John Wise
1838 - 1931 (92 years)-
Name John Wise Birth 9 May 1838 Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) 
Gender Male _UID 50D0888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000044C5 Death 15 Mar 1931 Avery Co, NC Burial Pisgah Cem, Avery Co, NC Person ID I3938 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 2 Jun 2013
Father Josiah G Wise, b. 1800/1810, NC d. 1846, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 36 years) Mother Margaret Davis, b. 1803/1804, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 15 Oct 1868, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 64 years) Marriage 1820/1825 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Family ID F838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia P Carpenter, b. 7 Jun 1844, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 28 Nov 1929, Avery Co, NC (Age 85 years) Marriage 1869/1870 Mitchell Co, NC Children 1. Eva E Wise, b. 1875/1876, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 5 years)2. William Stover Wise, b. Feb 1878, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 23 years)3. Rosie Lee Wise, b. Jan 1880, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 21 years)4. Herbert Wise, b. Sep 1882, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 19 years)5. Belzona Wise, b. Jan 1885, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 16 years)6. Clifton Wise, b. Mar 1889, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 12 years)Family ID F797 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Mar 2025
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Death Certificate (Ancestry.com)
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/
!DISCUSSION GROUP (Free) for those researching the William & Frances (Carpenter) Davis family:
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!NOTES:D/C gives B/D as 9 May 1834 but that doesn't match his census entries, 1838 more likely;
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 275
Josiah G. Wise age 40-49 (1790/1800)
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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;
!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 ";
!CENSUS:1870 x
!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.;
!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River # 154/161
John Wise 41 M Farmer NC-NC-NC
Lyddie 36 wife M Keeping House
Eva E. 4 dau
William S. 2 son
Rosie Lee 4/12 Jan. dau;
!CENSUS:1900 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River # 105/106 (very dim)
John Wise head May 1838 62 M 30 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Lidia P. wife Jun 1844 55 M 30 9-6
Stover son Feb 1878 22
Rosa L. dau Jan 1880 20
Herbert son Sep 1882 17
Belzora? dau Jan 1885 15
Clifton son Mar 1889 11
Blanche gr-dau Dec 1899 5/12;
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;