— born in SC or KY:
  6.  Benjamin WHEELER, b. 22 Mar 1791
  7.  Mary "Polly" WHEELER, b. 28 Jul 1793
  8.  Matilda WHEELER, b. 15 Apr 1798; m. 5 Mar 1823, Livingston Co., KY, John F. CABBOTT / CAVIT

— born in Livingston Co., KY:
  9.  Isaac Henry WHEELER, b. 25 Jun 1800
10.  Susannah "Susan" WHEELER, b. 11 Mar 1804; m. 9 Nov 1826, Caldwell Co., KY, William MERCER

Some secondary sources have the family's location as Livingston Co. "now Caldwell Co." or "now Crittenden Co.," but John WHEELER lived in Salem (see 1820 and 1830 censuses), which was then and is still in Livingston Co.

1.  Family Group Sheet compiled by Georgie Tolleson and Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati. 

2.  Will of Col. Henry Clark. 

3.  Pension Application of Capt. John Wheeler. 

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):

1790	Wheeler, Ambrose	SC	Pendleton Dist.	p. 83	02-05-02-00-00
1790	Wheeler, James	SC	Pendleton Dist.	p. 83	01-01-01-00-00
1790	Wheeler, John	SC	Pendleton Dist.	p. 83	10-40-33-00-00
1790	Wheeler, William	SC	Pendleton Dist.	p. 84	01-02-11-00-00

Is John running a hotel or something?!  For other neighbors, see 1790 Census Table. 

5.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):  the KY census was lost.  Tax records are substituted on the CD.

1800 Tax List

Wheeler, John

KY

Livingston Co.

6.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched). 

1810

Wheeler, John

KY

Livingston Co.

p. 158

11101-1010108

These data should read:

10101-11101-08

which indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	9 or under	1800-1810	= Isaac (b. 1800)
1 male	16-25	1784-1794	= Benjamin (b. 1791)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= John (b. ca. 1756)
1 female	9 or under	1800-1810	= Susan (b. 1804)
1 female	10-15	1794-1800	= Matilda (b. 1798)
1 female	16-25	1784-1794	= Mary (b. 1793)
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= Susannah (b. 1762)
8 slaves	all ages	in or bef. 1810	= names unknown

John Jr. must be gone.  Other WHEELERs in the county:  Essam, son Henry, and son James.

7.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):

1820

Wheeler, John

KY

Livingston Co.

Salem

p. 7

Other WHEELERs in county:  son Henry, son James, Solomon, and "Jtuis" (indexer could not read name).

8.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Census	Wheeler, John	KY	Livingston Co.	Salem	p. 21
1835 Pension Roll	Wheeler, John	KY	Livingston Co.

This CD contains other records, in addition to the census.

9.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).  From the Notes of a file submitted there.

PROBATE RECORDS: Livingston County, Kentucky Will Book A & B, book #976.9895 P28j John WHEELER, Will written 23 DEC 1834, Probated 1 JULY 1839, Signature was made with a mark. Mentions wife: Susanna; Sons: Isaac H., Henry, James; Daughters: Mary Ann HENRY, Sarah WYATT, Mary CRUCE, Matilda CAVIT, Susanna MERCER; granddaughter: Susan Clark WHEELER; wife Susanna and son Isaac H. executors; witnesses: James CRUCE, Arthur TRAVIS, James THRELKELD & Aaron THRELKELD.

10.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  Kentucky Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Wheeler, Isaac H.	Threlkeld, Polly	Jul 16, 1821	Livingston Co.
Cabbott, John F.	Wheeler, Matilda	Mar 5, 1823	Livingston Co.

Marriage record for son, John, not found.

11.  Mary Clark's web site:  Genealogy of the Clark Family.