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Susannah Allen m. ?Apr 1, 1772 Cheraw Dist. SC b. Jan 23, 1749 SC d. by Oct 26, 1787 NC? |
Frances b. 1779 SC d. 1858 Greene Co. TN |
Salley b. VA d. SC |
William b. VA d. |
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James b. SC d. after 1811 |
Thomas b. VA d. after 1811? ?Marion Co. SC |
Mary b. VA d. SC |
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By 1767 father Thomas and his sons Thomas, William, and Charles, emigrated from
VA to the lower part of the Pedee in the Georgetown District of SC. |
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Brother Charles married a Mary McCall in 1771. Mary McCall was born 1751 in Catfish
Creek, Craven Co. SC. They had a son Charles. |
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Thomas married Susannah Allen, daughter of
Erasmus Withers Allen. His will of Oct 26, 1787 names 5 children of
Susannah Dewitt: Frances, Salley, William, James, and Thomas [Vineyard, p. 99]. |
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Several weeks after Rev Evan Pugh had married
Reuben White to Milly White, and a daughter
of William White to George Hickman, on
Thursday Apr 1, 1772 he married "two cuples at Mr. Allens" [Diary of Even Pugh,
1762-180x, at SC Archives]. These two marriages could be the those of brothers
Thomas and William Dewitt. |
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Photos of Front and
Reverse of historical
marker erected in 1987 at Dewitt Bluff , named for the Thomas Dewitt family.
It is located in Pamplico, Florence Co. SC. Inscriptions read: Front- Located about 1/2 mile east, this bluff, part of a Royal landgrant to Edward Crofts in 1740, was named for the DeWitt family, who settled nearby prior to 1767. This area of Prince Frederick Parish was known as Queensborough Township, one of 11 such townships planned by the British Crown in 1730 to foster settlement and protect the interior of the province. Reverse- The bluff named for the DeWitt family who settled in this area before 1767 is located about 1/2 mile east of here. By 1840, an adjacent landing for steamboats plying the Pee Dee River was named for the bluff. Members of the DeWitt family served in the Revolution and in the War Between the States; the family still owns land in this area. |
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Thomas recorded a Marion Co. SC Will, dated
Apr 8, 1811. Mentioned are family members Dolly, Martin, Micajah, Sarah, Andrew, James, Jesse, and Mary: Micajah is likely Micajah Neal, born in 1753, son of an orphan that father Martin was appointed guardian of in 1744. Daughters Dolly, Sarah and Mary may have married into Paul, Stuart and Wiggins families, respectively. |
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SOURCES: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. Christenson, Elroy, website, John Hollaway Family. 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. Gregg, Alexander, History of the Old Cheraws, Geneal Publ. Co., Balt. MD, 1967, repr 1925 ed, pp. 49, 97. Hendrix, G.L.C., The Jury Lists of South Carolinians, 1778-1779, private printing, 1975, pp. 40-43, 88-89. 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 Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 254-256. Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, SC Archives Dept., vol. 21, pp 424-433. South Carolina Dept.of Archives and History, record transcription in "South Carolina Will Transcripts 1782-1866", website, book 1, p. 67, roll 202. 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, April 1982. |
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