Per available evidence, Wilson County migrants to Illinois landed overwhelmingly in Chicago.

• Cotton, James A., Chicago, bef. 1900
• Ward Robinson, Mattie L., Danville (from Tennessee), between 1900 and 1910
• Ward Artis Biggers Hanks, Minerva, Chicago (from Indianapolis), between 1916 and 1920.
• Best, Elijah, Chicago, bef. 1920.
• Bowser, Russell L., Chicago, bef. 1920 (previously Washington, D.C.)
• Scarborough James, Ida, Chicago, bef. 1927.
• Bowser, Astor B., Chicago (from White Plains, N.Y.), between 1928 and 1930.
• Fields, Rupert, Chicago, bef. 1929.
• Ellis, Samuel, Chicago, bef. 1930.
• Horn, Thomas, Chicago, bef. 1930.
• Woodard, James H., Chicago, bef. 1930.
• James, Babe, Chicago, bef. 1932.
• Wilkins Bass, Mary Della, Cairo, between 1935 and 1940.
• Jackson, Joseph S., Chicago, 1939.
• Hunt, Robert W., Chicago, bef. 1940.
• Reddick, William, Chicago, bef. 1940.
• Wilkins Bass, Mary Della, Cairo, bef. 1940.
• Ayers, Robert, East Saint Louis, bef. 1942.
• Bynum, Hurel, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Bowser, Thomas F., Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Finley, Nelson, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Fulford, Albert, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Harper, James, Olive Branch, bef. 1942.
• Hawkins, Oscar, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Jackson, Walter, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Joiner, General W., Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Langston, Farris, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Mercer, William, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Moore, Alfred, Chicago, bef, 1942.
• Pitts, William, Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Taylor, Howard, Champaign, bef. 1942.
• Watson, William H., Chicago, bef. 1942.
• Williams, Walter A., Chicago, bef. 1942.