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Note: , B. Lit. Baltimore Regional Publishing Company 1988. Page 101: Wiseman, John -- of Edward (Nancy) Keenan -- $4 of 400 -- 5s -- Lick Run 1798 (See defination of terms in William Blanton's notes) Page 472: Monroe Voters in 1800: Qualified voters for the presidential election of November 3, 1800 had to own land in order to vote. John Wiseman was included on this list. Page 479-81: Residents of 1799 were placed on a tax list. This is one of the first lists of the residents of Monroe County. Abner, Isaac Sr, Isaac Jr, John, and Joseph were on this list. From Monroe County (W) Virginia Abstracts Deeds (1799-1817) Wills (1799-1829) Sim's Land Grant Index (1780-1862) compiles by Larry G Shuck. Published by Closon Press Apollo, Pennsylvania. Page 5 - John Wiseman was elected an elector to elect the president and vice president on 3 Nov 1800. Page 32 - Chosen as Electors to vote for President and Vice President of United States in 1804. John Blanton, William Blanton, John Wiseman, and Joseph Wiseman. Page 32 - Chosen as Electors to vote for President and Vice President of United States in 1808. John Blanton, William Blanton, John Wiseman, and Joseph Wiseman. Page 40 - 14 Jun 1810 Philip Hall of Kanawha Co appointed Chales Friend his lawful attorney to convey to Patrkck Keenan 40 acres land adj John Wiseman, Seth Bogus, Enocdh Bogus and John Blanton. Page 59 - 20 Sep 1814 Robert Campbell and wife Lydia Campbell to Hugh Caperton and Henry Alexander 123 acres for $1.00 on the road from Union to Sweet Springs adj John Wiseman, Thomas Johnson, Sutuarts heirs, John Blanton, Frederick Honiker, and the said Caperton and Alexander and the Rehobath meeting house. The following information is taken from “The Wisemans” 2nd Edition, 1992. Compiled by Boyd W Venable of 2312 Branner Avenue, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 3760, a Wiseman descendant. John Wiseman, the 2nd child, was born 8/18, 1760 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He also had two periods of military service in the Revolutionary War. BW S Wiseman states that John served in the Continental Line at Trenton and Princeton in the winter of 1776-77. That was when the family lived in Berks County and John was 16 years old. The second period of service was in the Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania) militia, in 1778. Westmoreland County is in the western part of the state near Pittsburgh, but it was then still in Yohogania ounty, Virginia. John married Sarah Greene 5/10, 1786 in Rockinyham County, then moved to Monroe County, Virginia the same year. There he was ordained a Methodist Minister by the famous Bishop Asbury and is said to have preached in the Rehoboth Methodist Church. (Bishop Asbury, unmarried, traveled the American frontier tirelessly as an apostle of Methodism. He was said to have ordained 3000 Methodist ministers). John, Sarah and their family stayed in Monroe County until 1818 when John was 58 years old. Then John, Sarah and part of the family moved to the new frontier in Ohio (Fairfield County) and finally settled in Perry County. The danger from hostile Indian raids was pretty well ended after the end of the War of 1812 was concluded in 1815, making the country west of the Ohio River peacefully available to new settlers. Also, the National Road from the east coast, under construction since 1811, reached the Ohio River at Wheeling, (West) Virginia in 1818, making the new State of Ohio more accessible to settlers. John Wiseman died l/22, 1842 at the age of 82. His wife, Sarah, died 8/12, 1847 at age 84. They had twelve children: seven sons and five daughters: Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret (m Aaron Morgan, and died in Virginia), Ann, (md Geo Stinchcomb and lived near New Salem, Ohio); James Greene, born 8/14, 1793, moved to Ohio and lived, successively, in Madison, Perry and Hancock Counties; John Ray, born 6/26, 1796, a veteran of Virginia militia in the War of 1812, a blacksmith, farmer, and justice of the peace, (md Mary Bostick); Isaac, born 7/11, 1797, (md Susan Hull), moved to Hancock County, Ohio; Sarah, (md Thomas Stuart Brattin in Monroe County, Virginia 9/6,1815 and moved to Chilicothe, Ohio, (Judge) Joseph Greene, born 12/6, 1801, moved to New Salem, Ohio; Abner, born 3/11, 1805; Philip Smith, born 6/10, 1806, moved to Perry County, Ohio; and Jacob Gruber, born 11/16, 1808, moved to New Salem, Ohio.
Note: From "A History of Monroe County, West Virginia" by Oren F. Morton
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