When Jesse W Wise was born about 1790, in South Carolina, United States, his father, James Wise, was 32 and his mother, Ruth Warren, was 32. He married Susanna Ferguson on 25 October 1812, in Amite, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States in 1830 and Franklin Township, Union, Arkansas, United States in 1840. He died on 14 October 1868, in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 79.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: nickname for a wise or learned person, from Middle English wise, wisse ‘wise’ (Old English wīs). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs and De Wijs, a nickname meaning ‘(the) wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by the withies or willows, from Middle English withi, Old English wīthig ‘withy, willow’.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Weiss ‘white’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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