Wheless Surname

Joseph Wheless was born on November 10, 1760 in Halifax Co., North Carolina ¹. He died on March 20, 1844 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee ⁵.

Joseph was born and raised in Halifax Co., North Carolina. He served in the Revolutionary War while living there. Joseph married and began raising his family in Halifax County, North Carolina. In 1802, they moved away and lived somewhere in Tennessee for about 3 years. Then in 1805, they moved to Montgomery Co., Tennessee, where they remained.

Ann was probably born in Southampton County, Virginia, where her parents were documented between 1756 and 1766. In late 1766, they moved away and eventually moved to Halifax County, North Carolina.

1	Herbert Wheless was born circa 1788 in Halifax Co., North Carolina. He died sometime between 1829-1830 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He married Penelope Norris on September 12, 1808 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 2. She died after 1830. They had children: Winney Wheless (c. 1810-1859) md. Adkins Perdew Matilda Wheless (c. 1812-1897) md. George W. Garrison Joseph wheless (c. 1812-1865) md. 1st Seilinira W. Perdew md. 2nd Nelly Cocke Henry Wheless (1810s-1846)
2	Mary Wheless
3	Jane Wheless was born circa 1793 in Halifax Co., North Carolina. She possibly died circa 1843-1844. She married unknown Holt. It is not known if they had any children.
4	Aquilla Wheless was born circa 1795 in Halifax Co., North Carolina. He died on July 22, 1846 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 6. He married Mary Hogan circa 1820 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. They had children: Martha Ann Wheless (c. 1821-1845) md. John Wilson Wesley Wheless (1823-1861) md. Susan Ann Hobson Alexander Wheless (1825-1871) md. Elizabeth Tucker Malone James Wheless (1828-1886) md. Sarah B. Ewing Joseph Wheless (1830-1899) md. 1st Myra McCall md. 2nd Ellen Thomas Malone Susan Wheless (c. 1831-c. 1831) Mary Ann Wheless (1832-1916) md. Robert Peyton Bolling William T. Wheless (1835-1892) md. 1st Ellen Sheppard md. 2nd ??? Pearce John F. Wheless (1839-1891) md. Frances McAlister Clarksville Jeffersonian, Aug. 1, 1846, Pg. 3: "DIED ... At his residence in this county, on the 22d inst., Mr. Aquilla Wheless, late Sheriff of this county."

Mary Wheless was born on November 4, 1789 ³ or November 7, 1789 ⁴ in Halifax Co., North Carolina. She died on June 30, 1858 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee ^3,4. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

Father: Joseph Wheless
Mother: Ann "Nancy" Council

Mary moved with her family to Montgomery Co., Tennessee in about 1810, when she would have been ten or eleven years old. She joined the Baptist church in October 1804.

Clarksville Chronicle, Jul. 23, 1858, Pg. 2:
“OBITUARY.
Died, on the 30th of June, 1858, Mrs. Mary Grant, consort of Zachariah Grant, aged 68 years, 7 months and 26 days. Sister Grant was the daughter of Mr. Wheless, who died in this county some years since. She was born Nov. 7th, 1789; professed religion the first Sabbath in October, 1804, in her 50th (sic) year, and joined the Baptist church; married Mr. Grant the 27th of December, 1810, with whom she lived in peace and prosperity. She possessed a strong mind, fixed purpose, and amiable disposition; was kind and liberal in her feelings, a friend to the poor, very attentive to the sick, and ever ready, with a liberal hand, to aid in anything that promised good to the church or the world. She was much afflicted for eighteen months previous to her death, the last six months confined to her room, and the last four weeks to her bed. She bore her sufferings with christian fortitude and without murmuring, giving the strongest evidence of submission to the will of her Heavenly Father During her affliction she often talked of her future prospects, saying her confidence was in God, and she had neither doubt nor fear as to her acceptance with him through Jesus Christ, her Savior. As she approached near the tomb her mind was more and more taken from the world, and the greater did she manifest her anxiety for the spiritual interest of her friends. She urged her aged companion to meet her in heaven - which he promised he would - and her children, grand-children and servants, that were not religious, to seek religious, and that they were, to review their covenant with God and live more for him.
Sister Grant lived the life of the Christian and died giving the assurance that she had the victory through Jesus Christ. She was a kind neighbor, an affectionate wife, a tender and loving mother. Her death has made a void in the family that time cannot fill. She left a kind husband, three sons and three daughters with their families, and a number of other relations and friends, to mourn her loss. Her request was that they would not grieve for her. May they so live that when they come to die, they may feel that all is well, as she did, and die in great peace. A friend.
Montgomery Co., July, 1858.”

For information on their children, see his page.

1. Revolutionary War Pension file of Joseph Wheless
2. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. (Ancestry.com)
3. Tombstone inscriptions, Old Grant's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co., TN
4. Obituary of Mary Grant, Clarksville Chronicle, Jul. 23, 1858, Pg. 2