~~GREEN KELLY WILSON FAMILY TREE~~
~Father of Cloda Wilson Smith~
GENERATION 1
Rice WILSON was born in Henry County, Virginia in 1795 and was married to Millie STEPHENS who was born about 1798 in Henry County, Virginia. In the 1850 Russell County Census it shows the remaining children at home were Mary age 16 and Martha T. age 10 both born in Kentucky. There is also a Nancy STEVENS/STEPHENS (mother of Milly?) age 66 born in North Carolina. There is also a land grant for Rice WILSON for 70 acres on Wolf Creek surveyed 12/19/1829. Rice and Millie were the parents of Silas WILSON (see generation 2).
GENERATION 2
Silas WILSON was born on September 18th, 1828 and was the son of Rice and Millie WILSON. He married Sarah Jane "Sally" WARRINER who was born July 14th 1828 in Pulaski County, Kentucky to Joseph WARRINER. The children of Silas and Sarah Jane WILSON were: Green K, Julia Ann, Mary J, Jacob C, Joseph Rice, Joel Bryant, Rosetta, Oliver and Sarah Conetta WILSON. In the 1880 Russell County Census, they also had a Francis Wilson listed as a domestic servant living with them.
GENERATION 3
Green K "Kelly" WILSON was born in June of 1849 to Silas and Sarah Jane WILSON. He married Sinthia Wilson who was born in February of 1848 to William WILSON and Rhoda J. HOPPER. The children of Green and Sinthia WILSON were: William, Vincent, Sarah Jane, Mim, Dailey and Cloda WILSON. Green Kelly WILSON also married Nancy UNKNOWN after the death of Sinthia.
GENERATION 4
Cloda Affie WILSON was born on 04/14/1887 and died 09/09/1976 in Edinburgh, Indiana. She was the daughter of Green Kelly WILSON and Sinthia (Synthia, Cynthia) WILSON. Cloda was married to Addie Melvin SMITH (see COFFEY/SMITH page).
Green Kelly and Sinthia Wilson
Courtesy of Bonnie Smith
CLODA AFFIE WILSON SMITH
Green Kelly and Sinthia Wilson
Green Kelly and Nancy Wilson
~~SINTHIA WILSON FAMILY~~
~Mother of Cloda Wilson Smith~
Note, this information on the Hopper family is also found on the HOPPER page. It is listed on this page, as it pertains to Sinthia Wilson, mother of Cloda Wilson Smith. However, it also pertains to the mother of Moses Sampson "Bud" Wilson, Lucy Ann Hopper Wilson which is a different branch of the Hopper/Wilson family. Cloda Wilson Smith is the mother of my grandfather, Oscar Smith. Bud Wilson was the father of my grandmother, Flonnie Wilson Smith, the wife of Oscar Smith. These family lines of Hoppers and Wilsons intertwine through the generations and may be duplicated on some pages.
GENERATION 1
William HOPPER was born about 1705 and died about 1783. The children of William HOPPER were, Thomas, Darby, Joseph, Joshua and William HOPPER.
William surveyed in Rockingham County, then Rowan County in 1753. In 1761 he obtained a grant of 710 acres. An additional grant of 510 acres from the Earl of Granville on May 10th was obtained. In 1773 he signed a petition against moving the courthouse in Guliford County. By 1783 he had died. All five of his sons owned adjoining land on Matrimony Creek in present day Rockingham County, North Carolina
Generation 2
Thomas Darby HOPPER was born August 12th, 1732 in Henry County, Virginia to William HOPPER, and died between 1819-1821 in Henry County, Virginia. He was married to Mary MORGAN or MOURNING. Mary was born about 1736 in Virginia and died about 1802. Thomas married Mary Rebecca MORGAN before 1762 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Mary was born in 1736 in Virginia and died in 1802 in Lafayette County, MO. The children of Thomas Darby HOPPER and Mary MORGAN or MOURNING were, Joseph, Unity, Mourning, William Riley, Jeremiah, Terrill, Thomas and Martin Cloud HOPPER.
It is noted in different family histories, that Thomas had a club foot and couldn't fight in the war.
Generation 3
William Riley HOPPER was born to Thomas and Mary HOPPER about 1768 in North Carolina and died about 1855 in Russell County, Kentucky. William married Hester STEPHENS on May 18, 1793 in Henry County, Virginia. Hester was the daughter of William STEPHENS and Anna Susannah FOX. Hester was born about 1774 in Henry County, Virginia and died about 1825 in Russell County, Kentucky. The children of William and Hester were, Joseph, Bethenia, Jane, Joshua, Ellender, Jesse, Mourning, William and Sampson HOPPER.
The earliest HOPPERS to arrive in present Russell County, Kentucky, then Adair County were: William R. Hopper, Joseph Hopper, Joshua Hopper, Darby Hopper and Thomas Hopper. William and Hester Hopper arrived in present Russell County, Kentucky about 1807. On October 2nd, 1807 he received a land grant of 75 acres in Adair/Russell County on the Caney Fork of the Wolf Creek and would later receive patents on additional tracts of 50 and 100 acres, all on Caney Fork Creek. The area of settlement is the east central part of Russell County, where Bobs Branch and Clear Fork Creeks empty into the Caney Fork Creek. This is where Joseph and Joshua Hopper would settle and where descendants would remain for over 100 years. Two sons, William Hopper JR. and Sampson Hopper would live and have large families on this and adjoining land. These two sons became large land owners. William Hopper SR. was satisfied with the original 225 acres. Hester died between 1820 and 1830 and William SR. continued to live on the farm with his oldest child, Lucy Ann Hopper. In 1850, he and Lucy Ann were living with Sampson Hopper. In 1851 he sold the three tracts of land to Sampson Hopper. Source: Ancestry. COM
GENERATION 4
William Riley HOPPER Jr., was born in 1806 in North Carolina to William Riley Sr., and Hester HOPPER. He died on April 25th in 1875 in Russell County, Kentucky. He was married to Rebecca (Fitzpatrick) BROWN (See BROWN page) who was born between 1810-1812 in North Carolina. They were married on May 25th, 1828 in Russell County, Kentucky. The children of William Riley Jr., and Rebecca HOPPER were: Rhoda J, William, Mourning, Joel, Cavil, Rebecca, Martha, Mary, John, Lucy Ann, Fisher Black and Thomas HOPPER. In 1826 William R. HOPPER Jr., owned 112 acres of land on Caney Fork in Russell County, Kentucky and immediately started purchasing additional land and by the mid 1850's owned some 1,500 acres, 100 acres which was in Cumberland County on Kettle Creek with the balance on Wolf Creek and Caney Fork Creek in Russell County. On May 28th, 1856, William HOPPER Jr., donated to the United Baptist Church, "known and called by the name Clear Fork, which is on the creek above where the said HOPPER now lives", a lot of land for the church with permission for the church to use water from his spring. The church had been organized in 1848 by William Smith, minister, with 22 charter members, of which several were HOPPERS. William HOPPER Jr., was a Deacon of the church. Descendents of William HOPPER Jr., and his brother Sampson HOPPER would be members of the church to present day. The church is now located some two miles east of the original structure. William Riley HOPPER Jr., died in late 1874 or early 1875 leaving a large estate to his widow and children. In 1880, Rebecca Fitzpatrick HOPPER was living in the home of her son, Fisher B. HOPPER. Various sources have Rebecca's surname as Fitch and as Fitzpatrick, however, it has been confirmed that her family name was BROWN and that the other names may have been from a previous marriage.
GENERATION 5
Rhoda J HOPPER was born about 1828 in Russell County, Kentucky to William Riley Jr., and Rebecca HOPPER and died on 05/16/1899 at the age of 71. Rhoda married William Fuller Jefferson WILSON on May 5th, 1846 in Russell County, Kentucky. They were married by W. H. Wilson. He was the son of Thomas WILSON and Sinthia "Sinthy" HARRIS. William was born in 1825 in Kentucky and died on 08/15/1893 in Russell County, Kentucky. Rhoda was affiliated with the Pleasant Point Baptist Church. Rhoda and William had a residence in Russell County, Kentucky and after their marriage, they lived on Wolf Creek near the present day Alligator Boat Dock. William was a member of the Baptist Church and he served as church clerk of the Pleasant Point Baptist Church from August 1849 to September 1852. He was named in the will of Moses HARRIS, his grandfather, Will Book 2, page 129. Children of Rhoda and William WILSON were: Sinthia, William Thomas, Rebecca Ann, Victoria, Aaron, Belzora, Leora and Willis Fountain "Fount" WILSON.
GENERATION 6
Sinthia WILSON was born to Rhoda and William Fuller Jefferson Wilson about 1848. She married Green Kelly WILSON (see GREEN KELLY WILSON family above)
GENERATION 7
Cloda Affie WILSON (see above under GREEN KELLY WILSON family), daughter of Green Kelly and Sinthia WILSON, married Addie Melvin SMITH (see COFFEY/SMITH page).
GENERATION 8
Oscar Ray SMITH, son of Cloda and Addie SMITH (see information above for Cloda WILSON and COFFEY/SMITH page for Addie SMITH) married Flonnie Ree WILSON (see SMITH/WILSON, WILSON, GREEN, LAUDERDALE, FOLEY pages).
GENERATION 9
Getha Carson SMITH, son of Flonnie Ree and Oscar SMITH, married Carol Marie MATHES(see MATHES page).
GENERATION 10
Sandra Lee SMITH, daughter of Getha Carson and Carol Marie SMITH, married Steven RICHARDSON (see RICHARDSON page)
GENERATION 11
Christopher Ryan FOX, son of Sandra SMITH married to Rachel FANELLO (see FANELLO page)
Grace Elizabeth RICHARDSON, daughter of Sandra SMITH and Steven RICHARDSON.
GENERATION 12
Audrey Christine FOX, daughter of Christopher and Rachel FOX
CLODA AFFIE WILSON SMITH
Courtesy of Bonnie Smith