William Wilkerson by W. D. Ritter

From Professor J. W. WALKER’s history of Beech Creek township, published in Goodspeed’s history of Greene county, we learn that WILLIAM WILKERSON was born in North Carolina, January 5, 1730. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Particulars of his life in the army are all now lost. He was the father of Squire SOLOMON WILKERSON, who had laid out and named Solsberry in honor of himself.

For one year he lived in an apartment of his son’s house. The day he was one hundred years old he split one hundred rails on top of the hill where Dr. Axtell afterwards had his dwelling. He died in Brown county in the summer of 1842, at the great gae of one hundred and six years, six months and one day. He delighted to tell of his patriotism during his countrys struggle for liberty.

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Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. With Reminiscences of Pioneer Days, Illustrated (1908, B. F. Bowen & Co. Indianapolis, Indiana) Vol. 1 Pg. 109-10