"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-PK6 : 29 October 2019), Wilford Wise in household of Joseph Wise, Claiborne parish, part of, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States; citing family 99, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS4L-N6F : 4 December 2014), James W. Wise, Private, Company C, 19th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M378 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 881,487.
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Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Jack Wise :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 33 markers, haplogroup O3e, Ancestry member JWiseAncestry