Family Group Sheet John Whitsitt and Lucy Davidson of Kentucky and Lafayette County, Missouri
Family Group Sheet John Whitsitt and Lucy Davidson of Kentucky and Lafayette County, Missouri |
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John WHITSETT of Lafayette County, Missouri |
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John's surname in various documents is given as Whitsett, Whitsitt, Whiteside(s) and Whitesitt. Both Whitsett and Whitsitt are used by his descendants. |
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| Name: | 3. | WHITSETT, John (Samuel4, Ralph3, William2,Samuel1) |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth: | Abt. 1768 | Probably York or Cumberland County, Pennsylvania [9,10] |
| Death: | 1845 Feb |
Lafayette County, Missouri [10,17] |
| Father: | WHITSITT, Samuel b. 1845, Lancaster Co., Pa.; d. August,1815, Montgomery Co., Ky. | |
| Mother: | TITTLE, Margaret d. probably about 1815, Montgomery Co., Ky. Margaret's maiden name is questionable, some say TUTTLE. | |
| Spouse: | DAVIDSON, Lucy d. before 1835, Lafayette County, Missouri [2,8,7,10] | |
| Marriage: | abt 1796 | Married about this time to Lucy (Davidson?) Lucy's maiden name is a family tradition; date of marriage is an estimate based on birth dates of children. [2] |
| Children: | John WHITSETT and Lucy DAVIDSON (children were all named in the will and/or the estate of John in 1842-45) | |
| i. | James Davidson WHITSITT, b. 1791-1800 (birth date based
on 1830 census; some correspondents claim 1797) probably in Fayette
County, Kentucky (I believe he was born about 1796); m. Nancy HORN, April 28, 1822, Lafayette County, Missouri;
he died in 1842, in Johnson County, Missouri and his estate was settled
in March 1845. Nancy died in 1866 in Johnson County, Missouri.
They had five sons and four daughters: i. Sarah O.; ii. William C.; iii. John Oliver (1827-1880); iv. Lucinda; v. Robert M.; vi. James Mack; vii. Samuel B.; viii. Ellen S.; ix. Melinda M. |
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| ii. | Elizabeth WHITSETT, born Abt. 1798 in Kentucky; (possible husband, William LILLARD of Lafayette County), m. about 1820 and removed to Monroe County, Tennessee; Elizabeth is named in the will of John Whitsett. known children: i. Jane; ii. John; iii. James. | |
| iii. | Margaret T. WHITSETT, b. abt. 1800 probably in Montgomery County, Kentucky; M. Robert H. RANKIN, January 3, 1822 in Lafayette County, Missouri; date of death is unknown. Margaret is named in her father's will and estate. Children of Margaret identified by family records are: daughter Escalania, John, James E., Jett, and Ashley H. RANKIN | |
| v. | Rev. John Rankin WHITSETT, b. 1803 in Kentucky; m. Sarah S. "Sally" CULL, August 17, 1827 in Warren County, Kentucky; D. in 1879, probably in Johnson County, Missouri. John Rankin Whitsett was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister in Lafayette and Johnson counties. Rev. John had a first cousin also named John Rankin Whitsett, son of James Whitsett and Elizabeth Hutten, who settled in Jackson County, Missouri. It seems obvious there was some close connection between this Whitsett family and the Rankin family. Rev. John R. Whitsett and Sarah Cull had eight children, three sons and five daughters: i. Evaline (b. 1831, Mo.); ii. Thomas Jefferson, b. 22 Oct. 1832 in Johnson Co., Mo.; iii. Eliza A., b. ca1835; iv. Lucy M., b. 1837; v. Nancy E., b. 1840; vi. Xantippa, b. 1842; vii. Young William, b. 20 Apr. 1850, Johnson Co., Mo.; viii. Samuel (no other information). | |
| v. | Lucy WHITSETT , b. Abt. 1803 in Kentucky; married Allen JENNINGS on January 20, 1828 in Lafayette County, Missouri. Lucy is mentioned in the will and estate of her father. Lucy and Allen resided in Lafayette County. We have not identified their children. | |
| vi. | William McGee WHITSETT, b. abt. 1805 in Kentucky; M. (1) Rachel YOUNG, October 9, 1828, Lafayette Co., Mo.; M. (2) Elizabeth WHITSETT (maiden name WHITSETT - probably a 1st cousin) on February 25, 1838 in Lafayette County, Missouri. William is named in his father's will and as the administrator of his father's estate. Some family researchers have misidentified William of Lafayette County as the son of William and Ann McGee of Jefferson County, Indiana. The 1850 census shows both of these Williams in their respective states. William and Rachel had daughters: i. Sarah, b. ca1830, m. Luther Green; ii. Martha N., b. 1833; iii. Mary A., b. ca1835; iv. Rachel. William and Elizabeth had seven sons and two daughters those we know: i. John Oliver, b. ca1840; ii. Milton, b. ca1842; iii. Lucy, b. ca1844; iv. William A., b. 19 Feb 1847, m. Myra C. Mathews (10 Mar 1889, Lafayett Co., Mo.); v. Ralph E., b. ca1849. | |
| vii. | Nancy WHITSETT, b. Abt. 1808 in Kentucky; m. James BINGHAM on April 30, 1826 in Lafayette County, Missouri; Nancy is named in her father's estate. James and Nancy removed to Melrose, Adams County, Illinois about 1840; he died probably about 1840 shortly after moving to Illinois. They had the following children: i. Martin, ii. Pathena (daughter), iii. John, iv. Thomas, v. Lucy, vi. Paidy (son), v. Daniel, v. Patty. | |
| viii. | Samuel T. WHITSETT, b. abt. 1809, Kentucky; m. Mahala (Maiden name unknown) probably about 1839. Samuel removed with his family to Johnson County. Children: i. Lucy A.; ii. Martha J.; iii. Mary B. | |
| ix. | Isaac E. WHITSETT, b. abt. 1815 probably in Montgomery County, Kentucky; m. Sarah SHACKLEFORD on March 5, 1837 in Lafayette County, Missouri. I have identified only one son, James Artemus Whitsett. | |
| Notes: | 1787 | Tax List Fayette County, Kentucky: John Whitesides (age at this time would be about 19) [11] |
| 1790 | Tax List Fayette County, Kentucky: John Whitesides (age would be about 22) [11] | |
| 1800 | Tax List Fayette County, Kentucky: John Whitesides, Jr. [11] | |
| 1815 Sept. |
Estate Settlement: September
4, The Advocate, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Montgomery County
Notes; Montgomery Co., Ky. Deed Book 7, page 422 (1815), Kentucky
State Archives, Frankfort, Ky. film 252348; concerns the sale
of lands on Lulbegrud of Samuel Whitsett, deceased; lists heirs. [I
don't have a photo copy of this document to verify whether the name
is spelled as WHITSITT or WHITSETT. It was sent to me as a transcript
with the name spelled uniformly as WHITSETT, although I doubt this
is 100% accurate]. Indenture, between: John Whitsett and Lucy his wife William Whitsett and Patsy his wife Joseph Whitsett and Polly his wife James Whitsett and Betsy his wife Ralph Whitsett Joseph Bell and Nancy his wife (late Nancy Whitsett) John Ramsey and Peggy his wife (late Peggy Whitsett) William Ramsey and Rachel his wife (late Rachel Whitsett) Patrick Wilson and Sally his wife (late Sally Whitsett) "Heirs and legal representatives of Samuel Whitsett of the one part and Samuel Whitsett of the County of Montgomery and state of Kentucky of the other part the above to sell Samuel Whitsett for $10.00 the land sold to Samuel Whitsett now dec'd being land deeded by John Treadway to Samuel Whitsett 27 Aug. 1804, 22 1/2 acres also another tract beginning at a stake corner of Henry Robson, adjacent John Summers, containing 32 acres; land deeded by Samuel Haden 6 July 1810 to Samuel Whitsett. |
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| 1818 | Removed from Kentucky to the Howard Land District, Territory of Missouri [10,12] | |
| Abt. 1819 | John Whitsitt was the first settler in Greenton, Clay Twp, Lafayette Co., Missouri [1] | |
| 1819 Sep 14 |
14 Sept. - Petition of inhabitants pertaining to abuses by acting Land Register, James D. Whitesitt and John Whitesitt among the signers. THE TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES, "The Territory of Louisiana - Missouri 1815-1821," Vol. XV (Washington D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1936) | |
| 1821 | Missouri becomes a state; Lillard County formed from Howard Land District | |
| 1821 Feb 12 |
Lillard County, Missouri; Young Ewing appointed Clerk of Circuit Court; John Whitsett and William Lillard, posted bonds as security [14] | |
| 1822 | Court Record: January 22, John WHITESIDES, Sr. appointed Justice of Lillard County, Missouri [8] | |
| 1825 | Missouri, Lafayette County formed from Lillard County | |
| 1825 May 25 |
BLM Land Office Certificate
#159, John Whitsitt Sen., eighty acres, T49N R28W E1/2 of SE1/4 (in the vicinity of Odessa,
Missouri in Lafayette County). "Whereas John Whitsitt Senr. of Lillard
County has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States,
a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Lexington whereby
it appears that full payment has been made by the said John
Whitsitt Senr ... for the East half of the South East quarter
of Section one, in township forty nine South of Range twenty eight,
in the Western District of Missouri, Containing eighty acres ... said
tract has been purchased by the said John Whitsitt Senr.
NOW KNOW YE, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ... do give and grant
unto the said John Whitsitt Senr and to his heirs
the said above tract described ... thereto belonging unto the said
John Whitsitt Senr and to his heirs and assigns forever." [signed] John Quincy Adams, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ... given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the twenty fifth day of May... one thousand eight hundred and twenty five ..." [19] |
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| CLAY
TOWNSHIP, The first settlement in that
portion of Lafayette County now known as Clay Township, appears
to have been made on or near the present town and site of the town
of Wellington, in 1819; ... Shortly afterwards another
settlement sprang into existence about two miles north of the present
site of Greenton, of which John Whitsett, father
of William Whitsett, of Washington township, was
the first settler, he having purchased the previously claim of one
Michael Ferrin.
Among the other more prominent citizens who early located in the limits of this township, mention is also made of ... James S. Whitsett, .... Levi Whitsett, ... and Rev. John R. Whitsett, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. These settled principally in the easter, southern and northern portions of the township. John Whitsett, the father of William Whitsett (who came to this town in 1834) settled near Dover in 1819, and three years later moved to the Slaughter farm. The following items of early history were furnished by Mr. William Whitsett, whose father, John Whitsett settled near Dover, in this County, as early as 1819. The first settlers in the region of Mr. Hebron Church ... William Whitsett, of Kentucky ... and John R. Whitsett, of Kentucky, and Chatham Ewing, of Kentucky. Mr. Eli Adams furnishes the following items of the early history of Washington township: The first settlers were ... Wm. W. Whitsett, C. S. Ewing and Eli Adams. The first death was that of Mrs. Julius Emmons, which occurred in the spring of 1837. The first preachers were Revs. Finis Ewing, ... [1] [The Ewing family, including Young, Chatham and Finis were instrumental in the creation of the Cumberland Synod, later the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Davidson County, Tennessee in the early 1800's. They were also close to the William and Eleanor (Menees) Whitsitt family of Davidson County, Tenn. and Logan County, Kentucky. Reuben Ewing, brother of Young, Chatham and Finis married Ellen Frances Whitsitt, daughter of William and Eleanor Whitsitt in Logan County, Kentucky. James S. Whitsett and Levi Whitsett, mentioned in the essay, were the sons of John Whitsitt's brother Joseph Whitsitt who removed to Indiana and left these two sons with their grandfather, Samuel Whitsitt of Montgomery County, Kentucky. I do not have a photocopy of the article above, so I am not certain if the name is spelled as "WHITSITT" or "WHITSETT"] |
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| 1830 June |
U.S. Census,
Lafayette County, Missouri [9] List of family members who would probably be living at home in 1830; ages based on later census data and other sources: [5] |
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1841 Aug 11
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Will of John Whitsett: I, John Whitsett of the County of Lafayette in the State
of Missouri do make and publish this my last will and testament
in manner and form following, that is to say. First it is my will
that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid. Second
it is my will and desire that all my lands be sold should I not
live to sell them myself and the money arising from the sales. First,
I give and devise to Elizabeth Lillard three-hundred dollars, Second
to my son William M. Whitsett, one-hundred dollars. Third I give
to my daughter, Margaret Rankin, one hundred dollars. Fourth, I
give to my son Samuel T. Whitsett three hundred dollars. Fifth,
I give to my son Isaac E. Whitsett seven hundred dollars and it
is my will and desire further that the balance of the money be equally
divided between all my legatees and my further will and desire is
that the good cause of Religion be made an additional legatee an
equal portion with my lawful heirs my will is that Robert Morrain
and Robert Sloan receive the money for H. O. additional legatee
and apply it as they in their presbytery may direct. And lastly,
I hereby constitute and appoint my son, William M. Whitsett and
Robert H. Rankin to be the executors to this , my last will and
testament and revoking and annulling all former wills by me made
and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will
and testament. In testimony whereby I have here unto set my hand
and seal this 11th day of August in the year of our Lord, Eighteen
hundred and forty-one. The Last Will and Testament of John Whitsett, transcript of Will sent to me by Linda Gardner letter, Jan. 14, 1999 [16] |
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| 1845 Feb 11 | Probate of John Whitsett's will: Be it remembered that on this 11th day of February A.D. 1845 before me, William Spratt, clerk of the Lafayette County court came Rufus Hornbuckle and Amos Horn the individuals whose names are subscribed in the foregoing instrument of writing and being each duly sworn by me to testify as to the execution of said instrument-prove and upon examination before me that John Whitsitt (the testator) executed said instrument of writing as his last will and testament in their presence by subscribing his name thereto and that he was of sound and minds at the time he signed the same and that they as witnesses subscribed their names to each in the presence and at the request of the said testator. The Last Will and Testament of John Whitsett, transcript of Will sent to me by Linda Gardner letter, Jan. 14, 1999 [16] |
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| 1845 Mar 3 | 3 March,
William M. Whitsett's application of
Testamentary: The Last Will and Testament of John Whitsett, transcript of Will sent to me by Linda Gardner letter, Jan. 14, 1999 [16] Newspaper administration notice, estate of John Whitsett, William Whitsett, admr. [17] Mentioned above in these estate papers and listed as heirs of John Whitsitt for whom relationship is not mentioned: Nancy Bingham of Illinois was a daughter who married James Bingham; Elizabeth Lillard of Tennessee was a daughter who married, William Lillard; unnamed children of John Meese of Lafayette County, Mo. who is deceased. |
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| Sources: | 1. | HISTORY Of Lafayette County, Mo., CAREFULLY WITTEN AND COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC OFFICAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES..., St. Louis, Missouri Historical Society Company, 1881, pages 208,209,267-268,396-397,403,414,437,476-477,479,480,682,686,687 |
| 2. | Venita L. (Whitsitt) Bumgarner, Whitsitt and Douthitt families of Lafayette Co., Missouri; 327 North West Street, Perryville, Mo.; sent to me by Mrs. Pauline Maciejewski, Grand Island, NE, (1986), who did not consider Mrs. Bumgarner to be a reliable source except in matters of her immediate family | |
| 3. | KENTUCKY BIBLE RECORDS, Vol. IV; Phillips and Whitsitt Bible (Washington, D. C.: D. A. R., 1966). [Photocopy in the D.A. R. Library, Washington, D.C., contributed by Mrs. R. M. Holstine; actual Bible was owned by the Phillips and Whitsitt descendant in Deputy, Gibson County, Indiana] | |
| 4. | Montgomery County, Kentucky Deed Book, Samuel Whitsitt Estate (Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky State Archives), DB 7-422; film No. 252350; extracted for me by Jane Grey Buchanan, Oak Ridge, TN, June 5, 1985. Mrs. Buchanan was researching the Thompson and Whitsett families of Tennessee and Clark County, Kentucky for a book] | |
| 5. | Miriam Holstine, Whitsitt Family of Kentucky and Missouri (Palmyra, Mo., April 30, 1986). Personal letter to me, Ronald N. Wall. | |
| 6. | Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson and Pettis Counties Missouri (Chapman Pub. Co., Chicago, 1895). | |
| 7. | Will of John Whitsett of Lafayette County, Missouri. Extracted by Linda Gardner and sent as personal letter to me, Ronald N. Wall, Jan. 14, 1999 | |
| 8. | Hazel M. Boyd, THE ADVOCATE, Montgomery County [KY] Notes, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Jan. 22, 1981. Article about early families of Montgomery County, Kentucky, specifically Samuel and Margaret Whitsitt of Mt. Sterling and their children; mentions Phillips-Whitsitt Bible | |
| 9. | 1830 Census, Lafayette County, Missouri, Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., (2004), Original source: U. S. Census Bureau Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, M19, Roll: 73; Page: 249. James D. Whitsette, John Whitsette; Lafayette, Missouri | |
| 10. | Maida Whitten, Whitsett Family Tree Database (7201 Mastin, Shawnee Mission, KS 66203-4616). Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998. I know Maida to be a reliable researcher and I have verified much of the data she sent me in a GEDCOM with the sources listed here. | |
| 11. | Ron V. Jackson, Kentucky Census, 1810-90 (Provo, UT, USA, Accelerated Indexing Systems, The Generations Network, Inc., 1999), Compiled from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes such as tax lists. Actually covers years from the 1780's to 1890's. | |
| 12. | "Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson and Pettis Counties, Missouri," Chapman Pub. Co., Chicago, 1895. | |
| 13. | THE TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES, "The Territory of Louisiana - Missouri 1815-1821," Vol. XV (Washington D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office, 1936), Petition of inhabitants pertaining to abuses by acting Land Register, James D. Whitesitt and John Whitesitt among the signers. | |
| 14. | MISSOURI PIONEERS, Vol. IX, Lillard County, Mo., Abstracts of Deed Book A and B, 1821-1825. | |
| 15. | MISSOURI PIONEERS, Vol. IX, Lillard County, Mo., Deed Book A, pg. 43. | |
| 16. | The Last Will and Testament of John Whitsett, 11 August 1841, Letter from Linda Gardner, 14 Jan. 1999; no source notation but full transcript of will. | |
| 17. | "News Items from Lafayette and Adjoining Counties From Papers Published in Lexington, Missouri, 1844-45," MISSOURI PIONEERS, Vol. IV, jan. 1969 (pg 87,88) | |
| 18. | Susan Ormesher, Missouri Marriages Before 1840 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD 1982, 1982), Ancestry.com, pg. 240 (Whitsett name listed as Whitsell). | |
| 19. | U.S. General Land Office Records 1796-1907, Lafayette County, Missouri (Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2007), Ancestry.com on-line database, Certificate No. 159, John Whitsitt Senr. of Lillard County, Western District of Missouri. | |
| 20. | Hon. William Young, YOUNGS HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY MISSOURI, Vol. 1 (Indianapolis,
Indiana, B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Heathstone Legacy Publications, Higginsville, MO (2004) CD, pg. 50. FIRST IMPORTANT EVENTS. Around the first events of a county's settlement there hangs much of interest, even way down the years. The following events show the beginning of affairs in Lafayette county: The judges of the first county court were John Stapp, John Whitsett and James Lillard. |
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Ronald N. WallUpdated: 31 May 2023 |