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?Thomas White Jr. b. VA d. by 1732 |
William b. King & Queen Co. VA d. 1754 ?Shenandoah Co. VA |
James Taylor b. 1705? King & Queen Co. VA d. 1790? near Colettsville, Burke Co. NC |
Thomas b. 1712? King & Queen Co. VA d. 1803 Claiborne Co. MS |
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?John Chisum
m. by 1732? b. d. bef Feb 24, 1742 |
John Jr. b. 1732? Orange Co. VA |
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Husband Thomas owned 200 acres in King & Queen Co. in 1704 that neighbored land
owned by the Chisum family and the family of James Taylor (1635-1698).
Col. James Taylor II (1674-1729) was "charged with 4,000 acres", in St.
Stephen's Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia in 1704 |
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Son James was most likely named for James Taylor (1635-1698), a wealthy and
powerful leader of King and Queen County.
Dedication of Memorial Tablet to
James Taylor, Jun 6, 1933 at the King and Queen County courthouse. |
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King and Queen County Virginia was formed in 1691 from New Kent County.
The county was named for King William III and Queen Mary of England.
King and Queen County is notable as one of the few counties in the US to have
recorded a larger population in the 1790 census than in the 2000 one.
Map of Virginia about 1676
shows the location of New Kent County between the York and James Rivers. |
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Between 1732 and 1745, Caroline County court records show that a Thomas White,
maybe husband Sr. and later son Jr., served on twelve jury panels. |
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Caroline County Virginia was formed in 1727 from northern and western parts of
King and Queen, King William and Essex counties.
See present day map
for location of Caroline County, and
present day map
for location of Essex County. |
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After husband Thomas died, Rebecca seems to have married John Chisum, a constable who
was stabbed to death in 1742. They had a son John Jr. born in 1741. On Feb 24, 1742,
in Orange Co. VA, Rebecca was made administratrix of John's estate. Her son William
White was made administrator of her estate on Jul 24, 1746. So it appears that
Thomas's widow died about four years after her second husband died, but there is
no proof of these relationships. However, in 1704, the Whites, Taylors and Chisholm
families owned adjoining lands in what became Carolina Co. VA in 1727. |
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Part of Orange County became Culpeper County in 1748.
(see present day map
for location), which is bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and the
Rappahannock River forms one of its eastern boundaries. |
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Thomas Jr.'s son Thomas married Sarah White, who was a granddaughter of
brother James Taylor White. |
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SOURCES: Campbell, T. E., Colonial Caroline, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, p. 355. Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives, Book G. Poe, Allan, letter in "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, p. 256. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. |
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