still own 1 slave, a female child under 10.

John is thought to have died in the late 1830's. The widow is found in St. Louis in the same township in 1850. There was a Bonhomme Twp in St. Louis Co in 1840 but there is no Wilson listed at all. A total of 4 John Wilsons can be found elsewhere in St Louis Co in 1840, but none seem to "fit" this family - the only John Wilson with several young children was age 30-40, his spouse 20-30 and the children were a bit too young as well.

Birth	Bet 1785 and 1790
Marriage	10 Jan 1817	Logan County, Kentucky - Mary "Polly" Haden
Death	1837	Saint Louis County, Missouri

Spouse	Mary "Polly" Haden (1800 - 1867)
Child	Benjamin H. Wilson (1819 - )
Child	Lycurgus Wilson (1821 - 1886)
Child	Nancy Wilson (1822 - )
Child	Leonidas Wilson (1824 - 1887)
Child	Agnes E. Wilson (1828 - )
Child	Sarah "Sally" Wilson (1831 - )
Child	Mariah Jane Wilson (1834 - 1865)
Child	Mary "Polly" Wilson (1837 - )