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     Phineas Durling II was born in 1829 at Grinton's Settlement, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the son of Phineas Durling I and Mary MacNayr. Phineas Durling II died in 1891 at Hemford, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

     Michael Barrett was born on 5 Oct 1876 at Co Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan.

     Kate Mary Barrett was born in 1873. She was the daughter of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan. Kate Mary Barrett was christened on 1 May 1873 at Cloyne Diocese, Kilworth, Co Cork, Ireland.

     John Barrett was born on 5 Sep 1870 at Kilworth, Co Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan. John Barrett immigrated in May 1891 to New York, New York.

     Cecelia Barrett was born on 13 Sep 1880 at Kilmurry, Co Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan. Cecelia Barrett married Thomas J. Cronin in 1910 at Fermoy, Ireland.

     Thomas J. Cronin was born a 1875. He married Cecelia Barrett, daughter of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan, in 1910 at Fermoy, Ireland.

     James Joseph Barrett was born in 1858 at Co Limerick, Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan. James Joseph Barrett was christened on 4 Mar 1858 at Newcastle West, Co Limerick, Ireland.

     William Patick Barrett was born on 25 Feb 1866 at Kilworth, Co Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan.

     Richard Barrett II was born a 1860 at Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan.

     Cecelia Cronin is the daughter of Thomas J. Cronin and Cecelia Barrett.

     Tomas Cronin was born a 1915 at Ireland. He was the son of Thomas J. Cronin and Cecelia Barrett.

     Siobhan Cronin is the daughter of Tomas Cronin.

     Unknown Barrett was born on 15 Jun 1879 at Kilmurry, Co Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barrett I and Margaret Hallinan.

     Dylan Patrick Murphy is the son of Conor T. Murphy.

     Benjamin Wheat was born on 27 Nov 1742 at Saint John's Parish, Prince George's, Maryland. He was the son of John Wheat Jr. and Ann Unknown. Benjamin Wheat married Elizabeth Unknown c 1767. Benjamin Wheat married Martha Chavis on 26 Dec 1792 at Henry Co, Virginia. Benjamin Wheat died c 1798 at Henry Co, Virginia.

      The Wheats were originally from Prince George Co., MD and had very good records for the family until they moved from Maryland. Benjamin Wheat’s eldest child, John Wheat was baptized in Maryland on Nov. 6, 1768 and the family likely moved shortly afterward to Virginia because the later-born children were not listed on the parish records. Benjamin Wheat was later located living on Leatherwood Creek of Henry Co., VA., and his brothers Azariah and Levi were located living in adjacent Pittsylvania Co., VA.

Benjamin Wheat was on the 1782 Henry Co, VA Personal Property Tax List with 1 tithe (male over age 16), 3 horses and 14 cattle. (https://www.newrivernotes.com/neighboring_henry_enumerations_1782_personalpropertytax.htm) and (pg 30; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-SQM3-T?i=29&cat=776189) The eldest son, John Wheat, would have been 15 in 1783, so he would not have appeared.

Benjamin was on the 1785, 1786, 1788, and 1790 - 1793 Henry Co, VA tax lists. There was no change in the number of adult males living in Benjamin Wheat’s household with just one tithe listed. After 1793, Benjamin Wheat disappeared from the tax list, which likely indicated he was ill.

In 1795 when Benjamin married Martha Chavis, surety was provided by James Corsey/Creasy and Daniel DeRusoussett (sic), Benjamin's son-in-law.

In 1794 - 1796 there were no Wheats on the tax list which would indicate the oldest son John Wheat was not residing in the county and his brothers were too young to appear on the tax list. By 1796 James McCullah and Rebecca Wheat, Benjamin's daughter, may have moved into her father’s home to run the farm because James McCullah did appear on the tax list.

___date?___; Deed: William Toombs and his wife, Susanah Toombs, to James Melvin for the sum of eleven pounds sell 50 ac on the branches of the south fork of Leatherwood Creek, it being part of a tract Toombs bought of Benjamin Wheat, joins Daniel McBride. (Abstracts Henry Co, VA Deed Books V and VI; Lela C. Adams; 1979)

In 1797 - 1798 the eldest son John Wheat returned to Henry County, VA likely to settle his father’s estate and after 1798 John no longer appeared on the Henry Co, VA tax list, nor did any other Wheats through 1805.

The 1798 Henry Co, VA lawsuit "James McCullock vs. Wheat" would indicate there was a dispute over inheritance of the estate of Benjamin Wheat. (Henry Co, VA Order Book 7; Henry County, Virginia Order Book 7; 1797-1804: 67; microfilm 21; Library of Virginia, Richmond) This was probably filed to force the court to settle the estate of Benjamin Wheat because he left no will. Unfortunately, the lawsuit never made it to court, otherwise Benjamin’s entire family would have been listed.

Benjamin's lineage is confirmed by an atDNA triangulation posted on wikitree by the Wheat Family DNA Study which DNA-verifies his ancestors.

Research Notes

In adjacent Pittsylvania Co, VA there was a Sarah Wheat in the will of Sarah Herndon: Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, Compiled by Lela C. Adams, Bassett, Virginia, c. 1986 by Southern Historical Press., p. 223, Page 504-505 17 July 1818, Pr: 15 February 1819, Sarah Herndon being in a low state of health but of sound mind and memory. To Mary Witcher, wife of William Witcher, Sr. my negro Malindy until she comes of age, then be freed; also to Mary Witcher a bed and furniture. To Polley Witcher a cherry chest My negros Amanday, Tanday, Tassamus, Candice, Landy, Lanksford with the residue of my estate be sold and pay my just debts and what is left be divided between: Abel Hutson, Drury Hutson, Sarah Wheat and Elizabeth Razor's children, she the wife of George Razor. My negro Mary is not to be sold but to have the liberty of going with her children. I appoint John Witcher, Jr. and William Graves my executors Sarah Herndon Wit: Vincent Witcher, John Kein, William Witcher, Jr. William Witcher, Sr. and Charles W. Bobbett security for the executors. Abel Huson may be Abel Hutson of Germantown, NC, and Elizabeth Razor is likely Elizabeth (Witcher) Raisor (abt.1765-abt.1831) of Pittsylvania Co, VA.

In Franklin Co, VA just north of Henry Co, VA there were the following Wheat marriages (or posted surety):[1]

p. 239 John Wheat and Sarah Hudson, Sept. 2 , 1800. Sur. Wm. Farmer. 141. (John Wyatt, Minister) (John Wheat may be John Wheat as his wife mentioned in his will was Sarah).
p. 75 Dixon, John and Elizabeth Watson, May 1, 1798. Sur. John Wiet. 141. (Rev. John Wyatt, Minister)
p. 39. Joel Bondurant and Sally Wheat, July 11, 1800. Surety, Guy Smith. 72. (Samuel King, Minister)
p. 111 Henry Haynes and Mary Wheat, (third wife) July 4, 1797. Surety, Stephen Haynes. (Minister not listed)
p. 170 Norris, Benj. and Mary Haynes, dau. of Henry, Feb. 19, 1807. Surety, Josias Wheat. 8. (John Ashworth, Minister)

Sources

Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia, 1786 - 1858. Marshall Wingfield. Originally Published by the West Tennessee Historical Society, Memphis [1939], Reprinted with a new index, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1973, ISBN 0-8063-0575-4. The number after the entry is the reference to the minister which is listed in the back of the book. Same book is available online at FamilySearch. [1] Page viewer number (upper right corner) correspond to the page number.

Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2565&h=178581&ssrc=pt&tid=49934221&pid=28216394715&usePUB=true

Index to the register of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Saint John's or Piscataway Parish, Prince George Co, MD https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3G-66PD

"Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGY-3YPZ : 12 February 2020), Benjn. Wheat, 1742.

Virginia Dodd, Henry County Marriage Bonds 1778-1849,Richmond, VA, 1953

U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5912764:60214?ssrc=pt&tid=49934221&pid=28216394715

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHL-3XV : 29 January 2020), Benjamin Wheat, 1792.

Henry County, VA Personal Property Tax List 1782 -1807, reel 175.

     Nancy Wheat was born in 1774 at Virginia. She was the daughter of Benjamin Wheat and Elizabeth Unknown. Nancy Wheat married Daniel DeRossett on 24 Aug 1792 at Henry, Virginia. Nancy Wheat died a Jun 1860 at Roane, Tennessee.

     No baptismal/christening record was found in Maryland, and it is likely Nancy Wheat DeRossett was born between 1771-1774 in Virginia, which is where she reported she was born on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Establishing her estimated birth year was based on:

1830 Census age 50-59, est. birth 1771-1780
1840 Census age 70-79, est. birth 1761-1770
1850 Census age 76, estimated DOB at that time to be 1774
1860 Census age 93, estimated DOB abt 1767

Nancy Wheat and Daniel DeRossett had eight children in 19 years.
The 1850 and 1860 censuses listed Nancy Wheat Derossett in the home of her son, Willis DeRossett. She died after June of 1860 in Roane, Tennessee.


Sources:

1792; "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHL-3X7 : 29 January 2020), Nancy Wheat in entry for Daniel Durossett, 1792.

1830; Census Place: Knox, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 178; Page: 322; Family History Library Film: 0024536; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2097216:8058

Listed in household:
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-VX8 : 20 February 2021), Daniel Derossett, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing 322, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.

1840; Census Place: Knox, Tennessee; Roll: 527; Page: 46; Family History Library Film: 0024547; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3000081:8057

Listed in household:
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-Q7G : 8 December 2020), Danl Derossett, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 46, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDB-627 : 23 December 2020), Nancy Derossett in household of Willis Derossett, Roane, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TL-GQN : 18 February 2021), Nancy Derossett in entry for Willis Derossett, 1860.

     Daniel DeRossett was born in 1765 at Virginia. He married Nancy Wheat, daughter of Benjamin Wheat and Elizabeth Unknown, on 24 Aug 1792 at Henry, Virginia. Daniel DeRossett died in 1850 at Roane, Tennessee.

     George Anderson Shell was born on 5 Apr 1834. He was the son of George D. Shell and Virginia Mansfield Watkins. George Anderson Shell died on 25 Jul 1834 at Richmond, Virginia.

     Shererick Wheat was born c 1793. He was the son of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown).

      Also residing in Guilford County in 1830 was Shederick Wheat, age 40 - 49, and his wife, age 30 - 39 with 3 males and 1 female under age 5. Given that Shederick has 4 children under 5, this could be Shederick just starting a family and hence a possible older son of John's or Shederick with wife number two and possibly John's younger brother. At this point Shederick is presumed to be another child of John's.
Sources
1830; Census Place: Guilford, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 121; Page: 217; Family History Library Film: 0018087; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/204303:8058?tid=&pid=&queryId=7e25c042501355b85ab1cd5ba09a5f2e&_phsrc=DCi222&_phstart=successSource.

     Elizabeth Wheat was born in 1794 at Virginia. She was the daughter of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown). Elizabeth Wheat died b Nov 1839 at Indiana.

      Elizabeth Wheat Decker's marriage record stated "of lawful age proven by Jesse __ Butler(?)." Lawful age in the early 1800s for females was usually age 18 and hence it is estimated Elizabeth was born about 1794. By 1830 Joseph Decker and Elizabeth had 13 children in their household.

It would be helpful to know when and how Elizabeth got to Indiana by the time of her 1812 marriage there, given that the rest of Benjamin's family was moving south, not north. Although Elizabeth's presumed sister Nancy Wheat Murphy also resided in Indiana, there is no record showing Nancy was residing there before 1834 and she was not living near where Elizabeth was.

The 1880 census for Elizabeth's son John William Decker stated his father was born in Virginia and his mother in South Carolina and Elizabeth's daughter Nancy stated both parents were born in Virginia.

Elizabeth is believed to be the daughter of John Wheat and his wife Elizabeth based on the following evidence. Because of atDNA triangulation matches among descendants of Elizabeth and descendants of her presumed father John Wheat and his sister Nancy Wheat, Elizabeth was likely the daughter of one of Benjamin's sons. Of the known sons of Benjamin, John Wheat would have been of the right age to have had a child during the time frame Elizabeth was born. Numerous atDNA triangulations among the descendants verified the lineage and are posted on wikitree.com.

Sources

"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXRC-KR7 : 8 April 2021), Joseph Dekerk and Elizabeth Wheat, 04 Mar 1812; citing Harrison, Indiana Territory, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004003646.

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-PPP : 20 February 2021), Joseph Decker, Franklin, Harrison, Indiana, United States; citing 120, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 27; FHL microfilm 7,716.

     Levi T. Wheat was born c 1795. He was the son of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown). Levi T. Wheat died in 1832 at Putnam Co, Georgia.

     Levi T. Wheat married Adaline Thrash in Mar 1827 in Putnam Co, GA.

In 1822 Levi Wheat served as a witness when David Armfield deeded land to the Hickory Creek School in Guilford Co, NC.

On 1 Apr 1826 and 31 Mar 1831 Levi was included on a list of people with letters waiting for them at the Eatonton, GA post office.

On 29 Oct 1827 Levi announced he was a candidate for tax collector in the next election.

On 25 May 1829, Levi Wheat and his father-in-law Christopher Thrash of Putnam Co, GA deeded 100 acres on Shady Creek to Daniel B(?)rockwell for $325.

Levi was on the 1831 and 1832 Morgan Co, GA tax lists with Hiram Wheat. http://usgwarchives.net/ga/morgan/taxlists.html) Hiram is hypothesized to be a brother of Levi, who was applied on 4 Sep 1832 to be the executor of Hiram's estate, but Hiram could be Levi's uncle.

On 13 Dec 1831 Levi Wheat and Christopher Thrash, executors of the estate of Andrew Thrash, had a partial sale of the estate property. Christopher and Andrew were brothers.

An indenture made 31 Dec 1831 between General Robert Putnam Bledsoe (1783-~1854), husband of Mary Harrison, of Putnam Co, GA and Levi Wheat of Morgan Co, GA thereby Bledsoe sold Wheat for $1500 522 acres on Shoulderborne and Richland Creeks in Greene Co, GA originally granted to William Kimbrough and David Criswell and bounded by the lands of Mrs. Henry Credille, Wilson Williams, Kimbrough, Nathaniel Hines and Henry F. Scott. The land was the entire tract sold by Bush to Varner. The document was signed 31 Dec 1831 by Robert Bledsoe, witnessed by Jeremiah Clark and James M. Dunn, and recorded 26 Dec 1839. (Greene Co, GA Deeds, p. 400)

An indenture was also made that same day on 31 Dec 1831 between Levi Wheat of Morgan Co, GA and Robert Bledsoe of Putnam Co, GA wherein Wheat sold Bledsoe for $1500 522 acres on Shoulderborne and Richland Creeks in Greene Co, GA originally granted to William Kimbrough and David Criswell and bounded by the land of Mrs. Henry Credille, Wilson Williams, Kimbrough, Nathaniel Hines, Henry F. Scott. The land was the entire tract sold by Bush to Varner. The complicated Wheat – Bledsoe deal entailed three notes of $500 each due from Wheat to Bledsoe on Christmas day of 1832 – 1834. The document was signed by Levi Wheat, witnessed by Jeremiah Clark and James M. Dunn and recorded 23 Mar 1832. (Greene Co, GA deeds, p. 38-39) Levi Wheat did not live to pay off this debt to Bledsoe.

The Robert Bledsoe named in the three Levi Wheat land deeds and who also had a financial interest in Levi Wheat’s estate was General Robert Putnam born 1783 and died about 1854 and the husband of Mary Harrison Bledsoe. Bledsoe was serving as a justice of the peace at the time of the estate settlement.

In 1832 Morgan County had a drawing for a Gold Lottery for residents of Morgan County whose lands were ungranted and Levi was included in the list published in the Milledgeville newspaper Southern Miscellany on 6 May 1843. The state did not guarantee there was any gold on the land and the drawing allocated land to the winner or their heirs.

The State of Georgia held one final land lottery in Dec 1833 to distribute fractions of land from the Cherokee territory and other remaining lots not drawn in previous lotteries. Levi Wheat was also a winner the the Fractions Lottery for land in Morgan Co on 10 Dec 1832. Apparently Levi was awarded 56 acres.

Levi had likely already died in the fall of 1832 because the mercantile and doctor's bills included in the estate settlement ended in the fall.

Christopher Thrash, administrator of Levi Wheat’s estate and also Levi's father-in-law, paid bills totaling $1458 due in 1833 to John Foster, N. Hines, William B Carter, A. W. Cozard(?), Gilly Moore, Peggy Winslett. Robert Bledsoe was paid $1000 consisting of the last two payments owed on the 522 acre tract in Greene Co, GA. Additionally amounts were paid to Jonathan Wheat of $127 for wages as the plantation overseer at age 22 and for supplies for the plantations; Jonathan signed his name on the receipt. What ever relationship there may be between Levi and Jonathon is unknown.

Included in the estate accounting was a 12 Oct 1832 “note on Ephraim Trotter” for $250. Ephraim was married to Levi's sister Polly Wheat.

Christopher Thrash also paid $16.80 to Peggy Winslett for bacon, soap, cloth including homespun, and for picking cotton on Levi's plantation, the latter likely done by Peggy's slaves. The receipt listed Peggy’s name as Margaret Winslett. The Shoulderbone Creek and Richland Creek area is where Peggy's father-in-law the immigrant Samuel Winslett originally owned land near his Kimbrough relatives.

So why did Christopher Thrash then sell the 522 acres to the neighbor for only $1000 in 1834 since the land still must have been worth $1500? Perhaps another payment of $500 was made before the estate sale. An indenture was made on 5 Feb 1834 by Christopher Thrash of Meriwether Co, GA, administrator of the estate of Levi Wheat deceased, and Nathaniel Hines of Greene Co, GA wherein Thrash sold Hines for $1000 522 acres on Shoulderborne and Richland Creeks in Greene Co, GA formerly owned by Robert Bledsoe and tranferred by Bledsoe to Levi Wheat. Signed Christopher Thrash and witnessed by Gilly Moore and John Copeland. Recorded 26 Dec 1834. (Greene Co, GA deeds, p. 401)

On 15 Nov 1833 Levi's Greene Co, GA home, livestock and furniture were sold at a public sale. A separate sale was done for the Putnam Co, GA land and a black man.

In 1834 Christopher Thrash filed an accounting with the court for the Levi Wheat estate for paying bills to John Wheat (Levi's brother Jonathan), J. P. Evans, J. L. Horn, Nathaniel Hins, William B. Carter, John J. Fischer, Carter Hopkins and William Whitfield, totaling $300 including $40 to John Wheat on 15 Dec 1834; Jonathan signed his name as John Wheat. On 12 Oct 1844 Christopher Thrash died in Meriwether Co, GA.

Disambiguation: Levi T. Wheat was not the Levi H. Wheat of Roane Co, TN who was the son of Levi Wheat.

Research Notes:

Levi Wheat may have been the man who served as a private in the 8th Regiment (Walls) in Virginia in 1812. Given an average age for most who served during the war as 25, he would have but been a young age 17 in 1812. (United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-91QC : 8 March 2021), Levi Wheat, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 223; FHL microfilm 882,741.) Another Levi Wheat from Maryland who died in Tennessee would be more likely to be the Levi Wheat who served in the Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812.

Numerous atDNA triangulations posted on wikitree.com confirm his lineage to his parents and ancestors.

Sources

Abstract of Deeds Guilford Co, NC, 1819 - 1823, Books 14 - 16, Dr. A. B. Pruitt, 2005. 28 Aug 1822 David Armfield to William Pogue et.al Hickry Creek School House trustees; witnesses Levi Wheat, Silvanus Swain and John Beard; #7958, p. 134.

1 Apr 1826; The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, April 04, 1826, Image 3; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1826-04-04/ed-1/seq-3/#sort=relevance&index=6&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Levi+Wheat&page=1

The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, October 29, 1827, Image 3; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1827-10-29/ed-1/seq-3/#sort=relevance&index=7&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=LEVI+WHEAT&page=2

25 May 1829, Levi Wheat and Christopher Thrash of Putnam Co, GA deeded 100 acres on Shady Creek to Daniel B(?)rockwell for $325; recorded 10 Jul 1829.

The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, April 14, 1831, Image 4; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1831-04-14/ed-1/seq-4/#sort=relevance&index=9&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Levi+Wheat&page=2

The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, November 28, 1831, Image 4; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1831-11-28/ed-1/seq-4/#sort=relevance&index=10&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=LEVI+WHEAT&page=2

Three deeds for the SAME 522 acres in Greene Co, GA:

1 Dec 1831, Levi Wheat of Morgan Co, GA to Robert Bledsoe of Putnam Co, GA; recorded 23 Mar 1832.
1 Dec 1831, Robert Bledsoe of Putnam Co, GA to Levi Wheat of Morgan Co, GA; recorded 26 Dec 1839.

The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, September 13, 1832, Image 3; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1832-09-13/ed-1/seq-3/#sort=relevance&index=1&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Levi+Wheat&page=3

Southern miscellany. (Madison, Ga.) 1842-1849, May 06, 1843, Image 3; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn83016185/1843-05-06/ed-1/seq-3/#sort=relevance&index=1&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Levi+Wheat&page=1

The Federal Union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1830-1861, January 01, 1834, Image 2; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn86053071/1834-01-01/ed-1/seq-2/

1833 - 1834, admin accounts of estate of Levi Wheat, listed Jonathan Wheat paid $127 and $40 respectively for his services as overseer for the Greene Co, GA plantation of Levi Wheat.

5 Feb 1834, Christopher Thrash, administrator estate of Levi Wheat, to Nathaniel Hines of Greene Co, GA

Administrator's Bond, Probate Records, 1800-1964 Etc., 1809-1964; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Putnam County); Probate Place: Putnam, Georgia; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/345183:8635?tid=&pid=&queryId=191bbd2263a785a0941f4775f4e2185e&_phsrc=DCi172&_phstart=successSource

Probate Records, 1800-1964 Etc., 1809-1964; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Putnam County); Probate Place: Putnam, Georgia; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/668343:8635?tid=&pid=&queryId=a7e01a2baf1e86d8f2136fba22b40ce7&_phsrc=DCi314&_phstart=successSource

Levi Wheat estate sale: The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, September 18, 1833, Image 4; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1833-09-18/ed-1/seq-4/#sort=relevance&index=5&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Levi+Wheat&page=1.

     Polly Wheat was born c 1797. She was the daughter of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown).

      Polly Wheat married Ephraim Trotter on 22 Jan 1815 in Guilford Co, NC. Extensive biographical and sourcing data about Ephraim is at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trotter-565.

Sources

North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2086915:8909?tid=&pid=&queryId=06ca3611551e28c7b84a711c5be7be71&_phsrc=DCi262&_phstart=successSource.

     Nancy Wheat was born c 1799. She was the daughter of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown).

      Nancy Wheat married Elias Murphy on 18 Dec 1822 at Guilford Co, NC and then moved to Indiana. The Rush Co, Indiana census shows she was born about 1799 in North Carolina and lists her children as Jesse, Martha A., Jonathan, Zeno and Elizabeth -- all but Jesse being names known to be associated with her father John Wheat's family.

Based on her marriage in Guilford Co, NC where the family of John Wheat lived in 1830, and her naming her children the same names as her presumed siblings and mother -- one of which was an uncommon name, Nancy is hypothesized to be the daughter of John Wheat and Elizabeth. John Wheat resided next door to the Jonathan Murphy family and several homes away from two other John Murphy families. DNA matching will be needed with Nancy's descendants.

Sources

North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8320097:60548
North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/15247330:60548
North Carolina, U.S., Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=4802&h=1160799&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60548
1850; Census Place: District 97, Rush, Indiana; Roll: 170; Page: 430b; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2305349:8054
1860; Census Place: Henry, Henry, Indiana; Page: 1; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8544002:7667
1870; Census Place: Middletown, Henry, Indiana; Roll: M593_323; Page: 49B; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20468496:7163.

     Hiram Wheat was born c 1801. He was the son of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown). Hiram Wheat died b 4 Sep 1832 at Morgan Co, Georgia.

      On 24 Nov 1824 Hiram Wheat witnessed a Springs - McGebony deed. Hyram Wheat and Levi Wheat were on the 1831 and 1832 Morgan Co, GA tax lists. Hiram was on a 1 Jul 1832 list of people with mail waiting at the Eatonton, GA post office.

Hiram is hypothesized to be a brother of Levi Wheat, who applied on 4 Sep 1832 to be the executor of Hiram's estate, but Hiram could be Levi's uncle.

Sources
1824; Abstract of Deeds Guilford Co, NC, 1825 - 1836, Books 19 - 21, Dr. A. B. Pruitt, 2007; # 11257, p.31

1831 - 1832; http://usgwarchives.net/ga/morgan/taxlists.html)

The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, July 19, 1832, Image 4; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1832-07-19/ed-1/seq-4/#index=0&rows=12&proxtext=Hiram+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Hiram+Wheat&page=1

The Georgia Journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, September 13, 1832, Image 3; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014251/1832-09-13/ed-1/seq-3/#sort=relevance&index=1&rows=12&proxtext=%2B%22Levi%22+Wheat&sequence=0&words=Levi+Wheat&page=3.

     Martha Clementine Wheat was born on 1 Jul 1856 at Alabama. She was the daughter of Edmund Wheat and Catherine Charlo Lock. Martha Clementine Wheat died on 6 Jul 1914 at Coweta Co, Georgia, at age 58.

      Martha Clementine Wheat married Wyatt Wallace Whatley on 16 Aug 1874 in Tallapoosa Co, AL.

Sources

1870; Census Place: Loachapoka, Lee, Alabama; Roll: M593_23; Page: 306A: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13153821:7163
Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2216335:60000

1880; Census Place: District 1290, Meriwether, Georgia; Roll: 157; Page: 298A; Enumeration District: 084; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8823146:6742

1900; Census Place: Wilhites, Cullman, Alabama; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0058; FHL microfilm: 1240012; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/79503219:7602

1910; Census Place: Militia District 646, Coweta, Georgia; Roll: T624_182; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1374195; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3321887:7884

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67857396/martha-clemetine-whatley.

     Martha A. M. Willoughby was born in 1845 at Alabama. She was the daughter of Frederick Willoughby and Martha Wheat.

      Martha Wiloughby married Henry C. Cardwell on 4 Jun 1868 in Chambers Co, AL. Despite her stated birth date of Jan 1847 on the 1900 census, she could not have been born then because of the birth of a close sibling, so her birth date as established by the 1850 - 1860 censuses was used.

Disambiguation: Martha was not the Martha A. Caldwell who died 13 Apr 1946 in Marshall Co, AL. There were many women named Martha Caldwell in Alabama. The Martha Caldwell in Marshall Co was Martha Turner who married William Caldwell in Blount Co, AL in 1889 and was shown as the wife of William Caldwell in 1910 in Marshall Co, AL and born in GA.

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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPT-5QS : 19 December 2020), Martha A M Willoughby in household of Fredrick Willoughby, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDP-BSD : 18 February 2021), Martha A M Willoughby in entry for Fred Willoughby, 1860.

"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMY-BT66 : 19 February 2021), Henry C Cardwell and Martha A Willoughby, 04 Jun 1868; citing Chambers, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,575,862.

1870; Census Place: Six Mile, Bibb, Alabama; Roll: M593_2; Page: 280A; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13045180:7163?ssrc=pt&tid=27035182&pid=1977929393

1880; Census Place: Spring Creek, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 192B; Enumeration District: 167; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5703899:6742?ssrc=pt&tid=27035182&pid=1977929393

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9D1-7KK : accessed 20 November 2021), Martha A Cardwell in household of Henry Cardwell, Precinct 2 Spring Creek, Shelby, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 121, sheet 7B, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,039.

     Zeno Wheat was born in 1817 at North Carolina. He was the son of John Wheat and Elisabeth (Unknown).

      Zeno Wheat was on the 1838 and 1839 Morgan Co, GA tax lists with his apparent brother Edmund Wheat. (http://usgwarchives.net/ga/morgan/taxlists.html)

Zino (sic) Wheat was a carpenter age 33 and born about 1817 in North Carolina who was enumerated in the same household as his apparent sister Martha Wheat Willoughby and their mother Elizabeth Wheat in 1850 in Chambers Co, AL. He was possibly visiting when the census taker arrived because he was also enumerated as Zeno Wheat, age 19 to 45, on the 1850 state census in Chambers Co living alone. On 1 Jan 1859 Zeno acquired 40 acres in Randolph Co, AL.

Sources
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH59-H2X : 20 February 2021), John Wheat, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing 148, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 121; FHL microfilm 18,087.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPT-5QW : 19 December 2020), Zina Wheat in household of Fredrick Willoughby, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

1 Jan 1859, Randolph Co, AL; U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015

1 Jan 1859; Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 (40 acres.)

     Elizabeth Unknown was born c 1747. She married Benjamin Wheat, son of John Wheat Jr. and Ann Unknown, c 1767.

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1768; Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2565&h=181517&ssrc=pt&tid=49934221&pid=46584781299&usePUB=true (birth of first child John.)

     Rebecca Wheat was born c 1771 at Leatherwood District, Henry Co, Virginia. She was the daughter of Benjamin Wheat and Elizabeth Unknown. Rebecca Wheat died c 1858 at Tennessee.

      Rebecca's birth date was estimated as 1771 given her 1792 marriage, the same year as her sister Nancy married. In 1783 she was residing at Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia.

Rebecca married James McCullah in 1792 in Henry Co, VA. In 1792, Alexander McCullough had 3 adult males living in his household, one being James McCullough. James McCullough and Rebecca Wheat's son Alexander was born in 1793. This meant James was living at home in his father's house when they were married.

In 1798, James McCullough appeared on the Wythe Co, VA tax list. He likely separated from Rebecca the following year. James McCullah reappeared in Henry County in 1805 and he remarried Fanny King.

In 1805, Rebecca was living in Wythe Co, VA with her younger brother Hezekiah (Hazariah) Wheat, when there was a severe drought which forced them to move to Hawkins Co, TN. Rebecca had separated from James McCullah and married John Lamb when her family (including her brother Hazariah and her son Alexander McCullah) moved to Tennessee. At the age of 12, Alexander with his mother Rebecca, her husband John Lamb, her brother Hezekiah, and daughter Elizabeth walked barefoot across the Cumberland mountains through the Cumberland Gap with one pack horse, one pack of cooked corn meal and one bundle each of clothing, leaving all their household goods and stock behind. They settled in Hawkins Co, Tennessee.

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In the 1830 census in Hawkins Co, TN a John Lame was listed with the following in the household: one male age 20 < 30; one male 60 < 70; one female under 5; one female 20 < 30 and one female 40 < 50. ("United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-Z2B : 20 February 2021), John Lame, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing 33, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.)

A genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson families: a brief history and genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson families; Online ancestry.com publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - McCullah, Willis Austin. A genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson families : a brief history and genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson families. Springfield, Mo.: Southworth Print. C

White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Vol 1, # 6,1962; https://thelibrary.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/v1/n6/w62c.htm.

     Mary Wheat was born c 1775 at Virginia. She was the daughter of Benjamin Wheat and Elizabeth Unknown. Mary Wheat died a 1820 at Tennessee.

     Mary Wheat was estimated to be born about 1775, possibly as early as 1769, based on her marriage in 1797 and her age on the 1820 census. Mary married Henry W. Haynes on 4 Jul 1797 in Franklin County, Virginia. Surety was given by Stephen Haynes.

1810 Census: Franklin County, Virginia
Listed in household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves: 5

1820 Census: Bedford County, Tennessee (This census may or may not be for the correct family. There is no male listed as 45 and over.
Listed in household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 2

Sources

Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia, 1786 - 1858 by Marshall Wingfield, Originally Published by the West Tennessee Historical Society, Memphis [1939] Reprinted with a new index, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1973. ISBN 0-8063-0575-4 p. 111 Online at FamilySearch

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQX-SY4 : 29 January 2020), Mary Wheat in entry for Henry Haynes, 1797.

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2R-9SR : accessed 16 March 2022), Henry Haynes, Franklin, Virginia, United States; citing p. 295, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 68; FHL microfilm 181,428.

"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-CQH : accessed 16 March 2022), Henry Haynes, Bedford, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .