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William White
Born 1730? VA
Died Jul 1818 Burke Co. NC

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Father
Mother
SPOUSE CHILDREN
Sophia Davenport

m. 1752?
VA
b. 1733?
Hanover Co. VA
d. 1809?
Burke Co. NC
Mary

b. 1754?
Culpeper Co. VA
d. 1844?
Wilkes Co. NC
Phoebe

b. 1756?
Culpeper Co. VA
d. after May, 1821
?Claiborne Co. MS
Sarah

b. Feb 19, 1758
?Culpeper Co. VA
d. after 1823
Claiborne Co. MS
Elizabeth ("Betty")

b. 1760?
SC
d. 1838
Taylor's Bend, Jefferson Co. TN
Joseph Taylor

b. 1762?
Craven Co. SC
d. after Jun 26, 1816
KY?
Ann

b. 1764?
Craven Co. SC
d. after 1790
NC?
Catherine "Cary"

b. 1766?
Craven Co. SC
d. after Aug 30, 1823
St. Landry Parish LA
Anthony ?"Tonio"

b. 1768?
Craven Co. SC
d. MS?
Thomas D.

b. Feb 25, 1771
Craven Co. SC
d. Jun 28, 1826
Franklin Co. TN
Reuben

b. by Dec 13, 1773
Craven Co. SC
d. after 1850
Bradley Co. TN
Clarissa

b. Jun 22, 1774?
?Craven Co. SC
d. Jul 13, 1852
Columbia, Maury Co. TN
?William, Jr.

b. after 1774?
?Burke Co. NC

?Samuel

b. after 1774?
?Burke Co. NC
d. Aft. Sep 1818
MS?
The immigrant history of the White, Holloway and Loving familes is a mystery. They may have known each other in Virginia. The forenames of all three families indicate their early immigrant ancestors came over to Virginia, which included what became the Carolinas, and not the Northern Colonies. A Study of Forenames compares the forenames of Roanoke Island and Puritan New England. Roanoke Island, near the present North Carolina and Virginia border, was a settlement founded by a John White, that supposedly vanished by the time White returned to it from England. The ancestry of John White is not known but ship lists of arrivals to the Island contain persons named White and Taylor. Recently (in 2015), evidence has been unearthed that indicates that Roanoke Island settlers may have survived and moved inland.
Father James was most likely named for James Taylor (1635-1698), a wealthy and powerful leader of King & Queen County, who owned land next to his grandfather, Thomas White. On Oct 20, 1689 Taylor was involved in a land patent of 209 acres in St. Stephen's Parish, "on the North side of Mattapony River, beginning below James Taylor's plantation, ... to Thomas White's."
Dedication of Memorial Tablet to James Taylor, June 6, 1933 at the King and Queen County courthouse.
King and Queen County Virginia was formed in 1691 from New Kent County. Map of Virginia about 1676 shows the location of New Kent County between the York and James Rivers.
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.
Parents James Taylor White and Elizabeth Powe homestead 217 acres Jun 26, 1749 on Gourd Vine Fork, Hazel River of Thornton's line, in Culpepper Co. Virginia, according to Northern Neck Grants.
Caroline County Virginia was formed in 1728 from northern and western parts of King and Queen, King William and Essex counties. See map of Eastern Virginia in early 1700s. See present day map for location of Caroline County, and present day map for location of Essex County.
Culpeper County Virginia was formed in 1748 (see present day map for location), and was bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. The Rappahannock River forms one of its eastern boundaries.
1725 English Map of South Carolina Province showing location of Craven County and the Pee Dee (Peede) River flowing into the Winyah Bay (spelled "Weenya Bay" above map's identification). Map of SC Parishes in 1760 showing location of Craven County.
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).
About 1752 William married Sophia Davenport. Brother James married Jerushka Davenport (1744?-1785?) by 1765. Sophia and Jerusha were daughters of Thomas Davenport (1711-1809).
In Mar and Nov of 1757, father James Taylor White was granted 300 acres in Peedee SC and 150 acres in Williamsburg Township, respectively [SC Archives, Columbia SC, Aug 1971, Council Journal No 26, p. 67, 79. Referenced in Gifford White, James Taylor White of Virginia and ..., p.37].
The land granted in SC is in what was once Craven County, one of the three original parts of the English colony of "Carolana". By 1760, the White family was attending the Cashaway Neck Baptist Church along the Pee Dee River just east of present-day Darlington SC.
In 1760, brother James is mentioned in the records of the Cashaway Baptist church:
On "Sat 25 Oct 1760 ... Mr. James White for excess drinking be suspended from this church until satisfaction be given... 20 June 1767 .. on Cashaway Neck on Pee Dee in Craven County. The names of all the members... Elizabeth White .. gone."
Sister Jane was married in or before 1760, and Elizabeth married five years later.
Historical Marker of the Cashaway Neck Baptist Church built in 1758, and located at the eastern end of the bridge over a bend of the Great Pee Dee River. The marker is on Cashua Ferry Road (State Highway 34) east of Darlington SC. View south of the river from the bridge in Sep 2015.
About 1764, brother John married Sarah Gambill (1745-1828), whose mother was Mary Davenport. On May 27, 1800 their son John Jesse was baptised at the age of 22 at the St. Martin of Tours Church in St. Martinville LA. The church record states his grandparents as "James Teleur White and Elisabeth Poe, ... natives of Virginia".
William and brother Reuben, along with brother-in-law John Holloway, and brother-in-law William Loving were members of a SC militia defeated at Marr's Bluff SC, at the hands of Regulators, on Jul 25, 1768. William White was wounded, losing use of his right arm so that he could not continue his trade as a cooper (barrel maker). Excerpt from the book The South Carolina Regulators by Richard Maxwell Brown gives a background and summary of the incident.
In "Charles-Town", the incident at Marr's Bluff prompted the legislature to "lay before the public" information about these Regulators; specifically, that those headed by Gideon Gibson were "rogue" bandits, not to be confused with the "honest" Regulators. The following was recorded there later in the year 1768:
"If we are to credit the despositions? of George Thomson, William Loving, James White, Stephen Sebastian, Godfrey Kersay, John Holloway, Reuben White and William White produced to us by Robert Weaver, Esq. of Marr's Bluff, the conduct of Gideon Gibson was not misrepresented in this paper of the 16th of August last, unless by the omission of sone aggravating circumstances" [Warren, p. 372].
August 15, 1770 petition by William White seeking government relief from South Carolina for him and his family. That year, brother Reuben apparently bought William's land in St. David's parish, Craven Co, SC so that William could pay off his debts. William is in jail for debt in Cheraws SC in 1774. In his petition, William describes raising three orphans of his wife's relatives.
Wife Sophia had a sister Susanna who married a man named Cole and had three children before she died in VA by Jul 1763 [Vineyard, p. 294]. One of the orphans was named Alexander Cole who was old enough to witness the deed of gift of brother Reuben to Sophia in Dec 1773 in SC. In 1777, Alexander was also in Burke Co. NC where the Whites relocated, making oath to the deed he witnessed in SC.
Daughter Mary married George Hickman (1755-1803?) on Mar 2, 1772 "over Jefferies Creek" in SC. He died about 1803. In 1805 William was appointed guardian of their four minor children after Mary had remarried and moved to Wilkes Co. NC.
On Feb 22, 1772, brother Reuben married Amelia "Milly" Allen, the daughter of Erasmus Withers Allen, and had a daughter Mary. Before he was killed at Pleasant Gardens in Oct 1776, Reuben had left his wife. In a sworn deposition before Thomas Powe in SC on Jan 5, 1778, a Thomas McCall said that he asked Reuben why he left his wife. Reuben told him that "she was a very good Woman, but that she was not agreeable to his humor and that he would not confine himself to any Woman that would not" [Gifford E. White, "Documents on Estate of Reuben White, pp. 4-5].
On Dec 13, 1773 Reuben recorded in Craven Co. SC a Deed of Gift to sister-in-law Sophia White, wife of William, that was filed in SC in 1777 after Reuben died. It identifies the children of William and Sophia living in 1773 as Mary Hickman, Phobe, Sarah, Betsy, Taylor, Ann, Cary, Anthony, Thomas and Reuben.
There is a record of brother Reuben being in Globe, Burke Co. NC in 1772. Reuben entered Captain Joseph McDowell's NC Militia in 1776 and was killed at Pleasant Gardens (then in Rowan Co. NC near Old Fort) in October of that year. He left his land in SC to sister-in-law Sophia, wife of William, in a deed of gift dated Dec 13, 1773 that was filed in SC in 1777. By 1777 - The entire White family had moved to Burke Co. NC. [Gifford White].
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 became Burke Co NC, then split with some members moving to Washington Co. NC (now Tennessee) and the rest remaining in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. The split appears to have occurred after brother Reuben was killed by Indians in 1776 at Pleasant Gardens NC and Patriots won the Battle of King's Mountain in Oct 1780. Father James and William opted for the patriot side and stayed in NC while others eventually travelled down the Mississippi River. During the American Revolution, the Mississippi and Louisiana Territories were havens for Loyalists.
From 1772 until 1881, the following land transactions involving the White family occurred in the Pee Dee River area of Craven County in chronological order:

Sep 17, 1772 - James Taylor White, 300 acres Craven on south side of Swift Creek, adjacent to lands of William Standard, George Kings, and land laid out for William White; District Surveyor: John Henderson. Plat Book v. 21:426.
Oct 10, 1772 - James White, 200 acres Craven County Polk swamp, adjacent to John Baxter and John Hollowy [sic] and vacant land; District Surveyor: Thos. Powe. Plat Book v. 21:424.
Dec 10, 1772 Reuben White, 600 acres Craven in fork of Little Pee Dee and Drownding Creek on Bell Swamp: District Surveyor: John McCall. Plat Book v. 21:431.
Jun 14, 1773 - Reuben White, 500 acres Craven on North side of Little Pedee adjacent to Hugh Thompson. District Surveyor: Thos. Powe. Plat Book v. 21:431.
Oct 9, 1881 - Reuben White, 300 acres Craven on the Beaver dam, waters of Jeffereys Creek adjacent to John Ward, Connels land, Reuben White and vacant land. District Surveyor: Thos. Powe. Plat Book v. 21:433.

[Note that a possible relative of James Taylor White's wife is listed as the surveyor on several of these records.]
In Jun 1774, William was jailed at the Long Bluff Gaol in Cheraws SC for unpaid debt to a James Gordon. Brother Reuben paid off the bond and the debt to release him according to sworn statement of James Gregg before Justice of the Peace Thomas Powe in SC on Jan 1778 [Gifford E. White, "Documents on Estate of Reuben White, pp. 5].
By 1775 daughter Sarah married Thomas White, Jr., the son of William's uncle Thomas White (Sr.). One of their daughters, Sophia White Sims, was the second wife of Davenport Wiseman (1771-1820) in MS. Davenport Wiseman had married his first wife in Burke Co. in 1796. He is listed on the Claiborne Co. 1810 Tax Roll (Big Sandy Creek) along with Thomas White Jr. (Bayou Pierre) and is son Reuben White (West Bayou Pierre).
On May 6, 1777 William was summoned to Rowan County Courthouse in Salisbury NC for having "purpose of defrauding Widow and Orphan" of the deceased Reuben White. William was required to return to render an account and further security of the estate. On May 13, he was jailed for failure to do that. Prior to that, on May 8, the court heard the sworn statement of Thomas Powe and sworn statement of William Dewitt, probably William Dewitt, militiaman and special juror for the Cheraws District in SC. Both statements characterized William as "a dishonest man" [Gifford E. White, "Documents on Estate of Reuben White, pp. 1-3].
North Carolina Counties at beginning of 1775 and at beginning of 1780 showing the creation of Burke Co. in 1777.
On Aug 20, 1777, at the house of Col. Charles McDowell at Quaker Meadows, Alexander Cole made oath that he had witnessed along with George Hickman, "Reuben White sign seal and deliver the deed of ten negroes & sundry other items as his own free & voluntary act & deed for the uses & purposes mentioned" from Reuben White to the wife and children of William White. This was done in the presence of Reuben's widow, her father Erasmus Allen, and a great many other persons [Vineyard, p. 96].
The deed of gift, dated Dec 13, 1773, by Reuben to William's wife Sophia lists William's children at that time in SC as being Mary Hickman, Phoebe, Sarah, Betsy, Taylor, Ann, Cary, Anthony, Thomas and Reuben.
A warrant is issued in Burke Co NC in 1777 for William relating to the security of the late Reuben's estate. William served as Justice of the Peace in Burke Co. from 1782 to 1790. About 1787, William became the guardian of nephew George Holloway as orphan. He also became a leader of the Methodist community. His plantation, Mulberry Grove, was located where the Mulberry Creek flows into the Johns River at what is now Collettsville, Caldwell Co, NC. Father James Taylor White is believed to have died there by 1790.
Map of Burke County NC from 1777 to 1799 showing where the White and Holloway families settled.
On the "fourth Monday of Oct" 1778 [Oct 25], William White and brother-in-law John Holloway were summoned to appear on the "fourth day of Jany. next" at the Burke Co. courthouse, relating to a case [brother] John White plaintiff vs. "William Millar" defendant [Burke Co. NC Court summons].
In 1779, daughter Betty married Parmenas Taylor (1758-1827) in Burke Co. NC. Taylor was one of the militiamen in the Burke Co. regiment. In the spring of 1780, they moved to Washington Co. (later Jefferson Co. TN) along the French Broad River. He died in 1827 at the age of 74. She died at the age of about 78 in 1838. His older brother Leroy Taylor also moved to Washington Co., possibly with them. In Sep 1832, for his NC service pension from 1776 to 1779, Leroy described volunteering in the NC Militia and marching to "the head of the Catawba River, a place called Pleasant Gardens" where he was "appointed by Col. [Charles] McDowell to command the company after the death of his Captain, Reuben White" [M.L. Vineyard, p.195].
In 1780, John Browning, who married Dorotha a daughter of Thomas Davenport, and Alexander Cole, orphaned son of Thomas' daughter Susanna Cole, surveyed 100 acres of land on White's Mill Creek for Parmenus Taylor who married William's daughter "Betty". White's Mill Creek was named for the mill run by John White, son of uncle William White the brother of this William's father James Taylor White. John White married Sarah Collett by 1760. [M.L. Vineyard, p. 131].
Cousin John White married Sarah Collete by 1760. The town of Collettsville was named for her family. Present day map shows Collettsville, Mulberry Creek and Johns River. Holloway Mountain is further east on Route 90.
In 1781 sister Elizabeth and her husband John Holloway and family, decided to go to Natchez, then in French-Spanish territory, "in order to escape the Revolution".
Daughter Catherine, called "Cary" by other Whites, married widower William Dewitt (1750?-1788?) in late 1781. In May 1782, they were a family of five among 13 other families that travelled down the Mississippi River on flatboats to the Natchez District. Among them were the families of two of William White's brothers, "Juan White, wife and children", and "Tiago White, wife and children".
It is known that brothers John and James, arrived in Natchez in May 1782 with their families and one slave each. James would soon die. By 1785, of father James Taylor White's six known children, two would be dead, two would be living in the Natchez District, and two would settle in the North Carolina mountains.
A petition of father James Taylor White and others of Burke Co. NC, presented by a Mr. McDowall, was read on Nov 28, 1785 and referred to a joint Committee.
By 1785, daughter Phoebe married Joseph White, son of Thomas White Sr., William's uncle. In the 1790 Burke Co. NC Census for 5th Company, Joseph White is listed as a head of household of 7 white members:
1 male aged 16 and up (Joseph),
2 males under age 16 (2 sons),
4 females (wife Phoebe, 3 daughters),
and seven slaves.
He is listed in the same company as father-in-law William and George Holloway. Phoebe and Joseph White and family moved to Claiborne Co. in the Mississipp Territory about 1798, when Joseph applied for a passport. The Thomas White family had already settled there. Joseph White's estate was administered Aug 8, 1814.
About 1779, daughter Phoebe married Joseph White (1746-1814?) in NC. He was a son of her uncle, Thomas White Sr..
About 1788 daughter Cary married Henry Milburn of the Natchez District and had given birth to three more children. By Sep 1818 she may have married again, becoming Mrs. Anthony, since "Cary Anthony ... gave power of attorney from State of La. 5 Sept. 1818 to Benj. White who gave power of attorney to Wm. Davenport, 26 Oct. 1818 ..." [Burke Co. NC Court Minutes].
In 1789, daughter Clarissa married Thomas Coleman, Jr. (1770-1826), lived on Mulberry Creek until about 1814 when they moved to Maury Co. TN.
In the 1790 Burke Co. NC Census for 5th Company, "Wm White Senr" is listed as a head of household of 7 or 9 members:
5 males aged 16 and up (William Sr., Thomas, Reuben, Anthony, father James Taylor),
2 males under age 16 (Willam Jr. and Samuel) [Annals of Caldwell Co. only],
2 females (wife Sophia, Clarissa),
and 12 slaves.
In the same Company, son-in-law Joseph White (son of Thomas White, Sr.) is listed as a head of household of 7 members:
1 male aged 16 and up (Joseph),
2 males under age 16,
4 females (William's daughter Phoebe White, three daughters),
and 7 slaves.
Joseph is listed closer to the households of "George Holliway" and "Wilm Lovin", George Holloway and William Loving, than his father.
Daughter Ann may have married 1st cousin Thomas Wiseman (1763-1806?), son of William Wiseman Sr., by 1790.
In the 1790 Burke Co. NC Census for 10th Company, "Thos Wiseman" is listed next to "Wm Wiseman" and near "Martin Devenport" as a head of household of 4 members:
2 males aged 16 and up (Thomas, and ?,
1 male under age 16 (?),
3 females (wife Ann?, and dtrs?),
and no slaves.
There is no Thomas Wiseman household in the 1800 Burke Co. Census.
About 1792, son Thomas D. White married Letitia "Letty" Estes (1773-1841) and moved to Franklin Co. TN by Jan 1815 when a deed transaction from him to Charles Collett is proved. Others moving there included cousin John Wiseman and Hickman children from his older sister Mary White Hickman. Letty's younger sister Lora married John Loving (1773?-1818), son of William Loving.
Son Thomas and wife Letty White are buried in the Old Beans Creek Cemetery in Franklin Co. TN. Franklin Co. was founded in 1807. Frontiersman Davy Crockett settled near there in 1812 (see present day map for location).
Son Reuben married Nancy Stone by 1791. She was the daughter of Elijah Stone (1735-1813) and Mary "Molly" Seay. Elijah and his youngest daughters Nancy and Molly moved from VA to the Mulberry Creek area of Burke Co. NC after Mary died in 1787. Reuben and Nancy White stayed in Burke Co. until after his father died in Jul 1818. They moved to McMinn Co. TN by 1825 and they died after 1850 in Bradley Co. TN.
In the mid-1790's, two sons of brother James, Reuben White (1765?-1835?) and James T. White (1770?-1842?), along with John and James Holloway, sons of sister Elizabeth, moved 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. Mississippi was not admitted to the Union of States until 1817.
Bishop Francis Asbury made annual stops at the Burke Co. NC home of William White in the 1790s. In his journal entry for Oct 22, 1799, Bishop Asbury wrote: "We had a serious ride of thirty miles to William White's, Esquire, upon Johns River, Burke County ... Our quarterly meeting was held at William White's, Esquire, and grand patriarch of this settlement, whose family of children, grandchildren etc are numerous and extensively established here" [Clarke, et al., p. ].
About 1795, George Holloway was converted to Methodism by Rev. Jesse Lee (1758-1816) who travelled with Bishop Francis Asbury from about 1797-1800 "through the whole length of the country" [Moore].
In the 1800 Burke Co. NC Census, page 802 line 11, "William White" is listed as a head of household of 5 white members:
1 males aged over 45 (William),
1 male aged 26-45 (son Taylor?),
1 males under age 10 (son of Taylor?),
1 female age 26-45 (Taylor's wife?),
1 female aged over 45 (wife Sophia),
and 11 slaves.
On Apr 4, 1805 three children of George Hickman and daughter Mary, chose William, their grandfather, as their guardian. Their names were Kesiah, Thomas and Elizabeth. The same day Thomas Hickman, aged 16 and 4 months, was bound to John Tucker "to receive at freedom a set of blacksmith tools" [Burke Co. Wills, Admin. and Orphans 1791-1810, in M.L. Vineyard, p. 99].
In 1805, William White was listed in the Burke Co. list of taxables, as owning 1668 acres and taxable for 8 polls [persons living on the land over a certain age]. He was listed in Captain Coleman's Company along with nephew George Holloway (400 acres and 2 polls) and brother-in-law William Loving (180 acres and 1 poll).
In the 1810 Burke Co. NC Census William White, "older man, 15 slaves, but no wife" is listed on page 128 with a Thomas White [William's son Thomas D. born 1771] and three Puett households [Vineyard, pp. 345-7, from microfilm].
Daughter Phoebe White, after her husband Joseph White died, married Joseph Powell on Dec 24, 1816 in Claiborne Co. She may have then married Henry M. White on May 22, 1821 in Claiborne Co. MS.
William died in Jul 1818 in Burke Co. NC as the patriarch of the White family. His obituary described him as a man of "almost unrivalled memory and integrity". From the Burke Co., N.C. Court Minutes, "William White, decsd. July 1818, July 1820 Will pr. by oath of Robt. M. Murrell."
William Davenport, son of Martin Davenport was appointed Executor.
On Sep 5, 1818, daughter Cary Milburn in Louisiana transfered her power of attorney to Benjamin White, son of Thomas White, which was given to William Davenport in NC on Oct 26, 1818.
The same day, Phoebe White, Joel White, Richard White, children of daughter Phoebe, and others sent a Letter of Attorney to Benjamin White recorded received in Burke Co. NC.
On Sep 7, 1818, daughter Sarah and son? Samuel White in Mississippi transfered their power of attorney to same Benjamin White in NC, which was recorded as received in NC Oct 26, 1818 [Gifford White p. 74, Vineyard, p. 363].
A letter of attorney to son Benjamin White from Joel, Richard and Phoebe White, three children of daughter Phoebe White [probably deceased] as the heirs of William White was dated Sep 5 1818 in Claiborne Co. MS and recorded received by the Burke Co. NC Court in Oct 1818. Richard White is listed in 1823 as a Claiborne Co. household in a List of Births and Deaths in which he reports the death of two blacks. Richard, Joel and Joseph White and the estate of Lott Mason are listed together in the 1823 Claiborne Co. Tax Roll. A "Lot Mason" is listed with the Whites in the 1818 letter [M.L. Vineyard, p. 363].
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"Burke County, N.C. List of Taxables" abstracted by Ransom McBride, in NCGSJ, Nov 1982, p. 231.
Burke Co. NC Land Grants, "Land Grants - Burke County", The North Carolina Collection, at Morganton-Burke County Public Library, transcribed by George M. Holloway.
Christenson, Elroy, website, John Hollaway Family.
Clarke, Elmer T., Manning Potts, T., Payton, Jacob S., Eds., The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury, Vols. 1-3, Nashville TN, Abington Press, and London, Epworth Press, 1958.
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.
Huggins, Edith Warren, comp., Burke County, North Carolina Land Records and More Important Miscellaneous Records, vol. II, Southern Historical Press, Easley SC, p. 125.
McBee, Mary Wilson, Natchez Court Records 1767-1805, Abstract of Early Records, Greenwood MS, 1953.
Marlboro County SC Churches, website, Cashaway Neck Baptist Church Record Book, 1756-1778, contributed by Glenn Pearson, May 2000, Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives, Book G.
Moore, M.H, Pioneers of Methodism in North Carolina and Virginia, Nashville, 1884.
Poe, Allan, "The Records, From Virginia to Old Burke Co. N.C.", publ. in Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, SC Archives Dept., vol. 21, pp 424-433.
Bible, in possession of Turnipseed family.
USGenWeb Archives Census Project, 1800 Burke Co., NC Federal Census, transcribed by Dorna Chambers, 1999, pp. 767-768.
U.S. 1790 Census, Burke Co. NC, trans. by Linda Natale,
website.
Vineyard, M.L. & E.M.Wiseman, Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 96, 254-6, 258, 345-7, 363.
Virginia Land Patents, Book 8, p. 16.
Warren, Mary Bondurant, Citizens and Immigrants - South Carolina, 1768, abstracted from contemporary records, Heritage Papers, Danielsville GA, 1980, pp. 353, 372.
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, Apr 1982.
White, Gifford E., "Documents on Estate of Reuben White", typed transcriptions of court records at NC Archives, received by Lisabeth Holloway from Michael F. Gibbons, Feb 1989, 5 pages.