Collected burial information about Isaac Wilson, also known as “Black Ike.”
The sources in this post are available in print at the Rockford Public Library’s Local History Room. They are also included in Isaac Wilson’s biographical packet in the archival box titled, “Winnebago County & Rockford Region First Families/Early Settlers.”
Sources are noted below each source/article when it’s not included in the image itself.
Please visit Isaac’s Find A Grave entry here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113535536/isaac-wilson
At the time of Isaac Wilson’s burial, he didn’t have a gravestone. Finally, after 163 years, 11 months and 5 days he has a gravestone! It was set in Cedar Bluff Cemetery on July 5, 2023.
