This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: afisher1160 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wise/3701/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Help! I've come to a dead end in my research on my family. The family names that I'm researching is - WISE & GILLESPIE. The race that I've come across on this family is black & mulatto. Info that I've found comes from federal census records that I would like to get some verification on. YouR input will be greatly appreciated. 1880 - Gibson, Monroe Co., Mississippi John Wise 1841/Virginia - married Mandy Morgan? 1851/Mississippi. Together they had 9 children: Penny abt.1862/ Rebecca abt.1864/ Billy abt.1867/ John abt.1870/ Lucien abt.1872/ Chas. H. abt.1874/ Alex abt.1875/(great grandmother)Palestine abt.1877/ Palestina abt.1879/ Becky Morgan abt. 1840 mother of Mandy. Also, I located the following information that can be tied to Lucien Wise it just need to be verified. 1900 - Gibson, Monroe Co., Mississippi Lucian Wise married Katie Wise. Together at this time, they had 3 children - Henry L. Wise abt.1895/ Lucian Wise Jr. abt.1897/ Milas B. Wise abt.1899. Bettie Morgan abt. 1835 is listed as Aunt. My question to anyone, could Bettie Morgan & Becky Morgan be sisters? 1900 & 1930 - Egypt, Chickasaw Co., Mississippi Wilson Gillespie married Palestine Wise in 1895. They had 13 children - Robert Lee, Hervie (Urby), Ausbins (Osby), (great grandfather) Wilson Jr., Mary Carr is listed as a niece/ Alex, Maggie B., Mandy(Amanda), Alburt, Bessie, John (Johnny), Walter, Anna D., Attie (Addie) B. Thanks for your time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.