Peter Wisely (1773 - 1855)

Born 1773 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena (Phillippi) Wisely — married 1793 in Wytheville, Wythe, West Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died Feb 1855 at about age 82 in Wythe, West Virginia

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Biography

Birth

Peter Wisely was born 1773 in North Carolina to parents Frederick Weisel/Wisely and Elisabeth Kohler.^[1][2]

Marriage

Peter married Magdalena Phillipi in 1794 (estimated), Virginia.^[3]

Family

1. Frederick (11 Jan 1794 - aft 16 Jun 1860, Indiana)
2. Peter (29 Dec 1799 - 28 Sep 1867, Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., Virginia)
3. Elisabeth (26 May 1799 - aft 11 Aug 1870, Virginia)
4. Michael (1801 - 6 Jul 1881, Wythe Co., Virginia)
5. Barbara (28 Aug 1803 - 1860, Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., Virginia)
6. Rosina (10 Dec 1810 - 10 Mar 1881, Center Point, Linn Co., Iowa)
7. Mary Magdalena (5 Feb 1812 Smyth Co., VA - aft 30 Jul 1860)
8. Polly / Anna Maria (15 Oct 1814 - aft 6 Aug 1870, Virginia)

Property

25 September 1802 - Surveyed for Peter Wiseley 3 acres of land by virture of an entry made the 18 of Sept 1802 on part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No 3309 dated the 31st day of Dec 1801 lying in Wythe County of the waters of Cripple Creek ... 25th Sept 1802^[4]
1 November 1802 - Survey for Peter Wisely 100 acres of land by virture of two entries, 1st entry of 50 acres made the 9th of August 1796 on part of a Land Office Treasury warrant No 18621 for 3000 acres the 2nd entry for 50 acres made the 26th day of October 1802 on on part of a Land Office Treasury warrant No 1285 dated the 13th of May 1802 lying in Wythe County on the waters of Cripple Crrek ... ^[5]

Timeline

1790 & 1800 Census - Virginia (Note "The original Virginia manuscript schedules for the 1790 and 1800 census have not survived.")
1830 Census - Wythe County, Virginia^[6]
1840 Census - Wythe County, Virginia^[7]
1850 Census - Wythe County, Virginia^[2]

Name: Peter Wisley

Event Date: 1850, Event Place: Wythe, Virginia, United States

Event Place (Original): Wythe county, Wythe, Virginia, United States

Sex: Male, Age: 77, Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1773, Birthplace: North Carolina

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Polly Wisley F 77 Pennsylvania

Mary Wisley F 30 Virginia

Andrew Wisley M 6 Virginia

George W Hurt M 13 Virginia

Elizabeth Huffman F 50 Virginia

Joseph Huffman M 14 Virginia

Martha Huffman F 19 Virginia

Ephraim Huffman M 12 Virginia

George Huffman M 8 Virginia

1852 Witness - State of Virginia Be it Remembered.

¶ Wythe County that on this 27 day of August AD 1852 personally appeared before the subscriber & Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state appeared Peter Wisely aged Seventy Eight years and who having first been duly sworn according to law says as followes to wit - This offi? state and way what that he formed his first acquaince with James Sage decd when just small and been near him for several years - in a about my first acquaintance with same Sage he was in the service of the revolutionary war recording to the best of my recollection he remained in said war at different times say two years from my own personal knowledge of his services - on or about the same time my brother Daniel Wisely was ? in said war and served his time out in said war and at that time my Brother and said James Sage decd was not living for a part - it was will understood in the neighborhood that siad Sage was a b? soldier in said war - affiant has no recollection of the ? between James Sage and his wife Lovice affiant do? recollect that at the time he was married and Sage & his wife Lovice was living to gether as husband and wife and his several children affiant was Married in year 1792 they raised a very large family of children and during that length of time & never have their marriage doubl? and that I believe that they were lawfully married or should of had it spaking of in my acquaintance a sworn and subscribed to on the day and date found above. Peter X (his mark) Wisely, Written before Me John P Nye J.P.

¶ State of Virginia, Wythe County Be it known that I John P. Nye a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid to hereby certify that Peter Wisely as a respectable citizen in our county and that his statement is well deserving of credit on his oath or other wise from under my hand and seal the 27th of August 1852. John P. Nye^[8]

Death

Peter Wisely's probate was filed with the court on February 12, 1855. Therefore a death date of February 1855 is assumed.

Burial

The findagrave.com burial record (Memorial #: 115389791) for Peter Wisely is a fabrication!!

Will

¶ In the name of God, amen, I Peter Wisely of the County of Wythe & State of Virginia Being weak in body But of sound mind & disposing memory for which I thank god and calling to mind the uncertainty of Human life & ...to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with.
¶ I do hereby make this my last will & testament in manner & form following, that is to say I desire all the Perishable Property belonging to my Estate be sold immediately after my desease & all my Just debts to be paid & Funeral expenses that the Ballance of the proceeds then be Equally Divided between my heirs after named Children and Grand Children, viz.: Fredrick Wisely. (the Four Children of Henry Huffman namely Draper, Jane, Washington, & Eaphaim), Joseph Vaught, Ephraim Greaver, Rosina Deavor, Michael Wisely, Peter Wisely, Heirs, And Polly Hurt. I give & bequeath unto Henry Huffman six? dollars and to be paid by him after named (?) Extor I give & bequeath unto the four Children of Elizabeth Huffman sixty Dollars to be put on interest until they become of age.
¶ My Executor to settle with them By my account book against Them so as to make them all equal in my Personal Property & the proceeds of my Estate. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Polly Hurts two children, namely George Washington & Andrew Jackson Hurt - Two Hundred Acres to be surveyed unto them of the west end of my land, its whole to be subject unto the management & Controll of 9(a) Mary their Mother during her life time after her desease to then this said George and Jackson. Forever.
¶ I give & Bequeath unto Michael Wisely the balance of my land Adjoining his Plantation at Three dollars per acre to be Equally Divided and paid five years after my desease & should my Beloved wife 10 Molly out Live me my son Michael Wisely is to provide for all her necessities for which he is to be repaid for all his troubles out of my estate.
¶ Lastly I do hereby appoint & Constitute Michael Wisely Executor & Administrator of this my last will & Testament. Revoking all wills heretofore made in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afixed my seal this 18th day of May in the year of our Lord - 1850.^[9]

Peter X Wisely Teste Joel Painter/Parrish,William Hedrick & Joel Wisely Virginia.

Probate

At a Court held for Wythe County, at the court house... ... this 12 day of Feby 1855. This the last will & Testament of Peter Wisely, Dec d ...was presented in court proved by the oaths of Joel Painter, William Hedrick & Joel Wisely the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded. And on motion of Michael Wisely the executor named in said Will who took the oath required by law & together with Joel Painter Joseph ... & .... his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of eight hundred dollars condition as the law directs certified & granted him ...in probate of said will in ... Teste H. S. Martin

Narrative

Peter Wisely by Mary B Kegley, Page 1

Peter Wisely by Mary B Kegley, Page 2

Wythe County, Early Wisely Land Records

Notes

Peter WISELY was born in 1773 in North Carolina. He appeared on the census in 1830 in Wythe County, Virginia. He owned land in 1832 in the Reed Creek Area, Wythe County, Virginia. He signed a will in MAY 1850 in Wythe County, Virginia. He had an estate probated on 12 FEB. 1855 in Wythe County, Virginia. He owned property south of Sebastian Arney's, across from the Zion Church. Peter and his wife Magdalena are mentioned in the sale of their share of the estate of John Phillippi to her brother, Christian Phillippi.[BeverlyCasey-BCrazy.ged]

Sources

1. ↑ Source of year and place of birth for Peter Wisley is the 1850 census.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Name: Peter Wisley Event Date: 1850, Event Place: Wythe, Virginia, United States
   Event Place (Original): Wythe county, Wythe, Virginia, United States
   Sex: Male, Age: 77, Race: White
   Birth Year (Estimated): 1773, Birthplace: North Carolina
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   Polly Wisley F 77 Pennsylvania
   Mary Wisley F 30 Virginia
   Andrew Wisley M 6 Virginia
   George W Hurt M 13 Virginia
   Elizabeth Huffman F 50 Virginia
   Joseph Huffman M 14 Virginia
   Martha Huffman F 19 Virginia
   Ephraim Huffman M 12 Virginia
   George Huffman M 8 Virginia
   "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DB-PZC : 23 December 2020),
   Year: 1850; Census Place: District 68, Wythe, Virginia; Roll: M432_982; Page: 326B; Image: 249
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Name: Peter Wisely, Gender: Male
   Spouse Name: Magdalena Phillipi, Spouse Birth Year: 1773
   Source number: 251.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GWD
   Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
4. ↑ Wiseley, Peter; 3; 2; 142
   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-C9V6-G
   Page 142, Image 435:
   Wythe County, Virginia - Land and property
   General index to surveys, no. 1, 1790-1910 (typescript; indexes v. 1-4) --
   Record of surveys, no. 1, 1790-1800 (p. 1-4 missing) -- Record of surveys, no. 2, 1799-1808. Film: 34241, DGS: 8573909
5. ↑ Wiseley, Peter; 100; 2; 154
   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-C9G8-C
   Page 154, Image 442:
   Wythe County, Virginia - Land and property
   General index to surveys, no. 1, 1790-1910 (typescript; indexes v. 1-4) --
   Record of surveys, no. 1, 1790-1800 (p. 1-4 missing) -- Record of surveys, no. 2, 1799-1808. Film: 34241, DGS: 8573909
6. ↑ Name: Peter Wisely
   Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Wythe, Virginia
   Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
   Total Free White Persons: 7
   Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
7. ↑ Name: Peter Wiseley
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wythe, Virginia
   Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 4
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 4
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Wythe, Virginia; Roll: 579; Page: 113; Family History Library Film: 0029693
8. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/27680055
   James Sage Revolutionary War Pensions 85 pages
   Page 46-47, 50-51
9. ↑ Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900
   Wills, 1790-1906; General Index to Wills, 1790-1911; Author: Virginia. County Court (Wythe County); Probate Place: Wythe, Virginia
   Notes: Wills, Vol 7-8, 1848-1855
   Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900
   https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/605975:62347
   https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62347/images/007645856_00590 (Image 588, Page 404)
   (Transcribed by Richard W. Wisely)
   Will Book 8, p. 239, 404? -- Wythe County, Virginia

• Source: Barb Flynn and Curt Wisely, Wisely e-mail (Name: Name: Tue, 05 Oct 1999;;) NOTESource Medium: Letter ABBR Wisely e-mailTEXT Hi, Terri. I don't think this can be the same Peter that married both Mary Arney and Patsy Woodard. According to Rosina's obit. she came west with her brothers Peter and Frederick in 1826. He married Patsy in1831 (I'm typing these dates from memory so they may be off a little!)which doesn't "compute" with the dates of births of children, etc and with another marriage to Mary in 1825. Also, according to Peter WiselySr's will it says "Peter Wisely, Heirs" which means to me that his son, Peter, was deceased - that was in 1855. The Peter that married Mary/Maria Arney didn't die until 1867. We're working on findingproof by trying to contact Ping decendants since that's who Lucinda Wisely married: William Ping in Monroe Co. I have a census record if you'd like it. Please let me know. Also I wanted to mention I don't think there is an "X" for a middle initial in Peter, Sr.'s name. The "X" in the will meant he signed his name with an "X" since he couldn't write. I checked the original and that's what it shows. Please let me know your thoughts on the above.