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JOHN WHITSETT OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, IRISH ANCESTOR.
John 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. He later sold his land and removed to Rowan County, North Carolina where he was involved in the government of the county. He was one of the men comissioned to lay out the town of Salisbury. John owned and operated a grist mill in Rowan County. About 1770 John and his son John, jr., along with the Thompson family obtained lots in the Quaker settlement in Wrightsboro, Georgia. They soon left Georgia because of Indian trouble and came to what was then Orange County, North Carolina. John, sr. died there in July 1786. I have not found a document that gives us the name of his wife. She is listed simply as the Widow Whitsett when John's estate was settled.
Name 3. WHITSETT, John3 (William2, Samuel1) [1]
Sex   Male
Father 2. WHITSETT, William
Mother   Unknown
Spouse   Rachael
Birth   Abt. 1712, in Ireland, probably County Antrim
Death   Abt. July 04, 1786, in Orange County, North Carolina; estate sale for Widow Whitsett [27]
Marriage   Unknown
Children   John Whitsett had at least six children
4. i. WHITSETT, John b. 1743 Pennsylvania; d. 1819 Alabama, m. Sarah Thompson, daughter of Lawrence Thompson [10]
5. ii. WHITSETT, James b. Abt. 1747, Penn.; d. 1788, N. C., m. Mary Moore
6. iii. WHITSETT, Samuel b. 1752; d. 1832 N. C., m. Mary Stockard
7. iv. WHITSETT, William b. Abt. 1755; d. Abt. 1820 Ky., m. Mary Thompson, daughter of Lawrence Thompson
  v. WHITSETT, Sarah
  vi. WHITSETT, Mary
     
Notes 1. John was one of the Whitsett brothers family tradition says came from Ireland around 1730-40. He first settled in Pennsylvania near Harrisburg and later removed to Virginia and North Carolina. Below is a chronology of evidence that John Whiteside/Whitsett left Pennsylvania in 1752 and went to what was then Rowan County, North Carolina. These are the only records pertaining to a John Whitsett in PA, NC, and GA for relavent time spans. He is likely the John Whitsett that is the source of the Whitsett family legend of John that "went south" and was never heard of again. It appears that he was a surveyor for a time in Rowan Co. In 1754 he was one of the men who set off lots for sale in the village of Sallisbury. John operated a grist mill or Grant's Creek until 1768. In that year he began selling off his land in Rowan County. By this time the Quakers in the settlement of Wrightsboro, Georgia began offering non-Quakers free land. John Sr. and John J. and his wife Sarah Thompson, her father Lawrence Thompson, Richard Bird and others bought plots of 200-250 acres in Wrightsboro. Their time in Georgia was short lived. The Indians did not take kindly to these Scotch-Irish frontiers men. Their fierce attacks soon ended the desires of many whites to remain in Georgia. A number of these settlers simply abandoned their lands and returned to North Carolina. In May 1771, John Whitsett Sr. is on a list of those that had left the province of Wrightsboro due to Indian troubles. In 1772 the younger John and wife Sarah (Thompson) Whitsett sell their Wrightsboro lot of 250 acres. They may have first gone to Caswell county, N.C.; a 1777 tax list for the Glouchester District, Caswell County, North Carolina has a John Whitsett. The entire family seems to have removed to Orange County, NC, by 1779. Several deeds and lists of tax payers are evidence that John and Sarah left Orange County for Middle Tennessee around that time. They were the grandparents of Sarah Childress Polk, the wife of President James K. Polk.
  2. In 1786 the sale of the estate of John Whitsett, deceased, was recorded in Orange County. The return from the sale mentions the following Whitsett's: Widow Whitsett (no name), Mary Whitsett, Sarah Whitsett, James Whitsett and Samuel Whitsett. Samuel paid rent for the mill and plantation for four years. Among other names listed on the return are John Stockart (Stockard); John Griffith; John Reaves; Alex. Minoway; Steven Hart; Robert Tinnen; Abraham Thompson, John Thompson. This estate sale is the only known source of information on possible children of John Whitsett of Orange County.
  3. AKA John Whiteside, John Whitsitt, John Whitsite, etc.
  4. 1738 October 31, Land Warrant: Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Survey for 200 acres [4]
  5. 1750 April 04, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; survey for Conrad Brown adjacent John Whiteside [5]
  6. abt 1752, removed from Lancaster Co., Pa. to Rowan (now Anson) Co., N. C.
  7. 1753 June, Court Record: Rowan County, North Carolina; Appointed to run a section of the line between Rowan and Orange County from the Dann River to Buffalo Fork as far as King's settlement. [11]
  8. 1753 June, Court Record, Rowan County, North Carolina; John Whitsitt appointed tax commissioner [10]
  9. 1753 September 18, Court Record, Rowan Co., NC; John Whitsett security for license to Jeremiah Bailey for a ferry over the Yadkin River [9]
  10. By 1754 March, Rowan Co., NC; operating a public mill on or near Grants Creek [12]
  11. 1754 July 12, Court Record, Rowan Co., NC; appointed treasurer of group to lay off lots and streets in Salisbury [11]
  12. 1754 December 03, land survey in Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co., PA; Robert Varner survey shows John Whiteside's tract is now in the possession of Conrad Brown [6]
  13. 1757 May 25, Deed: Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC, John Whitsitt witness to deed for James Carter, land in town of Salisbury.[13]
  14. 1757 October 23, Court Record: Rowan Co., NC; John Long to replace John Witsits as commissioner because of Whitsitt's being occupied by the business of his mill [9, 11]
  15. 1758 October 20, Court Record: Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; John Long commissioner in place of John Whitsite for the district from town [Salisbury] to the Yadkin ford [9, 11]
  15a. 1759 May 15, Pvt. James Whitsett listed on Pay Roll of Capt. Aventon Felps' Scouts, Rowan County [son of John] [28]
  16. 1759 August 28, Deed: Rowan Co., NC to James Carn for 656 acres on Grants Creek adjacent to land of John Whitesides [15]
  17. 1760 October 22, Deed: Rowan Co., NC, James and Hanna Carr sell to John Biggs 656 acres on Grants Creek adjacent to Alexander McCulloh and John Whitsitt. [14]
  18. 1761 November 10, Deed: Orange Co., NC, John Whitsett sells to Henry Grace 100 acres [16]
  19. 1768 October 25, Deed: Orange Co., NC, John Whitsett to Benj. Stone 100a. proved on oath of Laurence Thompson. [17]
  20. 1769 February 07, Petitions for lots: Wrightsboro, GA; John Whitsett, John Whitsett, Jr., Laurence Thompson, Richard Bird [7, 8]
  21. 1770 July 03, Land Grants: Wrightsboro, John Whitsett 200a., John Whitsett, Jr. 250a. [7, 8]
  22. 1771 May, John Whitsett [Sr.] on list of those that have left the province of Wrightsboro due to Indian troubles. [7, 8]
  23. 1772 Wrightsboro, John Whitsett [Jr.] and wife Sarah sell lot of 250 acres [7, 8]
  24. 1777 Tax List: Glouchester District, Caswell County, North Carolina; John Whitsett [18]
  25. 1779 Orange Co., NC, John Whitsett, taxed on 655 acres [19]
  26. 1778 November 17, Deed: Orange Co., NC, John Whitsett, 200a. on both sides of Back Creek and road to Hillsborough. [21]
  27. 1780 February 28, Petition: Orange Co., NC, John Whitsett to turn road running through his plantation. [22, 23]
  28. 1780 September, Tax List: Orange Co., NC, Jno. Whitesett [20]
  29. 1782 Tax List: Orange Dist., Orange Co., NC, John Whitside, 200 acres [24]
  30. 1782 July 27, Land Grant: Orange Co., NC, surveyed for John Whitsett 200a. both sides of Back Creek (same land as the Nov. 1778 deed) [25]
  31. 1784 November 09, Land Grant Orange Co., NC, Samuel Whitsett deed 270a. on Back Creek adjacent James Whitsett; same land as that entered by John Whitsett in 1778 and surveyed for him in 1782 [26]
  32. 1786 July 04, Probate: Orange Co., NC, John Whitsett estate sale for Widow Whitsett [27]
     
Sources 1 Wall, Ronald N., Florence, AZ and William R. Whiteside, Cottage Hills, IL, WHITESIDE AND WHITSETT PIONEERS (2008)
  2 William R. Whiteside, Cottage Hillls, IL, Research Notes, WHITESETT-WHITESIDE POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS PA-NC (August 2007)
  3 Albert Cook Myers, M. I., Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750 With Their Early History in Ireland (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., 1969), pg 411
  4 Records of the Land Office, WARRANT REGISTERS, 1733-1957 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17 [series #17.88]), Cumberland County Warrants, pg. 190.
  5 Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17 [series #17.114]), Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Copied Surveys, Book A14-4; resurvey dated 29 Dec. 1803 (for purposes of parceling and patenting the tract)
  6 Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS 1681-1912 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17 [series #17.114]), Lancaster County Survey, Book A78-132
  7 Dorothy M. Jones, Notes From Wrightsborough (Wrightsboro Quaker Community Foundation, Inc.)
  8 Pearl Baker, The Story of Wrightsboro 1768-1964, Wrightsboro Restoration Foundation, Thomsom, Georgia (1980)
  9 McCubbins Collection of Extracts of Rowan County, N. C. Court Records to May 1770 (LDS Microfilm 019,88)
  10 Jane G. Buchanan, "Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina" (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1987)
  11 Rowan County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
  12 Robert W. Ramsey, Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762 (U of NC Press: Chapel Hill), pp. 111-112. (from William R. Whiteside research, 19 Jan. 2008)
  13 Rowan County, North Carolina Deeds, Deed Book 2-238,239
  14 Rowan County, North Carolina Deeds, DB 4-317, 318
  15 Rowan County, North Carolina Deeds, Deed Book 5-411
  16 Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds (Technical Institute of Alamance)
  17 North Carolina Entry Book (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), folio 2-155
  18 Caswell County, North Carolina Tax records, Glouchester Dist.
  19 Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783 (Technical Institute of Alamance)
  20 Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783 (Technical Institute of Alamance), Chatham District., pg. 324-330
  21 North Carolina Entry Book (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), Book 57-155
  22 Orange County Court Minutes, 1777-1795, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Hillsborough (North Carolina State Archives); Shields, Ruth Herndon, ABSTRACTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY, Sept 1752 - Aug. 1766
  23 Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts Of The Minutes of The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
  24 Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783 (Technical Institute of Alamance), Orange District, pg. 422
  25 North Carolina Entry Book (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), no. 425. I have a photo copy of the order to survey this land
  26 North Carolina Entry Book (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), Grant No. 708/806
  27 Orange County, North Carolina Estate Records (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina), CR-073
  28 Clark, Murtie June, COLONIAL SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH, 1732-1774, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD (1986)
     
 

Generation 5
JAMES WHITSETT AND MARGARET HOWELL OF GREEN COUNTY, ALABAMA
James Whitsitt and his brother Lawrence Whitsitt left Tennessee and settled in Greene Co., AL (now Hale Co.) near Havanna, AL. Eventually Lawrence Whitsitt, who never married, brought his aged parents, John and Sarah (Thompson) Whitsitt to live with him on his plantation. After Lawrence died in September 1836, his estate was settled and his heirs, the surviving children and grand children of his brother James, were listed.
Name 8. WHITSETT, James5 (John4, John3, William2, Samuel1)
Sex   Male
Father: 4. WHITSETT, John4
Mother:   Sarah Thompson
Spouse:   Margaret Howell - based on claims by descendants; her given name was definitely Margaret
Birth:   1770 Feb 21, Orange Co., NC
Death:   1843 Sep 15, Green [Hale] Co., Alabama
Marriage:   Abt. 1793, Sumner Co., TN
Children:   James Whitsett and Margaret Howell had 9 children.
  i. WHITSETT, Sarah H., b. abt. 1797, m. Absolem C. Harden on Aug. 3, 1825 in Green Co., AL
15. ii. WHITSETT, John Childress, b. 1801 in Sumner Co., TN, d. 14 Sept. 1860, Gainesville, Sumter Co., AL
  iii. WHITSETT, Keziah, b. 1803 [Sumner Co.] TN, d. March 8, 1884, Noxubee Co., MS; m. Allan McDonald July 9, 1823 in Green Co., AL
  iv. WHITSETT, Howell W., b. 1810, TN, d. aft. 1853 in Kemper Co., MS; m. Nancy [?]
  v. WHITSETT, Joel Childress, b. abt. 1814, TN; m. Mary Walker Winston, April 5, 1834, Sumpter Co., AL
  vi. WHITSETT, Ann N., abt. 1811, TN
  vii. WHITSETT, James Thompson, b. Jan. 1, 1816, TN, d. May 11, 1857, Kemper Co., MS; m. Elizabeth Winston, Dec. 18, 1839, Sumpter Co., AL
  viii. WHITSETT, Joseph Thompson, b. Dec. 1, 1818, Green Co., AL, d. March 12, 1866, Marion, Perry Co., AL; m. (1) Elizabeth J. Huckabee, Feb. 22, 1842, Green Co.; m. (2) Eliza Peck, March 31, 1857, Green Co., AL
  ix. WHITSETT, William H., b. 1823 in Green Co.; nothing more is known.
     
Notes: 1. 1790 Feb. 23, Will of Simpson Hart names relatives: Nathaniel Hart, father; Kiziah Thompson, sister; Lawrence Thompson, brother-in-law and his children; Richard Lawrence Thompson; Sarah Fanny Thompson; Nathaniel Hart Thompson; China Burton Thompson; Azariah Thompson; Will witnessed by N. Phillips, James Whitsett, Hugh Tennon, John Whitsett. [34]
  2. 1791 July 28, will of Alexander Robinson appoints Azeriah Thompson sole executor, witnessed by James Whitsett and Thomas Tennon [47]
  3. 1797 June 6, Sumner Co., Tennessee Deed Book 1, pg. 440; James Whitsett deed to the heirs of Azerah [Azeriah] Thompson, deceased sells for $200 a tract of 100 acres on Madisons Creek, Sumner Co., Tenn. [41]
  4. 1799 Sep 30, John Whitsitt, James Whitsitt, Laurence Whitsitt, Joel Childress, Josiah Perry and Armistead Rogers are among more than 100 residencts of Sumner Co., Tenn. who signed a petition against the division of Sumner County. [44]
  5. 1818, James and Lawrence Whitsett came from Tenn. and settled near today's town of Havanna, Greene (now Hale) Co., AL
  6. 1820, Jan 14, James and Lawrence Whitstt patented land in Greene Co., AL. The brothers must have come to Greene County shortly before 1820. Their father died on August 11, 1819 and is buried in Hale (then Greene) Co. near Havana, Ala. [38a,38b]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Sources:    
  34 Edythe Whitley, Sumner County, Tennessee Will Abstracts 1779-1842
  38a. GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA RECORDS, Compiled by Mrs. S. M. Marshall, edited by Elizabeth Wood Thomas, Willo Publishing Co., Tuscaloose, Alabama (1960-61)
  38b. Letters from Ann W. Rea, Bangor, ME, (1985), family of John Whitsett and Sarah Thompson, and their sons and families of Greene Co., AL - Snedecor, 1855-1856, Directory of Greene County, Alabama.
  41 Sumner County, Deed Book 1, pg. 440, James Whitsett to the heirs of Azeriah Thompson, 6 June 1797; photo copy of deed.
  44 PETITIONERS OF SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, copied by Ruth H. Duncan, Director of Research, Ansearching News, July 1960, Vol VII, #3
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SAMUEL WHITSETT, SUSAN LOWE AND ANN NAPIER OF MORENGO COUNTY, ALABAMA
 
Name 9. WHITSETT, Samuel5 (James4, John3,William2, Samuel1) [sources]
Sex   Male
Father 5. WHITSETT, James4 of Rockingham Co., NC
Mother   MOORE, Mary
Spouses  

(1) LOWE, Susan, b. abt. 1775, NC, d. bef. 1823, NC, daughter of Thomas Lowe and Mary Holman
(2) NAPIER, Ann, b. abt. 1795, NC, prob. died abt. 1835, prob. Morengo Co., AL, daughter of Robert and Catherine Napier
Birth   Abt. 1775, Rowan or Orange Co., NC
Death   bef. 1840, prob. Morengo Co., AL
Marriage  

1. Susan Lowe, abt. 1806, NC,
2. Ann Napier, Oct. 16, 1823, Rockingham Co., NC
Children   Samuel Whitsett and Susan Lowe had eight children.
16. i. WHITSETT, Thomas J., b. July 4, 1807 Rockingham Co., NC, d. April 19, 1877 Vienna, Dooly Co., GA, m. Susan Caroline Hooks
  ii. WHITSETT, Mary, b. 1809 Rockingham Co., NC, d. Jan 31, 1891 Dooly Co., GA, m. Pleasant Ray
18. iii. WHITSETT, John, b. April 11, 1810 Rockingham Co., NC, d. Feb 18, 1852 Lee Co., GA, m. Elizabeth Green
  iv. WHITSETT, Rebecca, b. abt. 1812 Rockingham Co., NC, m. Enoch Jordan in Lee Co., GA
  v. WHITSETT, William, b. abt. 1814 Rockingham Co. NC
  vi. WHITSETT, James, b. North Carolina or Virginia
  vii. WHITSETT, Susan, b. 1819 Rockingham Co., NC, d. Oct. 1903, m. Charles Culpepper Coney in Georgia
  viii. WHITSETT, Carolyn, b. Rockingham Co., NC
    Samuel Whitsett and Ann Napier had three children
19. ix. WHITSETT, Richard Guilford, b. 1828 Rockingham Co., NC, d. 1883 Dewit Co., TX, m. Jane Hill
  x. WHITSETT, Catherine, b. 1831 Rockingham Co., NC, d. abt. 1855 Marengo, Co., AL, m. James Burnett
  xi. WHITSETT, Charlotte, b. 1834, NC, d. April 19, 1867 Marengo Co., AL, m. Henry Williams June 9, 1853, Marengo Co., AL
     
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JOHN WHITSETT AND ALPHA WITTY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
 
Name 10. WHITSETT, John5, (James4, John3,William2, Samuel1) of Rockingham County, North Carolina
Sex   Male
Father 5. WHITSETT, James
Mother   MOORE, Mary
Spouse   Alpha Witty
Birth   abt. 1790, NC
Death   1856 St. Louis, MO
Marriage   July 28, 1817, Guilford Co., NC
Children   John Whitsett and Alpha Witty had seven children.
20. i. WHITSETT, JAMES b. June 10, 1818, Guilford Co., NC, m. Mary Keatly
  ii. WHITSETT, Alfred, b. 1828, NC
  iii. WHITSETT, George W., b. 1833 NC
  iv. WHITSETT, Abigail, b. 1836, MO
  v. WHITSETT, Ezekiel, b. 1838, MO
  vi. WHITSETT, Alfred J., b. 1842, MO
  vii. WHITSETT, Emily, b. 1847
     
     
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 JAMES S. WHITSETT AND SARAH JACKSON OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
 
Name 11. WHITSETT, James Stockard (Samuel4 John3, William2, Samuel1) from NC to Memphis, TN
Sex   Male
Father 6. WHITSETT, Samuel
Mother   STOCKARD, Mary
Spouse   Sarah Jackson, b. Oct. 11, 1776 Orange Co., NC, d. Dec. 9, 1853, Memphis, TN
Birth   abt. 1775, NC
Death   April 3, 1836, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN
Marriage   April 22, 1801, Orange Co., NC
Children   James S. Whitsett and Sarah Jackson had nine children.
21. i. WHITSETT, William Wiley, b. 1802, Orange Co., NC, d. Oct. 28, 1853, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN, m. cousin Elizabeth Jane Whitsett, daughter of Rev. William Whitsett and Jean Harden
22. ii. WHITSETT, Samuel J., b. 1804, Orange Co., NC, d. between 1850-1860, Arkansas, m. Francis H. Garner
  iii. WHITSETT, John P.H., b. 1810, NC, d. bef. 1840, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN
  iv. WHITSETT, Nelson C., b. Nov. 25, 1811 TN, d. Nov. 2, 1872, St. Francis Co., AR, m. Ann Lewis of Arkansas
  v. WHITSETT, Mary Eliza, b. 1815 TN, d. bef. 1870 probably St. Francis Co., AR, m. Felix G. Dooley, at least two children
23. vi. WHITSETT, Brice Andrew, b. 1821 TN, d. April 1862 Burnsville, Tishimingo Co. MS, m. Lucy R. Hardaway
  vii. WHITSETT, Sarah A., d. Aug. 20, 1837 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN as a young child probably from Cholera
  viii. WHITSETT, Catherine (no information)
  ix. WHITSETT, James (no information)
     
Notes: 1. Buried Winchester Cemetery, Memphis, TN;
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JOHN WHITSITT AND RUTH KEZIAH LOWE OF CLINTON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
Name

12.

 WHITSITT, John, (Samuel4 John3, William2, Samuel1) from Orange Co., NC to Clinton Co., MO
Sex   Male
Father 6. WHITSETT, Samuel
Mother   STOCKARD, Mary
Spouse   LOWE, Ruth Keziah, b. bef. 1782, d. 1846 prob. Clinton Co., MO
Birth   1780, Orange Co., NC
Death   Aft. 1850, Clinton Co., MO
Marriage   Sept. 13, 1797, Orange Co., NC
Children   John Whitsett and Ruth Keziah Lowe had seven children.
  i. WHITSETT, Euthia m. Hugh Shaw
  ii. WHITSETT, Nancy m. Joseph Albright May 5, 1818 in Orange Co., NC
24. iii. WHITSETT, James, m. Mary
25. iv. WHITSETT, Alfred, b. Jan. 9, 1805 in NC, d. April 21, 1888 in MO m. Sarah G. Baxter
26. v. WHITSETT, Austin, b. Feb 2, 1808 Orange Co., NC, d. Nov 29, 1890 Graham, Alamance Co., NC, m. Margaret Barbara Bason
  vi. WHITSETT, Lowe, b. 1815, Mo., m. Margaret Groomer April 1, 1842 in Clay Co., MO
  vii. WHITSETT, John Emsely b. 1816 NC, m. Sarah Margaret Marsh on Feb. 24, 1842 Clay Co., MO
     
     
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REV. WILLIAM WHISETT AND JANE HARDEN OF MEMPHIS, SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE
 
Name 13. WHITSETT, Rev. William (Samuel4 John3,William2, Samuel1) Cumberland Presbyterian Minister of Memphis, Tennessee
Sex   Male
Father 6. WHITSETT, Samuel
Mother   STOCKARD, Mary
Spouse   HARDEN, Jane (Jean)
Birth   1780 Orange Co., NC
Death   abt. 1855 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN
Marriage   August 12, 1805 in Orange Co., NC
Children   William Whitsett and Jane Harden had six children.
  i. WHITSETT, Margaret, b. 1806 Orange Co., NC, d. July 25, 1851 Memphis, TN, m. John L. Sweeny May 3, 1831 in Shelby Co.
  ii. WHITSETT, Sarah H., b. May 19, 1807 in NC, d. July 25, 1851 Memphis, TN m. Edwin Manning on March 19, 1829 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  iii. WHITSETT, William, b. 1809 NC, m. Parmelia Hunter Oct. 19, 1829 in Lauderdale Co., Alabama
  iv. WHITSETT, Allen H., b. 1812 NC, d. abt. 1837 Memphis, TN
27. v. WHITSETT, Elizabeth Jane, b. 1814 NC, d. Feb. 2, 1888, Memphis, m. cousin William Wiley Whitsett
28. vi. WHITSETT, Samuel H., b. 1820 TN, d. abt. 1869 Shelby Co., TN, m. Elizabeth J. Adkins
     
     
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MOSES GREEN WHITSETT AND NANCY THOMPSON BIRD OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
 
Name

14.

 WHITSETT, Moses Green (Samuel4 John3,William2, Samuel1)
Sex   Male
Father 6. WHITSETT, Samuel
Mother   STOCKARD, Mary
Spouse   THOMPSON-BIRD, Nancy b. 1803, Rockingham Co., NC, d. May 26, 1882 Forsyth Co., GA
Birth   1792 Virginia
Death   Oct. 8, 1834 Cherokee County, Georgia
Marriage   January 11, 1827, Orange County, North Carolina
Children   Moses G. Whitsett and Nancy Thompson-Bird had five children.
  i. WHITSETT, Minerva Jane b. Dec 23, 1827 Rockingham Co., NC, d. May 16, 1904 Catoosa Co., GA, m. William Harris (1820-1884) on Dec 18, 1842 Cumming, Forsyth Co., GA
  ii. WHITSETT, Cornelia A., b. Aug 10, 1829, Orange Co., NC, d. 1902, GA (?)
  iii. WHITSITT, William Jimps, b. Oct 7, 1831, Orange Co., NC, d. 1911 Catoosa Co., GA, m. Harriet G. Willis Dec 1, 1853 in GA; one son Charles H. Whitsitt
  iv. WHITSITT, Joseph Green, b. May 14, 1833, NC, d. Texas, m. Sarah Elizabeth Green, (b. Apr 1843) on May 18, 1854 in GA
29. v. WHITSITT, Moses Green, b. Apr 8, 1835 GA, d. Allen Co., Kansas, m. Nancy E. McCrory Aug 8, 1860, Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas
  vi. RAY, Augustus, (adopted) b. Dec 12, 1836, GA, m. Emma Miller, May 2, 1859, Fort Smith, Arkansas
  vii. RAY, Henry L. (adopted) b. July 8, 1838 in GA, d. Dec 13, 1873, m. Annie Thorton Dec 14, 1865
  viii. RAY, Mary Angie (adopted) b. Jan 9, 1842 GA, d. June 21, 1858
     
     
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GENERATION 6
JOHN CHILDRESS WHITSITT OF GAINESVILLE, SUMPTER COUNTY, ALABAMA
 
Name 15. WHITSITT, John Childress (James5 John4, John3, William2, Samuel1)
Sex   Male
Father 8. WHITSETT, James
Mother   HOWELL, Margaret
Spouse  

1. BLISS, Martha A., b. Dec. 9, 1811, d. Feb 24, 1846, Gainesville, Sumpter Co., AL
2. JACKSON, Mary Charlotte, b. 1825, Georgia

Birth   1801, Sumner Co., TN
Death   Sep 14, 1860, Gainesville, Sumter Co., AL
Marriage   1. June 10, 1839, Sumter County, AL
2. July 5, 1848, Sumter County, AL
Children   John C. Whitsett and Martha Bliss had three children.
  i. WHITSETT, Laura, b. July, 1835, d. May 20, 1841 Gainesville, Sumter Co., AL
  ii. WHITSETT, Martha Lucretia, b. Nov., 1842 Sumter Co., d. May 12, 1844 Sumter Co., AL
  iii. WHITSETT, John C., b. Nov., 1844, d. April 18, 1844 Sumter Co., AL
    John C. Whitsett and Mary C. Jackson had four children
  iv. WHITSETT, William J., b. Aug. 1849, Sumter Co., AL, m. Sally J. Martin; three children: Mary, William, Charles
  v. WHITSETT, Harriet S., b. 1842, Sumter Co., AL
  vi. WHITSETT, Sally Jane, b. 1856, Sumter Co., AL
  vii. WHITSETT, Clair b. Sumter Co., AL
     
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THOMAS J. WHITSETT AND SUSAN CAROLINE HOOKS OF DOOLEY COUNTY, GEORGIA
 
Name

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 WHITSETT, Thomas J. (Samuel5, James4, John3,William2, Samuel1)
Sex   Male
Father 9. WHITSETT, Samuel
Mother   LOWE, Susan
Spouse   HOOKS, Susan Caroline
Birth   July 4, 1807 Rockingham Co., NC
Death   April 19, 1877 Vienna, Dooly Co., GA
Marriage   Abt. 1845, prob. Dooly Co., GA
Children   Thomas J. Whitsett and Susan Carolin Hooks had six children.
  i. WHITSETT, Eliza L., b. Aug 1846, Dooly Co., GA, m. Henry Homer Liggin abt. 1865, Lee Co., GA

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 ii. WHITSETT, John H., b. 1849, Dooly Co., GA, d. Sep. 27, 1885 Dooly Co., m. Ruth E. Massey
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WHITSETT, Sarah E., b. Nov 16, 1851 Dooly Co., d. Apr 26, 1892 Dooly Co. GA, m. John P. Clegg Dec 23, 1869, Dooly Co.
  iv. WHITSETT, Susan Caroline, b. Dec 12, 1854, Lee Co., GA, d. Mar 2, 1920 Lee Co., GA, m. Toombs Taylor Morgan, Feb 17, 1875, Lee Co., eight children
  v. WHITSETT, William T., b. July 1, 1858, Lee Co., d. Dec 3, 1887 Dooly Co., GA
  vi. WHITSETT, Mary Emma, b. Feb 20, 1861, Lee Co., d. Sep 13, 1871, Dooly Co., GA
     
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18. iii. , b. April 11, 1810 Rockingham Co., NC, d. Feb 18, 1852 Lee Co., GA, m. Elizabeth Green
 
JOHN WHITSETT AND ELIZABETH GREEN OF LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
 
Name 18 WHITSETT, John (Samuel5, James4, John3,William2, Samuel1)
Sex   Male
Father 9. WHITSETT, Samuel
Mother   LOWE, Susan
Spouse   GREEN, Elizabeth
Birth   April 11, 1810, Rockingham County, North Carolina
Death   February 18, 1852, Lee County, Georgia
Marriage   Abt. 1845, Lee County, Georgia
Children   _____ _____ and _______ ______ had __ children.
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Ronald N. Wall
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