Davis, Margaret

1804 - 1868  (64 years)   Has 6 ancestors and 92 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Davis, Margaret
  Nickname	Peggy
  Birth	1803/1804	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  Gender	Female
  _UID	A6B9888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000083CC
  Death	15 Oct 1868	Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  Burial	Wise Cem, Avery Co, NC
  Person ID	I1037	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Davis, William,   b. 1730/1731, VA d. 5 Oct 1841, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 110 years)
  Mother	Carpenter, Frances,   b. 26 Jan 1771, Surry Co, NC (now Yadkin Co, NC) d. 10 Sep 1842, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1793	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  _UID	91EBF67FBBD84A41BB67BD420E1AD93566C3
  Family ID	F199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Wise, Josiah G,   b. 1800/1810, NC d. 1847, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	1820/1825	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  _UID	5B89206A6CA3F5478A4930C1B1101A18706F
  Children	1. Wise, Rachel,   b. 16 Jun 1828, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 30 Jun 1910, Burke Co, NC (Age 82 years)   2. Wise, Benjamin,   b. 1828/1829, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA (Age > 32 years)   3. Wise, Sarah Ann,   b. 1831/1832, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 19 Feb 1898, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 66 years)   4. Wise, Frances,   b. 1833/1834, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 37 years)   5. Wise, Susanna,   b. 18 Nov 1836, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 13 Aug 1898, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 61 years)   6. Wise, John,   b. 9 May 1838, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 15 Mar 1931, Avery Co, NC (Age 92 years)   7. Wise, Elizabeth Eliza,   b. 1839/1840, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 41 years)   8. Wise, James Marion,   b. 1843/1844, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 17 years)   9. Wise, Thomas Jasper,   b. 16 Mar 1844, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 23 Aug 1933, Avery Co, NC (Age 89 years)   10. Wise, Josiah Newton,   b. 9 Apr 1845, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 2 May 1924, Avery Co, NC (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Burleson   d. 1850/1860, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  Marriage	1853/1858	Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  _UID	B6490D5E51C9B84F929274CAD57C715F0ECA
  Family ID	F839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Aunt.; !REFERENCE: http://www.martygrant.com/ http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/ https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/wnc/davis-william.html https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/wnc/davis-margaret-wise.html !NOTES:B/D & D/D (1803-1868) looks like new stone from T/S. Find-a-grave link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91311614 !CENSUS:1810 Burke Co., NC p. 320 William Davis age 45+ (bef 1765) 21001-22011-0-0 My Analysis (who each person might be): 1m 45+ (bef 1765) = William Davis (1730/40) 1m 10-15 (1794/1800) = John Davis (1798) son 2m 0-9 (1800/1810) = 1. Jacob Davis (1801) son "m 0-9 (1800/1810) = 2. Thomas Davis (c1805) son 1f 45+ (bef 1765) Frances Carpenter Davis (1771) wife 1f 26-44 (1765/1784) = Daughter (Betsy, Mary or Sarah) 2f 10-15 (1794/1800) = 1. Nancy Davis (c1795) daughter "f 10-15 (1794/1800) = 2. Elizabeth Davis (1796) daughter 2f 0-9 (1800/1810) = 1. Margaret Davis (c1804) daughter "f 0-9 (1800/1810) = 2. Frances Davis (1808) daughter; !CENSUS:1820 Burke Co., NC p. 61 William Davis age 45+ (bef 1775) 011201-12001-0-0 Analysis (who each person might be): 1m 45+ (bef 1775) = William Davis (1730/40) 2m 16-25 (1794/1804) = 1. John Davis (1798) son "m 16-25 (1794/1804) = 2. Jacob Davis (1801) son 1m 16-17 (1802/1804) * One of above, though not good match for either. 1m 10-15 (1804/1810) = Thomas Davis (c1805) son 1f 45+ (bef 1765) = Frances Carpenter Davis (1771) wife 2f 10-15 (1804/1810) = 1. Margaret Davis (c1804) daughter "f 10-15 (1804/1810) = 2. Frances Davis (1808) daughter 1f 0-9 (1810/1820) Rachel Davis (1810) daughter; !CENSUS:1830 Burke Co., NC p. 196 Josiah Wise age 15-19 (1810/15) 1101-1001 My analysis (who each person *might* be) 1m 15-19 (1810/1815) = Josiah Wise (c1800/10) 1m 5-9 (1820/1825) = Son? 1m 0-4 (1825/1830) = Benjamin Wise (c1829) son 1f 15-19 (1810/1815) = Margaret Davis Wise (c1804), wife 1f 0-4 (1825/1830) = Rachel Wise (1828) dau; !NAMED-WILL: 9 May 1836 Yancey Co., NC Book 1, p. 353 William Davis daughters - Betsy Cantrel, Sally Rowan, heirs of Polly Browning, my children by my 1st wife wife Frances five daughters Nancy Burleson, Elizabeth Vance, Margaret Wise, Franky Burleson and Rachel Davis my children: Nancy Burleson, Elizabeth Vance, John Davis, Margaret Wise, Thomas Davis, Franky Burleson and Rachel Davis. !CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 275 Josiah G. Wise age 40-49 (1790/1800) 1010001-221001 My analysis (who each person *might* be) 1m 40-49 (1790/1800) = Josiah Wise (c1800) 1m 10-14 (1825/1830) = Benjamin Wise (c1829) son 1m 0-4 (1835/1840) = John Wise (1838) son 1f 30-39 (1800/1810) = Margaret Davis Wise (c1804), wife 1f 10-14 (1825/1830) = Rachel Wise (1828) dau 2f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 1. Sarah Ann Wise (c1832) dau "f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 2. Frances Wise (c1833) dau 2f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 1. Susanna Wise (1836) dau "f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 2. Elizabeth Wise (c1840) dau; !NAMED-ESTATE:1849 William Davis Graham Co., NC, 35 pp. From: North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 Graham County, from familysearch.org. - 4 Jul 1849 Received of William Davis, Adm with the Will annexed of Wm Davis deceased the following property in ... (much furniture, livestock and other personal property named) ... and the sum of one hundred and eighty eight dollars and twenty eight cents in cash, all of which is in full of my share of the estate of said William Davis Deceased. Margaret (X) Wise. Attest: B. Wise. - 24 Jul 1849 Know all men by these presents that we Nancy Burleson Elisabeth Vance John Davis Jacob Davis Thomas Davis Margaret Wise Franky Burleson Rachel Davis are held and formally bound unto William Davis administrator with the Will annexed of William Davis deceased in the penal sum of Three thousand dollars to which payment to be made and done we bind ourselves and heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these presents. The condition ... last Will was administered to probate at the July Term of Yancey County Court and the above bounded Nancy Burleson and others is the legatees named in the said Will and ... received following titles of property to which they are entitled ... $188.28 in full of our shares in property and cash ... S: John (X) Vance S: John (X) Davis S: Wilson Burleson S: Nancy (X) Burleson S: Margaret (X) Wise Attest: B. Wise, G. W. Davis, Tilman Blalock. The following is a true account of all the heirs of William Davis deceased, to wit Margaret Wise due the Estate $72.06. Good debts and cash $188.28. Bad debts $9.13. Total due in good debts and cash $116.22.; !CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co., NC Watauga # 469/473 Margaret Wise 46 ~ $600 NC Sarah 18 Franka 16 f Susannah 14 John 11 Elizabeth 8 James 6 Thomas 5 Josiah 3; !CENSUS:1860 Watauga Co., NC Mountain Home District, Cranberry Forge & Valley Cruses PO # 383/278 Margaret Burlison 55 widow Farmer $1200/450 # 384/278 John Wise 22 Farmer Elizabeth 20 " James M. 18 " [Idiotic] Thomas J. 16 " Josiah N. 14 "; !OBITUARY:"Uncle Jake Carpenter's Anthology of Death" - (some punctuation added) "Pegey Wise a 75, dide oc 15 1868. She wars granny womin for cntery."; !NOTES:Heirs of William Davis named in 1873/1874 Probate Court Records regarding A. D. Childs vs. Estate of Samuel Carpenter regarding land. Heirs named over several documents in summons dated 4 Oct 1873. The summons commanded them all to appear at Mitchell court the 3rd Monday of November Next (1873) to show cause why they did not acknowledge a deed from them to A. D. Childs. The other heirs of Samuel Carpenter were mentioned elsewhere in the same set of records. From: Estate of Samuel Carpenter, North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 Mitchell County, via FamilySearch.org, 26 pp (anything in [brackets] below are comments by me, and not part of original record) - 4 Oct 1873 to Sheriff of Mitchell County summons for: John Wise, Rachel Dellinger, Sarah An Shook, Francis Brewer, Susan Clark, Eliza Mace, Thomas Wise, Newton Wise, Mrs. Francis Burleson, Mrs. Elizabeth Vance, John Davis, Thomas Davis Sheriff complied except as to Franky Brewer and Thomas Davis, not found.;