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John "Juan" White m. 1765? ?Culpeper Co. VA b. 1745? King & Queen Co. VA d. Jan 8, 1807 St. Martin Parish LA |
William b. Dec 17, 1765 Cheraws Dist. SC d. Oct 8, 1821 St. Martin Parish LA |
Nancy Anne b. 1768? Cheraws Dist. SC d. 1830 Hackberry, LA |
Lucy b. 1776? Burke Co. NC d. 1827 ?St. Martin Parish LA |
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John Jesse b. Sep 15, 1778 Burke Co. NC d. Apr 3, 1813 St. Martin Parish LA |
Mary b. Sep 9, 1780 Washington Co. NC d. Jul 25, 1821 LA |
Elizabeth b. by May 1782? Natchez District d. 1810? Attakapas Parish LA |
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Sarah b. 1784? Natchez District d. Apr 10, 1828 St. Landry Parish LA |
Moses b. aft. Feb 1785 St. Martin Parish LA d. 1844? ?LA |
James Taylor b. Jul 28, 1789 St. Martin Parish LA d. Mar 5, 1852 Chambers Co. TX |
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Susannah b. Nov 2, 1791 St. Martin Parish LA d. 1825? Iberia Parish LA |
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There are court records that survived from King & Queen County Virginia that
show that the Poe and White families lived in the part that became Caroline County
in 1758. In 1732 and 1733, a John Pickett was involved in trespass suits with
James and Benjamin Poe, probably Elizabeth's sister and the son of
Samuel Poe. Caroline County Virginia was formed
in 1727 (see present day map
for location), from northern and western parts of King and Queen, King William
and Essex counties, about the same time James and Elizabeth Poe were married. |
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Modern Map of South Carolina
Counties showing the 18th Century Parishes. Welch Neck and Cashaway
Neck were in St. David Parish. Prince George Parish was to the South and included
the Pee Dee River basin from Lynches Creek down to Winyah Bay. Map taken from
DMK Heritage (website). |
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While in South Carolina, the White family was not sympathetic to the American
Revolution and left a trail of litigation in the state. The family moved to
what is now Burke Co NC, then split with some members moving to Natchez Territory
(now Mississippi) and the rest remaining in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC.
The split appears to have occurred when son Reuben was killed by Indians in 1777
at Pleasant Gardens NC. James and son William opted for the patriot side and
stayed in Burke Co. During the American Revolution, Mississippi and Louisiana
districts were havens for Loyalists. |
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North Carolina Counties at beginning of
1775 and at beginning of 1780
showing creation of Burke Co. |
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A John White family is on a list of families recorded by Col. James Donelson as
being on his flotilla to the Cumberland Settlement in Washington Co. NC (now middle
TN) which lasted several months in early 1780 and endured a brutal winter, Indian
attacks, hunger and smallpox. On Apr 12, the Whites were among at least 40 persons
to leave the expedition and settle 9 miles up from the Cumberland River along the
Red River, establishling Renfroe's Station. The Donelson flotilla reached the its
final destination (Nashborough) 12 days later. |
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In May 1782, John and Sally arrived at Natchez in a party of 8 individuals under
the entry "Juan White, wife and children". A total of 13 families were recorded
by Spanish authorities on Jul 6, as arriving including the families of John's
brother James White, and of
William Dewitt and his
second wife Catherine White, the daughter of
brother William White. |
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On Feb 11, 1785 John White sold 200 arpents (about 160 acres) on the "east side of
St. Catherine's Creek" in the Natchez District, and had moved his family to
Louisiana by Jun 2 when a court record involving the sale mentioned "the said
John White has absconded" [McBee, Natchez Court Records, p. 164]. |
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John and Sally settled their family in what became St. Martin Parish LA. In 1785,
the settlement was known as Attakapas, or Poste du Attakapas, the name of its
Indian trading post. That year there was an enumeration of 1,070 residents, mostly
French Acadians. The Spanish still controlled the region as a "military-administrative
center". |
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About 1785, son Moses was born in St. Martin's Parish LA and probably named for
Moses Renfroe, a Baptist preacher and recognized leader of Renfroe's camp in
the Cumberland Settlement of Washington Co. NC in 1780. |
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Daughter Nancy Ann married David Levy Harmon (1757-1792) on May 21, 1787 in
Louisiana Territory. She married at least two more times, first to Joseph Carr
in 1794, then to George Burrell by 1810. |
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In the mid-1790's, son-in-law Reuben White (1765?-1835), and brothers
John and
James Holloway, moved with thier familes into northeastern Rapides Parish LA,
which became known as Holloway Prairie, where they obtained Spanish land grants
and engaged in the cattle business. Many of the Anglo families of the Deville
area came there from Natchez. |
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Daughter Susanna married John Lee in the part of St. Martin Parish that is now
Iberia Parish LA. |
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About 1795, daughter Mary married Alexander Greer, born in PA in 1777. They had
at least two children, Nancy Ann and Joseph born in LA, before he died in LA. |
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By 1795, daughter Lucy married Whittington Wallace (1758-1806), in LA.
They had five children. |
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Daughter Lucy Wallace married Joshua Hartley by 1807, and had two
more children, Joanna and Joseph Hartley, and was the head of a household in
Attakapas Parish LA in 1810. Joshua Hartley witnessed the
Will of Lucy's father on Aug 15,
1806 and made deposition regarding it on Aug 9, 1808. |
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Son James Taylor White, known as Taylor, married Sarah Cade Jan 26, 1813 in St.
Martin Parish LA, moved to Texas in 1829, and became known as the Cattle King of
Southeast Texas, owning over 4,600 acreas of land and 1,775 head of cattle by 1840.
He died of cholera in 1852. |
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Copy of Marriage record
of James Taylor White and Sally Cade from St. Martin Church in St. Martinville LA. Photo of grave marker of James Taylor White at White Cemetery in Monroe City, Chambers Co. TX. |
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On May 27, 1800 son John Jesse was baptised at the age of 22 at the St. Martin of
Tours Church in St. Martinville LA. The church record, which is in Spanish, states
his maternal grandparents as "Juan Gambel and Sara Da?pot, ... natives of
Virginia". John Jesse married Jane Dunman, born about 1778, the same day. |
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On May 5, 1801, daughter Sarah married James Dunman, born about 1775 in Pensacola,
West Florida Terriroty. Seven of their children went to TX with Sarah's brother
Taylor White in the 1820's. |
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Attakapas Parish was created in 1805 from Orleans Territory. It extended to the
Gulf of Mexico. It eventually became St. Martin Parish in 1807. The trading post
there became St. Martinville.
(See present day map
for location). Sarah Gambill White died in the the part that became Lafayette Parish
(see Maps
showing the area parishes that were created in the 1800s). In 1844 this area became
Vermilion Parish
(see Map). |
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Last Will and Testament of
father John White, Atacapas Co., LA, written Aug 15, 1806, deposed Aug 9, 1808. |
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Daughter Elizabeth married Humphrey Jackson (1784-1833) on Oct 13, 1809. She died
before 1810 without bearing children. In the 1810 Census for Attakappas Parish
there is a Humphrey Jackson household of one free white person of age 26-45 and
5 slaves. |
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Son William White was listed in the 1810 Attakapas Parish LA Census, on line 19 of
page 65,
submitted on Nov 17, 1810. "Wm White" was head of a household of 9 members: 1 male aged 26 and under 45 (William born after Nov 17, 1765), 1 male under age 10, (Henry b. 1800+), 3 males aged 10 and under age 16, (Reuben, Jesse, George all b. 1794+), 2 females under age 10, (Rachel b. 1803 who married Mark Lee & ?), 1 female aged 10 and under 16 (?Marie b. 1794?), 1 female aged 26 and under 45 (wife Amy Comstock), and no slaves. The next household listed "Widow White" consists of 4 members: 1 female aged 45 and upwards (Sally b. 1745?), 1 female aged 10 and under 16, 1 male under age 10, (? b. 1800+), 1 male aged 45 and upwards (? b. by 1755), and no slaves. William White Jr. was born later in 1815. He fought in the Texas War for Independence at the battle of Jan Jacinto. |
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Son John Jesse, who was married in 1800 to Jane Dunman, is listed near his brother
William and sister Lucy, and mother in the 1810 Attakapas Parish LA Census, on
line 21 of page 65,
submitted on Nov 17, 1810. "Jesse White" is head of a household of 4 members: 2 males under age 10, (b. after 1800), 1 male aged 26 and under 45 (Jesse, born before Nov 17, 1784), and 1 slave. His wife Jane may have died soon after the children were born. |
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Daughter Lucy is listed near sons William and Jesse, daughter Nancy, and Sally
in the 1810 Attakapas Parish LA Census, on line 15 of
page 65,
submitted on Nov 17, 1810. "Lucy Hartly" is head of a household of 8 members: 3 males under age 10, (David & John Wallace, Joseph Hartley), 2 males aged 10 and under age 16, (Timothy & William Wallace b. before 1800), 1 female under age 10, (Joanna Hartley), 1 female aged 10 and under 16 (Sarah Wallace b. before 1800), 1 female aged 26 and under 45 (Lucy, born before Nov 17, 1784), and no slaves. Daughter Nancy is listed in household of "George Burrell" on line 18, consisting of 6 members: 1 male aged over 45 (George), 1 female aged 26 and under 45 (Nancy, born 1768?), and 4 children. |
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After son William died, Amy moved with eldest son Reuben (married by then) and other
children to land claimed on the San Jacinto River near Galveston Bay TX. She
settled William's estate on Sep 14, 1824. |
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SOURCES: 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. John Stillee Bible, recording birth of Eliz. Houton, Erica, "John White, Sarah White", Geni, website, trans. from Spanish, St. Martin of Tours Church, St, Martinville LA, record no. 263, image uploaded Jan 19, 2019. McBee, Mary Wilson, Natchez Court Records 1767-1805, Abstract of Early Records, Greenwood MS, 1953, pp. 162-164. 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. U. S. Census, Attakapas (Now St. Martin) Parish LA, 1810, S-K Publ., 2003, pp. 57, 65. 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. Whitley, Edythe Rucker, comp., Pioneers of Davidson Co., Tennessee, Clearfield Publ., 2009. |
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