The Family of Mary Whitsett, Daughter of John Whitsett and Sarah Thomson, and Josiah Perry

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Generation 5
Mary Whitsett And Josiah Perry Family
The children of Mary Whitsett and Josiah Perry are listed as heirs in the estate documents of Mary's brother Lawrence Whitsett. She and her husband are buried in Hale Co., Alabama (formerly part of Greene County). Their graves were orginally next to the graves of Mary's parents, John and Sarah Whitsett about a mile south of Havanna, Alabama, but were moved at some point to the cemetery now belonging to the United Methodist Church in Havannah.
Name 10. WHITSETT, Mary5 (John4, John3, William2, Samuel1) [1]
Sex   Female
Father: 4. WHITSETT, John4
Mother:   THOMPSON, Sarah [1]
Spouse:   PERRY, Josiah, d. 1831, Greene (Hale) Co., Alabama [2]
Birth:   Unknown
Death:   1819, Greene (Hale) Co., Alabama; buried in the United Methodist Church cemetery in Havanna, Alabama [2]
Marriage:   Unknown
Children:   Mary Whitsett and Josiah Perry had at least six children. [3]
  i. PERRY, Josiah Perry Jr.
  ii. PERRY, John
  iii. PERRY, James
  iv. PERRY, Orville
  v. PERRY, Lawrence
  vi. PERRY, William
     
Notes: 1. 1836 Sept. 26, Greene Co., Ala. Lawrence Whitsett, deceased; Elias C. Field and Robert Williamson, administrators; heirs listed: John Perry; Josiah Perry, Jr.; James Perry; William Perry (a minor); Orville Perry (not in Alabama); Lawrence Perry (not in Alabama); John T. Rogers. [following heirs did not reside in Alabama] Alexander Walker and wife Sibella; Elizabeth Childress; Mathew Rogers and wife Bridget; Elizabeth Simpson; Agnes Simpson; Clarissa Simpson; Keziah Simpson; Nancy Simpson; Lawrence Simpson; James W. Simpson. James Yeates appointed guardian ad litem for William Perry. [3]
  2. In May 2000, I received letters and photographs from Joseph Whitsett Strickland of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Strickland visited the burial site of John and Sarah Whitsett, and Mary and Josiah Perry on the farm of Ed Avery of Havanna, Hale County, Alabama. The graves of Mary and Josiah Perry were moved from their original location to the cemetery of the United Methodist Church in Havanna. [4]
     
Sources: 1 Jane G. Buchanan, "Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina" (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1987), pg. 216-222; also unsourced research notes of Ms. Buchannan (1986).
  2 Avery, Ed (March 20, 2000). E-mail giving the dates from the headstones for John and Sarah Whitsitt who are buried in a cemetery on Ed Avery's property near Havanna, Hale Co.,GA. Ed's property was the James or Lawrence Whitsitt plantation. Headstones for Josiah and Mary Perry moved from their original location to the graveyard of the United Methodist Church, Havanna, Alabama.
  3 Greene County, Alabama, Affidavit of John J. Rogers, Estate of Lawrence Whitsett; names all the brothers, sisters, and heirs of Lawrence Whitsett; photocopy from Susan Young, Ashland, OR
  4 Letters and photographs from Joseph Whitsett Strickland of Birmingham, Alabama showing the grave markers of John and Sarah Whitsett, and Mary and Josiah Perry on the farm of Ed Avery of Havanna, Alabama containing birth and death dates of the two couples.