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William White m. 1752? VA b. 1730? VA d. Jul 1818 Burke Co. NC |
Mary b. 1754? Culpeper Co. VA d. 1844? Wilkes Co. NC |
Phoebe b. 1756? Culpeper Co. VA d. by Aug 8, 1814 Claiborne Co. MS |
Sarah b. Feb 19, 1758 ?Culpeper Co. VA d. after 1823 Claiborne Co. MS |
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Elizabeth (Betty) b. 1760? Craven Co. SC d. 1838? Taylor's Bend, Jefferson Co. TN |
Joseph Taylor b. 1762? Craven Co. SC d. after Jun 26, 1816 KY |
Ann b. 1764? Craven Co. SC d. after 1790 NC? |
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Catherine "Cary" b. 1766? Craven Co. SC d. after Aug 30, 1823 St. Landry Parish LA |
Anthony ?"Tonio" b. 1768? Craven Co. NC d. MS? |
Thomas D. b. Feb 25, 1771 Craven Co. SC d. Jun 28, 1826 Franklin Co. TN |
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Reuben b. 1772? Craven Co. SC d. after 1850 Bradley Co. TN |
Clarissa b. Jun 22, 1774? ?Burke Co. NC d. Jul 13, 1852 Columbia, Maury Co. TN |
?William, Jr. b. after 1774 ?Burke Co. NC |
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?Samuel b. after 1774 ?Burke Co. NC d. after Sep 1818 MS? |
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About 1752 William married Sophia Davenport. His brother James married
Jerushka Davenport (1744?-1785?). Sophia and Jerushka were daughters of
Thomas Davenport, (1711-1809). |
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In Mar and Nov of 1757, James Taylor White was granted 300 acres in Peedee SC and
150 acres in Williamsburg Township, respectively.
[SC Archives, Columbia SC, Aug 1971, Council Journal No 26, p. 67, 79.
Referenced in Gifford White, James Taylor White of Virginia and ..., p.37]. |
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The land granted in SC is in what was once Craven County, one of the three original
parts of the English colony of "Carolana". By 1760, the White family was attending the
Cashaway Baptist Church near the Pee Dee River just east of present-day Darlington SC. |
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Husband William, his father and his brother Reuben, along with brother-in-law
John Holloway,
and William Loving were members of a SC militia
defeated at Marr's Bluff SC, at the hands of Regulators, on July 25, 1768.
William White was wounded, losing use of his right arm so that he could not
continue his trade as a cooper (barrel maker). Excerpt from the book The South Carolina Regulators by Richard Maxwell Brown gives a background and summary of the incident. |
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August 15, 1770 petition by
husband William White seeking government relief for him and his family.
That year, brother Reuben apparently bought William's land in St. David's parish,
Craven Co, SC so that William could pay off his debts. William was jailed for
debt in Cheraws SC in 1774. In the petition, William describes raising three
orphans of his wife's relatives. |
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The Administrator's account of sister "Susanna Cole, Decd" was recorded in Jul 1763,
leaving her three children orphaned [Vineyard, p. 294]. One of the orphans was named
Alexander Cole who was old enough to witness the deed of gift of brother-in-law Reuben
White to Sophia in Dec 1773 in SC. In 1777, Alexander was also in Burke Co. NC where
the Whites relocated, making oath to the deed he witnessed in SC. |
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Daughter Mary married George Hickman (1755-1803?) on Mar 2, 1772 "over Jefferies
Creek" in SC. When he died about 1803, her father was appointed guardian of their
four minor children after Mary had remarried and moved to Wilkes Co. NC. |
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From 1772 until 1881, the following land transactions involving the White family
occurred in the Pee Dee River area of Craven County in chronological order: Sep 17, 1772 - James Taylor White, 300 acres Craven on south side of Swift Creek, adjacent to lands of William Standard, George Kings, and land laid out for William White; District Surveyor: John Henderson. Plat Book v. 21:426. Oct 10, 1772 - James White, 200 acres Craven County Polk swamp, adjacent to John Baxter and John Hollowy [sic] and vacant land; District Surveyor: Thos. Powe. Plat Book v. 21:424. Dec 10, 1772 Reuben White, 600 acres Craven in fork of Little Pee Dee and Drownding Creek on Bell Swamp: District Surveyor: John McCall. Plat Book v. 21:431. Jun 14, 1773 - Reuben White, 500 acres Craven on North side of Little Pedee adjacent to Hugh Thompson. District Surveyor: Thos. Powe. Plat Book v. 21:431. Oct 9, 1881 - Reuben White, 300 acres Craven on the Beaver dam, waters of Jeffereys Creek adjacent to John Ward, Connels land, Reuben White and vacant land. District Surveyor: Thos. Powe. Plat Book v. 21:433. [Note that a possible relative of James Taylor White's wife is listed as the surveyor on several of these records.] |
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On Aug 20, 1777, after Reuben White's death in 1776, a sworn statement acknowledged
a deed of gift dated Dec 13, 1773 by Reuben to Sophia, his sister-in-law. It lists
their children at that time in SC as being Mary Hickman, Phoebe, Sarah, Betsy,
Taylor, Ann, Cary, Anthony, Thomas and Reuben. Alexander Cole made oath that he
had witnessed along with George Hickman, "Reuben White sign seal and deliver the
deed of ten negroes & sundry other items as his own free & voluntary act & deed
for the uses & purposes mentioned" from Reuben White to the wife and children of
William White. This was done in the presence of Reuben's widow, her father Erasmus
Allen, and a great many other persons [Vineyard, p. 96]. |
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Daughter Sarah married Thomas White, Jr., the son of
William's uncle Thomas White (Sr.). One of their
daughters, Sophia White Sims, was the second wife of Davenport Wiseman (1771-1820)
in MS. |
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While in South Carolina, the White and Davenport families were not sympathetic
to the American Revolution and left a trail of litigation in the state. The families
moved to what became Burke Co NC, then split with some members moving to Washington Co. NC
(now Tennessee) and the rest remaining in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC.
The split appears to have occurred after brother-in-law Reuben White was killed by
Indians in 1776 at Pleasant Gardens NC and Patriots won the Battle of King's Mountain
in Oct 1780. Husband William and his father opted for the patriot side and stayed
in NC while others eventually travelled down the Mississippi River. During the
American Revolution, the Mississippi and Louisiana Territories were havens for Loyalists. |
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A warrant is issued in Burke Co NC in 1777 for husband William
relating to the security of the late Reuben's estate. William would become the
guardian of nephew George Holloway as orphan.
He would also become justice of the peace and patriarch of the Methodist community.
His plantation, Mulberry Grove, was located where the Mulberry Creek flows
into the John's River at what is now Collettsville, Caldwell Co, NC. James Taylor
White is believed to have died there, at his son's home, by 1790. |
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Daughter Phoebe married Joseph White (1746?-by Aug, 1814 in MS), son of
Thomas White Sr.. in the 1790 Burke Co. NC Census for
5th Company, Joseph White is listed as a head of household of 7 white members: 1 male aged 16 and up (Joseph), 2 males under age 16 (2 sons), 4 females (wife Phoebe, 3 daughters), and seven slaves. He is listed in the same company as father-in-law William and George Holloway. Soon after 1790, Joseph White and his family moved to MS, where his estate was administered Aug 8, 1814. |
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About 1778, daughter Betty married Parmenas Taylor (1753-1827), and in the Spring
of 1780, they moved to Washington Co. (later Jefferson Co. TN) along the French
Broad River. He died in 1827 at the age of 74. She died at the age of 78 in 1838. |
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Daughter Catherine, called "Cary" by other Whites, married widower
William Dewitt (1750?-1788?) in late 1781.
Not long after, they were among 13 other families, as a family of five, going down
the Mississippi River to the Natchez District. With them were
"Tiago White, wife and children" [William White's
brother], all arriving in May 1782. |
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About 1788 daughter Cary married Henry Milburn of the Natchez District and had given
birth to three more children. By Jul 1820 she had married again, becoming Mrs.
Anthony. |
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In 1789, daughter Clarissa married Thomas Coleman, Jr. (1770-1826) and eventually
moved to Maury Co. TN. |
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In the
1790 Burke Co. NC Census for 5th Company, "Wm White Senr" is listed as a
head of household of 9 white members: 5 males aged 16 and up (Husband, Anthony, Thomas, Reuben, and father-in-law), 2 males under age 16 (?Samuel,?William Jr.), 2 females (Sophia, Ann?), and also 12 slaves. Son-in-law Joseph White (son of Thomas White, Sr.) is the head of a household in the same Company. |
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Daughter Ann may have married 1st cousin Thomas Wiseman (1763-1806?), son of
William Wiseman Sr., by 1790. |
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In the
1790 Burke Co. NC Census for 10th Company, "Thos Wiseman" is listed next to
"Wm Wiseman" and near "Martin Devenport" as a head of household of 4 members: 2 males aged 16 and up (Thomas, and ?, 1 male under age 16 (?), 3 females (wife Ann White?, and dtrs?), and no slaves. There is no Thomas Wiseman household in the 1800 Burke Co. Census. |
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About 1792, son Thomas White married Letitia "Letty" Estes (1773-1841) and moved
to Franklin Co. TN by Jan 1815 when a deed transaction from him to Charles Collett
is proved. Others moving there included cousin John Wiseman and Hickman children
from his older sister Mary White Hickman. |
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Son Thomas and wife Letty White are buried in the Old Beans Creek Cemetery in Franklin
Co. TN. Franklin Co. was founded in 1807. Frontiersman Davy Crockett settled there
in 1812 (see present day map
for location). |
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Son Reuben married Nancy Stone by 1791. She was the daughter of Elijah
Stone (1735-1813) and Mary "Molly" Seay. Elijah and his youngest daughters Nancy
and Molly moved from VA to the Mulberry Creek area of Burke Co. NC after Mary
died in 1787. Reuben and Nancy White stayed in Burke Co. until after his father
died in Jul 1818. They moved to McMinn Co. TN by 1825 and they died after 1850
in Bradley Co. TN. |
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Present day map shows Collettsville, Mulberry Creek and John's River.
Holloway Mountain is further east on Route 90. |
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In the
1800 Burke Co. NC Census, page 802 line 11, "William White" is listed as a
head of household of 5 white members: 1 males aged over 45 (husband William), 1 male aged 26-45 (possibly son "Taylor"), 1 males under age 10 (a son of Taylor), 1 female age 26-45 (possibly Taylor's wife) 1 female aged over 45 (Sophia), and 11 slaves. |
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In the 1810 Burke Co. NC Census William White, "older man, 15 slaves, but no wife"
is listed on page 128 with a Thomas White [son Thomas D. born 1771] and three
Puett households [Vineyard, pp. 345-7, from microfilm]. |
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William died in Jul 1818 in Burke Co. NC as the patriarch of the White family. His
obituary described him as a man of "almost unrivalled memory and integrity". From
the Burke Co., N.C. Court Minutes, "William White, decsd. July 1818, July
1820 Will pr. by oath of Robt. M. Murrell." William Davenport was appointed Executor. On Sep 5, 1818, daughter Cary Milburn in Louisiana transfered her power of attorney to Benjamin White, son of Thomas White, which was given to William Davenport in NC on Oct 26, 1818. The same day, Phoebe White, Joel White, Richard White, children of daughter Phoebe, and others sent a Letter of Attorney to Benjamin White recorded received in Burke Co. NC. On Sep 7, 1818, daughter Sarah and son? Samuel White in Mississippi transfered their power of attorney to same Benjamin White in NC, which was recorded as received in NC Oct 26, 1818. [Gifford White p. 74]. |
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A letter of attorney to son Benjamin White from Joel, Richard and Phoebe White,
three children of daughter Phoebe White [probably deceased] as the heirs of
William White was dated Sep 5 1818 in
Claiborne Co. MS and recorded received by the Burke Co. NC Court in Oct 1818.
Richard White is listed in 1823 as a Claiborne Co. household in a
List of Births
and Deaths in which he reports the death of two blacks. Richard, Joel and
Joseph White and the estate of Lott Mason are listed together in the 1823 Claiborne
Co. Tax Roll. A "Lot Mason" is listed with the Whites in the 1818 letter
[M.L. Vineyard, p. 363]. |
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SOURCES: Clark, Walter, State Records of North Carolina Vol XVII 1781-1785, Broadfoot Publishing, Wilmington NC, 1994, pp. 287-8, 294. Genealogical Register, vol. VIII, No. 3, Sep 1961. John Stillee Bible, recording birth of Eliz. Huggins, Edith Warren, comp., Burke County, North Carolina Land Records and More Important Miscellaneous Records, vol. II, Southern Historical Press, Easley SC, p. 125. McBee, Mary Wilson, Natchez Court Records 1767-1805, Abstract of Early Records, Greenwood MS, 1953. Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives, Book G. Poe, Allan, "The Records, From Virginia to Old Burke Co. N.C.", publ. in Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, SC Archives Dept., vol. 21, pp 424-433. Bible, in possession of Turnipseed family. USGenWeb Archives Census Project, 1800 Burke Co., NC Federal Census, transcribed by Dorna Chambers, 1999, pp. 767-768. U.S. 1790 Census, Burke Co. NC, trans. by Linda Natale, website. Vineyard, M.L. & E.M.Wiseman, Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 254-6, 258, pp. 345-7. Virginia Land Patents, Book 8, p. 16. White, Gifford, "James White and John White", Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 86-96, 107-112. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, Apr 1982. |
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