Owsley Co., Ky marriages report for 1856 lists the marriage on 10 May 1856 of Pleasant Wilson, age 23, single, residence Owsley Co., born in Clay Co., to Nancy Stamper, age 17, single, residence Breathitt Co., born in Clay Co.

1860 census of Owsley Co., Ky, Boonesville, enumerated 5 July, lists on pp. 47-48 as family #318:
Wilson, Pleasant, 25, farmer; Nancy, 22; Sally Ann, 3; Alfred, 1; Callaway, Walter, 15, farm laborer.

1870 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Sandy Hook precinct, enumerated 26 June, lists on pp. 35-36 as family #213:
Wilson, Pleasant, 32, farmer; Nancy, 28; Sally A., 12; Alfred, 10; Pleasant, 8; John, 4; Elihu, 1; Stamper, Margaret, 21, domestic servant. All born in Ky.

1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Devils Fork precinct, enumerated 9 June, lists on p. 8 as family #55/56:
Wilson, Pleasant, 48, farmer, b. Ky NC Ky; Nancy, 41, wife, b. Ky NC NC; Pleasant Jr., 18, son; John, 15, son; Elihu, 12, son; Robert, 9, son; Charles, 4, son; Malla, 1, dau. All children born Ky Ky Ky.

The following household is that of Peter Kidd, married to Pleasant and Nancy’s daughter Sally Ann.

1900 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Devils Fork precinct, enumerated 15 June, lists on p. 8B as family #148:
Wilson, Pleas Sen., 62, b. Sep 1837, Ky NC Ky, widowed, farming; Druzilla, dau, 21, b. June 1878, Ky Ky Ky; Cora, granddau, 5, b. Feb 1895, Ky Ky Ky.

See Notes for Pleasant’s second marriage for the 1910 census reading.