Josiah
Wallis
Born in North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wallis
and Jane (Christian) Wallis
Brother of
Isaac Henry Wallis
Husband of
Sarah (Hobson) Wallis
— married
31 Dec 1795 in North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Bennett Wallis, Amy (Wallis) Burns, Joseph Hobson Wallis, Tilman Wallis, Charity Wallis, Isom Lee Wallis and Jane (Wallis) Needham
Died
at age 75
in Tishomingo County Mississippi
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Oct 2014
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Biography
Tishomingo County Mississippi 1850
- Household #273
- Brantly Wallis 25 M, Farmer, $300 TN
- Mary M. Wallis 18 F SC
- Sarah Wallis 74 F NC
- Josiah Wallis 74 M Farmer NC
Tishomingo County Mississippi 1840
- Josiah Wallace
- 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Males
- 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Females
- Total in household 10
Lawrence County, Tennessee 1820
Listed as head of household with the following enumeration (this census does not seem to account for Josiah himself)
Males
- 1 10 [0-10]
- 1 16 [10-16]
- 0 18 [16-18]
- 0 26 [16-26]
- 0 45 [26-45]
- 1 +45
Females
- 3 10 [0-10]
- 2 16 [10-16]
- 3 26 [16-26]
- 1 45 [26-45]
- 0 +45
- Household total 12[1]
- Josiah & Sarah - Children and grandchildren
- Bennett 1799-1869
- Anne\Amy Wallis b. 1802 m. W. Bennett Burns 21 Apr 1821(poss dau Isaac)
- Joseph Hobson Wallis 1808-1886
- Sallie Wallis 1809-1860
- Tilman Wallis born ca 1814 m Rebecca Thomas
- Isom Lee Wallis 1816-1889
- Jane Wallis 1819-1860
- Charity Wallis b. ca1816
- Virginia Wallis b. ca 1820
- Rachel Wallis b. ca 1822
- Easter Wallis born ca 1825 g-child m. John W Burns III
- Brantley abt 1825 son of Bennett
There may have been sets of twins or the dates may have been surmised a little off. Josiah Wallis died 30 August 1850 at about age seventy-five.[2]
1800, Randolph Co, North Carolina:
80 acres granted to Josiah Wallis by Thomas Wallis.
1803, Randolph Co, North Carolina:
150 acres granted to Josiah Wallis by John Wallis. [3]
23 September 1848, Tishomingo Co, Mississippi: Josiah Wallis (Sr.) sold to Brantley Wallis "for $150.00, West half of NW quarter of Section 18, township 6, East of Meredian, containing 80 ac." [This same property was sold by Brantley to Josiah's son Isom Lee for $450.00 three years later
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-HZ4 : accessed 24 January 2016), Josiah Wallace, 1820
- ↑ Carolyn M Greer, Word Press, 2012
- ↑ General Index to Real Estate Conveyance, Etc., Randolph County - Grantees, Book 8, p. 390
- Tippah County RootsWeb
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~1.56%
DJ Jernigan
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A444992 [compare], Ancestry member Darlis_Jernigan
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch 5865395 [compare], FTDNA kit #338109
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~1.56%
Anita Munn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member anitasheline3737
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Barbara Moore :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bamoore5775
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~0.78%
Jake Hibbard :
23andMe
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~0.78%
James Wells :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A642153 [compare], Ancestry member JLWellsW013
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~0.78%
Nick Hughey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T783702 [compare], FTDNA kit #621810
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