31. Benjamin Wheeler Sr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1755 in probably Granville Co., North Carolina. He died about 1831 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census in 1786 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 13 in 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
From the information given on the various censuses of Granville Co., N.C., (1800-1830), we estimate that Benjamin Wheeler was born about 1755, probably in Granville Co. He married Winifred Turner on 14 Dec 1781 in Granville Co.
Without doubt, the search for affirmation that our Benjamin was a Revolutionary War Veteran was the most challenging, time-consuming, and intriguing one issue of this entire genealogy. Somehow it seemed terribly unreasonable to assume that a young Granville County, N.C. farmer, in the prime of life, in the middle of the conflict, would not have served. But it was not going to be so easy to prove.
At this point, I am going to deviate from my format and insert the notes I used to prove "our" Benjamin Wheeler's Revolutionary War service. In doing this, I hope to save others from years of research and disprove the theory that kept me from being able to say with authority that this is right.
Early on, several pieces of documentary evidence were obtained, all bearing the name "Benjamin Wheeler". However, none pointed a definitive finger at this Benjamin. In fact, in most instances, they seemed to point away from him.
Also complicating this search was a quirk of military history initiated against the N.C. Militia by General Nathanael Greene. There was also a serious inadequacy in the record keeping on the N.C. Revoutionary War veterans, both of the State Militia and of the "Continental Line". The term "Continental Line" more or less referred to the regular army.
Some of the problems are partially explained by the following excerpts taken from an article by Stephen A. Ralls, D.D.S., Ed.D., M.S.D., in his "A Case Study of the Tenth Regiment, N.C. Continental Line", in the May 1992 "North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" Dr. Ralls' research reveals some intriguing insights into the records of the N.C. Revolutionary Soldier and may offer some explanations for part of our problems with Benjamin Wheeler."Editor's Introduction: In 1791 a "Register of the N.C. Continental Line": was compiled from military muster rolls and pay rolls. The compilers made a grave error, however, in grouping 'all rolls without regimental designation together' ...
Military records, aside from their obvious genealogical value, provide an important historical perspective to our research. Unfortunately, errors have occasionally been introduced leaving a legacy of misinformation and inaccuracy. Such is the case with the records of approximately five hundred soldiers who served during the closing years of the Revolutionary War and were erroneously listed in the Tenth Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line. This complication became obvious early in my research of one soldier [James Ralls].Review of Relevant History
1780, 12 May -- Virtually the entire N.C. Continental Line was captured at Charleston, S.C.
1781, 15 March -- The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought pitting General Nathanael Greene and the Southern Department of the American Army against Lord Charles Cornwallis and the British. The first line of the Americans consisted of 1,060 N.C. militia--besides officers. At least 600 of the militia enrolled for only six weeks which included their march to and from the field. Early into the fight, about 500 N.C. militia reportedly withdrew prematurely from their positions:
When the British were within rifle shot, the [North] Carolinians commenced a desultory fire
upon them. The British pressed steadily forward, when at a proper distance, they discharged their
guns, and with a loud shout rushed forward to a bayonet charge. The North Carolinians wheeled
and fled in great confusion, though not a man had been killed, or even wounded. Only a few of
General Eaton's men were exempt from the panic, and these, falling back upon Lee's legion and
Campbell's riflemen, maintained their ground well. Butler and Eaton, with Colonel Davie, the
commissary general, endeavored, but in vain, to rally the fugitives. Throwing away their muskets,
knapsacks, and even canteens, they rushed through the woods like frightened deer, until far
beyond the point of danger.Six of the N.C. militia were killed, three were wounded, and 552 were missing. The missing militia, 'as is always the case with militia after a battle,' according to ['Lighthorse Harry'] Lee, might be found 'safe at their own firesides'. General Greene thereafter held the militia responsible for the loss of the battle. Thomas Baker presents a differing view:
Perhaps if Greene had been present during the first stage of the fighting he would have tempered
his judgement of the militia's performance. There were numerous testimonials to the North Carolinians'
effective resistance by participants who had been close to the scene.British officers such as Sir Thomas Saumarez - ('The regiment marched to the attack under a most
galling and destructive fire ...') attested to the harsh receptions their regiments received from the
Americans, who also had praise for their first line militia. Samuel Houston recounted that some of the
Carolinians remained in position long enough to fire three rounds at the enemy before retiring. This
was truly service above and beyond the call of duty, for General Greene's orders directed the militia
to fire only two volleys before withdrawing. ...... the North Carolina militia probably performed as well as could reasonably have been expected. As
Capt. Anthony Singleton, a Continental officer who observed a good deal of the first line fighting,
concluded, 'The militia, contrary to custom, behaved well for militia.' ... this harsh analysis [by Greene]
smacks of a well-known antimilitia prejudice that Green shared with many other Continental officers.Green should have known the immediate cause of the American defeat at Guilford Courthouse. ... the
American withdrawal was occasioned by the precipitate flight of the 2nd Maryland Regiment.While not professional soldiers, the militia could hardly be called wimpish. One characterization by Major George Hanger, Tarleton's second in command, described the Carolina back- woodsmen as more savage than Indians and possessing all of their vices but none of their virtues. The exact circumstances surrounding the performance of the militia at Guilford Courthouse are unresolved. Regardless, the outcome prompted government intervention to remedy the shortage of regulars caused by the earlier loss of the line at Charleston:
It was statute law and not persuasive powers of recruiting officers that solved the manpower problem
for North Carolina. Because Nathanael Green had complained so bitterly that the flight of the North
Carolina militia was responsible for the loss of the battle of Guilford Courthouse, the assembly passed a
bill drafting them into the Continental Line. Their term of service was to be twelve months. Their punish-
ment went beyond forced military duty, for these draftees were given no bounty [land], they were
issued no clothing, and the state was not required to furnish support to their families while they were in
the army.After the battle, General Greene followed Lord Cornwallis to Ramsey's Mill, North Carolina, then directed his attention to South Carolina. Along the way his army was augmented with the new Continental soldiers:
On his march [to South Carolina] he [General Greene] was joined by about 500 North Carolina
Continentals, composed of the militia whom the Council Extraordinary, by a curious order, had
'sentenced to twelve months' duty as Continentals,' because of their precipitate flight at
Guilford Courthouse. Disciplined, trained, equipped, and skilfully led, these men on many hard-fought field in South Carolina demonstrated that their conduct at Guilford was chargeble to other causes than cowardice.1781, 29 June -- General Greene ordered General Jethro Sumner at Harrisburg [later apparently Oxford], Granville Co., NC, to join the Southern Army. General Sumner was at Salisbury forming the nucleus of the Second Regiment, and two days later sent his worn command of "delinquent & old Continental Soldiers' southward by way of Hillsborough and Salisbury.
1781, 8 September -- The Battle of Eutaw Springs was fought in South Carolina and has been described in detail. The Americans had two battle lines. The front line, under command of General Francis Marion, was composed of four battalions of militia, two from North Carolina and two from South Carolina. The second line, under the command of General Jethro Sumner, consisted of three brigades of Continental troops; one of North Carolina, one of Virginia, and one of Maryland. The North Carolina Brigade was on the right wing, and was in turn composed of three small battalions [regiments] under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ashe and Majors Armstrong and Blount. This account is given:
At Eutaw Springs, September 8, about half of Green's army of 2,300 men were North Carolinians. A
few militia, the rest, brigaded under General Jethro Sumner, were the 'Guilford runaways', now serving
on the continental establishment. Discipline and training had turned them into excellent soldiers and at
Eutaw Springs they completely recovered the prestige which they had lost at Guilford Court House.
The North Carolina militia forming the center of Green's front line, after fighting gallantly, fell back
before the charge of the British regulars. As they retired, Sumner's Continentals rushed forward in a
charge which Greene himself declared 'would have graced the veterans of the great King of Prussia',
and restored the line. 'I was at a loss which to admire most,' said Greene, 'the gallantry of the
officers or the good conduct of the men.'Revolutionary War service and pay records for some soldiers will obviously have more complete documention and others less. Inspection of these records emphasizes their lack of explicit information; reliance on deduction and logical inference is increased by necessity ...
As previously referenced, those soldiers who served for a year in the Continental Line because of their 'conduct' at Guilford Courthouse were not eligible for bounty land. In any event, a soldier was not eligible for bounty lands from North Carolina unless he served a minimum of two years. Even if he were eligible for a federal bounty land warrant, many of the early warrants and applications were destroyed. ... "
This ends Dr. Ralls' excerpts.Where then does this leave us in the search to confirm that "our" Benjamin Wheeler was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War? Certainly it would be an issue of pride for his descendents if he were. But at this point, since I could find no record of a pension, bounty land or any record for a Benjamin Wheeler "of Granville Co.", I was almost convinced that Benjamin must have been one of the so called "Guilford Runaways". Letters of inquiry to the National Archives and queries in all other directions failed to establish that this Benjamin had been in the war. There was no record of a Benjamin Wheeler of Granville County, where he had lived all his life, and for that matter there were only a very few references to any other Benjamin Wheeler of N.C. Actually the few pieces of documented evidence seemed to point away from this Benjamin, rather than toward him.
There was however, a record of a Benjamin of Virginia. Strangely, the state of residence for this soldier "of the Continental Line" had first indicated N.C., but N.C. had been crossed out and Va. written in. This created some mystery about when and why it had been done but it did not answer any questions. There was also a record of a military pay voucher dated 1782 to a Benjamin Wheeler of Orange County, Granville's neighbor, for the sum of 16 pounds 12 shillings and no pence. There was a petition for a pension from a Benjamin of Orange County in 1819. It was granted but he was dropped May 1, l820. Apparently this same Benjamin Wheeler had to submit an affidavit to show he was in need of the pension. It was submitted the 14th of May l819. There was also a letter, dated 18 May 1781, that contained the name of a Benjamin Wheeler of N.C. on a list of militia prisoners held on the British prison ship "Torbay", thought to have been taken at the battle of Camden, S.C. All other researchers have just assumed that there was only one Benjamin Wheeler. After much research it was found that this Benjamin Wheeler on the "Torbay" was actually a resident of Charleston, S.C. and was taken prisioner on 27 Aug 1780 when he refused to swear allegience to England.
Additionally, there was a copy of a letter from a woman in 1926 to the Bureau of Pensions claiming that her ancestor Benjamin Wheeler, born in Culpepper County, Va., had lived in Orange County, N.C. for a while, and then had moved to Wheeler's Gap, Tennessee. But while in Orange County, she maintained, he had filed for a veteran's pension. However, closer scrutiny revealed that her ancestor was in Tennessee by 1797, considerably before the petition for a pension was filed in Orange County. It may be suspected that she had found the same petition on record and since she had an ancestor named Benjamin Wheeler, she claimed him to prove her point, which was to gain admission to the DAR. At any rate, her Benjamin was eliminated.
No record of a veteran from Granville County - not even a hint of a Granville County veteran named Benjamin Wheeler - put in an appearance in all the research. But somehow it was almost beyond belief that a young Granville County farmer, in the prime of life, would not have gone to war during those years. 10,000 other North Carolinians, including the young and old, and even the disabled did. Granville County was a hotbed of revolution.
There is no question that Benjamin was a lifelong resident of Granville County. After the war he would become a successful farmer and solid citizen of the area. He would not have been a Tory; there would not have been a place for him in Granville after the war.
Suddenly, on the brink of having to say there was no conclusive evidence to say that this Benjamin Wheeler was a Revolutionary War Veteran, I realized the evidence had been there all along. Benjamin Wheeler had lived in Granville County all his life. After the war he was living in the Dutch (taxing) District of Granville County. But, and here is the "but" that broke the code: In 1790, North Carolina was divided into eight superior court districts. Benjamin Wheeler lived in the Hillsborough Superior Court District jurisdiction. The seat of the Hillsborough District was in Orange County. All official correspondence between him and the War Department would have gone through, and returns made, to the Superior Court in Orange County, thereby showing him to be a veteran of Orange County [part of which is now Durham County].
At that point the scramble for supporting evidence began. It was found in the names of the witnesses to the deposition made to obtain Benjamin's pension. They were found on the censuses of 1800 and 1820 and they lived in Granville County. It was no coincidence. They were our Benjamin's neighbors. But the last piece of evidence was that one of the people who had "endorsed" the pay voucher mentioned above was "A. Tatom", another close neighbor of Benjamin's. There is no doubt that this Benjamin was the Orange County Veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
Now came the search to try and determine exactly what Benjamin had done in the service of his country. The clue to that came from his affidavit for pension. He stated he had served in the 1st Va. Artillery, in Capt. Anthony Singleton's Co., in Col. Harrison's Regiment. A request to the National Archives for a service record had proved fruitless. The answer, or as near to an answer as I have been able to obtain, was found, by sheer luck, in a book at the local county library.
"In April 1780 Gen. George Washington ordered two Maryland Line regiments and the Delaware Line regiment supported by the 1st Continental Artillery Regiment with eighteen guns to the threatened southern theater of war. Major Gen. the Baron Johann de Kalb was given command. ...
The reinforcements sent by Washington ... arrived in the South too late to save Charleston, so Gen. de Kalb remained with his troops at Gen. Person's plantation in Granville Co., N.C. It was hoped that the presence in the area of these well- trained and reasonably well-equipped Continentals would act as a spur to American morale and entice recruitment ... "
As Gen. Person's plantation was only about 20-25 miles from where Benjamin lived, he was one of those "enticed to enlist". It was here he became a soldier of the Continental Line and was probably assigned the task of a matross. The matrosses were the ones who cleaned & loaded the cannons. The army set off on a march which eventually brought them to Camden, S.C.
On the 16th of August, the American forces encountered the British who were led by Gen. Cornwallis. "In the very early morning, Col. Otho Williams, riding along the waiting American line, saw the British advancing up the road. He summoned Capt. Singleton of the artillery, ... ordered him to open fire, and Singleton did. ..." The battle raged back and forth with the Americans suffering a terrible defeat and the loss of Gen de Kalb who died of his wounds three days after the battle. Benjamin was lucky to have escaped with his life.
Nathanael Greene was then given command of the southern army. He regrouped, led his army back into North Carolina and by the 14 March 1781, was preparing to engage the British at Guilford Courthouse. "Nathanael Greene had chosen his position well at Guilford Courthouse, ... his battle plan obviously modeled on Daniel Morgan's at Cowpens. As Henry Lee, who fought there, wrote, the Guilford Court House itself was situated on the brow of a long, low hill, near the major state road to Salisbury. The slope descended for about half a mile, ending in a small valley with a brook running along the base, and Greene formed his battle lines up the slope, astride the road to Salisbury. Captain Anthony Singleton with two 6-pound- ers [along with Benjamin] was stationed slightly in advance of the first line on the approach road the enemy must use, under orders to maintain his position until the fight became close then withdraw promptly. ... [it goes on to describe where all the units were placed]
In the rear of the American Continentals were placed two 6-pounders under Capt. Samuel Finley; these plus Singleton's two advanced 6-pounders at the base of the slope composed the entire American artillery.
As soon as the approaching British came within range, Singleton opened fire as ordered on the head of the column with his two field pieces. This was answered promptly by the Royal Artillery ... With the battle line formed, the British pressed steadily forward and up the slope without firing. ... At about 140 yards ... the Americans delivered their first volley and then maintained a hot running fire up and down the line. The British continued a steady, cool advance without faltering. When Cornwallis's infantry came within point-blank range, the troops halted on command, delivered a smashing volley, and charged. ... Except for a few brave individuals of Eaton's brigade who fell back, fighting, ... the N.C. militia suddenly panicked and fled the field. ... the battle had resolved itself into a series of almost separate engagements, but the British ... pushed steadly up the slope.
As the British advanced ... the 2nd Maryland Regiment suddenly broke and retreated ... losing in the process Singleton's two 6-pounders which had been withdrawn success- fully from their advanced position early in the battle." The 1st Maryland later recaptured the two pieces of artillery, then lost them, plus two ammunition wagons and two additional 6-pounders to the British. The Battle of Guilford Court House lasted just an hour and a half. It was another defeat for the
Americans but the victory was very costly for the British.
After his victory at Guilford Court House, Cornwallis marched to the coast where a British garrison held the port of Wilmington. Instead of marching to counter Cornwallis' move, as the general had probably hoped, Nathanael Greene decided to move his operations back to S.C. During late April of 1781, Greene marched south from Deep River, N.C. He engaged the British again at a place called Hobkirk's Hill. This time the artillery was commanded by Col. Charles Harrison.
From Hobkirk's Hill, they marched to Quinby's Bridge, arriving after the battle was over. For Benjamin Wheeler, the fighting was over although the war lasted another two years. He was discharged at Ashley Hill, which was located on the headwaters of the Ashley River, in S.C., and made his way back home to Granville Co. His company of artillery, under Capt. Anthony Singleton, had been at the forefront of most of the major battles in South Carolina and at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina.
After the war, things returned to normal and Benjamin took up his responsibilities as a husband, father and member of his community.
At the February 1787 term of the Granville County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, on Friday the 9th, he was among others named to "keep up" the Tarborough Road from the "Jefferies Tract to the Ledge of Rock Creek". He was also appointed to a jury pool for this term of court but was not called upon to serve. He was also appointed to the Grand Jury.
It was at this time that he began acquiring property when he bought 340 acres of land on the west side of the Ledge of Rock Creek. He bought this land from John Tatom. This John Tatom was probably the father of A. [Abner] Tatom who signed Benjamin's Rev. War pay voucher. The deed for this property mentions that it was next to McCullohs, Clarks, Banks and Grants property. In 1796, for eight pounds, Benjamin bought another 55 acres on Little Ledge of Rock Creek from a Thomas Grant who had moved to Ga. This was also on "McCulloh's line", "Benjamin Wheeler's own corner", "Tatom's and Ann Wheeler's corner". One of the witnesses to this deed was a Charles Turner who appears to have been the father of Winifred Turner. On the 6th of January 1802, Benjamin paid 135 pounds to George Wright for some land, but the number of acres he bought was not stated on the deed. About 100 acres of this particular piece of property is still in the family. This deed also mentioned Martin Wheeler's line as well as Tatom's line.
Not much else is known about Benjamin Wheeler. We have nothing that names all of his children so we can't say for sure how many children he and Winifred had. The only three children we can be sure were theirs were Dicy, who married Moses Jones, Wilie (sometime spelled Willie or Wiley) E., who married his first cousin Mary "Polly" Wheeler and Benjamin, Jr., whose descendants still own part of the property bought by his father in 1802. The others listed as being their children are speculation by a number of researchers but probably are theirs.
Benjamin Wheeler was listed on the Federal Censuses and on the Granville County tax rolls from 1782 until 1825. The last time Benjamin Wheeler, Sr. was listed as paying taxes in Granville Co. was in 1825 when he was credited with having 246 1/4 acres of land, in the Dutch District, valued at $2 per acre. The taxes paid were not property taxes but "poll", or head, taxes. In that year Benjamin paid a tax of $1.08. The tax list for that district, unfortunately, was alphabetized so we can't tell who his neighbors were, but Wiley, America, Benjamin, Jr., and Moses Wheeler were all living in this district.
Then in 1828 the following deed of gift was recorded in Granville Co. Deed Book 4, p. 4:
B. Wheeler To all persons unto whom these presents
to shall come, I, Benjamin Wheeler, Senr.
M. Jones of the County of Granville and State of
North Carolina send you greetings. Know
ye that I the said Benjamin Wheeler for and in consideration of the natural love and affection
which I have and bare unto my beloved son-in-law Moses Jones *** hereunto moved have
given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto said Moses Jones all and
singular my goods and chattles following, seven head of cows, twelve head of hogs, one horse,
three beds and furniture, seven head of sheep, one ***, one gun and all my working tools with
all my household and kitchen furniture too tedious to mention and crop corn, wheat, potatoes &
fodder, to have and to hold and enjoy ***. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this
18th day of August in the presents ofHenry Byner Benjamin Wheeler
Thomas CulverhouseThen on page 7 of Deed Book 4 another document is recorded where Benjamin gives Moses Jones all of his real estate. On the 13th of November 1828, Moses Jones turned around and sold to his brother-in-law, Benjamin Wheeler, Jr. "... a certain parcel of land lying in the county of Granville and being between the big and little Ledge of Rock Creek, where Benjamin Wheeler, Sr. formerly lived and conveyed to the said Moses Jones by a deed of gift ... containing by estimation two hundred forty-five and 3/4 acres ...".
When the U.S. Census was taken in 1830 there were five people living in the household of Moses Jones. Two of themwere a 70-80 year old male, and a 60-70 year old female who probably were Benjamin and Winifred Wheeler. Benjamin had apparently given all his worldly goods to his son-in-law, Moses Jones and his wife, Dicy, which is why we find no record of a will for Benjamin Wheeler. Benjamin and Winifred Wheeler must have died sometime after the 1830 census and about 1835-38. About that time, some of their children left Granville County and moved to Middle Tennessee where their daughter, Mildred "Milly" Wheeler Glimp, and son James Wheeler were already living.
Benjamin married 1 Winifred Turner daughter of Charles Turner and Mrs. Charles Turner on 14 Dec 1781 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Winifred was born about 1755. She died about 1832 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
They had the following children:
+ 72 F i Mildred 'Milly' Wheeler + 73 F ii Dicy Wheeler + 74 M iii James Henry Wheeler + 75 M iv Jesse Wheeler + 76 M v Ezekiel Wheeler + 77 M vi Wiley E. Wheeler + 78 F vii Winifred Wheeler + 79 M viii Benjamin (Franklin?) Wheeler Jr. + 80 F ix Edy Wheeler
32. Silvia Wheeler (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1757 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died about 1845 in Marshall Co., Tennessee.
There were no females shown in the household of Aaron Jones in 1820 in Granville Co., N.C. Either the census was in error, or she had died by that time (in North Carolina) and not in Tennessee.
Silvia married 5 Aaron Jones 1, 2, 3, 4 son of William Jones Sr. and Elizabeth on 27 Dec 1792 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Aaron was born about 1757 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died in Tennessee. Aaron was counted in a census 6 in 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 7 in 1810 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 8 in 1820 in Ledge of Rocks, Granville Co., North Carolina.
He is said to have moved to Marshall Co., Tenn. and settled at Cornersville. He was one of the first trustees of the Methodist Church there.
They had the following children:
81 F i Silvia Jones was born 1 about 1794 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died before 1815 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
She apparently died before 1815 as Ephraim married again at that time.Silvia married 1 Ephraim Meadows son of James Meadows and Eleanor Sherman on 3 Dec 1813 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Ephraim was born on 30 Dec 1768 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died before Jun 1852 in Rutherford Co., Tennessee. 82 M ii unidentified son Jones 1, 2 was born about 1796 in Granville Co., North Carolina. 83 M iii unidentified son Jones 1, 2 was born in 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina. 84 M iv unidentified son Jones 1, 2 was born in 1800/1810 in Granville Co., North Carolina. 85 M v unidentified son Jones 1, 2 was born in 1800/1810 in Granville Co., North Carolina. + 86 F vi Elizabeth Martin Jones
33. Wheeler (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1758 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died 1 before 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
He may be the Henry Wheeler shown on page 105 of the reconstructed census of Wake Co., N.C. with 2 sons and one daughter.
Wheeler married Nancy in Granville Co., North Carolina. Nancy was born 1, 2 in 1755/1774.
The 1800 Granville Co., N.C. census shows her as the head of a household with 2 males and 4 females under 10 years of age. She was listed on the next line just under Martin Wheeler. She appears to have been living on the 1778 land grant of William Wheeler. She may also be the person listed as Nancy [Whealer] on the 1810 census. In the household was one male about 10 years old, one female 10-16 years old and one female 16-26 years old. The 1810 Granville Co. census indicates a male in the 16-26 year age catagory living in the household of Greenberry and Lottie Green. This could have been the male shown on the 1800 but missing from the 1810 census in Ann's household.
They had the following children:
+ 87 F i Priscilla Wheeler + 88 F ii (Charlotte) Lottie Wheeler + 89 F iii Elizabeth "Betsy" Wheeler + 90 F iv Cecelia Wheeler 91 M v son Wheeler was born 1, 2 about 1799 in Granville Co., North Carolina. 92 M vi son Wheeler was born 1 before 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
34. John Wheeler (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born before 1762. He died about 1818 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
He was one of the buyers at the estate sale of one Robert Baxter in Granville Co., N.C. on 15 Sept 1787.
Elijah Veasey was the bondsman for their marriage. He is probably the John Wheeler shown on the reconstructed 1790 census of Wake Co., N.C. (p. 102). In 1821, a man by the name of Veasey Ferrell made a request for a "Military Land Warrant" which he said was due his deceased father, Thomas Ferrell. William Ferrell, brother to Thomas Ferrell, "made oath" that Thomas had died during the Revolutionary War and that his widow "married again and raised several children by John Wheeler."
John married 1 (Mrs.) Rachel (Veasey?) Ferrell on 13 Sep 1785 in Granville Co., North Carolina. (Mrs.) was born about 1763.
They had the following children:
93 F i Elizabeth Wheeler was born about 1789 in North Carolina.
It has not been proven these were her parents.Elizabeth married 1 James Williams on 10 Jan 1807 in Granville Co., North Carolina. James was born about 1787.
Nothing more is known of them. There was no James Williams listed on the 1810-1840 censuses of Granville County.+ 94 M ii Wiley Wheeler + 95 M iii America Wheeler
35. Winifred Wheeler (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born 1 about 1773 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died in 1860 in Marshall Co., Tennessee.
Winifred married 1 Richard Oakley on 29 May 1788 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Richard was born about 1763 in North Carolina. He died in 1856 in Marshall Co., Tennessee. Richard was counted in a census 2 in 1800 in Hillsborough District, Person Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census in 1810 in Person Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census in 1830 in Bedford Co., Tennessee. He was counted in a census in 1840 in Marshall Co., Tennessee. He was counted in a census 3 in 1850 in District 7, Marshall Co., Tennessee.
The 1800 census showed 6 young females in his household. He served as a private in the Revolutionary War from the Hillsboro District in North Carolina.
They had the following children:
+ 96 F i Nancy Oakley 97 F ii Katie Oakley 1 was born about 1791 in Person Co., North Carolina. Katie married 1 Richard Horton about 1815/1820 in Tennessee. Richard was born about 1790/1795. 98 F iii Sylvania Oakley 1 was born about 1795 in Person Co., North Carolina. 99 F iv Lavinia Oakley 1 was born about 1797 in Person Co., North Carolina. + 100 F v Jemimia Oakley + 101 M vi Martin Wheeler Oakley + 102 F vii Lively Oakley + 103 F viii Mariah Frances Oakley
36. Martin Wheeler 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born 6, 7 about 1775 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died in 1816 in near Butner, Granville Co., North Carolina. Martin was counted in a census 8 in 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 9 in 1810 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
The exact place and date of his birth are unknown, but he died in Granville Co., N.C. about 1816. The location of his grave is unknown but is probably near Old 75, north of Butner. He was recorded in the 1800 Granville Co. census as being "over 16 and under 26 years old".
While the exact date of birth for Martin Wheeler is uncertain, the first piece of evidence we find supporting the approximate year of his birth is the 1797 tax rolls of Granville County. The records show that in that year he paid taxes on 250 acres of land. However, there is no deed in any Granville Co. deed book showing how Martin acquired this 250 acres of land. The most logical probability is that he inherited a 250 acre land grant of William Wheeler, who we believe was Martin's father. William Wheeler recorded a 250 acre land grant "on the West side of Little Ledge of Rock Creek" in Granville Co. in 1778. The land grant of William Wheeler was recorded both in the land grant papers of the Secretary of State of N.C. and in Granville Co. Deed Book "N", p. 242.
Later tax lists of Granville County show that Martin Wheeler was taxed on two parcels of land. One in Ledge of Rocks District, containing 250 acres, and one in Nap of Reeds District, containing 212 acres.
A property deed recorded for Martin Wheeler in Granville County shows how he acquired the second piece of property. The legal description of this parcel is interesting to read when compared to modern surveys and legal descriptions. It is found in Deed Book "R", p. 209, and reads as follows:"This indenture was made this Six day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Ninty Nine Between Smullen Layfield of the County of Granville & State of North Carolina of the one part & Martin Wheeler of the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Smullen Layfield for & in consideration of the Sum of Two hundred pounds current money of North Carolina to him in hand paid by the said Martin Wheeler ... a certain parcel or tract of land ... on the waters of the Nap of Reeds Creek Beginning at a black Jack on the West side of the Trading road running thence North 5 Deg. West 181 poles to a pine thence East Sixty poles to a white oak thence South 12 poles to a pine being by McCulloch's line ... South 46 Deg East 185 poles to a hickory ... South 146 poles to a black Jack thence to the beginning to include Two hundred & twelve acres ..."
In his book on Grandurson, Ben M. Patrick said that the "choisest land ... was along Veazey Ridge, a two mile long raised section of land between Cozart and Wilkins. Here an Indian trading path crossed Knap of Reeds Creek, and on a hill directly to the north and across the creek the redmen buried their dead. ... Veazey Ridge is near the center of the Camp Butner cantonment." This land was located on a popular trading route from Virginia through North Carolina. Whether Martin acquired this property because of the potential it offered as a business site, or just later decided to take advantage of the amount of traffic past his door we will never know. However, Martin was astute enough as an entrepreneur to take advantage of the location. He established a tavern on this trading route near what is now the town of Butner, N.C. and Granville County recorded Martin as being a "bonded" tavern keeper. Nap of Reeds Creek has been damned up just north of Butner to form Holt Lake. The site of Martin's home, the tavern, and possibly his gravesite, are probably all under water.William S. Powell, in his book "The North Carolina Gazeteer", gives some insight into the historical perspective of this popular pioneer trading route.
"The Trading Path was a colonial trading route dating from the seventeenth century from Petersburg, Va. to the Catawba and Waxhaw Indians (in North Carolina). One branch entered North Carolina in Granville County and another in Warren County. They converged near the present site of Oxford and followed a southwest route through Granville, Durham, Orange, Alamance, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Rowan and Cabarrus counties. At the present site of Concord the road split with a west branch leading through present Charlotte to the Catawba Indians. The east branch led almost directly south through Union County to the Waxhaw Indians."
We can also conclude that Martin was one of the original pioneers who helped establish a particularly time honored tradition in North Carolina. Evidence from his estate's inventory indicates that he made his own brand of beverage for the tavern. A hundred years later this practice would become illegal. It would still be made by the light of the moon and the stills would be hidden deep in the woods. A reading of the inventory of the estate of Martin Wheeler upon his death supports this premise since he had all the paraphernalia to accomplish this task.
Martin Wheeler was one of those whose names were drawn on 3 March 1814 for Grand Jury duty for the March term of Superior Court. His name was drawn again on 8 Sept 1813 but in reading the court record it does not appear that he actually served on a jury.
No evidence survives which tells us exactly when Martin Wheeler died, or why. However, from entries on the 1797 tax rolls, the 1800 census mentioned above, and the 1810 census which listed him as being between 26 and 45 years of age, we can safely assume he must have been born about 1775-1776. Therefore, he would have been a fairly young man, not much over 40 years of age when he died. His death must have been the result of a sudden illness or accident as he left no will or any other instructions to indicate the disposition of his worldly possessions. While we do not know the exact date of his death, certain items of record do draw the conclusion he died just prior to August 1816. The Granville County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at the August session recorded a Petition of Dower from Celia Wheeler, Martin's widow.
The significance of this in reference to Martin's date of death is that women did not have legal standing at that time in our history. A Petition of Dower had to be filed by a widow after her husband's death. She was not automatically consider- ed an heir of her husband unless he died and left no children, parents, brothers or sisters, or other appropriate collateral kin. The widow had to petition the court to have "laid off" for her the dwelling house and one-third of the land for her use during the remainder of her life as a widow. The dower was set off by court appointed commissioners before any other division of the estate was made. It would be about a hundred years before women would start to claim their legal and moral postitions as equals.
Therefore, since Celia's petition of Dower was heard in August of 1816, we can be fairly certain Martin was already dead by that date. Since wills and probate petitions were usually filed with the court at the term next preceeding a person's death, and since terms of court were every quarter, we can assume Martin probably died between May and August of 1816.
Celia Wheeler relinguished her right to administer her husband's estate with the following statement, "I do not feel myself able to ride to court, in consequence of my weakness from having the fever. I have no intention of administering on my husband's, Martin Whealor's [sic] estate and wish my son-in-law, Redford [sic] Gooch to administer." Was the "fever" that Celia spoke of "child-birth fever", since she had given birth to her last child not long before this, or was it some contagious fever, perhaps the same thing that had caused her husband's death? Martin's son-in-law, Radford Gooch, was then appointed by the court to be administrator of the estate. Again, since women had no standing and did not automatically inherit their husband's estate, Celia had to petition the court to even be able legally to use the food they had on hand. So the following petition was filed for that purpose.
"To the worshipful County Court of Granville
In pursuance of an order of Granville County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term
1816 to us directed we did on the 12th day of
September 1816 proceed & lay off one years pro-
vision to Celey Wheeler widow of Martin Wheeler
& her six children as follows viz [that is] 180
lb. Bacon, 84 bushels of grain for bread, 10 hogs
for pork, 13 1/2 Barrels corn to fatten the hogs,
2 1/2 Busels salt, 18 lb. Brown Sugar, 6 lb Coffee,
the crop of Greens, all of which is respectfully
submitted to your worships
B. Bullock, J.P. [Justice
of the Peace]
Wm. Fletcher
Nath'l. Waller
Isiah (his X mark) Stephenson
State of No Carolina|
Granville County |November Court AD 1818
The duty of Radford Gooch, as administrator of Martin Wheeler's estate, was to inventory his possessions and then hold a public sale. The proceeds of the sale were then used to settle any debts and the remainder was divided among the heirs. In this case they were all minors, six of them still living at home. The inventory of the estate was recorded in Granville Co. Will Book 8, pp. 1 & 2 and read as follows (copied as scribed):
"An inventory of the Estate of Martin Wheeler, Dec'd
6th Day of August 1816.
Two negro girls. Peggy & Dicy 1 Poters dish
4 Head of Horses 4 Erthen Dishes
15 Head of Cattle 7 Knives & 10 forks
20 Head of Sheep 12 Table Spoons
62 Head of Hogs 6 Mugs
6 Geese 2 Pitchers
6 Turkees 2 Crockes
28 Ducks 1 Erthen Dish
2 Plows 1 Butter Pot
4 Hoes 4 Tea cups & 5 Saucers
1 Harrow 6 Coffee Cups & Saucers
5 Axes 4 Tea Spoons
2 Matox 2 Phyals
1 Handsaw 2 Pots
1 Drawing knife 2 Ovens
1 Auger 3 pair[?] Pot Hooks
1 Foot Addze 2 Skillits
1 Chest of Tools 2 flat Irons
1 Wagon 1 log Chain
1 Cuting box 2 Chaines[?]
3 Pair of Gear 1 Slay
2 Coolters _ Winding[?] Blades
2 Hammers 4 Pair Cards
1 Gun 1 P(r)s(r)Soal [sole] leather
2 Mans Saddles 1 Pepper Box
1 Womans Saddle 2 Salt Sellers
1 Case of Bottles 2 Candle Sticks
1 Decanter 1 Coffee Pot
1 Crewet [cruet] 1 Sugar Box
2 Riding Bridles 1 Tea Kittle
2 Plow Bridles 2 Waters[??]
3 Tables 2 quart Pots
7 Chears [chairs] 1 Tray & Sifter
5 Chest 4 Sides & hide leather
14 Emty [empty] Barrels 3 Iron Wedges
1 Sythe & Credle 1 Lantern
2 Hogsheads 1 Pair Shoe Brushes
2 Half Bushell Measher [measure] Parcel Squirrl Skins
2 Poles 1 Fat Tub
2 Riggins 2 Meal Barrels
2 Tubs A Parcel Cotten
1 Funnell 1 Parcel Flax
1 1/2 pint yest 3 Emty [empty] Bea Gums
1 Gill Pot 6 Bea [bee] hives
1 Currying Combs 3 fat (r)ink spot(r)
1 Loom & 3 Shuttles 1 Slide
7 Baskets 3 Sheep Skins
5 Beads [beds] & furniture 1 Small Box
1 Flax Wheel 6 Books Reading
8 Puter [pewter] Plates A parcel feathers
10 Erthern plates A parcel old Iron
1 Fiddle 1 Small Trunk
1 P(r) Cotton Scales 2 P_iddles
1 Set Candles moles [molds] 3 Quarts Whiskey
7 Clivises [clevises] 1 Set Swingle Trees
1 Bell 1 Bread Tray
1/2 Barrel Tare [tar] 1 Shovel
1 ___ Beach Wood [beechwood] 1 Work Bench
1 Parcel Plank 1 P Ledd [lead]
2 Padlockes 1 set shoe makers tools
1 Jug 2 Brest Chaines
2 Gimblets 1 __ _arping Bars
1 Gum flax seed 1 Cider Press
1 Cradle 1 Parcel Onions
1 Meal Bag 1 Shot bag & Powder horn
5 Stack Blad foudder 5 stack Top foudder
1 Parcel Shucks 1 Parcel Straw
53 Barrels 4 bushels & 1/4 of corn & wheat
30 Barrels 1 Bushel & 1/2 of which including all the wheat was allowed Mrs. Whealer [sic] in her years provisions including the whole of the Bacon 180 lb. & ten of aforementioned hogs & the crop of greens.
Cash on hand $311.59 3/4.Following this was a list of "accounts" with names and amounts of money owed to Martin Wheeler but there is no indication as to why these people owed him money. On pages 3-5 of Will Book 8 is a "list of articles sold belonging to the estate of Martin Wheeler, dec'd. 13th September 1816". It contains the name of the buyer, what they bought and the amount paid for each item. The amount of sales was $1475.31 1/2. It is interesting to note that Celia Wheeler was one of the main buyers at the sale. She was not even entitled to keep the barest necessities for keeping house, she had to buy these articles back from her husband's estate.
Celia also filed the following petition for her "dower" - her 1/3 of the real estate allowed her by law for her lifetime.The petition of Celia Wheeler widow and relict of Martin Wheeler, against Radford Gooch, administrator, & in the right of his wife Elizabeth, Polly, Henry, Moses, America, Rebecca, Viney & Celia Wheeler, infants under the age of twenty one years, humbly complaining sheweth unto your worships That Martin Wheeler late husband of your petitioner, departed this life Intestate sometime in the year [blank] siezed and possessed of two tracts of land lying in the County of Granville the one Containing Two hundred & fifty acres adjoining the lands of Lazarus Minor, Jonathan Locke & Nathaniel Harris, the other Tract containing Two hundred twelve acres adjoining the land of Josiah Stephenson, Joseph Ellis, Abner Jones & others, that your petitioner is entitled to Dower in the aforesaid land of her husband and therefore prays your worships to issue your Writ directed to the Sheriff commanding him to summon a jury unconnected with the parties either by consanguinity or affinity, to go upon the premises, _____ lay off and att____ to your petitioner one third of the land above described agreeable to an act of Assembly in such cases made and provided, and make a return under their hand & seals to next court, and your petitioner further prays that [blank] be appointed Guardian to the infants above stated and that notice issue to said guardian and also to
Radford Gooch, administrator ...
Wm Robarts Attorney for
Petitioner
The court then ordered the sheriff to appoint a jury of "good & lawful men" to "lay off & allot a dower to said Celia Wheeler". The jury of twelve men met on 27 Sept 1816 to lay off the dower on the one tract of land (it appears to be the 212 acre tract) which was on "Goss's line. The day they were to lay off the other tract "a number of jurymen did not attend, the day appointed being a rainy day". If they did so at a later date it was not noted on the petition.
Minor children could not of course sell land, create debts, make contracts or the like, so guardians were appointed by the county court to look after their share of the estates. Even though the mother was still living a guardian was appointed. The guardian was required to post a bond equal to twice the value of the child's share of the estate.
Radford Gooch, the husband of Elizabeth Wheeler and son-in-law of Martin & Celia Wheeler, was appointed guardian of all the unmarried minor children except one - Moses. The guardian had to post a bond of $2000. Children who were 14 years of age or older could choose their own guardian. Moses chose his brother-in-law, Wilie Wheeler as his guardian. Wilie posted a bond of $500. The guardian was required by law to make a report to the court once a year. This was entered on an official court document called the "Guardian Accounts". Next to the entry for the 1818 August Court was the notation "Henry of age" meaning that Henry was now considered an adult and the guardian was released from his responsibility. Henry was also entitled to receive his portion of the estate, which according to the Guardian Accounts, including the interest was $136.56. A notation next to the February 1822 entry for Wilie Wheeler says "ward of age" (meaning Moses).
The guardians filed accounts with the court that showed
how the money intrusted to them was handled. They were responsible for paying the bills of their wards such as taxes on the land, a new hat and pair of shoes for Rebecca & America, the amount allowed Mrs. Celia Wheeler for "boarding & schooling", etc. He also collected the rent when one parcel of the land was rented out. Sometime in 1821 a debt to one Robert Thompson was incurred but there is no evidence of what it was for.
On the February 1822 entry of the Guardian Accounts for Radford Gooch is the notation "Radford Gooch is dead". He apparently died sometime after he had made his February 1822 report to the court and before the 1824 report was due. Someone made the after the fact notation on the court document in reference to his death.
Another guardian, Robert Dickens, an attorney, was appointed by the court by May 1824. Some type of court action concerning the guardian, Radford Gooch, apparently tied up the estate for about two years as evidenced by the entrees of the new guardian. By May of 1827 Celia & Rebecca had chosen their brother, Moses, as their guardian.
The date of Celia Wheeler's death is not known but it is believed she died bout 1828. She was recorded on the 1820 Granville Co. census but was not found on the 1830 census.
A deed rcorded in Granville Co., N.C. Deed Book 6, pages 457 and 458, "E. McFarling & wife to Edward Jones Jr."proves the relationship between Martin and William Wheeler. It is likely the Erasmus McFarland and his wife Celia [Wheeler] McFarland, were getting ready to move to Tennessee. They sold her 1/8th interest in the two pieces of property that had belonged to her father, Martin Wheeler. One of the pieces was described as being on the waters of the Little Ledge of Rocks Creek and was a "grant from the State to William Wheeler dec'd father of sd. Martin Wheeler decd."
Martin married 2 Celia Jones 1 daughter of William Jones Jr. and Alice 'Ailsey' on 13 Aug 1796 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Celia was born 3, 4 about 1775 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died about 1828 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Celia was counted in a census 5 in 1820 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
They had the following children:
+ 104 F i Mary "Polly" Wheeler + 105 F ii Elizabeth Wheeler + 106 M iii Moses Wheeler + 107 M iv Henry Wheeler + 108 M v America Wheeler + 109 F vi Rebecca Wheeler + 110 F vii Levina 'Viney' Wheeler + 111 F viii Celia M. Wheeler
37. Levina 'Viney' Wheeler (William , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1778 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died 1 in 1845/1850 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
There is no proof that she was the daughter of William Wheeler, only circumstantial evidence.
Levina married 1 America Jones son of William Jones Jr. and Alice 'Ailsey' on 24 Feb 1798 in Granville Co., North Carolina. America was born 2, 3, 4 about 1778 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died in 1854 in Granville Co., North Carolina. America was counted in a census in 1800 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 5 in 1810 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census in 1820 in Ledge of Rocks District, Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 6 in 1830 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He was counted in a census 7 on 1 Nov 1850 in Ledge of Rocks District, Granville Co., North Carolina.
America Jones was enumerated as the head of a household on the 1800-1830 census in Granville Co., N.C. Although he was enumerated on the Slave Schedule (which meant that he owned a slave) I have been unable to find him as the head of a household in 1840. A comparison of these various censuses show that America and Viney Jones were the parents of at least eleven children, possibly twelve. However, only ten are named in the will of America Jones.
Granville Co., N.C. Will Book 13, p. 527 records that America Jones was paid $5.97 for serving as a juror at the August 1836 session of County Court.
He wrote his will in 1845 naming ten children. The will was presented to the Court in August 1854. He had left the most of his estate to his wife but it appears she died before 1850 and he never updated the will. An entry in Granville County Deed Book 19, p. 544, dated 2 Sept 1856, shows William A. and Archer Jones selling their part of 213 acres, "it being the same tract of land upon which our father, America Jones lived," to their brother Young Jones. On 20 May 1857, Martin Jones also sold his interest in the land to his brother Young.
They had the following children:
112 F i Celia 'Cealy' Jones was born about 1799 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died about 1873 in Granville Co., North Carolina.
Her estate was probated in Granville Co., N.C. 4 Sept 1873. Her will was recorded in Will Book 23 on page 111.+ 113 M ii Archer Jones + 114 M iii Moses Jones + 115 M iv William A. Jones + 116 M v Martin Jones 117 F vi Hulda Jones was born 1 in 1804 in Granville Co., North Carolina. She died about 1860 in Granville Co., North Carolina. + 118 M vii Washington Jones + 119 F viii Mary Jane Jones + 120 F ix Lavina or Melvina 'Viney' Jones + 121 M x Young Jones
39. Joel Hunter Dyer (Melvina Lavonia Wheeler , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1799 in . He died in Baldwin Co., Georgia. Joel was counted in a census 1 in 1840 in Elbert Co., Georgia. He was counted in a census 2 in 1850 in Georgia State Mental Hospital, Baldwin Co., Georgia.
He was a shoemaker and an inmate in the Georgia State Hospital in 1850.
Joel married 1 Rachel Sanders on 8 Nov 1827 in Franklin Co., Georgia. Rachel was born about 1803 in Georgia. She died in Georgia. Rachel was counted in a census 2 in 1850 in Elbert Co., Georgia.
They had the following children:
122 M i William Dyer was born 1 about 1828 in Georgia. William was counted in a census 2 in 1850 in Elbert Co., Georgia. William married 1 Amea Powell on 19 Aug 1849 in Elbert Co., Georgia. Amea was born about 1833 in Georgia. 123 M ii Dyer was born 1 about 1829 in Georgia. 124 F iii Dyer was born 1 about 1830 in Georgia. 125 M iv Joel Hunter Dyer was born 1 about 1832 in Georgia. Joel was counted in a census 2 in 1870 in Adairsville, Bartow Co., Georgia.
He was a retail merchant, selling dry goods and groceries, in 1870.126 M v Elias Dyer was born 1 about 1834 in Georgia. Elias was counted in a census 2 in 1870 in Bartow Co., Georgia. 127 F vi V. Dyer was born 1 about 1837 in Elbert Co., Georgia. 128 F vii M. Dyer was born 1 about 1840 in Elbert Co., Georgia. + 129 M viii Jonathan Presley Dyer
40. Rebecca Dyer (Melvina Lavonia Wheeler , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1800.
Rebecca married William Singleton Pickett Crawford 1 about 1814. William was born 2 in 1780/1790 in Virginia. William was counted in a census in 1840 in Franklin Co., Georgia.
They had the following children:
+ 130 M i Elisha Dyer Crawford 131 F ii female Crawford was born 1 about 1817. 132 F iii female Crawford was born 1 about 1819.
43. Martin Dyer (Melvina Lavonia Wheeler , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born on 7 Jul 1808 in Georgia. He died on 28 Jun 1872. Martin was counted in a census in 1840 in Anderson Co., South Carolina. He was counted in a census 1 in 1850 in Pickens Co., South Carolina. He was counted in a census 2 in 1860 in Anderson, Anderson Co., South Carolina.
He is probably the "Elisha M. Dyre," listed as being between 40-50 years of age on the 1840 census. His occupation in 1860 was "cooper."
Martin married Rhoda Russell. Rhoda was born on 20 Jul 1799. She died on 30 Aug 1889. She was buried in 1899 in Corinth, Oconee Co., South Carolina.
They had the following children:
133 M i James Abner Dyer was born in 1824 in . He died in 1825. 134 F ii Lou Tina Dyer was born in 1826. She died in 1827. 135 F iii Elizabeth Dyer was born 1 in 1828 in South Carolina. She died in 1899. 136 M iv John Warren Dyer was born 1 in 1830 in South Carolina. 137 M v James B. Dyer was born 1 in 1832 in South Carolina. He died in 1905. 138 F vi Jane L. Dyer was born 1 in 1836 in South Carolina. She died in 1872. 139 F vii Edith Dyer was born 1 in 1839 in Georgia. She died in 1930. 140 F viii Susanah "Susie" Dyer was born 1 in 1842 in South Carolina. She died in 1896. 141 F ix Rhoda A. Dyer was born 1 in 1845 in South Carolina. She died in 1888. 142 F x Sarah Ann Dyer was born 1 in 1848 in Georgia. She died in 1916.
46. James Dyer 1 (Sarah Wheeler , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born about 1790 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died in . He was buried in .
James married Hannah Ramsey in 1814. Hannah was born on 27 Dec 1792 in North Carolina. She was buried in Gravel Lick, Russell Co., Virginia.
They had the following children:
143 M i Simpson Holliday Dyer was born on 12 Oct 1815 in Russell Co., Virginia. He died on 20 Jun 1890 in Wayne Co., West Virginia. He was buried in Wayne Co., West Virginia. 144 F ii Cynthia Dyer was born on 12 Oct 1815 in Russell Co., Virginia. + 145 F iii Margaret Dyer 146 F iv Elizabeth Dyer was born in Russell Co., Virginia. 147 F v Nancy Dyer was born in Russell Co., Virginia. Nancy married William Franklin. 148 F vi Abigail Dyer was born in Russell Co., Virginia. Abigail married 1 Ezekiel Counts on 18 Aug 1853 in Russell Co., Virginia. + 149 M vii John F. Dyer 150 M viii Harvey G. Dyer 1 was born about 1833 in Russell Co., Virginia. He died on 7 Oct 1901 in Cove Gap, Wayne Co., West Virginia.
47. Harvey Dyer 1 (Sarah Wheeler , Martin , John , John , Henry ) was born on 27 Dec 1792 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died on 18 Sep 1869 in Johnson Co., Missouri.
Harvey Dyer, P.M. was counted in a census in 1840 in Warrensburgh, Johnson Co., Missouri. In 1850 he was counted in a census in Jefferson, Johnson Co., Missouri. Then his occupation was listed as "merchant ex." He was counted in a census in Jefferson, Johnson Co., Missouri in 1860. He was a farmer with real estate valued at $6,000. His personal estate was valued at $2,200. He was counted in a census in 1870 in Tebo, Henry Co., Missouri.
Harvey married Eliza A. or N. Davis daughter of James L. Davis and Louisa Harmon on 14 Sep 1835 in Virginia . Eliza was born about 1812 in Virginia . She died in 1893 in Johnson Co., Missouri.
They had the following children:
151 F i Louisa C. Dyer was born 1 about 1836 in Kentucky. 152 F ii Rhoda A. Dyer was born 1 about 1838 in Johnson Co., Missouri. 153 F iii Editha J. Dyer was born 1 about 1840 in Johnson Co., Missouri. 154 F iv Lucy E. Dyer was born 1 about 1843 in Johnson Co., Missouri. 155 M v Thomas G. Dyer was born 1 about 1845 in Johnson Co., Missouri. 156 M vi Benjamin H. Dyer was born 1 about 1849 in Johnson Co., Missouri.