DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM² WHITSITT
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, INDIANA

Born May 06, 1767 in Pennsylvania, died May 09, 1854 in Jefferson County, Indiana. He was the eldest son of Samuel and Margaret Whitsitt of Montgomery County, Kentucky.  William had fourteen children by his first three wives, ten sons and four daughters.

William Whitsitt (1767-1854) headstone in
Carmel Cemetery, Jefferson County, Indiana

This is a work in progress.  I am researching the known descendants and adding that information as I complete each generation.  This may be a lengthy process, so please be patient.

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THE HOOSIER JOURNAL OF ANCESTRY, Jefferson Co., Indiana Will Book A pg. 210; John Barnes will dated 1819, November 15 - Witnesses Patrick and William Wilson. security for appraisers WILLIAM WHITESIDES &AL.
1820, March 20 - Jefferson Co., Ind. Will Book A, pg. 213; Ephron Hartmill appointed administrator for John Barnes estate;
1819, November 15 - Jefferson Co., Ind. Will Book A, pg.223-224, 225; WILLIAM WHITSETT among those that did the inventory of John Barnes' estate; John Barnes estate sale; among buyers SAMUEL WHITESIDES, Andrew Wilson, George Wilson, Moses Wilson (pg. 225) (Extracted by Mrs. Jane Grey Buchannan, 114 Berwick Dr., Oak Ridge, TN, 1984)

Documment Extracts Pertaining to (2). William WHITSITT²
of Clark County, Kentucky and Jefferson County, Indiana

*3. Bob Haefner, Whitsitt and Related Families (Ballwin, MO., Nov. 10, 1988); 1930, June 18 - Letter, from Albert Scott Whitsitt of Deputy, Indiana to Leroy Whitsitt, Decatur, Ill. [Albert Scott Whitsitt died in December, 1930, only six months after this leter was written]
Deputy, Ind
June 18, 1930
Mr. Leroy Whitsitt Decatur, Ill.
My Dear Sir, and Relative:
I did not know of there being such a personage on earth but your explanation of your whereabouts makes it clear who you are and as your pursuit of knowledge of your ancestry that you have picked up, some of the enterprise which our family (some of them are noted). I am myself compiling knowledge and historical data of our family on my father and mother's side of the house with the purpose of publishing a small pamphlet concerning the same for the benefit of those now living and those that will come on like yourself, would like to know something of your posterity and the generations so far as we may know that have preceeded us. Originally the Whitsitts are of Scotch or possibly Scotch Irish descent the first emigrants of the name John and Samuel arrived in the port of N.Y. from Londondery, Ireland about 1767 so far as I have gone and emigrated to
western Pennsylvania they married each of them and emigrated - John to Tennessee and Samuel to Ky. Thus forming two wings so to speak - we,
the Ind. Branch are of the Sam wing, that wing many of them remaining in Ky. And quite a few emigrated to Ind. Among them was Wm. My
grandfather and your great grandfather's father. My Uncle Ralph who is the father of Wm. Thos. John Addison, Dan, Allie Jane, Lina, Alice, Ella, Babe, O.H. commonly called "Dock" of Decatur. My grandfather was married 4 times and raised 3 sets of children married in Ky. 1st a woman by the name of Margaret McGee to this union was born 1. John, 2. Samuel, 3. James, 4. William, 5. Mary, 6. Betsy. (I could give dates of births and deaths but for this purpose I'll not). Next he married a woman by the name of Martha Woodard, to this union was born Joseph, Chesley and Sally. He next married the widow of Wm. Hill who had one child by the name of Betsey Ann Hill - To this union was born Lot, Ralph, Daniel and Allen. The widow Hill's maiden name (my grandmother) was Greene hence my father's middle name was Greene, Uncle Ralph's son Samuel Greene and don't
forget to spell the name Green-e for that was the way our illustrious great grandfather used to spell his name. Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary fame. The last marriage of grandfather was to a woman widow with one son, her name was Rebecca Forcan and her son's name was Geo. Forcan. They had no children by the union both died both buried in the Mount Carmel graveyard both graves are marked with stones inscribed with birth
and deaths in good preservation. Uncle Allen & wife Aunt Mariah Acree buried in the same graveyard 40 or 50 ft. distant. This is only a casual
explanation of the where abouts of yourself and there is much more that might be added. I could give dates to most all I have written, but that
would add much to the extent of this letter via I will state that President Jas. K. Polk's wife's mother was one of John's daughters of the southern wing of our family where they spread out from Tenn. To North and South Carolina and lots of John's decendants in Georgia. Uncle John's father's oldest brother settled on the land where Lexington, Mo. Now stands moved to St. Louis and some of his descendants to Kan. Coffee Co. & elsewhere. Monegaw Springs western Mo. Grandmother's maiden name was Nancy Greene Whitsitt of whom my oldest sister is named was buried at the Coffee Creek graveyard in Jennings Co. Ind. Where a Baptist church formerly stood but now re-located at Paris Crossing Ind. This will give you
a little idea so I'll close by adding I'd be pleased to meet you and wise you up a little more about the family if further desired.
Very truly your relative
Albert S. Whitsitt

see book entitled, "Footprints of Time" for Polks history.

P.S. This is written in haste - a rather incoherant story - will serve only as an outline on a few points. Grandfather was in Anthony Wayne's army to
drive the Indians out of Ohio, swam the Ohio river at Cincinnati and herded the government's horses at Cincinnati when there was but 2 or 3 houses in Cincinnati - one tavern entitled "Ludloe's Tavern," where lunch was served.
A.S.W.

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**7.  WILBUR PHILLIPS' LETTER [from Kari Northup website on rootsweb.com] John Wilbur Phillips (1868-1941) taught school in Alexandria, Indiana. About 1940 Wilbur outlined his family history in a letter to brother Eugene in Scott County, Indiana. The following extract of that letter is taken from a family history written by Eurene's son Myron using the Wilbur Phillips letter as its source. Wilbur included Whitsitt information because his mother was a Whitsitt.  Only pertinent information on the William Whitsitt family was extracted by me.
WHITSITT TREE
Samuel Whitsitt and John Whitsitt, brothers, came from Scotland. We are descendants of Samuel. They are as follows:
William, born 1767. His children from three wives are: [information in brackets is mine - RNW]
FIRST WIFE [Anne McGee]
      1) John, born April 10, 1798
      2) Samuel, born August 11, 1800
      3) Polly, born December 13, 1802
      4) James, born October 22, 1804
      5) William, born February 25, 1807
      6) Betsy, born February 7, 1809
SECOND WIFE, mother was [Margaret "Patsey"] Woodard
      7) Joseph, born June 7, 1813
      8) Sally, born December 31, 1817
      9) Chasley, born January 23, 1820
THIRD WIFE [Mrs. Nancy Greene Hill]
     10) Lot, born January 7, 1821
     11) Ralph, born November 12, 1822
     12) Daniel, born December 28, 182-(?)
     13) Allen H., born January 12, 1827

***41. Clarke Co., Ky DB 9-49, Power of Attorney; 1812, June 30 - - William Whitsett appoints Henry Bradley his attorney to collect debts for him and look after his family as (William's) wife directs;  NOTE: I list this document only to prevent confusion between the two William Whitsitt/Whitsett's in Clark County.  This is not William Whitsitt who removed to Jennings and Jefferson County, Indiana.  This is William Whitsett who came to Clark County, Kentucky from Orange County, North Carolina.  He was the husband of Mary Thompson, daughter of Lawrence Thompson.  This William was the younger brother of John Whitsett of Sumner County, Tenn. who married Sarah Thompson, older sister of Mary. John and Sarah were the grandparents of First Lady Sarah Childress Polk.  I have many court documents and other documents where Bradley acts in behalf of William Whitsett and Mary his wife, which prove his identity.  Those documents specifically mention John Whitsett of Sumner Co., Sarah, John's wife, Lawrence Thompson, William's fatherr-in-law or brother-in-law and others.  I have not listed those sources here.

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GENERATION 3

1.  WILBUR PHILLIPS' LETTER (1940), PHILLIPS FAMILY DOCUMENTATION, on-line:
1930, December 16 - Letter, from Albert Scott Whitsitt of Deputy, Indiana to Leroy Whitsitt, Decatur, Ill.

2. 1930, December 16 - Letter, from Albert Scott Whitsitt of Deputy, Indiana to Leroy Whitsitt, Decatur, Ill.

GENERATION 4