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RALPH WHITSETT OF PENNSYLVANIA, IRISH ANCESTOR.
Ralph Whitsett, three brothers and at least one sister came to America from the north of Ireland. They settled first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania near today's city of Lebanon. Ralph later sold his land Lancaster County and removed west to Cumberland County, across the Susquehanna River from Lancaster. Ralph owned and operated a flour mill on Yellow Breaches Creek. Family legend of his son William says that the mill was attacked and destroyed by Indians. Whatever the reason the mill went bankrupt and was foreclosed on by Ralph's financier. He disappears from the record after that. It is probable that he moved in with one of his sons about that time. There is no record of his or his wife Sarah's death.
Name 3. WHITSETT, Ralph3 (William2, Samuel1) [1]
Sex   Male
Father 2. WHITSETT, William2 [2]
Mother   Unknown
Spouse   Sarah Wilson [14]
Birth   1714-20, in Ireland, probably County Antrim
Death   Unknown, after 1760
Marriage   Unknown; possibly abt. 1740 in Lancaster County, PA
Children   We have circumstantial evidence for five sons and one daughter. Evidence is much stronger for Samuel, Sarah, Joseph, and William Wirt Whitsett.
4. i. WHITSETT, Samuel, b. abt. 1745 in Lancaster Co., PA; died in August 1815, Montgomery Co., KY; m. Margaret Tuttle (Tittle?)
5. ii. WHITSETT, Sarah, b. June 13, 1748 in Lancaster Co., PA; died Oct. 14, 1812, probably Westmoreland Co., PA; m. Peter Title.
  iii. WHITSETT, John, b. abt. 1750?, nothing else is known. His name arises in the family tradition of Samuel.
6. iv. WHITSETT, Joseph, b. abt. 1750 in Lancaster or Cumberland Co., PA; died in May 1814, Harrison Co., KY; m. Mary Clifford.
7. v. WHITSETT, William Wirt, b. 1752 in Cumberland Co., PA; died in 1842, Perryopolis, Fayette Co., PA; m. Hadessa (Easter) Crawford
  vi. WHITSETT, James, nothing more is known
     
Notes 1. 1741 March 17, plot map of a tract labeled "George Stoitz 52 as. 126 p. & Allowance." Adjoining tracts: George Stoitz (north); Ralph Whiteside (west); Widow Creiter (west section south side). [4]
  2. 1741 May 01, Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania land survey drawing for Robert Vernor's warrant shows Ralph Whiteside's property on the north east side. Robert Vernor's name is listed also as Robert Varner. [3]
  3. 1742 April 23, land surveyed for Ralph Whiteside was found to overlap some of the land of John Whiteside. The error was found in 1760 when the land was resurveyed when the land warrant was transferred to George Reynolds. John Whiteside was issued the original warrant for his land on 03 Oct. 1738. This document is the earliest date for the presence of the Whitsitt brothers, John and Ralph in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [5]
  4. 1743 March 06, land surveyed for Casper Stover shows the land of John Whiteside and Ralph Whiteside bordering Stover's. Casper Stover was a traveling minister of the Lutheran Church. With no Presbyterian churches on the frontier the Whiteside families, as with other Scotch-Irish families, attended convenient churches in their neighborhoods. [6]
  5. 1744 August 07, Ralph Whitsitt's name is among the petitioners concerning a road in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County; this reference is apparently the earliest using the Whitsitt version of the surname Whiteside found on earlier documents. [7]
  6. 1746 April 05, Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania land survey for Ralph Whiteside, by virtue of a warrant dated 23 April 1742, shows it adjoining the lands of John Whiteside, Robert Varner and others. [8]
  7. 1746 August 15, Warrant issued to James Whiteside at Philadelphia for 220 acres in Lebanon Townhip, Lancaster County, PA [11]
  8. 1747 January 27, William Allen of Lebanon Township, Lancaster County makes his will naming wife Margaret Allen and appointing Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hamersly as executors. The will was submitted for probate on 11 Dec. 1747. [10]
  9. 1747 March 01, the 1746 land warrent for James Whiteside in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, is surveyed by Thomas Cookson [11]
  10. 1749 August 17, Pennsylvania Gazette, "George Doude, servant, age c. 20, runaway from Ralph Whitsitt of Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co." In colonial America in this time period notices like this for runaway indentured servants were common. [12]
  11. 1750-1755, Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hammersly both appear on the tax assesment lists for Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co. [13]
  12. 1756 June 14, Ralph Whiteside and wife Sarah Wilson sponsor the baptism by Rev. John Casper Stoever of Susanna Gambill, daughter of John Gambill; Lebanon Township, Lancaster County. [14]
  13. 1754 February 02, James Whiteside, weaver, of Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, "being very sick and weak in body" names wife Ann, son John and states he has seven children (not named, except for John); he names as executors Ralph Whiteside, James McNees [Menees], and Thomas Hammersly; witnessed by John Allen, Isbell Hamersley, Mary A. Wyland; signed by James Whiteside and Ann Whiteside [by their marks]. [16]
  14. 1758, Thomas Hammersly and Ralph Whiteside are listed on the tax assesment list for Lebanon Township, Lancaster County. [15]
  15. 1760 August 26, Cumberland Co., "Yellow Britches" [Creek], Thomas McKee and "Else" Whitside were married by Rev. John Casper Stoever; it is likely that she was one of the daughters of James Whiteside and wife Ann. After Ann remarried to John Giles in 1761 the family removed to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. In 1778 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, John Whiteside is security for Alice McGee administrator and widow of Thomas McGee. It is quite possible that "Else" was a transcription error for "Alice". [17]
  16. 1761 January 20, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA, sheriff Ezekeil Smith returned the following grand jury: John Davis, John Holmes, Andrew Holmes, Joseph Boyd, Andrew Miller, Ralph Whitsides, John McClure, Stephen Duncan, Samuel Colter, William Armstrong, Christopher Brandon, Hugh Hunter, Charles Patterson, Robert Walker, James Weakley, Peter Tittle. This is the first evidence that Ralph had relocated from Lancaster County to Cumberland County. [18]
  17. 1761 January 21, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., The King vs. Ralph Whitsides [summoned] for keeping a publick House [tavern] without a license. Defendant being solemnly called appeared not. Jany 1761 the defendant pleads not quilty. "The King vs Peter Title - For keeping a Publick House without licence. Defendant being solemnly called appeared not. Peter Title £ 20 [bond], conditioned that said Peter Title appear at the next Court and not to depart the Court without licence." p. 28; it would appear that Peter Title and Ralph Whiteside were in business together. [18]
  18. 1761 April 21, Cumberland Co., Ralph Whiteside signs the account [for the estate of] James Whiteside of Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co. [19]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    1763, Peter Tittle, Sr of Carlisle, Cumberland Co. Pa, listed in "History of Cumberland Co, Pa" as being one of its earliest settlers, before 1745. Land deed records document his residence in this area at least until 1763 and perhaps later. A deposition given by Peter, Sr in 1760 regarding the death of an Indian also gives his date of birth as 1725. A daughter Elizabeth (possibly named for her grandmother) married James Hunter (will of James Hunter) who was a neighbor in the area. Son Peter, Jr married Sarah Whitesides, also a neighbor in this area and their family is found later in Westmoreland Co, Pa
     
    1767 January 28, "The mill at this point [New Lisburn on Yellow Breaches Creek] was established by Ralph Whitesides who took title from Frazier prior to 1767. He borrowed money on mortgage from James Galbraith and built a mill and saw-mill, etc., and failed. Galbraith foreclosed his mortgage and Sheriff Holmes sold the property on January 28, 1767, to James Galbraith." [9]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Sources 1 Wall, Ronald N., Florence, AZ and William R. Whiteside, Cottage Hills, IL, WHITESIDE AND WHITSETT PIONEERS (2008); sources are noted.
  2. Whitsitt, Dr. William Heth, Richmond College, Richmond, VA."Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family: The Whitsitts of Nashville, Tenn." American Historical Magazine. Nashville, Tenn., VOLUME IX, January, April, July, October 1904
  3. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 [series #17.114], (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/), Book A78 pg. 132.
  4. ibid, Book C185 pg. 160
  5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, PATENT INDEXES, 1684-[ca. 1957] {series #17.147, 154 & 155}
  6. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 [series #17.114]
  7. William Henry Egle. Notes and Queries, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, (research by William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007)
  8. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, PATENT INDEXES, 1684-[ca. 1957] {series #17.147, 154 & 155}; book A5, pg. 77
  9. CALLAPATSCINK THE YELLOW BREECHES CREEK, By John R. Miller, [Presented To] The Cumberland County Historical Society On Friday Evening, November 20, 1909
  10. Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785, Willowbend Books (2006), pg 1. (Note from William R. Whitesides, Cottage Hills, IL, Aug. 2007)
  11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, PATENT INDEXES, 1684-[ca. 1957] {series #17.147, 154 & 155};
  12. "Abstracts from The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1748-1755" Kenneth Scott & Janet R. Clarke. Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc: Baltimore, (1977)
  13. Daniel Rupp, "History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon," (Lancaster County Genealogy Project, Contributed by Roxanne Eckenrode); Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XXIV, 3rd Series, "Histories of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon," pg. 307
  14. William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries (1896), p. 69, Baptismal Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever Surnames A - H; 1756 PA Lancaster Co., Lebanon Townshp.
  15. William Henry Egle, History of Dauphin & Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania, (1898)
  16. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Will Book A pg. 83, 21 April 1761, James Whiteside; William R. Whiteside, 335 Jersey St., Cottage Hills, IL, 62018-1210, August, September 2007 Research Notes.
  17. William Henry Egle. Notes and Queries, "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever 1730-1799" (research by William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007)
  18. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Cumberland County Quarter Sessions Docket 1, 1750-1761, Docket 2 1761-1765; Diane E. Greene, Cleafield, Baltimore, MD (2001); ( from the research notes from William R. Whiteside, Cottage Hills, Illinois, Jan. 2008)
  19. Index, Lancaster Co., PA Will Book A and B, and Cumberland Co., Book A-83; William R. Whiteside, 335 Jersey St., Cottage Hills, IL, 62018-1210, August, September 2007 Research Notes.
     
     

Samuel Whitsitt of Montgomery County, Kentucky

Individual: 4. WHITSETT, Samuel4 (Ralph3, William2, Samuel1)
Name:   Samuel WHITSITT, WHITESIDE, WHITESIDES
Sex:   Male
Father:   WHITSETT, Ralph3 "Ralph Whiteside" (b. abt. 1713 Ireland, d. aft. 1769, Cumberland or nearby county, Pennsylvania)
Mother:   WILSON, Sarah
Spouse:   TUTTLE/TITTLE, Margaret, d. abt. 1815 in Montgomery County, Kentucky. She is named in Samuel's will, but she is not listed among the heirs of his estate when it was settled. Nowhere (including the so-called Phillips-Whitsett Bible) is there documented evidence that her maiden name was "Tuttle". Peter Tittle and other members of the Tittle family are found in almost every area of Pennsylvania where Samuel Whitsett is also found. It is easy to understand how a name like Tuttle could be confused over the length of several generations. Neverthelesss, I use Tuttle because descendants of this family accept this name and it is commonly found in family trees, and because there apparently exists no record to document either version.
Birth:   Abt. 1745 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon Township (date and place is assumed based on Pennsylvania documents related to Ralph and Sarah Wilson Whitsett of Lancaster and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and an accumulation of circumstantial evidence)
Death: 1815 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky (from Montgomery Co., Ky. estate records)
Marriage: Abt. 1766 Probably Cumberland or York County, Pennsylvania; probably Cumberland or York County, Pennsylvania (date is speculation based on ages of children; place is speculation based on land and other records of Pennsylvania)
Notes
   
   

Some family researcher at some time made the assumption that Samuel Whitsitt, Sr. of Montgomery County, Kentucky was named Samuel Varner Whitsitt. In the research I have done, which I believe to be considerable, I have not found a single mention of Samuel’s middle name. The assumption that it was Varner has not been documented and I believe it is wrong. Regardless, many have gone along with this assumption with only a handful of researchers questioning it. This error may have stemmed from family records, which mention “Samuel Varner Whitsitt, Jr.” The only Samuel V. Whitsitt I can find in the records is the grandson of Samuel and Margaret by their son Samuel II.  I think that someone simply assumed that since a Samuel III was named Samuel Varner Whitsitt, Jr. the father must be Samuel Varner Whitsitt II, etc. This seemingly insignificant error may have helped to confuse the origins of this family.

There appears to be no documentation for the claim that Margaret Tuttle was the maiden name of Samuel’s wife. An article in THE ADVOCATE of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky written by Mrs. Hazel M. Boyd in 1981 says that “a correspondent” of hers stated that it was Margaret Tuttle, but offers no other proof. Even if this person did find a document with the name “Tuttle,” I believe it was probably a transcriber’s error. The reason I think it to be an error is that during the time and in the areas where Samuel was born and raised, and where he likely was married, there were no Tuttle families. The first mention of a Tuttle individual living in an area anywhere near the Whitsitt’s is in western Pennsylvania and dated long after Samuel and Margaret removed from Pennsylvania for Kentucky. In contrast, there were numerous Tittle’s in all of the areas where Samuel lived, from Lebanon Township in Lancaster County to Westmoreland County. Tittle family researchers tell us that Peter Sr. had brothers George and John who came to America and settled in northern Lancaster County about the same time as the Whitsett’s. In the documents of Lebanon Township and the church records of Rev. John Casper Stoever are found several other Tittle names including women Elizabeth and Rachel and a child named John Peter Tittle.

I am told that Samuel's grave in the Mt. Sterling Cemetery is marked with a D. A. R. plaque.  I have found no documentation for this service; however, it is likely that he at least served for a time in the Westmoreland Co. Militia and probably assisted in the defense of Hannastown when it was attacked and destroyed by Indians under the influence of the British in 1782.

Land Warrant: 1767 April Warrant NO. 3423 Whitsitt, Samuel (sic); pg. 345 (stamped 283), West Side [of Susquehanna River] application for warrant, 300 acres ; [Location] Fairfield Twp formerly Newbury Twp. York Co.; Description: Joining James Clark Charles West and Arthur Ewing in Charles Lukens district York County (see below)
Land Survey: 1767 Apr An 1833 survey has a plot labeled "Samuel Witsitt (sic) cont'g 108 a. 25 prs. & allowances" (original 1767 grant was 300 acres), so in 1833, seventy years later, almost 200 acres not shown in drawing; adjoining lands, Jacob Stromenger's other lands (northeast side); Charles West (west side); supposed Arthur Ewing (south); supposed here was James Clark.
"A draught of a piece of land situate in Fairfield Township (formerly Newbury) in the county of York containing the above set forth 108 a. 85 prs. & allowances surveyed on the 10 day of April A.D. 1833 in pursuance of the application No. 3423 Granted to the said Samuel Witsill [sic] for 300 a. dated the 13th day of April 1767 the land above represented is now the property of Jacob Stromenger in right of Abraham Noblett and was patented among other lands to the said Abraham Noblett on the 21st April 1760 according to the said Stromenger's deeds &c".  SOURCE: COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 Book D55, pg 153.
Land Survey: 1773 April 07, - Newbury Twp., York Co., Penn.; Survey for Joseph Whiteside adjoins tract of Samuel Whiteside
Deposition: 1775 Feb. 07, Westmoreland Co. concerning the break-in of the goal  at Hannastown [2]
Military Service: Bet. 1776 1784 Westmoreland Co., Penn.; Family legend states Samuel may have served in the Revolution; I have no independent proof of his service; however, it is certainly likely that he was in the Westmoreland county militia as were most able bodied men. Suposedly, Samuel's grave in the Mt. Sterling Cemetery is marked with a D. A. R. plaque.
Property: 1783
Listed as property owner, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; 200 Acrea [1]
Tax List: 1783-1786
Mount Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 200 acres [3]
Tax List: 1786
in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania;[3] this is the last record of Samuel in Pennsylvania that we have found to date.
Removed: Abt. 1786
Came to Ky from Pennsylvania [4, 5]
Residence: 1803
Lulbegrud Creek, Montgomery Co., Ky. [6]
Deed: 1804 August 27, - Montgomery County, Kentucky; 22 1/2 acres sold by John Treadway to Samuel Whitsett [9]
Residence: 1810 - Montgomery County, Kentucky; Census, Samuel Whiteside
Deed: 1810 July 26, - Montgomery County, Kentucky; Samuel Haddon to Samuel Whitsett, 22 acres
Will: 1815 August 10, - Samuel Whitsett Montgomery Co., Ky; wife Margaret Whitsett; son Samuel Whitsett - will recorded and proved on this date on oath of James Whitsett [8]
Deed: 1815 September 4, - "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..." (list of heirs including their spouses).
Estate Settlement: 1815 September 15, - Deed for Samuel Whitsitt (Jr.) as part of estate settlement, lists heirs living in Kentucky and Indiana on this date. Deed recorded on 1 April 1816. [9]
  1890's "J. S. WHITSETT; Among the pioneer settlers of Jackson county is numbered this gentleman, who for many years has been identified with the best interests of the locality, interested in all that pertains to its welfare and advancement. In all the relations of life he has been an esteemed and upright man, and today is ranked among the progressive agriculturists of the community. The Whitsett family was of Scotch origin, and was founded in America in the early history of this country. The great-grandfather of our subject served as sheriff of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He was at one time a very wealthy man, but owing to his great generosity lost much of his property. He removed to Kentucky when his son, James Whitsett, the grandfather of our subject, was a lad of 12 years. The latter served as a soldier in the War of 1812, under General William Henry Harrison..."  SOURCE:  A Memorial & Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, Part 4 (published in the 1890's)
Children:
  The names of Samuel's children and his son-in-laws are recorded in the probate records of his estate in Montgomery County, Kentucky.  [7, 8, 9]
 2. i
WHITSETT, William (b. May 6, 1767, Penn., d. May 9, 1854, Jefferson Co., Indiana; m. (1) Margaret Ann McGee, (2) Martha Woodward, (3) Nancy Greene, (4) Rebecca Malcomb)
 3. ii
WHITSETT, John (b. abt. 1768, Penn., d. February 1845, Lafayette Co., Missouri; m. Lucy Davidson)
4. iii.
WHITSETT, James W. "James Whitesette" (b. abt. 1771, Penn., d. 1844, Montgomery Co., Ky.; m. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hutten in 1801 in Warren Co., Ky.)
5. iv. WHITSITT, Joseph (b. abt. 1773, Penn., d. 1824, Gibson Co., Indiana; m. (1) Rebecca Stewart, Dec. 20, 1794, Clark Co., Ky., (2) Mary Lemasters abt. 1807, Gibson Co., Indiana)
6.  v
WHITSITT, Ralph - B: July 27, 1778 in Pennsylvania, D: August 19, 1849 in Putnam County, Indiana; M. (1) Allie PHILLIPS in Montgomery County, Kentucky; M. (2) Sarah GILMORE (unverified, but in family legend).  Ralph had at least five children we have identified, one son and four daughters.
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RAMSEY, Margaret WHITSITT "Peggy Whitsett" B: Bef. 1782, D: Abt. 1849, M: John RAMSEY, September 29, 1798 in Clark County, Kentucky.  Margaret had five children, three sons and two daughters: Samuel B., Alexander, James V., Dulcena, Lucinda E. RAMSEY.
7. vii
WHITSITT, Samuel V. "Samuel Varner Whitsitt" (b. abt. 1784, probably Penn., d. ?; m. (1) Aniseth Phillips, abt. 1800, (2) Elizabeth King, Sept. 23, 1818, (3) Dolly Phillips, July 4, 1833, Jefferson County, Indiana)
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BELL, Nancy O. WHITSITT - She was born 1786. Her date of death is not known.  She married Joseph BELL about 1815 in Clark County, Kentucky.  To date I have not identified her children.
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WILSON, Sarah WHITSITT "Sally Whitsett" - She was born on May 06, 1787. She married Patrick WILSON and the couple resided in Jefferson County, Indiana near her brother William Whitsitt.  To date I have not identified her children.
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RAMSEY, Rachel WHITSITT - B: 1789 probably in Kentucky, D: 1860 in Clark County, Kentucky; M. William RAMSEY, September 13, 1804 in Clark County, Kentucky.  Rachel and William had ten children: John A., James, Mariah, Samuel W., Polly Ann, William M., Joseph H., Franklin, Eliza, and Margaret RAMSEY.
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WHITSITT, Mary - B: Abt. 1793.  Nothing more is known of Mary.  She is not listed among the heirs of Samuel in 1815.  Her name comes from the "Phillips-Whitsitt" Bible.  She probably died as a youngster.
Sources & Notes
 

 

    Pennsylvania Archives, Warrant NO. 3423 Whitsitt, Samuel (sic); pg. 345 (stamped 283), WEST SIDE APPLICATIONS (Register), 1766-1769, pg. 45 (stamped 493); Copied Surveys, D55 pg. 123; Fairfield Twp formerly Newbury Twp. York Co.
    Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XXII, pg. 393; Transcript of Property in Westmoreland County, 1783
Whiteside, Joseph - 100 acres, 5 inhabitants [brother of Samuel]
Whitesides, Samuel - 200 acres (nr. Inhabitants not listed)
Whitesides, William - 100 acres, 3 inhabitants [brother of Samuel]
  2.

Pennsylvania Archives, Colonial Records, Vol. X., pg. 234; Deposition of Samuel Whitesitt, 7 Feb. 1775, Westmoreland County. Personally appeared before us, the subscribers, three of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid, Samuel Whitesides, who being duly Sworn upon the holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did depose & say that this day being the Seventh day of February, in the morning between twilight, there came a number of Armed men, and with a large Sledge, about ten pound weight, broke open the outside Goal door & one of the Inside doors, both being lock'd and sent the prisoners then in the Goal, being three in number, who were committed (one by Name of John Neil for a Riot & throwing down a man's house, (with a number of others) the other two by Name Samuel Wardin & Samuel Wilson, who were committed for a Trespass) of and giving each Name Samuel Wardin & Samuel Wilson, who were committed for a Trespass) of and giving each of them the prisoners after the Goal being broke a Pistol, and told them, the prisoners, that they had help'd them so far, and to Clear their own way: and the said Samuel Whitsides further says, that he heard the number of armed men aforesaid say that for their so doing they had orders from Captain William Crawford and further this deponent says not.
[signed] Samuel Whitesitt
Sworn & subsc ribed before us, this 7th day of February, 1775
Robt. Hanna
W. Lochry
Wm. Bracken
Carnachan, Esquire, Sheriff of the County, Ask one Benjamin Harrison, who appeared to be their head man, whether they had orders for their so doing and he read a paper & said it was Captain William Crawford's orders. "Foreman also saw one Samuel Wilson make a push at Robert Hanna, Esquire (one of the Justices of the Peace) with a Gun. [Robert Hann's statement] The sledge was stolen from the smith shop. William McGeery came to Robt. Hanna about daybreak to inform him of the break in. "One Benjamin Harrison said, "What they had done they did by Authority from Virginia."  SOURCE: Pennsylvania Archives, Colonial Records, Vol. X., pg. 234

  3. Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXII, Tax Lists, pg. 525, 1783-1786 - Mount Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1786: Samuel Whiteside, 200 acres, Westmoreland County, PA, 1786 (pg. 525)
  4. Maida Whitten, Whitsett Family Tree Database (7201 Mastin, Shawnee Mission, KS 66203-4616). Date of Import: Dec 30, 1998.  Abt. 1786 Came to Ky from Pennsylvania (Maida is a meticulous researcher; however, she did not provide me with a list of her sources in the FTM file).
  5.

Terry Parcel, A Memorial & Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, Part 4. Biographical sketch of J. S. Whitsett of Jackson County.(probably published in the 1890's) SEE FOOTNOTES

  6. Kentucky Bible Records, DAR, Vol IV, 1966, Phillips and Whitsitt Bible; settled in 1803 on Lulbegrud Creek, Montgomery Co., Ky.
  7.

Montgomery Co., Ky. Deeds, film 252348, Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, Ky. DB 2-529; Indenture, 6 May 1803, (sent to me by Jane Buchanan, Oak Ridge, TN, June 1985); Joseph Whitsitt's sons James and Levi; be apprenticed to Samuel Whitsitt until age 21 (in year 1818); Samuel to teach art of farming, lodge, feed and teach boys to "read and right" recorded 10 Sept. 1803.

  8.

Montgomery Co., Ky. Wills, Kentucky State Archives, film 252360, Frankfort, Ky. Will book B-106: Will of Samuel Whitsett of Montgomery Co., Ky; wife Margaret Whitsett; son Samuel Whitsett - land; rest of estate divided equally "between the rest of my children." Will proved and recorded 10 Aug. 1815 on oath of James Whitsett. (sent to me as handwritten extracts by Jane Buchanan, 114 Berwick Dr., Oak Ridge, TN, June 5, 1985)

  9.

Montgomery Co., Ky. Deeds, film 252350, Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, Ky. Deed extract: Land sold to Samuel Whitsett by John Treadway 27 Aug. 1804, 22 1/2 acres; recorded 1 April 1816, land sold by Samuel Haddon to Samuel Whitsett 26 July 1810, 22 acres; deed was recorded 1 April 1816, Montgomery Co., Ky. Heirs living in Clarke Co., Ky on 15 Sept. 1815 - Ralph Whitsett; Joseph Bell (also Beall) and Nancy his wife; John Ramsey and wife Margaret; William Ramsey and wife Rachel; Heirs living in Jefferson Co., Indiana Territory, 25 Sept. 1815 William Whitsett and wife Patsey; Patrick Wilson and wife Sally (sent to me as handwritten extracts by Jane Buchanan, 114 Berwick Dr., Oak Ridge, TN, June 5, 1985); Deed extract: [part of estate settlement]

  10. Montgomery Co., Ky. Deeds, film 252348, Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, Ky., DB 7-422, 4 Sept. 1815; SEE FOOTNOTES
. 11.
Hazel M. Boyd, THE ADVOCATE, Montgomery County [KY] Notes (Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Jan. 22, 1981).
  12. Venita L. (Whitsitt) Bumgarner, Douthitt family of Lafayette Co., Missouri (327 North West Street, Perryville, Mo., 63775). Pauline Maciejewski, 29 Jan. 1986. (Mrs. Maciejewski felt that this source was not entirely reliable; however, she was the granddaughter of Joseph Anderson Whitsitt, son of James Stewart Whitsitt and Sidney Noland).
  13. 1810 Census, Montgomery County, Kentucky (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com; The Generations Network Inc.), pg. 348 (Image 2), first line Samuel Whiteside 1810, Aug. 6: Census, Samuel Whiteside, [males] 4-2-0-2-1 [females] 4-0-0-1-1
  14. Records of the Pennsylvania Land Office; WEST SIDE APPLICATIONS (Register), 1766-1769. {series #17.40} (http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives RG-17). 1767, April 10:  Warrant NO. 3423 Whitsitt, Samuel (sic); pg. 345 (stamped 283); SEE FOOTNOTES
  15. Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 [series #17.114] Book D55, pg 153, (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/:   Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History). 1767, April 13: SEE FOOTNOTES
  16. Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17, Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 [series #17.114] Book C220 pg. 300. SEE FOOTNOTES
  17. Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXIV, Westmoreland County, Tax Lists 1783, 1786. 1783, 1786:  Westmoreland County, Tax Lists 1783, 1786; Mount Pleasant Township;
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