Bill Wall's Personal Blog

  In order to be born, you needed: 2 parents (2 nd generation): William Raymond Wall (1920-1980) and Bobbie Lueginia Wall (1931-2001) 4 grandparents (3 rd generation):   Connie Cullen Wall (1887-1972), Zella Verne Metcalf (1886-1954), James Parker Brown Jr (1888-1974), and Bessie Katherine Davis (1893-1936).   That’s 6 ancestors I needed. 8 great-grandparents (4 th generation): William Jesse Wall (1854-1910), Sallie Dixon McCurley (1859-1933), Henry Kanaga Metcalf (1852-1900), Ella Lunette Robinson (1855-1892), James Parker Brown Sr (1850-1890), Nancy Lillian Wright (1865-1906), Hiram Davis (1860-1940), Kathryn Elizabeth Truelove (1869-1967).   That’s 14 ancestors I needed. 16 2nd great-grandparents or 30 direct ancestors (5 th generation).   The 2 nd great-grandparents would include William Bryson Wall (1821-1904), Louisa C. Hudson (1825-1900), John D. McCurley (1822-1878), Sara Jane Neilson (1829-1904), Frances Metcalf Jr (1818-1863), Ophelia Matilda Kellogg (1818-1898),

  William Dale Wall 1787   William Wall born in North Carolina.   (one source, a Methodist Church record, says he was William Bryson Wall, Sr).  He may have had no middle name.  The Wall clan may have come from Scotland.  Perhaps his parents were Zachariah Wall and Annie Everett. 1792   Nancy Wallace born in North Carolina.   Wife of William Wall. 1810   William Wall moved to Shelby, Rutherford County (now Cleveland County, NC as of 1841) 1812.04.26   William Wall married Nancy Wallace in Shelby, NC. 1821.04.26   William Bryson Wall born in Shelby, NC to William and Nancy Wall.   1824   Oliver Perry Wall born in Shelby, NC to William and Nancy Wall. 1825.10.25   Louisa C. Hudson born in Parrottsville, Cocke County, TN.   Wife of William Bryson Wall.   She is an ancestor of Henry Hudson the explorer. 1831.09.03   Jesse J. Wall born in Shelby, NC to William and Nancy Wall. 1833   William Wall and family move to Parrottsville, TN, 125 miles away from Shelby, NC. 1840  

                                                                  Bobbie Lueginia Brown 1803   Charles Brown born in Sweden.   Married Susan Alston.   Father of James Parker Brown and John W.Brown. 1808   Susan Alston born.   Wife of Charles Brown 1833.07.04   Charles Brown married Susan Alston in Stewart County, Georgia.   (source: Stewart County, Georgia Genealogy and History - Presented by Genealogy Trails History Group ) 1840   James Parker Brown, Sr. born in Pachuta, Clarke County,MS. 1842 John W. Brown born in Alabama.   Father was Charles Brown.  Jan 9, 1855   Nancy Lillian Wright was born.   She married James Parker Brown, Sr. in 1885.   James Brown died in 1890.   Nancy Lillian (Wright) Brown later married Albert L. Creel.  1860.01.10   Hiram Davis born in Clarke Co, MS.   Married Kathryn Elizabeth Truelove. 1865.01.09   Nancy Lillian Wright born in Womack Hill, Choctaw Co, AL.   Married James Parker Brown, Sr.  1885.12.24   James Parker Brown, Sr. married Nanc