Edwin
Wiley
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (DeWitt) Wiley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Harris Wiley
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Edwin was born in 1784. Edwin Wiley came to Georgia as an infant with his parents. [1], his father, William Wiley having settled in Greene County GA. There were 5 children in this family: Edwin, Moses, Sarah, Isaac, Polly (Sally & Isaac were twins [2]
Edwin married Eliza DeWitt and they settled in Hancock Co GA where is was a large planter. [3] He helped organize the Mount Zion Church in 1815 when he was ordained one of the original elders.[4]
Edwin and Eliza are buried in the Mount Zion Church Cemetery in Hancock Co GA.[5]
Sources
- ↑ *A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Volume 5 By Lucian Lamar Knight pg 2762
- ↑ The History of Hancock County, Georgia, By Elizabeth Wiley Smith. c1977, vol. 2, page 49.
- ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: District 102, Hancock, Georgia; Roll: M432_72; Page: 8A; Image: 389
- ↑ Early Members, Mt Zion Presbyterian Church, Hancock Co., Ga. Taken from The History of Hancock County, Georgia, By Elizabeth Wiley Smith. c1977, vol. 1, page 37-38.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 14501919
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