John Whitsett of
Sumner Co., Tennessee
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For the ancestry
of John Whitsett of Sumner County, Tennessee and
Greene County, Alabama see: Samuel
Whitsett of Ireland
John
and Sarah Thompson Whitsett were the grandparents
of First Lady Sarah Childress Polk, wife of president
James Knox Polk. In May, 2000 their graves
were located by Joseph W. Strickland in Hale County,
Alabama near Havanah. The graves are on
land owned by Ed Avery on the east side of highway
69 south of Havanah. Also at the site were
the graves of Mary and Josiah Perry. Mary
was a daughter of John and Sarah. Mr. Strickland's
e-mail address was: jwstrick@bellsouth.net
Click here for
Mr. Strickland's
Letter and Pictures.
On October
18, 2009 I received the following message from
James Raywalt. If you are a descendant of
John and Sarah (Thompson) Whitsett you should
consider joining. Click on the link for
more information.
Dear
Mr. Wall,
I am the Founding President of the Hereditary Order of the Families
of the Presidents and First Ladies of America. I happened on your
web page while researching additional portraiture for Mrs. Polk
for our collection. I am writing to make you aware of our organization
(a membership society, like the Daughters of the American Revolution).
All descendants of John Whitsett are eligible for membership and
I thought I would make you aware of this in case you might be
interested in providing a link to our web page Our web page is
located at www.presidentsandfirstladies.org.
I am happy to say that two of our members are descendants of John
Whitsett, and I know that one of them used your web page to assist
her in finding her connection. Thank you for your attention.
James Raywalt, M. G.
Founding President
HOFPFLA
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Descendants
of John Whitsett
Generation No. 1
1.
John Whitsett (JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born October 8, 1743 in North Carolina, and
died August 11, 1819 in Greene County, Alabama.
He married Sarah
Thompson, daughter of Laurence
Thompson and Sarah
Finney. She was born January 15,
1746/47, and died January 31, 1831 in Greene County,
Alabama. John
and Sarah are buried in present day
Hale County near Havana, Alabama. The surname
is spelled as "Whitsitt" on the grave
markers.
William Heth Whitsitt,
ANNALS OF A SCOTCH-IRISH FAMILY, pg. 240-241
Letter from Mrs. Anson Nelson of Nashville
to Dr. Whitsitt, Sept. 16, 1890 (Mrs. Nelson
was a mutual friend of Sarah Childress Polk
and Dr. Whitsitt who sent Mrs. Nelson a list
of questions concerning Mrs. Polk's family).
"Nashville,
146 North Summer Street,
September 16, 1890"
"Mrs. Polk listened with lively interest
to your letter, and took evident pleasure
in talking of the family, seeming pleased
to answer your inquiries. In those early times
concerning which you are asking there was
not so much appreciation of the relation of
current events to history as there is now,
and it was seldom that note was made of those
events. This country was then a comparative
wilderness, with little opportunity for recording
occurrences or for keeping such records. Mrs.
Polk does not know of any register of her
ancestry, unless there may be a few names
and dates in an old family Bible which was
left to another branch of her mother's family
and which she supposes is lost. She knows
nothing of her ancestors in Scotland or Ireland
or of any relatives living in those countries
at the present time. The interesting items
of tradition about the Whitsitt family in
the seventeenth century, given in your letter,
were entirely new to her. Mrs. Polk thinks
that Mr. Jenkins, the historian, probably
had access to sources of information unknown
to her and that his statement is correct that
her parents were married in Campbell County,
Va. She has no record of the date of their
marriage.
"The name of Elizabeth Whitsitt's father
was 'John;' her mother's name was 'Sarah.'
The family name is not remembered by Mrs.
Polk. It was for her that the future Mrs.
Polk was named 'Sarah.' Mrs. Polk's only sister
was named for her father's mother, Susan Childress.
John and Sarah Whitsitt lived in Sumner County,
Tenn., and were plain country people, but
were independent - owned their home, had slaves,
and enjoyed the comforts of life. While Mrs.
Polk was a child, they were carried to Alabama
by their son, Lawrence Whitsitt, where they
died at an advanced age. They had a son named
'James Whitsitt.'
"Mrs. Polk says there was no Episcopal
Church in the place where her grandparents
lived, and she thinks that they must have
been Presbyterians, from the fact that her
mother, Elizabeth Whitsitt Childress, was
a devoted Presbyterian. She brought up her
children strictly in the principles of that
faith, although while living in the country
in Rutherford County she could not be identified
with the church.
"Elizabeth Whitsitt Childress had a sister,
Mrs. Walton, much older than herself, living
in Davidson or Sumner County - have claimed
kin with Mrs. Polk, and she had a namesake,
Sarah Polk Walton"
February 7, 1769: John Whitsett
and John Whitsett, Jr. petition for land in
Wrightsboro, Georgia.
July 3,
1770: Land grant, John Whitsett,
Jr. 250 acres, lot 35 in Wrightsboro
May 1771:
John Whitsett and others from Orange
Co. listed as left the province of Wrightsboro
(probably John Whitsett, Sr.). Many of the
settlers from Orange County left because of
continuous Indian attacks on the colony.
1772:
John Whitsett and wife Sarah sell John Hutchings
lot number 35 of 250 acres in Wrightsboro,
Georgia. This is John Whitsett, Jr.
1779:
John Whitsett, Orange County tax list
September 1780: Jno Whitesett
Orange County tax list
1782: John Whitside, tax
list, 200 acres, Orange Dist., Orange County
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. My theory is that this was the father
of the Orange County, North Carolina Whitsett's, including John.
May 18, 1789:
John Whitsett assigned North Carolina land
grant no. 966, entry no. 949 by the heirs
of Pvt. William Cain; 640 acres on both sides
of Smith's Fork in Davidson County (Sumner
Co.), Tennessee.
Feb. 23,
1790: 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.
Oct. 26,
1790: Will of Laurence Thompson,
Sumner County, Tennessee names the following
relatives:
Sarah Whitsett, daughter
Sarah Whitsett, granddaughter
Mary Whitsett, daughter
Zebellon(?) Tinnin, daughter
Azariah Thompson, son
Laurence Thompson, son
Sarah Thompson, granddaughter
Sarah T. Thompson, granddaughter
Witnesses Thomas Simpson and Alexander Robinson.
1830:
Census of Greene County, Alabama seems to
indicate that Sarah was living with her son
Lawrence Whitsett.
Children
of John Whitsett and Sarah Thompson are:
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i. Lawrence Whitsett,
born Bet. 1770 - 1780 in North Carolina;
died about September 26, 1836 in Greene
County, Alabama. Left no direct descendants.
Much of what we know about the family
of John and Sarah Whitsett comes from
the estate documents of the Lawrence Whitsett
estate. Some of those references are given
below.
Snedecor,
1855-1856 Directory of Greene
County, Alabama
"James and Lawrence Whitsett
settled near Havana in Greene
County in 1818. They received
land patents on January 14, 1820"
January
14, 1820, Land Grant, Laurence
Whitsett Greene County, Alabama
26 Sept.
1836, Greene Co., Ala. Orphans
Book D, pg. 244
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.
January
9, 1837, Sale of land belonging
to Lawrence Whitsett, deceased
May 8,
1837, Bill of sale recorded for
sale of land belonging to Lawrence
Whitsett, deceased; Robert Williamson,
administrator.
November
5, 1838, Power of attorney by
Alexander Walker of Davidson Co.,
Tenn. to Josiah Walton of Sumner
Co., Tenn. concerning the estate
of Lawrence Whitsett
November
1838, John Wallis, "in right
of my wife, Elizabeth, formerly
Elizabeth Simpson" transfers
his right of property, estate
of Lawrence Whitsett, to her.
February
19, 1840, John A. Walker and Benjamin
Meness, legatees of Sabella Walker
deceased, give Josiah Walton power
of attorney to handle their rights
in the estate of Lawrence Whitsett
Greene
Co., Ala. Orphan's Book H, pp.
210-221; Feb-Mar 1840
Distribution of receipts for estate
of Lawrence Whitsett
19 Feb.
1840 - "We, said John A.
Walker and Benjamin Meness of
the county of Davidson, State
of Tennessee, appoint Josiah Walton
of Sumner County, Tennessee our
attorney to go to Alabama and
ask, sue for, receive and receipt
for any or all moneys due us as
legatees of Sabella Walker, deceased
in hands of Robert N. Williamson
and Fields, executors of Lawrence
Whitsett, deceased."
13 Mar.
1840 - receipts for the distribution
of the estate of Lawrence Whitsett;
include James Gillespie Simpson
and Sarah Elizabeth Simpson, heirs
of Samuel Simpson, deceased, one
of the original heirs of Lawrence
Whitsett.
24 Mar. 1840 - Receipt of Josiah
Perry, one of the heirs of Lawrence Whitsett, deceased;
signed by Perry at Havana, "in the right of my mother,
Mary Perry, who was the sister of Lawrence Whitsett."
[no date] 1840 - "Received
of Elias C. Field and Robert Williamson
as administrators of Lawrence
Whitsett, deceased, $151, being
full payment for the part of William
Perry's estate of said William
Perry's part of his distributive
share of said Lawrence Whitsett's
estate in right of his mother,
Mary Perry; signed by Josiah Perry,
attorney for William Perry."
[Similar receipts for Lawrence,
James and John Perry].
1 July
1841 - "You will please pay
Joseph T. Whitsett the remaining
part of my interest in the estate
of Lawrence Whitsett, deceased,
my brother." signed, James
Whitsett.
28 June
1842 - Receipts from attorneys
of heirs of Sybella Walker to
Elias C. Field and Robert Williamson,
administrators of estate of Lawrence
Whitsett, deceased.
June
1842 - Power of attorney from
John A. Walker, Cynthia Walker,
Matilda Walker, Benjamin Menees
and James Walker, heirs at law
of Lawrence Whitsett, deceased,
to Josiah Walton.
5 Feb.
1844 - William Stevens of Harrison
County, Indiana, guardian of Henderson
Stevens, Clarissa Stevens, Thomas
S. Stevens, James L. Stevens and
Elizabeth Stevens, minor heirs
to the estate of Lawrence Whitsett,
late of Alabama; power of attorney
to John L. Bates.
21 Mar.
1844 - Power of attorney from
Ann Farish [Farrah], Mathew Nelson
and Lawrence W. Walker, heirs
of Lawrence Whitsett; Ann Farish
is of Winston County, Mississippi
and Mathew Nelson and Walker are
of Noxubee County, Mississippi.
3.
ii.
James Whitsett,
born February 21, 1770 in Orange Co.,
North Carolina; died September 15, 1843
in Greene County, Alabama. Married Margaret
Howell.
4.
iii.
Elizabeth Whitsett,
born 1780 in North Carolina; died 1863
in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Married
Joel Childress.
Mother of Sarah Childress Polk, wife of
President James Knox Polk.
5.
iv. Sarah
Whitsett, died Bef.
September 1836. Married Samuel
Simpson.
6.
v. Sibella
Whitsett, born Bet.
1770 - 1775 in Probably North Carolina;
died May 24, 1839 in Davidson County,
Tennessee. Married Alexander
Walker.
7.
vi. Mary
Whitsett, died 1819
in Greene County, Alabama. Married Josiah
Perry.
8.
vii. Bridia
Whitsett. Married
Mathew Rogers.
9.
viii. Keziah
Whitsett,
born Bet. 1780 - 1790; died Bef. 1850.
Married Robert
Williamson.
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Generation
No. 2
3.
James Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born February 21, 1770 in Orange Co., North Carolina, and died
September 15, 1843 in Greene County, Alabama. He married Margaret
Howell Abt. 1793 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Snedecor, 1855-1856
Directory of Greene County, Alabama
"James and Lawrence Whitsett settled
near Havana in Greene County in 1818. They
received land patents on January 14, 1820"
Greene Co., Ala.
Orphan's Book H, pg 210-221
1 July 1841 - "You will please pay Joseph
T. Whitsett the remaining part of my interest
in the estate of Lawrence Whitsett, deceased,
my brother." signed, James Whitsett.
Greene Co., Alabama
Orphans Book D, pg. 2
(ca. 1834) - Eliza P. Farish widow of Robert
S. Farish, deceased, appointed guardian [of
minor children]; James Whitsett, John P. Libscomb
and others appraisers of estate.
Bet. 1793 - 1797,
Sumner County, Tennessee Deeds, deed from
Azeriah Thompson heirs including James Whitsett)
Bet. 1793 - 1797, James Whitsett deed to heirs
of Azeriah Thompson
September 20, 1825, Beaufort Seale deed to
James Whitsett, Greene Co., Ala.
September 17, 1825, Jesse Crawford and wife,
deed to James Whitsett, Greene Co., Ala.
May 25, 1829, James Whitsett and wife Margaret
deed to Allen McDonald
January 14, 1820, land grant to James Whitsett
Greene County, Alabama
Military service: 1812, Private, Capt. Blackman
Coleman's Company, West Tennessee Volunteers,
Cavalry, Col. John Coffee, Cmdr.
Children of James Whitsett and Margaret
Howell are:
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i. Sarah H. Whitsett,
born 1797. She married Absolem
C. Harden August 3, 1825
in Greene County, Alabama; born Bef. 1805.
11.
ii. Major
John Childress Whitsett,
born 1801 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; died
September 14, 1860 in Gainesville, Alabama.
12.
iii.
Keziah Whitsett, born
1803 in Tennessee; died March 8, 1884
in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
13.
iv. Howell
W. Whitsett, born
1810 in Tennessee; died Aft. 1853 in Kemper
County, Mississippi.
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v. Ann N. Whitsett,
born Abt. 1811 in Tennessee. She married John
P. Lipscomb October 22, 1827 in Greene County,
Alabama; born Abt. 1805 in Virginia.
15. vi.
Joel
Childress Whitsett, born
Bet. 1811 - 1815; died Bef. November 1851
in Probably Alabama.
16.
vii.
James Thompson Whitsitt,
born January 1, 1816 in Tennessee; died
May 11, 1857 in Kemper Co., Mississippi.
17.
viii. Joseph
T. Whitsett, born
December 1, 1818 in Greene County, Alabama;
died March 12, 1866 in Marion, Perry County,
Alabama.
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ix. William H. Whitsett, born
1823 in Greene County, Alabama.
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4.
Elizabeth Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born 1780 in North Carolina, and died 1863 in Rutherford County,
Tennessee. She married Joel Childress
in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was born March 22, 1777, and died
August 18, 1819 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Children
of Elizabeth Whitsett and Joel Childress are:
19.
i. Anderson Childress,
born 1799; died 1827. He married Mary
Wills Sansom 1820.
20.
ii. Susan Childress,
born 1802; died 1888. She married William
Read Rucker 1820.
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21.
iii. Sarah Whitsett Childress,
born September 4, 1803 in Rutherford County,
Tennessee; died August 14, 1891 in Nashville,
Davidson Co., Tennessee. She married James
Knox Polk January 1, 1824 in
Rutherford County, Tennessee; born November
2, 1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;
died June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tennessee. Left no descendants.
22.
iv. John
Whitsett Childress,
born June 1, 1807; died October 6, 1884
in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
23.
v. Benjamin W. Childress.
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Granddaughter
of John and Sarah Thompson Whitsett, Sarah (Childress)
Polk, and husband President James K. Polk
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5.
Sarah Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
died Bef. September 1836. She married Samuel
Simpson(?). He died Bef. 1840.
Sarah is mentioned
in the will of her maternal grandfather, Lawrence
Thompson. The fact of Sarah's husband's name
is unproven. The Simpson children are named
in the estate of Lawrence Whitsett of Greene
Co., Alabama and it seems likely they were
the children of Sarah.
Children
of Sarah Whitsett and Samuel Simpson are:
24.
i. Sarah Elizabeth Simpson.
She married John
Wallis Bef. November 1838.
25.
ii. Agnes Simpson.
26.
iii. Clarissa Simpson.
27.
iv. Keziah Simpson.
28.
v. Nancy Simpson.
29.
vi. Lawrence
Simpson, born Bef.
1815.
30.
vii. James Gillespie Simpson.
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6.
Sibella Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born Bet. 1770 - 1775 in Probably North Carolina, and died May
24, 1839 in Davidson County, Tennessee. She married Alexander
Walker December 15, 1789 in Sumner County, Tennessee,
son of John Walker
and Ann Barnett. He
was born June 30, 1766 in North Carolina, and died July 2, 1840
in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Children
of Sibella Whitsett and Alexander Walker are:
31.
i. John A. Walker,
born December 9, 1790 in Davidson County,
Tennessee; died August 15, 1861 in Davidson
County, Tennessee. He married
Elizabeth.
32.
ii. Sarah Walker,
born July 12, 1792 in Sumner Co., Tennessee;
died April 10, 1876 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
She married Josiah
H. Walton August 6, 1813
in Davidson County, Tennessee; born 1788;
died 1857.
33.
iii. Ann Walker,
born 1796 in Probably Davidson County,
Tennessee. She married Landon
C. Farrar July 4, 1816
in Davidson County, Tennessee. Residence:
March 21, 1844, Winston County, Mississippi.
34.
iv. Alexander M. Walker,
born 1798 in Probably Davidson County,
Tennessee. He married Susan
B. Saunders January 25,
1828 in Probably Davidson County, Tennessee.35
35.
v. Elizabeth Walker,
born 1800 in Probably Davidson County,
Tennessee. She married Benjamin
Menees August 22, 1832
in Davidson County, Tennessee.
36.
vi. Lawrence
William Walker, born
Bet. 1802 - 1804 in Tennessee; died December
16, 1889 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
37.
vii. Cynthia Walker,
born Abt. 1806; died in Probably Dyer
County, Tennessee. Probably never married.
38.
viii. Matilda Walker,
born Abt. 1808 in Probably Davidson County,
Tennessee; died Bef. February 5, 1842
in Sumner County, Tennessee. Probably
never married.
39.
ix. Sabella Walker,
born June 15, 1808 in Davidson County,
Tennessee; died May 12, 1887 in Noxubee
County, Mississippi. She married Matthew
Nelson August 7, 1820
in Davidson County, Tennessee; born 1798
in Louisiana.
40.
x. James W. Walker,
born 1811 in Probably Davidson County,
Tennessee; died August 11, 1876 in Sumner
County, Tennessee. Never married, lived
with a sister most of his life.
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7.
Mary Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
died 1819 in Greene County, Alabama. She married Josiah
Perry. He died 1831 in Greene County, Alabama.
Children
of Mary Whitsett and Josiah Perry are:
41.
i. Josiah Perry,
born Bef. 1815. He married (1) Rebecca
Parker June 14, 1825 in
Greene County, Alabama. He married (2)
Clarissa
Davis October 19, 1831
in Greene County, Alabama.
42.
ii. John Perry,
born Bef. 1815. He married Emily
Seal January 4, 1832 in
Greene County, Alabama.
43.
iii. James Perry,
born Bef. 1815. He married Susannah M.
Elliot November 25, 1846 in Greene County,
Alabama.
44.
iii. Orville Perry,
born Bef. 1815.
45.
iv. Lawrence Perry,
born Bef. 1815.
46.
v. William Perry,
born Aft. September 1815.
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8.
Bridia Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC).
She married Mathew Rogers September
27, 1803 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Children
of Bridia Whitsett and Mathew Rogers are:
47.
i. Bediah T. Rogers.
She married William
McMin Nuner.
48.
ii. John T. Rogers,
born Bef. 1815.
9.
Keziah Whitsett (John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born Bet. 1780 - 1790, and died Bef. 1850. She married Robert
Williamson September 10, 1806 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Child of
Keziah Whitsett and Robert Williamson is:
49.
i. Louisa M. Williamson,
born 1819. She married Robert
Green Hamill in Greene
County, Alabama.
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Generation
No. 3
11.
Major John Childress Whitsett (James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born 1801 in Sumner Co., Tennessee, and died September 14, 1860
in Gainesville, Alabama. He married (1) Martha
A. Bliss June 10, 1839 in Sumter Co., Alabama. She was
born December 9, 1811, and died February 24, 1846. He married (2)
Mary Charlotte Jackson July
5, 1848 in Sumter County, Alabama, daughter of General
James Jackson. She was born Abt. 1825 in Georgia.
Garrett's Public
Men In Alabama, pg. 369: "John C. Whitsett
of Sumter was a North Carolinian. His first
session in the House was in 1843. Merchant,
he died about the close of the war between
the States."
John C. Whitsett
is a party to several land transactions in
Mississippi for land sold by Indians and other
individuals of the Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaw
Nation was given title to the land by the
treaty of May 24, 1834. This land was later
resold at a profit. As late as 1859 he advertised
land for sale located in the former Chickasaw
Nation in Mississippi.
Owen, HISTORY OF
ALABAMA AND DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY:
WHITSETT, JOHN C. merchant, was born in Tennessee,
but spent most of his life in Alabama. He
died in Gainesville. He moved to that place
in 1833, and was one of the earliest citizens.
He was a successful merchant and was first
elected to the legislature in 1843. He was
again elected in 1851 and re-elected in 1853.
At that time, because of infirm health he
withdrew from public life. He died during
or about the close of the War of Secession.
He was a Mason, and at the time of his death
was president of the Bible Society of Gainesville.
Children
of John Whitsett and Martha Bliss are:
50.
i. Laura Whitsett,
born July 1835; died May 20, 1841 in Sumter
Co., Alabama.
51.
ii. Martha Lucretia Whitsett,
born November 1842 in Sumter Co., Alabama;
died May 12, 1844 in Sumter Co., Alabama.
52.
iii. John C. Whitsett,
born November 1844 in Sumter Co., Alabama;
died April 18, 1845 in Sumter Co., Alabama.
53.
iv. William
J. Whitsett, born
August 1849 in Alabama.
Children
of John Whitsett and Mary Jackson are:
54
Harriet S. Whitsett,
born Abt. 1852.
55
Sallie Jane Whitsett,
born Abt. 1856. She married William
B. Parker.
56
Clair Whitsett. She married
Mr. Woodruff.
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12.
Keziah Whitsett (James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born 1803 in Tennessee, and died March 8, 1884 in Noxubee County,
Mississippi. She married Allen McDonald
July 9, 1823 in Greene County, Alabama. He was born 1797 in North
Carolina, and died 1861 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Keziah Whitsett
moved in 1843, to Noxubee Co., Mississippi. She was on April 1,
1837, a founding members of Gainesville, Alabama Presbyterian Church.
Children
of Keziah Whitsett and Allen McDonald are:
57.
i. Sarah Jane McDonald,
born Bet. 1823 - 1825.
58.
ii. Eliza Helen McDonald,
born Bet. 1823 - 1825.
59.
iii. Margaret Ann McDonald,
born 1828.
60.
iv. Mary Elizabeth McDonald,
born 1828.
61.
v. Caroline Keziah McDonald,
born May 6, 1831.
62.
vi. James Whitsett McDonald,
born Bet. 1831 - 1835.
63.
vii. Daniel McDonald,
born 1837.
64.
viii. Martha Frances McDonald,
born 1839.
65.
ix. John Lawrence McDonald,
born 1841.
66.
x. Laura Frances McDonald,
born December 25, 1835.
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13.
Howell W. Whitsett (James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born 1810 in Tennessee,
and died Aft. 1853 in Kemper County, Mississippi. He married (1)
Margaret, (2) Martha,
(3) Nancy. Nancy was
born Abt. 1823 in Alabama. This family needs much more research.
Children
of Howell and Nancy Whitsett are:
67.
i. John Whitsett,
born Abt. 1842 in Mississippi.
68.
ii. Sarah Whitsett,
born Abt. 1846 in Mississippi.
69.
iii. Laura Whitsett,
died Abt. December 23, 1865.
15.
Joel Childress Whitsett (James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born Bet. 1811 - 1815, and died Bef. November 1851 in Probably
Alabama. He married Mary Walker Winston
April 5, 1834 in Sumter Co., Alabama.
Child of
Joel Whitsett and Mary Winston is:
70.
i. Margaret Elizabeth Whitsett,
born December 25, 1835; died November
3, 1851 in Sumter County, Alabama.
16.
James Thompson Whitsitt (James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born January 1, 1816 in
Tennessee, and died May 11, 1857 in Kemper Co., Mississippi.
He married Elizabeth Winston
December 18, 1839 in Sumter Co., Alabama. She was born Abt. 1822
in Alabama. James Thompson Whitsitt is buried in Barksdale-Cannon
Cemetery, Kemper Co., Miss.
Children
of James Whitsitt and Elizabeth Winston are:
71.
i. John
Childress Whitsitt,
born December 24, 1847 in Gainesville,
Sumter County, Alabama.
72.
ii. William
H. Whitsitt, born
Abt. 1849 in Mississippi.
73.
iii. Betty Whitsitt,
(proper name was probably Elizabeth) born
Abt. 1856.
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17.
Joseph T. Whitsett (James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born December 1, 1818 in
Greene County, Alabama, and died March 12, 1866 in Marion, Perry
County, Alabama. He married (1) Elizabeth
J. Huckabee February 22, 1842 in Greene County, Alabama.
She was born October 7, 1823 in North Carolina, and died May 26,
1855 in Hale County, Alabama. He married (2) Eliza
Peck March 31, 1857 in Greene County, Alabama. She died
Aft. April 2, 1866.
Children
of Joseph Whitsett and Elizabeth Huckabee
are:
74.
i. Cornelia J. Whitsett,
born March 2, 1844 in Alabama; died May
13, 1857 in Hale County, Alabama.
75.
ii. Elizabeth
Green Whitsett, born
September 22, 1846 in Alabama; died August
5, 1917 in Staunton, Virginia.
76.
iii. Harriet J. Whitsett,
born Abt. 1849 in Alabama.
Child of
Joseph Whitsett and Eliza Peck is:
77. iv. Lida Whitsett.
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22.
John Whitsett Childress (Elizabeth
Whitsett2, John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born June 1, 1807, and died October 6, 1884 in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee. He married (1) Sarah J. Williams
December 29, 1831. She was born 1815, and died 1850. He married
(2) Mary Philips
October 15, 1851. John was the brother of First Lady
Sarah Childress Polk.
Children
of John Childress and Sarah Williams are:
78.
i. Mary Childress.
79.
ii. James Knox Polk Childress,
born Abt. 1838.
80.
iii. Elisha Childress.
81.
iv. John Whitsett Childress,
born April 20, 1845.
82.
v. Elizabeth Childress.
83.
vi. Joseph Childress.
Children
of John Childress and Mary Philips are:
84.
vii. William Childress.
85.
viii. Horace Childress.
86.
ix. Eloise Childress.
87.
x. Annie Childress,
born 1870.
88.
xi. Eugene Childress,
born 1873.
89.
xii. Saline Childress,
born 1877.
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29.
Lawrence Simpson (Sarah
Whitsett2, John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born Bef. 1815. He married Eunice Burchfield.
Child
of Lawrence Simpson and Eunice Burchfield
is:
90.
i. Lawrence Whitsett Simpson.
36.
Lawrence William Walker (Sibella
Whitsett2, John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born Bet. 1802 - 1804 in Tennessee, and died December 16, 1889
in Sumner County, Tennessee. He married Sophia
J. Cade December 20, 1827 in Greene County, Alabama.
She was born 1812 in Georgia.
Children
of Lawrence Walker and Sophia Cade are:
91.
i. Lawrence W. Walker,
born 1839.
92.
ii. William G. Walker,
born 1841.
93.
iii. Robert Walker,
born 1845.
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53.
William J. Whitsett (John
C.3, James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born August 1849 in Alabama. He married Sally
W. Martin, daughter of Joseph
Martin and Virginia
White. She was born July 1858 in Alabama.
Gandrud, Alabama
Records, Vol. 145 (1880); "Charles P.
Cabaniss, deceased, who died intestate, July
5, 1880; probate records mentions Sarah A.
H. White, sister of deceased, whose daughter,
Virginia O. Martin had a daughter, Sally W.
Whitsett, wife of William J. Whitsett living
in Sumter County. Virginia O. Martin was the
wife of Joseph Martin of Huntsville."
Huntsville Democrat,
Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 10, 1884: "Mary
St. Clari Whitsett, daughter of William J.
and Sallie Whitsett died at the residence
of her grandfather Joseph Martin, Huntsville,
Alabama, Sept. 7, age 3 years."
Huntsville Independent, Huntsville,
Alabama, Sept. 11, 1884: "Died at the residence of her maternal
grandfather Mr. Joseph Martin, September 7, 1884, Mary St. Clair
Whitsett, daughter of W. J. and S. M. Whitsett, age 3."
Children
of William Whitsett and Sally Martin are:
94.
i. Mary St. Clari Whitsett,
born 1881; died September 7, 1884 in Madison
County, Alabama.
95.
ii. William Whitsitt,
born March 1886.
96.
iii. Charles Whitsitt,
born April 1895.
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71.
John Childress Whitsitt (James
Thompson3, James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born December 24, 1847 in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama.
He married Emma Louisa Jackson
January 20, 1880 in Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi.
Child of John Whitsitt and Emma Jackson is:
97.
i. Walton Whitsitt,
born August 4, 1894 in Scooba, Kemper County,
Mississippi.
72.
William H. Whitsitt
(James Thompson3,
James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born Abt. 1849 in Mississippi probably died in (Harrison Co.)
Texas. He married Sallie.
She was born Abt. 1861 in Texas.
Children
of William Whitsitt and Sallie Whitsett are:
98.
i. Mary Whitsett,
born Abt. 1874 in Texas.
99.
ii. James Whitsett,
born Abt. 1880 in Louisiana.
75.
Elizabeth Green Whitsett (Joseph
T.3, James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born September 22, 1846 in Alabama, and died August 5, 1917
in Staunton, Virginia. She married Rev.
John Sawyer Arbuthnot probably in Nashville. Elizabeth
Green Whitsett is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
John Sawyer Arbuthnot was a Presbyterian minister in Nashville,
Tenn.
Child of
Elizabeth Whitsett and John Arbuthnot is:
100.
i. Joseph
Whitsitt Arbuthnot,
born June 8, 1867; died October 29, 1930.
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No. 5
100.
Joseph Whitsitt Arbuthnot (Elizabeth
Green Whitsett4, Joseph
T.3, James2,
John1,
JohnA,
WilliamB,
SamuelC)
was born June 8,
1867, and died October 29, 1930. He married Julia
Moore Barron. Joseph Whitsitt Arbuthnot was a banker,
and lived in Nashville and Marion, Alabama.
Child of
Joseph Arbuthnot and Julia Barron is:
101.
i. Joseph Whitsitt Arbuthnot,
born December 2, 1902; died 1952. He married
Fanny Perry
Marshall.
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