Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

Susanna Wise
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Name Susanna Wise Birth 18 Nov 1836 Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
Gender Female _UID 4CD0888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400004085 Death 13 Aug 1898 Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
Burial Clark Cem, Avery Co, NC
Person ID I3936 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 19 Jan 2026
Father Josiah G Wise, b. 1800/1810, NC
d. 1847, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age 37 years)Mother Margaret Davis, b. 1803/1804, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. 15 Oct 1868, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age 64 years)Marriage 1820/1825 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
_UID 5B89206A6CA3F5478A4930C1B1101A18706F Family ID F838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Drury S Clark, b. 1831/1832, NC
d. 2 Nov 1906, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age 74 years)Marriage 1850/1855 Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
_UID CE0FCF707B91A641ADA0A95978648905C825 Children 1. Columbus Warsaw Clark, b. 1854/1855, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 26 years)2. John M Clark, b. 1855/1856, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1870, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 15 years)3. Douthard L Clark, b. 1856/1857, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 24 years)4. Harvey V Clark, b. 12 May 1857, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. 5 Dec 1955, Avery Co, NC
(Age 98 years)5. Newton J Clark, b. 21 Jun 1861, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. 3 Dec 1960, Avery Co, NC
(Age 99 years)6. Cordell Clark, b. 1861/1862, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 19 years)7. Cordelia Clark, b. 1861/1862, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 19 years)8. Henry E Clark, b. 1863/1864, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 17 years)9. Thomas P Clark, b. 1864/1865, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. 31 Oct 1937, Avery Co, NC
(Age 72 years)10. Drury S Clark, b. 1865/1866, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 15 years)11. Dolphus Clark, b. 1867/1868, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 13 years)12. Cora Clark, b. 1870/1871, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. 10 Oct 1921, Avery Co, NC
(Age 50 years)13. Bub Clark, b. 1872/1873, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 8 years)14. Norah Clark, b. 1874/1875, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
(Age > 6 years)15. James B Clark, b. 22 Jun 1878, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
d. 1 Mar 1920, Avery Co, NC
(Age 41 years)Family ID F2631 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/
https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/wnc/davis-margaret-wise.html
!NOTES:B/D & D/D from T/S. Find-a-grave link:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64778124
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 275
Josiah G. Wise age 40-49 (1790/1800)
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My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 40-49 (1790/1800) = Josiah Wise (c1800)
1m 10-14 (1825/1830) = Benjamin Wise (c1829) son
1m 0-4 (1835/1840) = John Wise (1838) son
1f 30-39 (1800/1810) = Margaret Davis Wise (c1804), wife
1f 10-14 (1825/1830) = Rachel Wise (1828) dau
2f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 1. Sarah Ann Wise (c1832) dau
"f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 2. Frances Wise (c1833) dau
2f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 1. Susanna Wise (1836) dau
"f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 2. Elizabeth Wise (c1840) dau;
!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co., NC Watauga # 469/473
Margaret Wise 46 ~ $600 NC
Sarah 18
Franka 16 f
Susannah 14
John 11
Elizabeth 8
James 6
Thomas 5
Josiah 3;
!CENSUS:1860 Watauga Co., NC Mountain Home District, Valley Cruses PO # 328/273
Drewry S. Clark 27 Farmer $200/456 NC
Susan 24
Columbus W. 5
John M. 4
Douthard 3
Josiah 3/12;
!CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co., NC Lynville Township, Yellow Mountain PO # 18/18
Drury Clark 39 Farmer $200/500 NC
Lusinda (sic) 38 Keeping House
Clumbus (sic) W. 15 Farm Laborer
Yack (sic) 14 m
Douthard 13 m
Harva (sic) 11
John 9
Cordell 8
Cordelia 8
Thomas 5
Dolphis 2;
!NOTES:Heirs of William Davis named in 1873/1874 Probate Court Records regarding A. D. Childs vs. Estate of Samuel Carpenter regarding land. Heirs named over several documents in summons dated 4 Oct 1873. The summons commanded them all to appear at Mitchell court the 3rd Monday of November Next (1873) to show cause why they did not acknowledge a deed from them to A. D. Childs. The other heirs of Samuel Carpenter were mentioned elsewhere in the same set of records.
From: Estate of Samuel Carpenter, North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 Mitchell County, via FamilySearch.org, 26 pp
(anything in [brackets] below are comments by me, and not part of original record)
- 4 Oct 1873 to Sheriff of Mitchell County summons for:
John Wise, Rachel Dellinger, Sarah An Shook, Francis Brewer, Susan Clark, Eliza Mace, Thomas Wise, Newton Wise, Mrs. Francis Burleson, Mrs. Elizabeth Vance, John Davis, Thomas Davis
Sheriff complied except as to Franky Brewer and Thomas Davis, not found.;
!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 137/137
Drury S.Clark 58 M Farmer NC-NC-NC
Susan A. 42 Wife M Keeping House
Columbus W. 22 son
Thomas T. 20 son
Douthard L. 18
Henry E.16
Drury S.1 4
Cordell 13
Cordelia 13 dau
Adolphus 10 son
Cora 9 dau
Bub 7 son
Norah 5 dau
James B. 2 son
Moses W. Austin 18 servant Works on Farm;
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;
