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?Elizabeth Hampton m. 1785? ?Natchez District b. 1760? d. by 1850? |
John ?Hampton b. 1786? ?Davidson Co. (TN) d. ?after 1850 ?Wilkinson Co. MS |
Charles B. b. Jul 30, 1788 ?Natchez District |
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Father James and his brother William each married daughters of
Thomas Davenport (1711-1809), and
uncle John White's wife
Sarah Gambill was the daughter of
Mary Davenport. William married Sophia
Davenport about 1852, and James married Jerushka Davenport about 1765. |
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North Carolina Counties at beginning of
1775 and at beginning of 1780
showing creation of Burke Co. in 1777. |
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Brother Reuben and his mother, Mrs. [James] White,
said John White, during the
"latter part of 1781", were living in Washington Co. NC (now middle TN). This
Natchez court deposition, regarding a
document entered in Burke Co. NC between
Catherine White Dewitt and husband
William Dewitt,
was made in Jan 31, 1785 and noted that father James White
was deceased [Natchez Court Records, Book E, p. 38]. |
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When Matthew was about 15, parents James and Jerusha White left Washington Co. NC
(now TN) by May 1782 for Ohio on a flatboat up the Cumberland and Tennessee
(Cherokee) Rivers. When they reached the mouth of the Ohio River, they could not
go up it and went instead down to Spanish-held Natchez on the Mississippi River
in a party of 11 individuals and
1 slave under the entry "Tiago White, wife and children" according to Spanish
Records, arriving by May 17. A total of 13 families were recorded by Spanish
authorities as arriving including families of uncle John White,
and of William Dewitt and his wife
Catherine White, the daughter of uncle William White. |
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Matthew bought 160 arpents of land on Jun 1, 1784 on St. Catherine's Creek,
one half league [1 or 2 miles] from the Fort of Natchez. The month before, brother
Marcus White had purchased personal property from a public sale to pay creditors of
George Rapalje. In Dec 1784, Matthew received the slave
"June", aged about 40,
and $38 as a creditor of William Dewitt
after he was convicted of evading payment of debts [McBee, Natchez Court Records,
Book A, pp. 27, 185, 194, 206-7]. |
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By Feb 20, 1786, after William Dewitt's
conviction for "intention to leave [Natchez] District without passport to evade
payment", the entire estate was put up for public sale and the proceeds distributed
to the creditors. Among the slaves sold were a mother and her son: Jupiter, "ae 22" to John Row, June, "ae 40" [in 1784 when appraised] to Matthew White. [McBee, Natchez Court Records, Book A, p. 207-11] |
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The wife of Matthew White is identified as Elizabeth Hampton on Apr 26, 1788 when
they mortgage their whole estate, including the plantation on St. Catherine's
Creek, 2 miles from the Fort, for over $4000. The mortgage was later annulled
[McBee, pp. 51, 65]. |
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Son "Matheu White" reported producing 18,600 pounds of tobacco in 1790. There
was a contract for producing indigo between Matthew and Alexander Moore,
dated Dec 28, 1793. By May of 1795, both are deceased. Wife Elizabeth and later
her two sons John Hampton and Charles B. White were executors [McBee, pp. 115, 284]. |
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According to the
1792 Natchez District Census, translated from the Spanish handwritten records,
the household of "Mateo White" owned 2000 arpents of land in the
Second & Sandy Creek (SS) area, and counted 3 white persons and 9 slaves
[Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network]. |
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In the Feb 13, 1795 will of Matthew White, "in perfect health", his wife Elizabeth
is given the whole estate "for her use and upbringing of his sons, "Charles
and John Hampton White" and on May 17, 1795, Elizabeth White asks that she
be "sole executrix" [McBee, p. 115]. |
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In the mid-1790's, brother Reuben White and his family, along with
John and
James Holloway, sons of aunt
Elizabeth White Holloway,
moved into the Louisiana Territory and settled in Northeastern Rapides Parish,
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 the Natchez District. |
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Brother Reuben was listed in the
1810 Rapides Parish Census as "Reubon" along with James White, his brother,
and was the head of a household of 8 family members: 2 males under age 10, 3 males aged 10 to 16 (William, Martin, James), 1 male aged 26 to 45(Reuben), 1 female under age 10, 1 female aged 26-45 (wife Elizabeth), and 2 others and 4 slaves. | ||||
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Catahoula Parish was formed in 1808 and originally bordered Rapides Parish.
(see present day map
for location). In 1910 a western part of the parish became La Salle Parish. |
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Brother Reuben was listed on line 21 of
page 15 in the
1820 Catahoula Parish Census next to sons James T. and Martin D.,
and was the head of a household of 5 family members: 1 males under age 10 (Benjamin), 1 males under age 10 to 16 (son b. 1809), 1 males aged 18 to 26 (William), 1 male aged 45 or over (Reuben), 1 female aged 45 or over (wife Elizabeth), and 4 slaves. . |
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Son John was possibly living in Wilkinson Co. MS in 1850. Listed on lines 6-7
page 0294a in the
1850 Wilkinson Co. MS Census there was a household of 2 members: John White aged 64 born in TN (Davidson Co.), unknown occupation, and James (son) aged 16, born in LA [USGenWeb]. |
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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. John Stillee Bible, recording birth of Eliz. Genealogy Trails, 1790 Census, Burke Co. NC, website, transcribed by Linda Natale, 2020. 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. Imbert, J. Leopold, map maker, Carte des Possessions Angloises... 1777, reprinted by the Museum of the American Revolution from map image at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. McBee, Mary Wilson, Natchez Court Records 1767-1805, Abstract of Early Records, Greenwood MS, v. 2, 1953, pp. 51, 61, 115, 284, Book A, p. 207-11. 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. 107-109. Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, SC Archives Dept., vol. 21, pp 424-433. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1830, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 91-92. U. S. Census, Catahoula Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 15-22. USGenWeb, 1850 Wilkinson Co. MS Census, submitted & trans. by Tina Hall, website. 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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