Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Wise, Elizabeth Eliza
1840 - Aft 1880 (> 41 years) Has 12 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Wise, Elizabeth Eliza Birth 1839/1840 Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) 
Gender Female _UID 3EDE888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400004077 Death Aft 1880 Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Person ID I5718 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 19 Jan 2026
Father Wise, Josiah G, b. 1800/1810, NC d. 1847, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 37 years)Mother Davis, Margaret, 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 
Mace, John M, b. 1838/1839, Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 42 years)Marriage 21 Mar 1867 Mitchell Co, NC _UID 4681205DA37315419DE03BFCB04036AC3606 Children 1. Mace, Loretta, b. 1866/1867, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 4 years)2. Mace, Jamima, b. 1866/1867, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 4 years)3. Mace, Margaret, b. 1868/1869, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 12 years)4. Mace, Nelson P, b. 1871/1872, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 9 years)5. Mace, Suel L, b. 1874/1875, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 6 years)Family ID F3852 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
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 275
Josiah G. Wise age 40-49 (1790/1800)
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My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 40-49 (1790/1800) = Josiah Wise (c1800)
1m 10-14 (1825/1830) = Benjamin Wise (c1829) son
1m 0-4 (1835/1840) = John Wise (1838) son
1f 30-39 (1800/1810) = Margaret Davis Wise (c1804), wife
1f 10-14 (1825/1830) = Rachel Wise (1828) dau
2f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 1. Sarah Ann Wise (c1832) dau
"f 5-9 (1830/1835) = 2. Frances Wise (c1833) dau
2f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 1. Susanna Wise (1836) dau
"f 0-4 (1835/1840) = 2. Elizabeth Wise (c1840) dau;
!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co., NC Watauga # 469/473
Margaret Wise 46 ~ $600 NC
Sarah 18
Franka 16 f
Susannah 14
John 11
Elizabeth 8
James 6
Thomas 5
Josiah 3;
!CENSUS:1860 Watauga Co., NC Mountain Home District, Cranberry Forge & Valley Cruses PO
# 383/278
Margaret Burlison 55 widow Farmer $1200/450
# 384/278
John Wise 22 Farmer
Elizabeth 20 "
James M. 18 " [Idiotic]
Thomas J. 16 "
Josiah N. 14 ";
!MARRIAGE:21 Mar 1867 Mitchell Co., NC
John M. Mace s/o Josiah & Naomi Mace
and Eliza E. Wise, d/o Josiah dcd, and Margaret Wise
by J. A. Huss, JP;
!CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River, Joneses Ridge PO # 89/89
John Mace 31 Farmer $-/- NC
Eliza 28 Keeping House
Lawretta 3 at home
Jamima 3 " ";
!NOTES:Heirs of William Davis named in 1873/1874 Probate Court Records regarding A. D. Childs vs. Estate of Samuel Carpenter regarding land. Heirs named over several documents in summons dated 4 Oct 1873. The summons commanded them all to appear at Mitchell court the 3rd Monday of November Next (1873) to show cause why they did not acknowledge a deed from them to A. D. Childs. The other heirs of Samuel Carpenter were mentioned elsewhere in the same set of records.
From: Estate of Samuel Carpenter, North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 Mitchell County, via FamilySearch.org, 26 pp
(anything in [brackets] below are comments by me, and not part of original record)
- 4 Oct 1873 to Sheriff of Mitchell County summons for:
John Wise, Rachel Dellinger, Sarah An Shook, Francis Brewer, Susan Clark, Eliza Mace, Thomas Wise, Newton Wise, Mrs. Francis Burleson, Mrs. Elizabeth Vance, John Davis, Thomas Davis
Sheriff complied except as to Franky Brewer and Thomas Davis, not found.;
!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River # 152/159
John Mace 42 M Farmer NC-NC-NC
Eliza 40 Wife M Keeping House
Margrett 11 dau
Nelson P. 8 son
Suel L. 5 son;
!CENSUS:1900 x
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;