In the 1860 census Wiley (age 1) was in Alleghany, North Carolina.[1]
In the 1870 census Wiley (age 11), At School, was in Piney Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina.[2]
Wiley was mentioned on a memorial in Elk Creek Cemetery, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States with a death date of 23 December 1892.[3]
Sources
↑1860 Census:
"1860 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Alleghany, North Carolina; Roll: M653_886; Page: 186; Family History Library Film: 803886 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #41253646 (accessed 26 February 2023)
Wiley Fields (1) in Alleghany, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
↑1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Piney Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1121; Page: 283B Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #34936629 (accessed 26 February 2023)
Wiley Fields (11), At School, in Piney Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.
↑Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #46164387 (accessed 26 February 2023)
Memorial page for Wiley Young Fields (10 Mar 1859-23 Dec 1892), citing Elk Creek Cemetery, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Carole Conrad (contributor 46532185).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wiley by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Wiley: