Shelby County and Montevallo have lost another antebellum home, the residence of Dr. John Baker Wilson, son of Benjamin and Hannah ( Harless ) Wilson. An ancient oak tree fell, crushing the middle of the house. The owner felt the cost of repair would be too much. No one had lived in the house for years. The land was originally the site of Jesse Wilson's log home, on the bluff above the Big Spring near the house. The house was possibly built by Jesse's son William A. Wilson sometime in the 1820's. He moved to Coosa County about 1832. The family cemetery eventually became the Montevallo City Cemetery. Jane Wilson McQuirter ( Mrs. Francis McWhirter/ McQuirter) was buried there with a tombstone in 1820. Her tombstone is the oldest in the cemetery. Jesse Wilson wife Elizabeth also died in 1830 and is buried there along with another daughter. Jesse Wilson, credited as Montevallo's first settler and founder, died suddenly at his second farm near Selma and is buried th...