Wise of Clarke and Wilkes Counties

Sherwood Wise was born ca 1750 in Virginia and died 1816 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was married on 1/5/1772 in Wake County, North Carolina to Sarah Patton, a daughter of Jacob and Jane Patton.[1] Issue:

• John Wise, born ca 1775 in Wake County, North Carolina.
• Patterson Wise, born 7/11/1778, died 6/24/1833 in Clarke County, Georgia.
• Eleanor Wise, born ca 1780.
• Irwin Wise, born ca 1782.
• Jane Wise, born ca 1784.
• Rutha Wise, born ca 1786, died 1830.
• Josiah Wise, born 1789, died 1824 in Wilkes County, buried in the Mt. Goliah Cemetery in Madris, Coweta County, Georgia.
• Mary Wise, born ca 1791.
• Zachariah Wise, born 1795, died 4/8/1847 in Griffin, Pike County, Georgia.

Patterson Wise, son of Sherwood, born 7/11/1778, died 6/24/1833 in Clarke County, Georgia.[2] Issue:

1. Sarah Ann Wise.
2. Williamson Wise.
3. Jacob Edwards Wise.
4. Nancy Ann Wise.
5. Elida Ann Wise.
6. Sherwood Wise.
7. Wayne Wise.
8. Walden Wise.
9. Luise Wise married Mr. Bradberry.
10. Ruth Wise.
11. Edminah Wise married Mr. Whited.
12. Mary Ann Wise.

Sources: [1] The Last Will and Testament of Jane Patton in Clarke County, Georgia, dated 3/4/1812, probated 9/1814, named her sons-in-law, Sherrod Wise, Benjamin and Thomas Hill; and daughters, Margaret Wise, Susannah Oldham. Grandchildren, the children of Basil Lamar; [2] Last Will and Testament of Patterson Wise dated 3/21/1833, probated 9/2/1833 in Clarke County.