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Sarah "Sally" Gambill
Born 1745? Hanover Co. VA
Died Feb 20, 1828 Lafayette Parish LA

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SPOUSE CHILDREN
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
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
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
Susannah

b. Nov 2, 1791
St. Martin Parish LA
d. 1825?
Iberia Parish LA
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.
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).
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.
North Carolina Counties at beginning of 1775 and at beginning of 1780 showing creation of Burke Co.
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.
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.
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].
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".
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.
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.
On Jan 31, 1791, son William married Amy (Amelia) Comstock (1775-1853). When their daughter Marie, born Aug 14, 1791, was baptised Nov 13, 1810, William and "Aimee" were living "on the Bayou Vermillion", according to the baptism record. Also, "Guillaume Whit" was a native of North Carolina, and the maternal grandparents Guillaume Comstock and Rachel Allredge were from Rhode Island. The family settled on the lower Vermillion River below Abbeville, near other brothers of William.
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.
Daughter Susanna married John Lee in the part of St. Martin Parish that is now Iberia Parish LA.
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.
By 1795, daughter Lucy married Whittington Wallace (1758-1806), in LA. They had five children.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Last Will and Testament of father John White, Atacapas Co., LA, written Aug 15, 1806, deposed Aug 9, 1808.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.