Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Wesley Rowland
1823 - 1874 (51 years) Has 8 ancestors and 38 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Wesley Rowland Birth 27 Jul 1823 Ashe Co, NC 
Gender Male _UID 60E4888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000068F1 Death 8 Aug 1874 Macon Co, NC Burial Fouts Cem, Macon Co, NC Person ID I6503 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 10 Nov 2012
Father Joseph Rowland, b. 1774/1775, MD d. Apr 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age 85 years)Mother Elizabeth Fouts, b. 1776/1777, Rowan Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age > 84 years)Marriage Bef 1798 Wilkes Co, NC (now Ashe Co, NC) _UID E93D2AF9F8713F49B470C08B5DE2B9A94AB2 Notes - !CHILDREN:I've seen no estate records or Will or anything that would prove all of their children. Some are proven by other sources though:
1. John (c1798) with parents in 1850.
2. Elizabeth (c1805) with parents in 1850.
3. George (c1806). No direct proof.
4. Mary (c1810). No direct proof.
5. William (c1813). Mother living with him in 1860.
6. Andrew (c1817). John (c1798) with Andrew's son in 1880 listed as uncle.
7. Eli (c1820). No direct proof.
8. Wesley (c1824) with parents in 1850.
9. Rebecca (c1828) with parents in 1850. 1880 census indicates Elizabeth (#2) is her mother.
10. Susan (c1826) with parents in 1850.
11. Louisa (c1837) with parents in 1850. Might be grandchild instead.
Family ID F2883 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Nancy Barnes, b. 9 Apr 1825, Burke Co, NC d. 6 Jul 1903, Macon Co, NC (Age 78 years)Marriage 16 Oct 1850 Macon Co, NC _UID B0BBD064FFF91E469B5883B686871E1D6F98 Children 1. Anna Rowland, b. 1849/1850, GA d. Aft 1870, Macon Co, NC (Age > 21 years)2. Elizabeth C Rowland, b. 8 Jul 1851, Macon Co, NC d. 14 Dec 1919, Macon Co, NC (Age 68 years)3. Rebecca Rowland, b. 1852/1853, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 28 years)4. Jesse M Rowland, b. 1854/1855, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 26 years)5. Nancy Avaline Rowland, b. 1857/1858, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 23 years)6. Elihu Rowland, b. May 1860, Macon Co, NC d. 1920/1930, Macon Co, NC (Age 69 years)7. James Daniel Roland, b. Jan 1863, Macon Co, NC d. 9 Feb 1936, Macon Co, NC (Age 73 years)8. William Riley Rowland, b. Oct 1865, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1920, Monroe Co, GA (Age > 56 years)Family ID F4265 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
- !CHILDREN:I've seen no estate records or Will or anything that would prove all of their children. Some are proven by other sources though:
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Notes - !NOTES:I believe Wesley is a son of Joseph Rowland based on Elizabeth Rowland (d/o Joseph) living with him in 1860. That shows a close connection;
!CENSUS:1830;
!CENSUS:1840 Macon Co, NC pg 146 w/Joseph ROWLAND age 15-19 (1820/25)
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!CENSUS:1850 x
!MARRIAGE:16 Oct 1850 Macon Co., NC
Wesley Rowland & Nancy Barnes
by Allen Adams, MG;
!CENSUS:1860 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 713/728
Wesley Roland 36 Farmer $200/230 Ashe
Nancy 33 Burke
Anna 10 GA
Elizabeth 8 Macon
Rebeca 7
Jesse 5
Avaline 2
Elihu 3/12
Elizabeth 50 Ashe;
!CENSUS:1870 Macon Co., NC (no township listed*) # 190/206
* Franklin Township
Wesley Roland 47 Farmer $0/122 NC
Nancy 45
Ann 21
Elizabeth 19
Rebecca 17
Jesse 15
Avaline 12
Hugh 10
James D. 7
Wm R. 4;
!TOMBSTONE:Source - <http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ncmacon/cemetery/fouts.html>
Double stone:
Father Wesley Rowland July 27, 1823 Aug. 8, 1874 At rest;
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Mother Nancy Rowland Apr. 9, 1825 July 6, 1903 At rest;
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- !NOTES:I believe Wesley is a son of Joseph Rowland based on Elizabeth Rowland (d/o Joseph) living with him in 1860. That shows a close connection;