Notes for: Hillory Madison WILDER

Hillory Wilder, Sr. represented the County of Johnston in the NC State Legislature (1821-1835) and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1835 convened to amend the Constitution of North Carolina
Following his marriage to Esther, the young couple removed to Wake County where Hillory purchased an 1,800 acre farm he named "Wilder's Grove", where he later established himself as a wealthy and prominent planter and major slaveholder. He was a contemporary to some of Wake County's earliest and most prominent planter class -- the Hinton and Lane families.