Elaine: You may be a part of the Frederick Wise family out of Lincoln Co., NC. He had grandsons both named John who moved to Buncombe Co., NC and then spilled over the mountains into North GA and SE TN. I haven't gotten that far on proving those on the TN side yet. I do have notes that say descendants were in Knoxville south..... Might be some you can connect with. Let me know if you make a connection. A family history now in progress.... Lorena "Bob and Elaine McDowell" <elainej@arn.net> wrote: Hello, Our James Wise was born in Bradley County, Tennessee on November 11, 1827. He died Christian County, Missouri on January 11, 1908. He was married to Elizabeth Farley, she died Christian County, Missouri in 1883. They had James Jr, b 1859 in Tennessee Henry C. b 1855 in Tennessee Nancy C. b 1861 Missouri Robert J. b. 1868 Missouri After Elizabeth died, James married Mary T. Wilhite Smith a widow with a son, Tom. Mary was born Feb. 12, 1855 Searcy, Arkansas and died May 20, 1930 Wheeler,Texas. James and Mary had 3 children: Francis C. b 1887 Christian County, Missouri Jesse F. b 1888 Christian County, Missouri Annie May b 1892 Christian County, Missouri. It is believed James had a sister Symtha, and his father was Henry who married in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Will exchange information. Have a great week Elaine McDowell Bath/Bott/Batt homepage. Please check out. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/4764/ researching the following surnames BATH/BATT/BOTT/LAPP/STRATMAN/UHING/ MCDOWELL/COLLINS/SHERRILL/BARNES/WILHITE WISE/MOORE/LEWIS/KNIGHT/ Bob and Elaine McDowell Rt.8 Box 1336 Amarillo, Texas 79118 ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.