Thomas Winford Pilson b. 21 Aug 1887 Surry County, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Dec 1961 Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA: MontyHistNotes

1887 - 1961 (74 years)

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Name	Thomas Winford Pilson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26]
Birth	21 Aug 1887	Surry County, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 25, 26]
Gender	Male
Family Search ID	MZLC-9PK
Occupation	Farmer [7, 14, 17]
Residence	1900	Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA [12]
Residence	1910	Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA [26]
Residence	1917	Guilford County, North Carolina, USA [25]
Residence	1919	High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [24]
Residence	1920	Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA [14]
Residence	1930	Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA [7]
Residence	1940	Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA [17, 20]
Burial	1961	Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 9]
Death	24 Dec 1961	Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9]
Person ID	I21138	Cock_Goad Family \| Turner, Francis and Gilley, Elizabeth
Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

Father	William Lee Pilson, b. 5 Jul 1845, Patrick County, Virginia, USA d. 14 Mar 1920, Cameron, Moore, North Carolina, USA (Age 74 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Susan Evelyn Bray, b. 20 Oct 1857, Surry County, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Nov 1955, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 98 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	23 Oct 1890	Surry County, North Carolina, USA [12, 27]
Marriage	1891
Family ID	F12396	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Annie Edwards, b. 6 Jul 1893, Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA d. 30 May 1982, Cameron, Moore, North Carolina, USA (Age 88 years)

Marriage 26 Apr 1911 Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, USA [8]

Children

+	1. Grady Glenn Pilson, b. 31 Dec 1912, Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, USA d. 10 Jan 1964, Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	2. Hal Paul Pilson, b. 5 Apr 1915, Surry County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 May 1984, Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Dewey Clifford Pilson, b. 25 Nov 1917, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA d. 23 Oct 1976, Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
>	4. Bruce Edward Pilson, b. 18 Feb 1926, Lee County, North Carolina, USA d. 15 Oct 2012, Broadway, Lee, North Carolina, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11011 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 28 Jan 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 21 Aug 1887 - Surry County, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1900 - Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1910 - Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA
	Marriage - 26 Apr 1911 - Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1917 - Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1919 - High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1920 - Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1930 - Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1940 - Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA
	Burial - 1961 - Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA
	Death - 24 Dec 1961 - Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, USA

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Sources

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Record for William Lee Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=124392745&indiv=try
[S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Thomas Winford Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=48016832&indiv=try
[S34] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates.
Record for Thomas Winford Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1121&h=1067776&indiv=try
[S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Grady G. Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=47420687&indiv=try
[S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Hal Paul Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=16019516&indiv=try
[S36] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
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[S680] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2341436.
Record for Tom W Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=76370770&indiv=try
[S221] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Data Source: North Carolina State Archives.
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Record for Thomas Winford Pilson
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Record for Bruce Pilson
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[S24] Ancestry.com, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2018, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Publication Place: Sanford, North Carolina, USA; URL: http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1730532&fh_id=13302&s_id=.
Record for Bruce Edward Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2190&h=351536706&indiv=try
[S718] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Rockford, Surry, North Carolina; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1241219.
Record for William Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=38414879&indiv=try
[S34] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates.
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[S8] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1306; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 70.
Record for Thomas W Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=32522353&indiv=try
[S259] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Grody Pilson
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[S780] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Publication Date: 18/ Oct/ 1937; Publication Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/615579935/?article=c5ec52db-bf65-44f0-9d4f-7c70d31f2a9a&focus=0.6223846,0.13991246,0.7416814,0.23298155&xid=3398.
Record for Mr Grady G Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62116&h=70614124&indiv=try
[S681] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02935; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 53-17.
Record for Hal Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=153437518&indiv=try
[S36] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Record for Hal Paul Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8783&h=7002214&indiv=try
[S2] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Dewey Clifford Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=42926763&indiv=try
[S10] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives at Atlanta; Atlanta, Georgia; WWII Draft Registration Cards for North Carolina, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 293.
Record for Dewey Clifford Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2238&h=289421&indiv=try
[S36] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Record for Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8783&h=1941794&indiv=try
[S27] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
Record for Hal Paul Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8908&h=6775440&indiv=try
[S780] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Publication Date: 25/ Oct/ 1937; Publication Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/615582269/?article=05b00008-c9c9-434d-b5bb-6fe857133a14&focus=0.49636048,0.40140015,0.61685973,0.49676728&xid=3398.
Record for Mr Harold Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62116&h=93483882&indiv=try
[S59] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
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[S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: North Carolina; Registration County: Guilford County.
Record for Thomas W Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6482&h=16240763&indiv=try
[S15] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Rockford, Surry, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1133; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0139; FHL microfilm: 1375146.
Record for Thomas W Pilson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=163337581&indiv=try
[S221] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Data Source: North Carolina State Archives.
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8909&h=579331&indiv=try