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.