John Childress Whitsett of Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama son of James Whitsett and Margaret Howell

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Generation 6
John Childress Whitsett
John Childress Whitsett was named for the family of his aunt Elizabeth Whitsett Childress. The Childress family had a son they named John Whitsett Childress who was the brother of First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. He was a major land speculator, buying up land ceded or siezed from Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indians removed from Alabama and Mississippi to the Indian Territory what is today Western Arkansas and most of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Alabama legislature until his death in 1860.
Name 13. John Childress Whitsett6 (James5, John4, John3, William2, Samuel1)
Sex   Male
Father: 7. James Whitsett
Mother:   Margaret Howell
Spouse:  

(1) Martha A. Bliss, b. 9 Dec 1811; d. 24 Feb 1826, Sumter County, AL
(2) Mary Charlotte Jackson, b. 1825 in Georgia; daughter of Judge James Jackson of Sumter County, AL
Birth:   1801, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Death:   14 Sep 1860, Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama
Marriage:   (1) 10 June 1839, Sumter County, Alabama
(2) 5 July 1848, Sumter County, Alabama
Children:   John C. Whitsett and Martha A. Bliss had three children.
  i. WHITSETT, Laura, b. July 1835, d. 20 May 1841, Sumter County, AL; died as a child, no descendants
  ii. WHITSETT, Martha Lucretia, b. Nov. 1842, Sumter Co., AL; d. 12 May 1844, Sumter County; died as a child
  iii. WHITSETT, John C., b. Nov 1844, Sumter Co., AL; d. 18 Apr 1845, Sumter Co.; died as a child
     
    John C. Whitsett and Charlotte Jackson had four children
  iv. WHITSETT, William J., b. Aug 1849, Sumter Co., AL; m. Sally W. Martin
  v. WHITSETT, Harriet S., b. abt. 1852, Sumter Co., AL; nothing more is known.
  vi. WHITSETT, Sallie Jane, b. abt. 1856, Sumter Co., AL; m. William B. Parker; nothing more is known.
  vii. WHITSETT, Clair; m. Mr. Woodruff; nothing more is known.
     
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