The family of Sibella Whitsett and Alexander Walker of Tennessee, sister of Lawrence and James Whitsett of Greene County, Alabama

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Generation 5

Sibella Whitsett Walker
I have included the families of Sibella (Whitsett) Walker and her siblings to understand the relationships of the heirs of Sibella's brother Lawrence Whitsett, who died in Greene Co., AL in 1836.
Name 5. WHITSETT, Sibella5 (John4, John3, William2, Samuel1) [1]
Sex   Female
Father: 4. WHITSETT, John4
Mother:   Sarah Thompson
Spouse:   Alexander Walker, b. 30 June 1766, NC; d. 02 July 1840, Davidson Co., TN [1, 2]
Birth:   Unknown, probably in Orange Co., NC
Death:   1839 May 24, Davidson County, TN
Marriage:   1789 Dec 15, Sumner Co., TN
Children:   Sibella Whitsett and Alexander Walker had ten Children
  i. WALKER, John A., b. 09 Dec 1790, Davidson Co., TN; d. 15 Aug 1861, Davidson Co., TN; m. Elizabeth
  ii. WALKER, Sarah, b. 12 July 1792, Sumner Co., TN; d. 10 Apr 1876, Sumner Co., TN; m. Josiah H. Walton (1788-1857) 06 Aug 1813, Davidson Co., TN
  iii. WALKER, Ann, b. abt. 1796, Davidson Co., TN; m. Landon C. Farrar, 04 July 1816, Davidson Co., TN
  iv. WALKER, Alexander M., b. abt. 1798, prob. Davidson Co., TN; m. Susan B. Saunders, 25 Jan 1828, prob. Davidson Co., TN
  v. WALKER, Elizabeth, b. abt. 1800, prob. Davidson Co., TN; m. Benjamin Menees, 22 Aug 1832, Davidson Co., TN
  vi. WALKER, Lawrence William, b. abt. 1803, TN; d. 16 Dec 1889, Sumner Co., TN; m. Sophia J. Cade (b. 1812, GA) on 20 Dec 1827, Greene Co., AL
  vii. WALKER, Cynthia, b. abt. 1806; d. possibly in Dyer Co., TN
  viii. WALKER, Matilda, b. abt. 1808, probably Davidson Co., TN; d. bef. 05 Feb 1842, Sumner Co., TN
  ix. WALKER, Sabella (sic), b. 15 June 1808, Davidson Co., TN; d. 12 May 1887, Noxabee Co., MS; m. Mathew Nelson (b. 1798 LA) 06 Aug 1828, Davidson Co., TN
  x. WALKER, James W., b. abt. 1811, probably in Davidson Co., TN; d. 11 Aug 1876, Sumner Co., TN
     
Notes: 1. The estate settlement of Lawrence Whitsett in Greene Co., Alabama includes hiers of Sibella, sister of Lawrence, Josiah Walton husband of Sarah Walker and Benjamin Menees, husband of Elizabeth Walker. [3]
  2. 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]
     
Sources: 1 Jane Grey Buchannan, THOMAS THOMPSON AND ANN FINNEY OF COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, Oak Ridge, TN (1987)
  2 Byron and Barbara Sistler, "Early Middle Tennessee Marriages", Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc. Nashville, Tenn. (1988)
  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
     
     
Ronald N. Wall
Added: 12 September 2018