Wade & Webb Family History

Elizabeth Ann Whatley1779–1854

Wilkes · Mount Hickory Cemetery

Elizabeth Ann Whatley was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, in 1779 and married Edmund Carlile, with whom she had nine children, five of the sons carrying Whatley as a middle name. Widowed in 1828, she died in 1854 in Chambers County, Alabama, and was buried at Mount Hickory Cemetery near Milltown.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Places
  4. Timeline
  5. Open questions
  6. Searches made
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. 27 Jan 1779 Wilkes, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 1796 Edmund Carlile, at Jackson, Georgia

Death and burial

  1. 1854 Burial: Mount Hickory Cemetery, Milltown, Chambers, Alabama, United States of Ameraica
  2. 15 Nov 1854 Death: Election Precinct 3 Milltown, Chambers, Alabama 10

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 1796
Edmund Carlile 1776–1828
Children
Malinda Carlisle 1804–1828

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Elizabeth Ann Whatley
  2. Robert Whatley Carlisle, son
  3. Clarrissa Jane Carlisle, daughter
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

3rd great-grandmother of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Elizabeth Ann Whatley was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, on 27 January 1779, according to the FamilySearch tree, which cites no record for the date or place; a citation migrated from an earlier family tree records only her birth name.1

Marriage and family

She married Edmund Carlile, who was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, in 1776; the tree dates the marriage to 1796 in Jackson County, Georgia, without a source.2 Inference Jackson County was formed only in 1796 and is not known to have kept marriage records before 1803, so the date and place of the marriage are probably estimates, perhaps worked back from the birth of the first child, and need a source.3 The tree names nine children, born between 1798 and 1818: William Whatley (1798), Christian (1800), James Whatley (1802), Malinda (1804), Robert Whatley (1806), Edmond Whatley (1808), Green Whatley (1810), Michael Andrew Jackson (1816) and Elizabeth Strickland Carlile (1818).4 Five of her sons carried her maiden name, Whatley, as a middle name.4 Her son Robert Whatley Carlisle was born in Jackson County on 21 April 1806, according to the tree, and married Clarissa M. Owens in Newton County, Georgia, on 31 December 1826.5

The federal census of 1820 recorded Edmund Carlisle as head of a household in Captain Shaw's District of Morgan County, Georgia.6 He died in Morgan County in 1828; the tree gives his death as 13 April 1828, the same date as a Morgan County probate record of his estate, probate being the court process by which a will is proved and an estate settled.7 Inference Because a will is proved after a death, not on the day of it, 13 April 1828 is probably the date of the probate, and Edmund probably died somewhat earlier.7

Widowhood

The federal census of 1850 listed Elisabeth Carlisle as head of her own household.8 A note added to that record by a FamilySearch contributor says that it shows "Elizabeth and her granddaughter, whom she raised"; the granddaughter is not named in the note.8 By then her son Robert had moved to Alabama, where the census of 1850 found him in Tallapoosa County.9

Elizabeth Ann Carlisle died on 15 November 1854 at Milltown, Election Precinct 3, Chambers County, Alabama, according to the tree, and was buried at Mount Hickory Cemetery, Milltown; Find a Grave indexes her as Elizabeth Ann Whatley Carlisle.10 No record attached to her gives the date or place of her death, and her parents are not recorded in the tree.11

Places

  1. 1779Wilkes
  2. 1796Jackson
  3. 1854Mount Hickory Cemetery
  4. 1854Chambers

Timeline

  1. 27 Jan 1779BirthWilkes, Georgia
  2. 1796Marriage, Edmund CarlileJackson, Georgia
  3. 1854BurialMount Hickory Cemetery, Milltown, Chambers, Alabama, United States of Ameraica
  4. 15 Nov 1854DeathElection Precinct 3 Milltown, Chambers, Alabama

Open questions

Leads from two genealogy directories (raised 2026-11-09)

A 1959 query in The Genealogical Helper gives her as born 1770 near Princeton, New Jersey, died 1856 at Milltown, Alabama (unsourced; the tree has 1779 Wilkes County, Ga., and 1854). In 1943 the genealogist Anne Mae Mims of Edgefield, S.C., was compiling a manuscript "Whateley-Whatley and allied families" and wanted her parentage: find the manuscript.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Elizabeth Whatley, b. 1779 ±3, d. 1854 ±3: 0 results; Elizabeth Carlile, b. 1779 ±3, d. 1854 ±3: 0 resultsno matches
  2. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Elizabeth Ann Whatley", Georgia10 pages; first: [The Genealogical Helper 1959-12: Vol 13 Iss 4, 1959, p. ](https://archive.org/details/sim_evertons-genealogical-helper_1959-12_13_4?q=%22Elizabeth%20Ann%20Whatley%22); [Suwannee county, Florida, marriages, 2026, p. ](https://archive.org/details/suwanneecountyfl12hanc?q=%22Elizabeth%20Ann%20Whatley%22); [To my parents Jesse Berryman Robinson II and Helen Evelyn Cox, 1900, p. ](https://archive.org/details/tomyparentsjesse00grav?q=%22Elizabeth%20Ann%20Whatley%22)
  3. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Elizabeth Whatley", Georgia286 pages; first: [The North Carolinian : a Quarterly Journal of Genealogy and History 1958-06: Vol 4 Iss 2, 1958, p. ](https://archive.org/details/north-carolina-genealogy_1958-06_4_2?q=%22Elizabeth%20Whatley%22); [GSU Plain Talks 196406, 1964, p. ](https://archive.org/details/gsu-plain-talks-196406?q=%22Elizabeth%20Whatley%22); [Genealogy Of Malcolm Colquhoun Neal MacLeod Sarah (Sallie) Bethune Scottish Immigrants To Aerica In 1700's, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/genealogy-of-malcolm-colquhoun-neal-mac-leod-sarah-sallie-bethune-scttich-immigr?q=%22Elizabeth%20Whatley%22)
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside surveyofcemeteri0002milf_h9x0not searchable: surveyofcemeteri0002milf_h9x0 (A survey of cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama ) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside memorialrecordof00tayl3 pages; first: [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 599](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n599/mode/1up?q=Whatley); [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 600](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n600/mode/1up?q=Whatley); [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 108](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n108/mode/1up?q=Whatley); 2 with the given name (Elizabeth, Ann)
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside historyofalabama01owen17 pages; first: [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 61](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n61/mode/1up?q=Whatley); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 69](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n69/mode/1up?q=Whatley); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 219](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n219/mode/1up?q=Whatley); 0 with the given name (Elizabeth, Ann)
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside earlyrecordsofge0001davinot searchable: earlyrecordsofge0001davi (Early records of Georgia. Volume one, Wilkes County ) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside earlyrecordsofge0002davinot searchable: earlyrecordsofge0002davi (Early records of Georgia. Volume one, Wilkes County ) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside hillsofwilkescou00hill1 page; first: [The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia, and allied families, [192, p. 332](https://archive.org/details/hillsofwilkescou00hill/page/n332/mode/1up?q=Whatley); 1 with the given name (Elizabeth, Ann)
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside historicalcollec0001daugnot searchable: historicalcollec0001daug (Historical collections of the Georgia chapters Daughters of the American Revolution) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside earlyhistoryofja00wilsno matches; 0 with the given name (Elizabeth, Ann)
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside jacksoncountygeo0000possnot searchable: jacksoncountygeo0000poss (Jackson County, Georgia early court records, 1796-1831 ) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  13. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Whatley", inside jacksoncountygeo0000hardnot searchable: jacksoncountygeo0000hard (Jackson County, Georgia marriage records, 1805-1910 ) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  14. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Elizabeth Ann Whatley", Georgia (10 pages)Match (high) in *The Genealogical Helper*, Dec 1959, p. 219: query 13-4-85, "Elizabeth Ann Whatley, b 1770 near Princeton, NJ, d 1856 Miltown, Ala m 1795? Edmund Griffith Carlisle …" Unsourced query; birth (1770, New Jersey) and death year (1856) conflict with the tree (1779 Wilkes; 1854). [Genealogical Helper record](../documents/1959-genealogical-helper-whatley-carlisle-query.md).
  15. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: *The Handbook of American Genealogy* (1943), three scansMatch (medium): genealogist Anne Mae Mims, compiler of a manuscript "Whateley-Whatley and allied families," wanted the "parentage of … Elizabeth Ann Whatley (m. Edmond Carlisle)." No facts; a lead to her manuscript. [Handbook record](../documents/1943-handbook-american-genealogy-whatley-mims.md).
  16. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Elizabeth Whatley", Georgia (286 pages)Not her: twentieth-century women (Gulf States Utilities staff, students, a linguist).
  17. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Whatley" inside *Hills of Wilkes County* (1 page), *Memorial Record* (3), Owen vol. 1 (17), Jackson County (Ga.) history (none)Not her: other Whatleys and unrelated families (Lumpkin, Crook). The Wilkes County records (Davidson, 2 vols.), the Georgia DAR *Historical Collections*, the Jackson County books and the Chambers County cemetery survey are lending-library books (to-do; she was born in Wilkes County by the tree and is buried at Milltown, Chambers County).
  18. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 12 searchesTwo matches (1959 query, 1943 directory; records written), both derivative and unsourced.
  19. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Elizabeth Ann Whatley"no matches
  20. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Elizabeth Whatley", Georgiano matches
  21. 2026-11-09DPLA hits assessed: 2 searchesNo hits; nothing to assess.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2MJQ-8GC: birth 27 Jan 1779, Wilkes, Georgia, no source attached Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Ann Whatley - Government record: birth-name: Elizabeth Ann Whatley: Legacy NFS source: birth-name Elizabeth Ann Whatley back to the text
  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDTB-JRD (their page): Edmund Carlile, birth 1776, Edgecombe, North Carolina FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2MJQ-8GC: marriage 1796, Jackson, Georgia, no source attached back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2MJQ-8GC: marriage 1796, Jackson, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWQC-QLS (their page): William Whatley Carlisle, born 1798 back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2MJQ-8GC: children of Edmund Carlile and Elizabeth Ann Whatley, 1798–1818 back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KJZD-DX5 (their page): birth 21 Apr 1806, Jackson, Georgia; marriage 31 Dec 1826, Newton, Georgia "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Robert W. Carlile and Clarisa M. Owens, 31 Dec 1826. Record: Robert W. Carlile, Georgia County Marriages, 31 Dec 1826 back to the text
  6. "United States, Census, 1820", FamilySearch, Edmund Carlisle, 1820. Record: Edmund Carlisle, 1820 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDTB-JRD (their page): residence 1820, Capt Shaws, Morgan, Georgia back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDTB-JRD (their page): death 13 Apr 1828, Morgan, Georgia; probate 13 Apr 1828, Morgan "Georgia, Probate Records, 1742-1990", FamilySearch, Edmund Carlisle, 13 Apr 1828. Record: Edmund Carlisle, Georgia Probate Records, 13 Apr 1828 back to the text
  8. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Elisabeth Carlisle, 1850. Record: Elisabeth Carlisle, 1850; note: Elizabeth and her granddaughter, whom she raised back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Robin W Carlile, 1850. Record: Robin W Carlile, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KJZD-DX5 (their page): residence 1850, Tallapoosa City, Tallapoosa, Alabama back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2MJQ-8GC: death 15 Nov 1854, Election Precinct 3 Milltown, Chambers, Alabama; burial 1854, Mount Hickory Cemetery, Milltown, Chambers "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Ann Whatley Carlisle, 1854. Record: Elizabeth Ann Whatley Carlisle, Find a Grave Index, 1854 back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2MJQ-8GC: three sources attached: the 1850 census, a Find a Grave index entry and a migrated birth-name citation; no parents recorded back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Elizabeth Ann Whatley (3)
  1. 1850Elisabeth Carlisle, "United States Census, 1850"
  2. 1854Elizabeth Ann Whatley Carlisle, "Find a Grave Index"
  3. Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Ann Whatley - Government record: birth-name: Elizabeth Ann Whatley