My Ahnentafel Report
[Ancestor Listing]
(Last Updated: 09/28/2007 11:46:15 PM)
If you are related to me, I recommend that you print this report. Also, this page is always undergoing update -- so please keep checking it for changes.
An "Ahnentafel Report" documents a person's ancestors in narrative form. It is one of many standard report formats used by Genealogists to provide information on individuals shown and numbered on a Pedigree Chart. Each individual in the report is assigned a unique "Ahnentafel Number" each time the report is created (and these numbers could change when a new report is created). This number is used to identify and trace a person and the person's parents in the report and on a graphic Pedigree Chart.
The rule is that the Ahnentafel Number of person's father is exactly twice the subject's number, and the mother's number is twice the subject's number plus one. On this report, the subject (me) JOHN F. WISE is Number 1, making my father ROBERT F. WISE Jr. Number 2 and my mother PHYLLIS H. KRUPINSKA Number 3 (i.e., my father's number 2 plus 1).
These same identical Ahnentafel Numbers would show up in the respective box in a drawn Pedigree Chart. Thus, a researcher can readily relate a person in a drawn Pedigree Chart to the information in an associated Ahnentafel Report, and vice versa. Once you learn this numbering scheme, you can easily trace the bloodlines up/down the Ahnentafel Report and on any person shown in the report.
If you and your families should be in this Ahnentafel Report, and you're not, it's because I don't know ya'll exist.
All constructive comments, additions, and/or corrections are solicited and welcome.
Present Generation (Me and Mine)
Just a ragamuffin street kid from "Greenpernt" Brooklyn,"Garden Spot of Da Woild"
Just an Air Force lifer who proudly and loyally served his country and the free world during the Korean War, 2nd Berlin Airlift, Cuban Crisis, Dominican Republic, Viet Nam, i.e., almost the entire Cold War era]
1. John Francis Wise, USAF-Retired, was born in Long Island University Hospital, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York. Son of 2. Robert (Bob) Franklin Wise Jr. and his 1st wife 3. Phyllis Helen Krupinska. Married Pamela (Pam) Carole Wood in Cowgate Chapel, Norwich, Norfolk, England. John's ex-wife is British and a daughter of Cyril James (Nip) Wood and his wife Violet Christina Custance (both deceased), of Norwich, Norfolk, England. Children of John and his ex-wife Pam are:
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Debra
Christina (Debbie) Wise, Registered Nurse, was born at home at 14 Cliff Parade, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England.
My Debbie married
(1st) Edward Richard Cordell in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama,
married
(2nd) Stephen David Coffin in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, and married (3rd) Robert William Brink in Deatsville,
of Elmore County,
Alabama.
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Our New Air Force Family Member My daughter Debbie's son (my grandson) Chris Cordell, his wife Emily, and my brand new Great-grandson Aiden Christopher Cordell, born 1 June 2006, at Ft. Walton Beach Medical Center, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. His father (my grandson) Chris is in the Air Force and safely returned home from a tour of duty in Iraq.
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Patricia (Pattie) Anne Wise, born at Hamilton Air Force Base, Novato, Sonoma County, California. My Pattie married (1st) Anthony Curtiss (Curt) Kirkup in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, and married (2nd) Geoffrey (Geoff) Lee Craik in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. |
Generation No. 2 (My Parents and Their Children)
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A proud and loyal New York family with roots in "Buelahland" Georgia -- and whose family members collectively served the United States of America in the Georgia and New York Army National Guard, U.S. Army, U. S. Army Reserve, U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Air Force Reserve. Their father served in the Georgia National Guard prior to WWII, in the U.S. Army during World II, and afterward all of his sons served our country and the free world during the entire Cold War era, i.e., Korean War, 1st and 2nd Berlin Airlifts, Cuban Crisis, Dominican Republic Crisis, and Viet Nam. Not too shabby for poor and highly dysfunctional street kids from the streets of "Greenpernt," Dobbs Ferry, and Mount Loretto orphanages of New York. All sons voluntarily joined the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force soon as they came of age (i.e., 17 years old).
Also, although my deceased mother was born and immigrated with her displaced family from war-torn Poland, she did her best to be a model U. S. citizen. My mom was a U.S. patriot in heart, mind, and soul -- and did her best to instill that love she had for our country in her children. She was so proud and grateful of her U.S. citizenship, the fact that her first husband and all her sons served in the military -- and up until the day she died she was a long-standing member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Like all mothers and wives of soldiers, sailors, and airmen, she worried and served right along with her husband and her sons.
2. Robert (Bob) Franklin Wise Jr., GA & NY NG/USA WWII, was born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. He died in St. Francis Hospital, Bell, Los Angeles, California, and his ashes are buried at Rose Hill Gardens, Los Angeles, California. Son of 4. Robert Franklin Wise Sr. and 5. Naomi (Onnie) Ivannah O'Steen. Married (1st) 20 Jan 1932 to 3. Phyllis Helen Krupinska, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Married (2nd) to Mrs. Grace-Monica Ramsey Richardson Arlen in Winterhaven, Imperial County, California, i.e., on the Fort Yuma, Quechani Indian Reservation.
3. Phyllia Helena (Phyllis Helen) Krupinska, LAVFW, was born in Krakow, Poland, and died in her home, at New Hyde Park, Nassau County, Long Island, New York. After divorcing her first husband [had him declared dead] Phyllis married (2nd) Alexander (Al) Wize in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, New York. Soon after marriage, Phyllis and her 2nd husband moved into their newly built home in New Hyde Park, Nassau County, Long Island, New York - - where they lived the remainder of their lives. Note that (coincidently) her 2nd husband's surname was WIZE (with a "Z") - - his family's surname was shortened by his immigrant father from the Polish surname " WIZENSKY".
Children of Bob and his 1st wife Phyllis are:
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Robert (Bob) Eugene Wise, USA, was born Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died in Brentwood, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Married (1st) Ann Stroupe in Gaffney, Cherokee County, North Carolina. Married (2nd) Jacqueline (Jackie) Perri in Williamsburg District, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married (3rd) widow Mrs. Susan (Sue) Haas (nee: unknown) in New Hyde Park, Long Island, New York. |
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Joseph (Joe) Paul Wise, USAF/USNR (Medically Retired). Joe was born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; and died September 4, 1987 as a result of the severe burns and wounds received in battle during his third tour of duty in South Vietnam, in Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey. Married Mary Theresa Esposito in Williamsburg District., Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. | |
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John Francis Wise, USAF Retired, was born in Long Island City Hospital, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York; married Pamela (Pam) Carole Wood at Cowgate Chapel, Norwich, Norfolk, England. |
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James Anthony (Tony) Wise, USN, was born in Greenpoint Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; married Diane Emilia Palma in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. | |
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Phyllis (Sissy) Marie Wise, was born in Greenpoint Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; married Lawrence (Larry) Weiss in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. | |
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Andrew (Andy) Fredric Wise, USAF/USAR/USA Retired, was born in Greenpoint Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married Helen Westmacott in Beccles, Norfolk, England. |
Generation No. 3 (My Grandparents)
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(A Proud Georgia and New York National Guard and U. S. Army Family of the World War II era.)
4. Robert Franklin Wise Sr.,
was born 27 October 1886 at the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden (became Clyde), Bryan County, Georgia. He died of a heart attack, while working at his home in Williamsburgh District., Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Son of 8. Basil (Kebe) William Wise and his 1st wife 9. Missouri Alice Hobbs, of Bryan County and Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. He married 5. Naomi (Onnie) Ivannah O'Steen in Ellabell, Bryan County, Georgia.5. Naomi (Onnie) Ivannah O'Steen, born in Ellabell, Bryan County, Georgia. She died in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Daughter of 10. James Alexander (Judge) O'Steen Jr. and his wife 11. Sarah Bell Shearouse, then of Pooler, Chatham Co., Georgia. [Onnie is our family's blood connection to the O'Steen and Shearouse families]
Children of Robert F. Wise Sr. and his wife Naomi I. O'Steen are:
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Sarah Alice Wise, born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; died in Williamsburgh District, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York. Married (1st) ??? Brazier in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia [divorced]. Married (2nd) ??? Bou in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, New York. Family was last known to be residing in New Jersey. | |
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Virginia (Ginny) Elizabeth Wise, born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; died in Brentwood, Long Island, New York; married Ignaz Fischer in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, New York. | |
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Robert (Bob) Franklin Wise Jr., GA & NY ANG/USA-WWII, born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Died in St. Francis Hospital, Bell, Los Angeles, California. Married (1st) 20 Jan 1932 to Miss Phyllis Helen Krupinska in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard (Georgia and New York), and the U. S. Army during World War II (Okinawa invasion). Bob and his first wife Phyllis had six children (see above), which he frequently abandoned in 1941, 1943, 1947, and lastly in 1956. In January 1965 his 1st wife Phyllis had him declared legally dead and divorced him. Bob married (2nd) Mrs. Grace-Monica Ramsey Richardson Arlen at Winterhaven, Imperial County, California [i.e., on the Fort Yuma, Quechani Indian Reservation]. |
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James (Jim) Hudson Wise, NYNG, born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; died in Ozone Park, Queens County, Long Island, New York. Uncle Jim never married, and retired as a Vice President of the ADT Corporation in Manhattan, New York City. Like his brothers Bob and Joe, Uncle Jim was in the Georgia National Guard prior to WWII. When WWII started Jim enlisted and served in the NY 69th National Guard Division in Manhattan, NYC. He was never called to active duty when the U.S. Army learned his two brothers were already serving in the U.S. Army, i.e., he was classified with an "Only Surviving Son" draft deferment. Instead Uncle Jim served in the New York National Guard at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn throughout and after WWII. During WWII Uncle Jim also attended night school (NYU) for his Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Business, worked full time delivering telegrams for Western Union, and spent almost all of his free nights, weekends, and National Guard drill time manning anti-aircraft batteries at Battery Park, Manhattan, the Navy Yard, Port of Embarkation, and Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn, Governor's and Sandy Hook Islands in New York Bay, and at Grumman and Floyd Bennett Air Fields on Long Island, New York. In 1947 Uncle Jim was discharged at Fort Hamilton as a Master Sergeant in the NY National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve. | |
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Marie Eleanor Wise, born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died in Ozone Park, Long Island, Long Island, Queens County, New York. She married Arsenio Pardio, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. | |
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Joseph (Joe)
Godfrey Wise T/Sgt., GA & NY NG/USA (WWII), was born
in Savannah, Chatham County,
Georgia, and was killed-in-action in Normandy, France. Uncle Joe served in the
Georgia and the 69th Division of the New York
National Guard. On 8 Dec 1941, a day after our Nation was attacked at Pearl Harbor,
Joe volunteered for active duty, and two months later volunteered for duty
with the newly formed Parachute Infantry Regiment of the U. S. Army. Uncle Joe and his regiment fought in the invasions and battles of Sicily, Italy, and
Normandy, France. He was awarded his first Purple Heart for wounds received in
Italy, and was posthumously
awarded a second Purple Heart and the Silver Star for Heroism and Gallantry in
Action during a battle near Bourges, France. In December 1945 his remains
were located in a small and desolate battlefield burial ground and returned to Brooklyn, New York
-- at great
insistence of his mother (it's another story what his mother went through
to get the U.S. Army to find and return his remains for a family burial).
Uncle Joe was buried on 10 Feb 1946 in the WWII Veteran's Section J, Site
15927, at the Long Island National Cemetery,
near Farmingdale, Long Island, New York.
Our Never To Be Forgotten Hero -- Uncle Joe In February 1946 eight surviving paratroopers from his company, including the two disabled and recovering soldiers he rescued, traveled to New York City to attend Uncle Joe's award and burial ceremonies. The two recovering and disabled soldiers previously visited our grandparent's home in Brooklyn, New York, and during their first visit gave our family a firsthand account of what their regiment went through in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and the Normandy invasions. They also gave a first hand account how Uncle Joe lost his life at a roadside ditch, about 50 yards from a little bridge on the main road leading into the little town of Bourges, France. The two troopers (each lost a leg and had multiple bullet wounds) described in some detail how Uncle Joe (who just a week earlier received a spot promotion to platoon Sergeant) disregarded his own safety and heroically rescued them when their platoon came under deadly enemy rifle, machine-gun, and mortar fire. As their patrol was ambushed by a large number of retreating German troops, the two troopers and their company Medic dashed for cover into what turned out to be an enemy minefield. The two soldiers were wounded by the ambushing enemy, and as they stumbled to the ground they stepped or fell onto enemy land mines. Their company Medic attempted to come to their aid but was killed by a land mine a few yards from them. They saw Joe firing at an enemy bunker in front of them and shouted to him for help. Joe heard their cry for help over the noise of battle, turned, and saw them in the mine field. Joe shouted back for them to stay down and hold on. Then disregarding his own safety, Joe stood up and tossed smoke grenades between himself and the enemy bunker, threw down his sub-machinegun and backpack, and dashed into the mine field as enemy riflemen and machine gunners continued to fire at him. When Joe reached the two wounded men he ignored all danger, and as enemy bullets struck all around them Joe quickly checked their medic for life, and then dashed to them. As Joe continually spoke comforting words to them, he quickly tied tourniquets on their legs and patched their gunshot wounds. Joe then rolled them over on their stomachs, grabbed both soldiers by the back of their field jacket collars and yelled: "Let's get the Hell out of here." With a man in each hand Joe literally picked them up off the ground and half-carried, half-dragged both of them at the same time -- for about thirty yards -- from the minefield and out of the enemy's field of fire. As they reached a nearby hedge-row, they said Joe literally picked them up and threw them like sacks of potatoes through the hedge and into a deep roadside ditch. Joe then dove through the hedge and into the ditch beside them. Unfortunately, as Joe was rendering more first aid to the two men he half stood up to retrieve morphine curettes from his field jacket pocket -- he was killed instantly from the full force of a large explosion -- as a passing weapons carrier drove over an anti-tank mine -- not more than three feet behind him. Other paratroopers in the platoon witnessed what had happened, rushed to their aid -- and that's when the two wounded troopers heard someone say Uncle Joe had been killed by the roadside land mine. Our unforgettable Uncle Joe was a happy-go-lucky, colorful, cheerful, and charitable man. The family and his Army buddies remember that he always had a smile on his face and was the kind of guy who would give you the shirt off his back. The above photograph was taken at the insistence of his mother, in December 1942, about a week before he shipped out to North Africa. Just hours before this picture was taken, his sister-in-law (my mother) had finished removing all insignia from his uniforms and pressed his service cap for him. This photograph of my Uncle Joe captures his "happy-go-lucky" attitude and the beaming smile that we all remember most about him. His Army buddies said "Joe was not only a nice guy and our guardian Angel that day in France, he was one of the best damn paratroopers and platoon Sergeants in the U.S. Army." I can't help but feel that the movie "Band of Brothers" captures the essence of all that our uncle Joe and n his awesome and heroic WWII paratrooper outfit were all about. |
Generation No. 4 (My Great-Grandparents)
(My Great-grandparents Kebe and Missouri, and their children (L to R, Sidney, Hudson, and Robert)
[I've had this photo restored and enhanced. Email me if you want a copy]
8. Basil (Kebe) William Wise, born May 15, 1862 at the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden [became Clyde], Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Son of 16. Jacob (Jake) Wise and 17. Mary Ann (Polly) Bird, of Bulloch and Bryan Counties, Georgia. Married (1st) 9. Missouri Alice Hobbs in 1884, and at her father's home, the old William Robert Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Mary Shearouse in Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia. His 1st wife 9. Missouri Alice Hobbs was born March 8, 1864 at the old David J. Strickland Plantation, near Eden [became Clyde], Bryan County, Georgia. Missouri poisoned herself and died at the home of her son Robert F. Wise Sr.,and in the arms of her daughter-in-law Onnie O'Steen, at 150 Montgomery, Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. She was the daughter of 18. William Robert Hobbs and his wife 19. Salety (Lety) Anne Strickland, of Bryan County, Georgia. Kebe, Missouri, and her mother Lety Strickland are buried [Great-grandma Missouri is our family's blood connection to the Hobbs, Strickland, Futch, Harvey, Bird, and Martin bloodlines/families in Georgia].
Children of Kebe and his 1st wife Missouri are:
| 4 | i. | Robert Franklin Wise Sr., born October 27, 1886 on the Old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden (became Clyde], Bryan County, Georgia; died in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married Naomi (Onnie) Ivannah O'Steen in Ellabell, Bryan County, Georgia. |
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Hudson Benjamin Wise Sr., born 12 October 1887 on the Old Jake Wise Plantation, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; married Estelle (Stella) Bannon in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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Sidney Haskell Wise Sr. , born about 1889 at the Old Jake Wise Plantation, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; married (1st) Angeleta Shearouse in Chatham County, Georgia; married (2nd) Delia (Della) Ophelia Rogers in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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Frederick (Freddie) Wise, born and died about 1891 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia [stillborn]. |
Child of Basil W. Wise and his 2nd wife Mary Shearouse is:
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Basil (Beezle) Jacob Wise, born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Georgia, Confederate, and American Family)
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James Alexander (Judge) O'Steen Jr. , born about 1869 near Pooler, Chatham County, Georgia; died in Bloomingdale, Chatham County, Georgia. He was the son of 20. James Alexander O'Steen Sr. and his wife 21. Mary Thompson, of Liberty, Bryan, and Pooler, Chatham Co., Georgia. Married 11. Sarah Bell Shearouse about 1890 in Chatham County, Georgia.11. Sarah Bell Shearouse, born about 1870 in Bryan County, Georgia; died about 1898 in Effingham County, Georgia. Parents are unknown at this writing. [Sarah is our family's blood link to the Shearouse family]
Child of James A. O'Steen Jr. and his wife Sarah Bell Shearouse is:
| 5 | i. | Naomi (Onnie) Ivannah O'Steen, born October 27, 1892 in Ellabell, Bryan County, Georgia, Died in Williamsburgh District, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married Robert Franklin Wise Sr. in Ellabell, Bryan County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Georgia, Confederate, and American Family)
Generation No. 5 (My GG-Grandparents)
16. Jacob (Jake) Wise , CSA-GA, was born March 12, 1812 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia; died September 15, 1891 at home on his plantation, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Buried in the Clyde Cemetery, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. He was the son of 32. Preston Wise and his 2nd wife 33. Mary Ann (Amy) Jones, of Bulloch, Charlton, and Bryan Counties, Georgia. Married (1st) 17. Mary Ann (Polly) Bird 1834 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) widow Mrs. Rebecca (Becky) Brown (nee: Brown), in Bryan County, Georgia.
17. Mary Ann (Polly) Bird, born January 02, 1815, at home on the Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia; died December 24, 1874 at home on the Old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden [became Clyde], Bryan County, Georgia. She was the daughter of 34. Alexander (Alec) Bird and his wife 35. Mary Ann (Polly) Harvey, of Bulloch County and Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia. [Polly is our family's blood connection to the Bird and Harvey families]
Children of Jacob (Jake) Wise and his 1st wife Mary Ann (Polly) Bird are:
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James William (Gordon) Wise , CSA-GA, born May 20, 1835 at the Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia; died in Bryan County, Georgia. Married his 1st cousin Elizabeth (Liza) Wise November 15, 1865 at the old William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
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Henry William Wise , CSA-GA, was born January 16, 1836 at the Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia; died April 1, 1888 in Bryan County, Georgia. Married (1st) Emily Louise Anne (Louanzie) Cribbs November 30, 1865 in Bryan County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Anna (Annie) Lewis October 8, 1876 at the old Bryan County Courthouse, Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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William (Bill) William Wise , CSA-GA, was born January 9, 1837 at the Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia; died at home in Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Elizabeth Harvey October 3, 1872 at the old Bryan County Courthouse, Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Harvey William Wise , born about 1841, at the old Harvey Plantation on Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia; died about 1858 at home in the Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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John William Wise , born April 3, 1844 at the town home of his uncle John Wise, in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia; died at home, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Emily Caroline Smith December 25, 1866 in Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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General (Gwin) William Wise, CSA-GA, born about 1845, probably at the Harvey Plantation, near Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia; died at home on the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Julia (Julie) Ann Harvey January 7, 1873 at the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Preston (Press) William Wise, born May 31, 1852 at home on the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia; died near Stilson, Bulloch County, Georgia. Married Laura Victoria Harvey about 1879 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Jasper (Jep) William Wise, born May 28, 1854 at home on the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Bryan Co, Georgia. Married Elizabeth Dukes February 07, 1878 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Newton (Newt) William Wise, born May 27, 1858 at home on the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia; died in near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Elizabeth Christiana Harn March 1, 1885 in Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
| 8 | x. | Basil (Kebe) William Wise, born May 15, 1862 at home on the old Jake Wise Plantation, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married (1st) Missouri Alice Hobbs 1884 at her father home, the William Robert Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Mary Shearouse in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Buried next to his 1st wife Missouri Alice Hobbs and her mother Salety Anne (Lety) Strickland, in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia. |
Child of Jacob (Jake) Wise and his 2nd wife Becky Brown was:
| xi. | Emma Wise, born about 1876 in Bryan Co., Georgia. Married (date unknown), to Joseph Clifton in Bryan Co., Georgia. Death date/place unknown. |
(A Proud Georgia and Confederate Family)
18. William Robert Hobbs, CSA-GA, born April 8, 1839 in Bulloch County, Georgia; died June 6, 1897 at home on his plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. He was the son of 36. William John J. Hobbs and 37. ??? (wife's name unknown), of Bulloch Co., Georgia. Married 19. Salety (Lety) Anne Strickland September 24, 1857 at the Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church, lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia.
19. Salety (Lety) Anne Strickland, born April 22, 1840 at the old David J. Strickland Plantation, Red Hill, Bulloch County, Georgia; died at the home of her son-in-law Kebe Wise. in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Daughter of 38. Elijah Strickland and his wife 39. Delilah (Della) Futch, of Bulloch and Bryan Counties, Georgia. [Lety is our family's blood connection to the Strickland and Futch families]
Children of William R. Hobbs and his wife Lety Anne Strickland are:
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William Henry Hobbs, born December 30, 1858 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married (1st) Nicey Bell Butler April 14, 1886 in Bryan County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Ann Jane Denmark about 1890 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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John Drew Hobbs, born March 1, 1861 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Mary Emma Gill 1886 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
| 9 | iii. | Missouri Alice Hobbs, born March 8, 1864 at her father's home, the William Robert Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died of accidental poisoning, at the home of her son Robert Franklin Wise Sr. in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Buried near husband and mother in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Basil (Kebe) William Wise 1884 at her father's home, the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. |
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Elean Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hobbs, born April 22, 1866 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married George W. Butler December 20, 1888 at Roding Church, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Susan Virginia Hobbs, born February 5, 1868 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Jefferson Barlow Butler at Roding Church, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Van Allen Hobbs, born May 3, 1869 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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Alfred Glenn Hobbs Sr., born May 20, 1872 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Eula Pearl Lee Christie at Roding Church, Bryan County, Georgia. |
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Horace Elijah (Lige) Hobbs, born November 22, 1873 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Florence (Florrie) Wise, December 25, 1892, in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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Mary (Tichie) Clifford Hobbs, born April 15, 1874 at home at Isle of Hope, near Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Joel Henry Bell January 15, 1894 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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Benjamin Franklin Hobbs, born December 6, 1875 at home at Isle of Hope, near Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; died in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Christine Rosella (Zella) Chester, Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia. | |
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Leantine Edith Hobbs, born March 24, 1878 at home at Isle of Hope, near Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; died at home, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia; married Alfred Clark in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
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Ephraim Bedford (Penny) Hobbs Sr., born March 24, 1882 at home on the William R. Hobbs Plantation, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Married (1st) Olive (Ollie) Sarah Ann Miles in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Married (2nd) Sarah Mae (Sallie) Butler in Bryan County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Georgia, Confederate, and American Family)
20. James Alexander (Dutch) O'Steen Sr.,
born December 28, 1806 in Beaufort County, South Carolina, Liberty County, Georgia, or Bryan County, Georgia; died about 1877 at home on the Dutch O'Steen Farm, near Pooler, Chatham Co., Georgia. Married 21. Mary Thompson about 1868 in Jerusalem Church, Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia.21. Mary Thompson, born about 1813 in Bryan or Bulloch County, Georgia; died in date and place unknown. [Mary is our family's bloodline link with the Thompson family]
The known children of James A. O'Steen Sr. and his wife Mary Thompson are:
| 10 | i. | James Alexander (Judge) O'Steen Jr., born about 1869 in Liberty County or Pooler, Chatham County, Georgia. Died at home in Bloomingdale, Chatham County, Georgia. Married Sarah Bell Shearouse about 1890 in Pooler, Chatham County, Georgia. |
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Addis (Addie) O'Steen, born about 1870 near Pooler, Chatham County, Georgia; died in date and place unknown. Married George Baker before 1900 in Effingham or Chatham County, Georgia. | |
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Charles (Charlie) Washington O'Steen, born about 1872 near Pooler, Chatham County, Georgia; died in place unknown; married Florence (Flossie) Doris Baker in Effingham County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Colonial, Georgia, War of 1812, and Confederate Family)
Generation No. 6 (My GGG-Grandparents)
32. Preston Wise, GA Militia War of 1812, was born about 1785 in Barnwell District, South Carolina. Died 1868 in NW Bulloch County (location now in Candler County), Georgia. Married (1st) Margaret Lee November 16, 1807 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Mary Ann (Amy) Jones July 28, 1808 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (3rd) Nancy Jenkins February 1, 1843 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (4th) the widow Mrs. John (Jack) Hendrix (nee: Elmira Jemima Brewton) about 1861 in Bulloch County, Georgia.
33. Mary Ann (Amy) Jones, born about 1792 in old Effingham County [location became part of Bulloch County], Georgia. Died about 1840 in Bulloch County, Georgia. She is thought to be the daughter of 66. James Jones Sr. and 67. Nancy Delk, of Bulloch and Charlton Counties, Georgia.
| NOTE TO WISE FAMILY RESEARCHERS: Amy Jones' connection to these parents is still unproven at this writing. |
Children of Preston Wise and his 2nd wife Mary Ann (Amy) Jones are:
i. |
James Wise, born about 1809 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. James was stabbed and died December 3, 1834 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, i.e., he was murdered during an altercation with a friend. Story is that James and his friends went to Savannah to pick up their new suits for James' upcoming wedding. They stayed over and the next night he and his friends celebrated his upcoming marriage at a "Gentlemen's House" on the Savannah riverfront. James and one of his closest friends, i.e., who was to be his "Best Man" at his wedding, got drunk and got into a fistfight. James' body was found afterward in a nearby alley - - where he bled to death from stab wounds. There is a record of where his father Preston Wise (c1785-1868) went to Savannah, retrieved his body, and carted him home for a family burial in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
ii. |
Sarah Ann Wise, born about 1810 at home on the old William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died in Bryan County, Georgia. Married Asa Davis Sr. March 7, 1830 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
| 16 | iii. | Jacob (Jake) Wise, CSA-GA, was born March 12, 1812 at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died September 15, 1891 at his plantation, near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Married (1st) Mary Ann (Polly) Bird 1834, at the old Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) the widow Rebecca (Becky) Brown February 12, 1875 at his plantation home, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. |
iv. |
Elizabeth (Betsey) Wise, born about 1814 at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died 1857 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married William Emanuel McElveen Jr. about 1831 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
v. |
Caroline Wise, born October 15, 1818 at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married William Denmark September 30, 1839 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
vi. |
Susannah (Susan) Wise, born about 1820, at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died in Bryan County, Georgia. Married Reddick Cribbs November 13, 1842 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
vii. |
Margaret (Margery) Wise, born November 11, 1823, at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died in Bryan County, Georgia? Married (1st) Jordan L. Rimes Sr. December 29, 1839 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) William A. Cannon November 19, 1849 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (3rd) William Henry Haymans January 8, 1871 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
viii. |
Rebecca Rachel Wise, born May 26, 1824 at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia; died October 23, 1910 in Liberty County, Georgia. Married her cousin 1st cousin Malachi H. Denmark Jr. December 19, 1843 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
ix. |
William Henry (One-Arm Bill) Wise Sr., CSA-GA, born November 9, 1825 at home on the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died November 17, 1910 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Bill is buried in the Clyde Cemetery, Clyde, Bryan Co., Georgia. Married (1st) Rebecca Richardson July 26, 1846 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Nancy C. Strickland about 1854 at the Roding Church in Bryan Co, Georgia. Bill served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was badly wounded and lost his whole left arm during the Battle of Honey Hill, in Jasper County, South Carolina. Bill was a prominent and beloved citizen of Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. | |
x. |
John Daniel Wise Sr., CSA-GA, born December 3, 1828 at the William Wise Plantation, near Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. John was killed-in-action November 25, 1863 during the Civil War battle of Knoxville, Tennessee. Married Mary Ann (Polly) Mitchell July 19, 1849 in Bulloch County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Georgia, American Colonial, and Confederate Family of the War of 1812, Indian Wars, and Civil War Eras)
34. Alexander (Alec) Bird, GA Militia-Indian Wars, born about 1774 at home on the old Sylvanius Bird Plantation, Black Creek, St. Philip Parish, Georgia; died about 1837 in Madison County, Florida. He was the son of 68. Sylvanus Bird and 69. Dinah (Diana) Stafford. He married 35. Mary Ann (Polly) Harvey about 1808 in Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia. born about 1774 at home on the old Sylvanius Bird Plantation, Black Creek, St. Philip Parish, Georgia. Alec died about 1837 in Madison County, Florida.
35. Mary Ann (Polly) Harvey, born about 1795 at the Richard Harvey Plantation, Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia; died in Madison County, Florida. She was the daughter of 70. Richard Harvey, RS-VA and his wife 71. Elizabeth Morrell.
The known children of Alexander (Alec) Bird and Mary Ann (Polly) Harvey are:
i. |
Abraham Bird, born about 1809 at home at the old Sylvanus Bird Plantation, Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia. Died about 1882 in Brooks County, Georgia; buried in the Johnson Family Cemetery, Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia. Married (1st) Lucy Johnson about 1831 in Washington County, Georgia. Married (2nd) ??? (name unknown) about 1855 in Lowndes County, Georgia. Married (3rd) Amanda Jane Newton, March 18, 1866 in Lowndes County, Georgia. | |
| 17 | ii. | Mary Ann (Polly) Bird, born January 2, 1815 at home on the Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia. Died December 24, 1874 at the family plantation home, near Eden, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Jacob (Jake) Wise 1834, at her home, the old Alec Bird Plantation, near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia. Polly is buried in the old Wise Cemetery (formerly the Old Backwater Cemetery), near Eden [now Clyde], Bryan County, Georgia. Polly and her husband played a legendary role in the recovery of the Eden [now Clyde] area of Bryan County, Georgia during and after the Civil War invasion of eastern Georgia by General Sherman's Army. |
(A Proud Georgia, Confederate, and American Family of the Indian, 1812, and Civil War Eras)
36.
William John J. Hobbs, born about 1801 in Hertford County, North Carolina; died about 1861 near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Son of 72. Abraham Hobbs and 73. Celia ???. Married (1st) 37. ??? about 1824 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married 1840 (2nd) to Ellen Benton in Bulloch County, Georgia. born about 1801 in Hertford County, North Carolina; died about 1861 near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Son of 72. Abraham Hobbs and 73. Celia ???. Married (1st) 37. ??? about 1824 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married 1840 (2nd) to Ellen Benton in Bulloch County, Georgia.
(A Proud Colonial, Georgia, and American Family of the Revolutionary and Civil War Eras)
37. ??? (Name Unknown), died before 1840, in Bulloch County, Georgia. died before 1840, in Bulloch County, Georgia.
Children of William John J. Hobbs and his 1st wife ??? are: [may be more children]
i. |
??? Hobbs, born about 1825 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
| 18 | ii. | William Robert Hobbs, CSA-GA was born April 8, 1839 in Bulloch County, Georgia; died June 6, 1897 at home, near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Salety (Lety) Anne Strickland September 24, 1857 in Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church, lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia. |
Children of William John J. Hobbs and his 2nd wife Ellen Benton are:
i. |
John (Jack) Hobbs, born about 1840 in Bulloch County, Georgia; died in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
ii. |
Susannah (Susan) Hobbs, born about 1841 in Bulloch County, Georgia; died about 1870 in Bulloch County, Georgia; married Josiah Davis Sr., March 25, 1858 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
iii. |
Martha Ellen Hobbs, born about 1843 in Bulloch County, Georgia; died near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia; married Ephraim Driggers about 1860 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
iv. |
Eliza L. Hobbs, born about 1845 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
v. |
Henry Hobbs, born 1849 near Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Georgia, Confederate, and American Family of the Indian Wars, War of 1812, and Civil War Eras)
38. Elijah Strickland, CSA-GA 7th Calvary, born November 17, 1811 in Chatham County, Georgia. Died between 1870-1880 in place unknown (assume Bryan County, Georgia). Said to be buried with his wife in an unmarked grave in the Wise Cemetery (Old Backwater Cemetery), near Eden [became Clyde in 1886], Bryan County, Georgia. Son of 76. David Jonathan Strickland (1780-1873) and his wife 77. Treacy Martin (1789-1856), of Barnwell District, English Province of South Carolina, Burke, Screven, Tattnall, Bulloch, Bryan, and Ware Counties, Georgia. Elijah married 39. Delilah (Della) Futch August 18, 1832 at the old Onesimus Futch "Statesborough" Plantation (not Statesboro), where Bulloch Bay used to be located, in lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia.
NOTE: Recent findings explain why the family was not listed on the Bryan County, Georgia U.S. Census of 1860. In 1860 census of Florida, Elijah, his wife Della, and their younger children were living in Putnam County, Florida. In 1862 Elijah and his family came back to Bryan County, Georgia, where Elijah and his son John enlisted in the Confederate Army, i.e., Company K, 7th Georgia Calvary Regiment. Evidently Elijah returned from Florida to his native Bryan County, Georgia to join the Confederate Army with his son, friends, and neighbors. It was said that his son John was killed-in-action and buried in an unmarked mass grave in the woods near Fort McAllister. Elijah evidently survived the Civil War and in 1880 Elijah's wife Della is recorded as a widow and living in the household of her daughter Martha near Rhoden Church, Roding, Bryan County, Georgia.
39. Delilah (Della) Futch, born about 1813 at the old Onesimus Futch [Sr.] "Statesborough" Plantation, south of Red Hill in lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia. Died about 1898 while living at the home of her son-in-law James Berrien White and daughter Martha, in Roding, Bryan County, Georgia. Said to be buried next to her husband Elijah in an unmarked grave in the Wise Cemetery (Old Backwater Cemetery), near Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. Della was the daughter of 78. Solomon Futch Sr., RS-SC and his 1st wife 79. Elizabeth (Lety) ???, of Barnwell District, English Province of South Carolina, and the old Onesimus Futch "Statesborough" Plantation, in lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia.
Children of Elijah Strickland and his wife Delilah (Della) Futch are:
i. |
Mary Ann (Pollie) Strickland, born July 9, 1833 at home near Statesborough, lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia. Died between 1900-1910, at son Joseph's home, Briar Patch District, Bulloch Co., Georgia. Married Joseph Glisson Jr., born about 1831, Bulloch County, Georgia, died about 1875, at home, Briar Patch District, Bulloch County, Georgia. Both are buried in Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch Co., GA | |
ii. |
David Strickland, born October 23, 1834 at home near Statesborough, SE Bulloch County, Georgia. Died in date and place unknown. Married Susannah F. Cone May 28, 1854 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
iii. |
Henry Elijah Solomon Strickland, born about 1835 at home near Statesborough, SE Bulloch County, Georgia; probably died in Bryan County, Georgia. Married Sarah Elizabeth Butler September 1, 1870 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
iv. |
Sarah Ann (Sally) Strickland, born April 23, 1836 at home near Bulloch County, Georgia; died in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (1st) James Madison Davis September 25, 1856 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) John Clarke Davis 1871 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
v. |
Elizabeth Anne (Betty) Strickland, born October 1, 1837 at home near Statesborough, Bulloch County, Georgia; died date and place unknown. Married John Richardson June 12, 1853 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
| 19 | vi. | Salety (Lety) Anne Strickland, born April 22, 1840 at home on the old David Jonathan Strickland Plantation, near Red Hill, lower SE Bulloch County, Georgia. Died December 1, 1903, while living in the home of her son-in-law KEBE Wise and daughter Missouri, downtown Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. |
vii. |
John Elijah Strickland CSA-GA, born February 2, 1842 at home in Bulloch County, Georgia. Never married. John served in the Confederate Bryan County Georgia Militia, and was killed-in-action sometime around December 19-21, 1864 near Fort McAllister, Bryan County, Georgia. John is said to be buried in an unmarked and unknown mass grave in the woods near Fort McAllister. | |
viii. |
Martha Anne Elizabeth Strickland, born October 5, 1844 at home in Bryan County, Georgia. Died in Bryan County, Georgia. Married James Berrien White Sr. about 1871 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
ix. |
Emaline (Emeline) Strickland, born October 28, 1846 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married Millner (Millender?) Sims, probably in Bryan Co., Georgia. Death date and place are unknown at this writing. | |
x. |
Leander Strickland, born about 1849 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
xi. |
Eliza (Lizza) Anne Strickland, born May 19, 1856 in Bryan County, Georgia. Died March 30, 1937 in Ellabell, Bryan County, Georgia. Married Winfield Washington Sims 1877 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
??? |
Meredith
Strickland, born in date and place unknown. Died in date and place unknown. Please note that until recently (September 1998) this compiler found no record of this child existing or belonging to these parents. He could be a an unknown grandchild living in the household, i.e., possibly a child of one of Elijah and Della's children.] [Further research and clarification is required.] |
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??? |
Wilson
Strickland, born in date and place unknown. Died in date and place unknown. Please note that until recently (September 1998) this compiler found no record of this child existing or belonging to these parents. He could be an unknown grandchild living in the household, i.e., possibly a child of one of Elijah and Della's children. If this child did exist, he was most likely named after Elijah's older brother Wilson Strickland (1810-c1871). [Further research and clarification is required.] |
(A Proud Colonial and Georgia Family of the War of 1812, Indian Wars, and Civil War Eras)
40. Obediah O'Steen, born about 1782 in the English Province of North Carolina? Died about 1816 in Liberty County, Georgia. Son of 80. William R. O'Steen and 81. Elizabeth Davis. Married 41. Sarah ??? (nee: unknown) about 1795 in Liberty County, Georgia.
41. Sarah ??? (nee: unknown), born in date and place unknown; died in Hamilton County, Florida.
Children of Obediah O'Steen and his wife Sarah ??? are:
i. |
Anne O'Steen, born 1796 in Effingham County, Georgia; died in date and place unknown. Married Henry Branch September 9, 1812 in place unknown. | |
ii. |
Elizabeth O'Steen, born 1804 in Liberty County, Georgia; died in Florida. Married Thomas Walker in Florida. | |
| 20 | iii. | James Alexander (Dutch) O'Steen Sr., born December 28, 1806 in Liberty or Bryan County, Georgia; died about 1877 in Baker County, Florida. Married (1st) ??? about 1826 in date and place unknown. Married (2nd) Mary Thompson about 1868 in Jerusalem Church, Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia. |
iv. |
Ailcy (Elsie) O'Steen, born 1808 in Liberty County, Georgia; died 1891 in Clinch, Georgia. Married Jeremiah Chancey Sr. about 1824 in McIntosh County, Georgia. | |
v. |
Sarah O'Steen, born 1810 in Liberty County, Georgia; died in Hamilton County, Florida. Married James T. Hall December 23, 1830 in Hamilton County, Florida. | |
vi. |
Mary Ann (Pollie) O'Steen, born January 6, 1812 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died September 4, 1886 in Suwannee County, Florida. Married James Mims Sr. September 3, 1828 in Hamilton County, Florida. |
(A Proud Scottish Family of the Colonial, and South Carolina & Georgia Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian and Civil War eras)
Generation No. 7 [My GGGG-Grandparents]
64. William Wise, RS-SC Militia was born 29 January 1744 at Bogton Farm, then in Maryculter Parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland (now part of Aberdeen, Scotland). During the Revolutionary War William served in lower South Carolina, and recent information indicates that our William fought in and survived the famous battle of Kettle Creek, Wilkes County, Georgia. He died May 13, 1816 at home on his plantation on Old Mill Road, about four miles east of Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Said to be buried in the Wise Family Cemetery [destroyed in the 1920s], in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. He was the son of 128. John Wise [Sr.], RS-SC Militia (1721-1780) and his wife 129. Margaret Tait (b. 1722), of Arbuthnot and Maryculter Parishes, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and Prince Frederick's Parish and Edgefield District, English Province of South Carolina. William married about 1778 to 65. Sarah Margaret Denmark (c1762-c1822) in Beaufort County, English Province of South Carolina. Sometime circa 1785-87 William migrated across the Savannah River, from the Barnwell District, South Carolina, and to the then existing Effingham County, Georgia (a location that that became part of Bulloch County, Georgia).
5. Sarah Margaret Denmark, born about 1762 in Pitt County [part previously in old Craven County], English Province of North Carolina. She died after 1821 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Sarah was the daughter of 130. William Batchelor Denmark Jr., RS-NC Militia and his 1st wife 131. Mary Moye, of North Carolina and Bulloch County, Georgia.
 NOTE TO
WISE FAMILY RESEARCHERS: The information on William Wise RS-SC Militia
(1744-1816) , as shown above, differs from previously known and published information on record with the
Daughters (DAR) and Sons of the Revolution (SAR). A recent new finding
confirms that our William Wise (1744-1816), his
father John Wise (1721-1780), and his paternal grandfather David Wise (b.
circa 1700) were originally from Kincardineshire, Scotland.
This means that our Wise ancestors did, in fact, come from Scotland, and
that we do NOT directly link to the old blueblood "English" Wise family of Accomacke County, English Province of Virginia. Email me at jfwise@bellsouth.net
for more information. |
Children of William and his wife Sarah Margaret Denmark are:
i. |
Henry Wise, born about 1779 in Orangeburgh District, English Province of South Carolina. Died about 1828 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Married Elizabeth Groover (Gruber), May 20, 1801 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
ii. |
Elizabeth Wise, born about 1780 in Orangeburgh District, English Province of South Carolina. Died in date and place unknown. Married Solomon Groover (Gruber), November 29, 1798 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
iii. |
Susannah (Susan) Wise, born about 1784 in Orangeburgh District, English Province of South Carolina. Died in Alabama. Married James Denmark October 4, 1802 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
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iv. | Preston Wise, War of 1812, was born about 1785 in Barnwell County, South Carolina. Died about 1868 in west Bulloch County (location now in Candler County), Georgia. Married (1st) Margaret Lee November 16, 1807 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Mary Ann (Amy) Jones July 28, 1808 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (3rd) Nancy Jenkins February 1, 1843 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (4th) the widow Mrs. John (Jack) Hendrix (nee: Elmira Jemima Brewton) about 1861 in Bulloch County, Georgia. |
v. |
Lavina (Viney and Winy) Wise, born about 1786 in Orangeburgh or Barnwell County, South Carolina. Died about 1857 in lower Lowndes County, Georgia. Married (1st) Redding (Redden) Denmark August 17, 1802 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Lt. Colonel William McNealy Sr., December 19, 1816 in Bulloch County, Georgia [divorced in 1823]. | |
vi. |
Rebecca Wise, born about 1787 in Beaufort County, South Carolina; died 1855 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (1st) Barry Jones August 4, 1809 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married (2nd) James H. Wilkinson Sr. March 9, 1823 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
vii. |
John Wise, born September 1792 in Ironmonger Creek, Effingham County, Georgia. Died about 1835 in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. Married Rachel Jones August 8, 1816 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Although John inherited his father's old plantation on Old Mill Road, located about four miles east of Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, John and his family resided on the old Savannah Road (now South Main Street), in the original old town of Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. John was the first Postmaster and among the first residents of Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. His old family home still exists, i.e., was cut up, moved, reassembled, and restored at a location on the outskirts of Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
viii. |
Zilpha Wise, born about 1793 in Orangeburgh County, South Carolina. Died before 1850 in Jefferson County, Florida. Married the Reverend Jesse Goodman Sr. January 4, 1811 in Bulloch County, Georgia. | |
ix. |
Jane (Jincy) Wise, born about 1796 in Screven County, Georgia; died 1863 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married her 1st cousin Judge and GA Senator: Malachi Moye Denmark Sr. 1810 in Bulloch County, Georgia. |
66. James Jones Sr., born 1772 in St. Matthew Parish, English Province of Georgia [location now part of Effingham County, Georgia]. Died 1844 in lower Ware County, Georgia. Son of 132. John Jones and his wife 133. Mary Powell. James married 67. Nancy Delk about 1790 in old Effingham or Camden County, Georgia.
67. Nancy Delk, born about 1807 in date and place unknown. Died about 1855 in date and place unknown. May have died in lower Ware County, Georgia.
Children of James Jones Sr. and his wife Nancy Delk are:
| 33 | i. | Mary Ann (Amy) Jones, born about 1792 in old Effingham County (a part now in Bulloch County), Georgia. Died about 1840 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Married Preston Wise July 28, 1808 in Bulloch County, Georgia. [Link to this JONES family is speculative, and is based purely on circumstantial evidence. More research is required] |
ii. |
Nancy Ann Jones, born about 1798 in Camden County, Georgia. Died about 1845 in Mississippi. Married Joshua Harley Roberts in Camden County, Georgia. | |
iii. |
Elizabeth Jones, born about 1800 in Camden County, Georgia. Died 1835 in Hamilton County, Florida. Married John Lee, date unknown, in Camden County, Georgia. | |
iv. |
Burrell Jones, born July 29, 1803 in Camden County, Georgia. Died June 21, 1877 in near Lulaton, Wayne County, Georgia. Married Margaret (Peggy) Mizell February 28, 1829 in Camden County, Georgia. | |
v. |
Nathaniel Jones, born 1805 in Camden County, Georgia. Married Keziah Johnson in Camden County, Georgia. | |
vi. |
Harley Jones, born 1807 in Camden County, Georgia. Married Louisa Cason in Camden County, Georgia. | |
vii. |
Harriett Jones, born 1811 in Camden County, Georgia; died 1891 in Columbia County, Florida. Married ??? (name unknown) in Camden County, Georgia. | |
viii. |
James Jones Jr., born March 26, 1814 in Camden County, Georgia. Died August 26, 1853 in Ware County, Georgia. Married (1st) Sarah Mizell December 15, 1830 in Ware or Camden County, Georgia. Married (2nd) Jane (Jinnie) Albritton June 15, 1850 in Ware County, Georgia. |
(A Proud Original NewYork Dutch Settler, and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia Family of the Colonial and Revolutionary War Eras)
68. Sylvanus Bird, Georgia Loyalist, was born 1741 in old Lancaster County (now Berks County), English Province of Pennsylvania. Died of wounds a few days after January 27, 1779, and probably died at his Black Creek Plantation home then in Effingham County, Georgia. Georgia. Sylvanus was a son of 136. Burgeon Bird and his wife 137. Mary Robeson. Married 69. Dinah (Diana) Stafford (1744-c1811) March 4, 1768 in Jerusalem Church, Ebenezer, St. Philip Parish, English Province of Georgia (became Effingham County, Georgia).
Sylvanus died a few days after being mortally wounded on the night of January 27, 1779, and during a supposed Indian attack at the neighboring English Governor Sir James Wright's plantation. His sister, along with her husband and their infant son, and the plantation overseer were killed during that same attack. Story is that Sylvanus, his sister Margaret, her husband John Hearn (Harn) Jr., their infant son, and their plantation overseer Joseph Weatherly were accused of being British Loyalists and were attacked by their local rebel neighbors [Georgia Militia soldiers] dressed as Indians -- for aiding and abetting British Tories and officials during the Revolutionary War. Evidently they fled from their Black Creek Plantation homes, and crossed the Ogeechee River to English Governor James Wright's Plantation for protection. Apparently Sylvanus' wife Dinah Stafford Bird (1747-c1809) was not injured and survived the attack.
69. Dinah (Diana) Stafford, born about 1744 in Bath Precinct, Beaufort County, English Province of North Carolina. Died after 1811 in Telfair County, Georgia. Daughter of 138. Thomas Peter Stafford and his wife 139. Mariah ???. After her husband Sylvanus Bird (1741-1779) was killed, Dinah married (2nd) about 1788 to James Bulloch in Bryan County, Georgia.
Children of Sylvanus and his wife Dinah Stafford are:
| i. | Dinah Bird, born December 17, 1768 in Georgia Creek Indian Lands (became part of Telfair County), English Province of Georgia. Married William Byron March 29, 1799 in Jerusalem Church, Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia. | |
ii. |
Abraham Bird Sr., born January 1, 1771 at home on the Sylvanus Bird Plantation, on Black Creek, then St. Philip Parish (became part of Effingham County), English Province of Georgia. Died August 28, 1828 in the Alfalfa Community, Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama. Married (1st) Jane C. Barnes. Married (2nd) Sarah Gaines September 15, 1796. | |
iii. |
Andrew Hamil Bird Sr., born March 20, 1772 at home on the Sylvanus Bird Plantation Black Creek, then St. Philip Parish (became Effingham County), English Province of Georgia. Died August 28, 1851 in Bryan County, Georgia. Married Eleanor Giles May 11, 1800 in Bryan County, Georgia. | |
| 34 | iv. | Alexander (Alec) Bird, born about 1774 at home on the Sylvanus Bird Plantation, on Black Creek, then St. Philip Parish (became part of Effingham County), English Province of Georgia. Died about 1837 in Madison County, Florida. Married Mary Ann (Polly) Harvey about 1808 in Bryan County, Georgia. Alec was a planter and developed his own plantation home site near Register, Bulloch County, Georgia. He had farm and grazing lands in both Bulloch and Bryan Counties, Georgia, and about 1830, he and his wife moved to his father-in-law's plantation home site, in Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia. About 1831-1832 Alec and his wife retired and removed to Madison County, Florida. |
70. Richard T. Harvey Sr., RS-VA, born about 1759 in English Province of Virginia or Carteret County, English Province of North Carolina. Died about 1824 at home on his plantation on Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia. Son of 140. Lemuel Harvey Sr. RS-VA and his wife 141. Sarah ???. Married 71. Elizabeth Morrell about 1775 in Carteret County, English Province of North Carolina. Richard, his father, and his father-in-law served as Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia. Richard served at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during that harsh, famous, and historical winter of 1776-1777. Other members of his family, his father-in-law, may also have been with him at Valley Forge. Apparently Richard had enough of the cold winter of the northern states, and soon after returning home in 1777 he moved south with his new wife from North Carolina to Georgia.
71. Elizabeth Morrell, born about 1761 in English Province of Virginia or Carteret County, English Province of North Carolina. Died about 1840 at the family plantation on Black Creek, Bryan County, Georgia. Daughter of 142. John Morrell and his wife 143. Hannah ??? (nee: unknown).
The known children of Richard T. Harvey Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Morrell are:
