Basil Wheat was born ca. 1758 in Maryland, and died in Columbia Co., Georgia. His will states he died in 1809. He was married to Mary Ridgeway. She made her will Oct. 25, 1831. She died in Lincoln Co., Georgia. He had six known children: 1. Eli, whose will was probated 1810 in Columbia Co., Ga.; 2. Harvey (b. 1786), married 1811 Nancy Dorsey; 3. Rebecca, who married 1806 in Columbia Co., Edward O'Neal; 4. Westley, who married Francis Walton in 1809; 5. Moses (b. 1781), who married Artemesia Jemison in 1808; and 6. Ila Nunn (1789-1840) born in Columbia Co., Ga., and whose line is mainly followed in this book. Descendants live in Arkansas and elsewhere.