Margaret Davis
1804 - 1868 (64 years)-
Name Margaret Davis Nickname Peggy Birth 1803/1804 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) 
Gender Female _UID A6B9888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000083CC Death 15 Oct 1868 Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Burial Wise Cem, Avery Co, NC Person ID I1037 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 2 Feb 2023
Father William Davis, b. 1730/1740, VA d. 5 Oct 1841, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 101 years) Mother Frances Carpenter, b. 26 Jan 1771, Surry Co, NC (now Yadkin Co, NC) d. 10 Sep 1842, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 71 years) Marriage Bef 1795 NC Family ID F199 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Josiah G Wise, b. 1800/1810, NC d. 1846, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 36 years) Marriage 1820/1825 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Children 1. Rachel Wise, b. 16 Jun 1828, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 30 Jun 1910, Burke Co, NC (Age 82 years)2. Benjamin Wise, b. 1828/1829, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA (Age > 32 years)3. Sarah Ann Wise, b. 1831/1832, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 19 Feb 1898, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 66 years)4. Frances Wise, b. 1833/1834, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 37 years)5. Susanna Wise, b. 18 Nov 1836, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 13 Aug 1898, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 61 years)6. John Wise, b. 9 May 1838, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 15 Mar 1931, Avery Co, NC (Age 92 years)7. Elizabeth Eliza Wise, b. 1839/1840, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 41 years)8. James Marion Wise, b. 1843/1844, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 17 years)9. Thomas Jasper Wise, b. 16 Mar 1844, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 23 Aug 1933, Avery Co, NC (Age 89 years)10. Josiah Newton Wise, b. 9 Apr 1845, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 2 May 1924, Avery Co, NC (Age 79 years)Family ID F838 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Mar 2025
Family 2 Burleson d. 1850/1860, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Marriage 1850/1860 Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Family ID F839 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Mar 2025
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Aunt.;
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/
!DISCUSSION GROUP (Free) for those researching the William & Frances (Carpenter) Davis family:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WilliamDavis/
!NOTES:B/D & D/D (1803-1868) looks like new stone
from T/S. Find-a-grave link:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91311614
!CENSUS:1810 Burke Co., NC p. 320
William Davis age 45+ (bef 1765)
21001-22011-0-0
My Analysis (who each person might be):
1m 45+ (bef 1765) = William Davis (1730/40)
1m 10-15 (1794/1800) = John Davis (1798) son
2m 0-9 (1800/1810) = 1. Jacob Davis (1801) son
"m 0-9 (1800/1810) = 2. Thomas Davis (c1805) son
1f 45+ (bef 1765) Frances Carpenter Davis (1771) wife
1f 26-44 (1765/1784) = Daughter (Betsy, Mary or Sarah)
2f 10-15 (1794/1800) = 1. Nancy Davis (c1795) daughter
"f 10-15 (1794/1800) = 2. Elizabeth Davis (1796) daughter
2f 0-9 (1800/1810) = 1. Margaret Davis (c1804) daughter
"f 0-9 (1800/1810) = 2. Frances Davis (1808) daughter;
!CENSUS:1820 Burke Co., NC p. 61
William Davis age 45+ (bef 1775)
011201-12001-0-0
Analysis (who each person might be):
1m 45+ (bef 1775) = William Davis (1730/40)
2m 16-25 (1794/1804) = 1. John Davis (1798) son
"m 16-25 (1794/1804) = 2. Jacob Davis (1801) son
1m 16-17 (1802/1804) * One of above, though not good match for either.
1m 10-15 (1804/1810) = Thomas Davis (c1805) son
1f 45+ (bef 1765) = Frances Carpenter Davis (1771) wife
2f 10-15 (1804/1810) = 1. Margaret Davis (c1804) daughter
"f 10-15 (1804/1810) = 2. Frances Davis (1808) daughter
1f 0-9 (1810/1820) Rachel Davis (1810) daughter;
!CENSUS:1830 Burke Co., NC p. 196
Josiah Wise age 15-19 (1810/15) 1101-1001
My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 15-19 (1810/1815) = Josiah Wise (c1800/10)
1m 5-9 (1820/1825) = Son?
1m 0-4 (1825/1830) = Benjamin Wise (c1829) son
1f 15-19 (1810/1815) = Margaret Davis Wise (c1804), wife
1f 0-4 (1825/1830) = Rachel Wise (1828) dau;
!NAMED-WILL: 9 May 1836 Yancey Co., NC Book 1, p. 353 William Davis
daughters - Betsy Cantrel, Sally Rowan, heirs of Polly Browning, my children by my 1st wife
wife Frances
five daughters Nancy Burleson, Elizabeth Vance, Margaret Wise, Franky Burleson and Rachel Davis
my children: Nancy Burleson, Elizabeth Vance, John Davis, Margaret Wise, Thomas Davis, Franky Burleson and Rachel Davis.
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 275
Josiah G. Wise age 40-49 (1790/1800)
1010001-221001
My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 40-49 (1790/1800) = Josiah Wise (c1800)
1m 10-14 (1825/1830) = Benjamin Wise (c1829) son
1m 0-4 (1835/1840) = John Wise (1838) son
1f 30-39 (1800/1810) = Margaret Davis Wise (c1804), wife
1f 10-14 (1825/1830) = Rachel Wise (1828) dau
2f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 1. Sarah Ann Wise (c1832) dau
"f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 2. Frances Wise (c1833) dau
2f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 1. Susanna Wise (1836) dau
"f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 2. Elizabeth Wise (c1840) dau;
!NAMED-ESTATE:1849 William Davis Graham Co., NC, 35 pp.
From: North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 Graham County, from familysearch.org.
- 4 Jul 1849 Received of William Davis, Adm with the Will annexed of Wm Davis deceased the following property in ... (much furniture, livestock and other personal property named) ... and the sum of one hundred and eighty eight dollars and twenty eight cents in cash, all of which is in full of my share of the estate of said William Davis Deceased. Margaret (X) Wise. Attest: B. Wise.
- 24 Jul 1849 Know all men by these presents that we
Nancy Burleson
Elisabeth Vance
John Davis
Jacob Davis
Thomas Davis
Margaret Wise
Franky Burleson
Rachel Davis
are held and formally bound unto William Davis administrator with the Will annexed of William Davis deceased in the penal sum of Three thousand dollars to which payment to be made and done we bind ourselves and heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these presents.
The condition ... last Will was administered to probate at the July Term of Yancey County Court and the above bounded Nancy Burleson and others is the legatees named in the said Will and ... received following titles of property to which they are entitled ... $188.28 in full of our shares in property and cash ...
S: John (X) Vance
S: John (X) Davis
S: Wilson Burleson
S: Nancy (X) Burleson
S: Margaret (X) Wise
Attest: B. Wise, G. W. Davis, Tilman Blalock.
The following is a true account of all the heirs of William Davis deceased, to wit
Margaret Wise due the Estate $72.06. Good debts and cash $188.28. Bad debts $9.13. Total due in good debts and cash $116.22.;
!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co., NC Watauga # 469/473
Margaret Wise 46 ~ $600 NC
Sarah 18
Franka 16 f
Susannah 14
John 11
Elizabeth 8
James 6
Thomas 5
Josiah 3;
!CENSUS:1860 Watauga Co., NC Mountain Home District, Cranberry Forge & Valley Cruses PO
# 383/278
Margaret Burlison 55 widow Farmer $1200/450
# 384/278
John Wise 22 Farmer
Elizabeth 20 "
James M. 18 " [Idiotic]
Thomas J. 16 "
Josiah N. 14 ";
!OBITUARY:"Uncle Jake Carpenter's Anthology of Death" - (some punctuation added)
"Pegey Wise a 75, dide oc 15 1868. She wars granny womin for cntery.";
!NOTES:Heirs of William Davis named in 1873/1874 Probate Court Records regarding A. D. Childs vs. Estate of Samuel Carpenter regarding land. Heirs named over several documents in summons dated 4 Oct 1873. The summons commanded them all to appear at Mitchell court the 3rd Monday of November Next (1873) to show cause why they did not acknowledge a deed from them to A. D. Childs. The other heirs of Samuel Carpenter were mentioned elsewhere in the same set of records.
From: Estate of Samuel Carpenter, North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 Mitchell County, via FamilySearch.org, 26 pp
(anything in [brackets] below are comments by me, and not part of original record)
- 4 Oct 1873 to Sheriff of Mitchell County summons for:
John Wise, Rachel Dellinger, Sarah An Shook, Francis Brewer, Susan Clark, Eliza Mace, Thomas Wise, Newton Wise, Mrs. Francis Burleson, Mrs. Elizabeth Vance, John Davis, Thomas Davis
Sheriff complied except as to Franky Brewer and Thomas Davis, not found.;
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Aunt.;