Notes for John N. Wisecarver, Jr.

Notes for John N. Wisecarver, Jr.

[WISECARVER.FTW...lauri.FTW]

Invalid baptism temple code: OAKL.

Invalid endowment temple code: OAKL.

Notes for **JOHN WISECARVER:

THE NAME WEISSGERBER/WHITESCARVER/WISECARVER
MEANS "TAWER," ONE WHO PREPARES LEATHER WITHOUT
THE USE OF TANBARK. IN VIRGINIA THE NAME WAS VARIOUSLY SPELLED IN THE EARL
RECORDS (VISCARVER, WISECARVER, ETC.), UNTIL FINALLY THESPELLING
WHlTESCARVER CAME INTO GENERAL USE

[THE ABOVE WAS TAKEN FROM "ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS OF THE NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA 1714-1750] BY: HOLTSCLAW GERMANNA RECORD # 5.

JOHN WISECARVER THE LAST WILL AND TESTMENT 4 MARCH 1844
EXECUTORS ON BOND: SAMUEL WISECARVER, GEORGE JACKSON, JACOB M. BEWLEY.
TO WIFE, ELIZABETH, TRACT WHERE WE LIVE/ DAUGHTERS TO GET HER PART. TO SON, WILLIAM, AND DAUGHTER, SALLY, A $1.00, THEY HAVE THEIR PART. CHILDREN: POLLY, BETHENA, SAMUEL, WILLIAM, SALLY, HARMON.EXECUTORS: SONS, SAMUEL AND HARMON WISECARVER.
WILL DATED: 6 JANUARY 1843.
WITNESSED: THOMAS L. WALKER, GEORGE JACKSON, CHARLES WILKINSON.
SIGNED: JOHN WISECARVER
THIS WAS TAKEN FROM GOLDENE FILLERS BURGNER'S - GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE WILLS, 1783 - 1890

WISECARVER FAMILY RECORD
[WEISSGERBER] THE WISECARVER'S WERE OF DUTCH DESCENDANTS:

JOHN WISECARVER, SON OF MARY WISECARVER WAS BORN ON DIEFI RIVER IN CULPEPER COUNTY, ABOUT 12 MILES FROM THE COURT HOUSE IN OLD VIRGINIA ON JUNE 4th. 1766.
JOHN WISECARVER NOW DWELLS ON LICK CREEK, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE - APRIL 15, 1824.
BETSY TOWNSEND, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND SALLY TOWNSEND, WAS BORN 4 MILES BELOW BETHLEHEM, THE OLDEST MORVIAN TOWN IN NORTH AMERICA. SITUATED IN THE RIVER LEffi A BRANCH OF THE GREAT DELEWARE RIVER, ABOUT 50 MILES FROM PHILADELPHIA CITY, IN NORTH HAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE IN THE MONTH OF OCT 1772.

THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN WISECARVER AND BETSY TOWNSEND, AFORESAID, WAS PERFORMED BY SIMON HARR, A PREACHER IN STOVER'S TOWN SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA STATE ON JUNE 10, 1791.

THE OFFSPRINGS OF JOHN & BETSY WISECARVER, BORN AS FOLLOWS, VIS;
ALL THE FIRST CHILDREN TO AMOUNT OF FIVE, BORN SEVEN MILES BELOW STOVER'S TOWN, SHENANDOAH COUNTY, NEW VIRGINIA, VIS;
1. SALLY WISECARVER - WAS BORN ON MAY 8, 1791.
2. WILLIAM WISECARVER - WAS BORN ON JUNE 27, 1793.
3. JOHN WISECARVER - WAS BORN ON MAY 1, 1795. AND THE AFORESAID, JOHN WISECARVER DECEASED IN ABOUT 20 MONTHS AFTER HIS BIRTH.
4. POLLY WISECARVER BORN MAY 31, 1798.
5. BETHANY WISECARVER WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1801.

THESE OTHER 2 FOLLOWING CHILDREN WERE BORN WHERE THEIR FATHER REMOVED ON LICK CREEK, 5 MILES ABOVE IT'S MOUTH, 1/2 MILES FROM WARRENSBURG, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE STATE, VIS;
6. HARMON WISECARVER WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1809.
7. SAMUEL WISECARVER WAS BORN ON JUNE 20, 1812.

THIS IS THE WISECARVER FAMILY RECORD AS IT IS KNOWN.

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