Sources for the family tree of John Whitsett of Sumner County, Tennessee, grandfather of First Lady Sarah Childress Polk.
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John Whitsett of Sumner Co., Tenn.

Sources
  1. Jane G. Buchanan, Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina, (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1987), pg. 216-222.
  2. Uley T. Morgan, "The Family of Samuel Samuel Whitsett And His Two Wives," Macon, Georgia 1989.
  3. Strictland, Joseph, (March 20, 2000), "Electronic," E-mail giving the dates from the headstones for John and Sarah who are buried in a cemetery on Ed Avery's property.
  4. William Heth Whitsitt, "Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family: The Whitsitt's of Nashville, Tenn.," American Historical Magazine, Vol. IX, Nashville, Tennessee, 1904.
  5. Edythe Whitley, Sumner County, Tennessee Will Abstracts 1779-1842, Will of father Laurence Thompson.
  6. North Carolina Land Grant Office, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), Book 63, pg. 328.
  7. Dorothy M. Jones, "Notes From Wrightsborough," Wrightsboro Quaker Community Foundation, Inc.
  8. Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783, (Technical Institute of Alamance).
  9. Edythe Whitley, Sumner County, Tennessee Will Abstracts 1779-1842.
  10. 1830 Census, Greene County, Alabama, pg. 388, Lawrence Whitsett - 1 male 30-40; 1 male 50-69; 1 female 80-90; 37 slaves.
  11. Directory of Greene County, Alabama 1855-1856, James and Lawrence Whitsett settled near Havana in 1818.
  12. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 180, pg. 33, Greene Co. Orphans Book D, pg. 244, 26 Sep. 1836, Lawrence Whitsett, deceased; Eliax C. Field and Robert Williamson, administrators; lists heirs of Lawrence, all children of his sisters and brother. There are many documents related to his estate in Greene Co. records.
  13. Greene County, Alabama Tract Book, Jan. 14, 1820, Extracted by Ann Rea, Greene County Court House, March 26, 1985.
  14. Lawrence Whitsett Estate Papers, (Photocopies of original documents).
  15. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book D, pg. 244.
  16. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book D, pg. 295.
  17. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book D, pg. 318.
  18. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book H, pg. 212.
  19. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book H, pg. 215.
  20. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book H, pg. 210-214, Estate of Lawrence Whitsett.
  21. Mrs. S. M. Marshall, "Greene County, Alabama Records," Willo Publishing Company, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (no date), pg. 124.
  22. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 28, pg. 16, Greene Co. Deed Book B, pgs. 82, 93, Jesse Crawford and wife to James Whitsett, 17 Sep. 1825.Beaufort Seale to James Whitsett, 20 Sep. 1825.
  23. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 34, pg. 54, 61 Greene Co. Deed Book C, pg. 433, 512, James Whitsett and wife Margaret to Allen McDonald, 25 May 1829.
  24. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book H, pg 210-221, Estate of Lawrence Whitsett, James assigns his remaining share of estate to Joseph T. Whitsett.
  25. Noxubee County, Mississippi Deed Book, Book E, pg. 620, James Whitsett of Greene County, Alabama gave his grandson, James W. McDonald a slave.
  26. Edythe Rucker Whitley, Records of Early Settlers From State & County Archives, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD 1980), pg. 305, Sumner County, Tenn. Deed Book 1, pg. 440.
  27. Sumner County, Tenn. Deed Book 1, pg. 440, pg. 306, Sumner Co., Tenn. Deed Book 1, pg. 440.
  28. Ann W. Rea, "Whitsett Family Genealogy."
  29. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Marriage Records of Green County, Ala. 1823-1860, (The Milestone Press, 1969).
  30. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 34, pg. 27 Greene Co. Deed Book C, pg. 64, John O. Webster to John C. Whitsett and William H. Whitsett, Nov. 1827.
  31. Greene County, Alabama Orphans Book, Book D, pg. 30, Estate of Nicholas G. Hill.
  32. 1850 Census, Rutherford Co., Tennessee, pg. 706, daughter of John and Sarah Thompson Whitsett of Sumner Co. and mother of Sarah Childress Polk, first lady.
  33. William Thornton Whitsett, PhD, "Whitsett, Dr. William Thornton Papers," Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, (abt. 1910).
  34. Byron and Barbara Sistler, Early Middle Tennessee Marriages, (Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc. Nashville, Tenn. 1988). Walker Genealogy off the web. Author unknown.
  35. Jeanette T. Acklen, Tennessee Records: Tombstones & Manuscripts.
  36. Connie Walton Moretti, "Electronic."
  37. 1850 Census, Noxabee County, Mississippi, pg. 232.
  38. 1850 Census, Sumter Co., Alabama, Gainsville Div. pg. 289, Listed as John C. Whitsitt.
  39. 1860 Census, Sumter Co., Alabama, pg. 583/18, family 151.
  40. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 34, pg. 27 Greene Co. Deed Book C, pg. 64, John O. Webster to John C. Whitsett and William H. Whitsett, Nov. 1827.
  41. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 34, pg. 54, 61 Greene Co. Deed Book C, pg. 433, 512, Richard Inge to John C. Whitsett, 15 sep. 1829.
  42. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 52, pg. 97 Sumter Co. Miscellaneous Records.
    1840 Census, Sumter County, Alabama.
  43. "Mississippi Genealogical Exchange," Vol. XX, no. 1-3, Spring 1974.
  44. Thomas McAdony Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, (S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., Chicago, 1921), Vol. IV, pg. 1760.
  45. Maida Whitten, Whitsett Database of Maida Whitten, January 5, 1999.
  46. Alcorn County, Mississippi Deeds, Book A, pg. 126-127, Old Tishomingo County.
  47. Alcorn County, Mississippi Deeds, Deed Book A, pg. 89-90
  48. "Caroline Keziah McDonald Burrage Genealogy." Author unknown.
  49. Noxubee County, Mississippi Deed Book, Book E, pg. 620, James Whitsett of Greene County, Alabama gave his grandson, James W. McDonald a slave.
  50. 1850 Census, Kemper Co., Mississippi, pg. 223, Also in Kemper Co. is James Whitsett and family.
  51. 1860 Census, Kemper Co., Mississippi, pg. 102/833, family 705, J. Lipscomb, age 21, physician in household. There is no wife or children on this census.
  52. Sumter County, Alabama Marriage Book, Book 1, pg. 7.
  53. 1850 Census, Kemper Co., Mississippi, pg. 217, Occupation merchant. Also in Kemper Co. is Howell Whitsett and family.
  54. Alabama LDS ICI, John Childress Whitsett, son of James Thompson Whitsitt and Betty Winston Whitsitt.
  55. Mississippi Genealogy Society, "Cemetery And Bible Records," Vol. VI, Sept. 1959.
  56. 1850 Census, Greene County, Alabama, pg. 254, family 155: Joseph Whitsett, age 31, farmer, b. Ala; Elizabeth J., age 25, b. N. C.;  Cornelia J., age 6, b. Ala.; Betty G., age 4, b. Ala.; Harriet J., age 1, b. Ala.; John G. Huckabee, age 24, laborer, b. N. C.; Benjamin Fitzpatrick, overseer, b. Ala.
  57. Joseph Whitsitt Strickland, e-mail, (May 23, 2000 jwstrick@bellsouth.net), "Electronic."
  58. Perry County, Alabama Probate Records, Will of Joseph T. Whitsett, 29. Jan. 1866, Photo copy; unfortunately I forgot to list the exact source.
  59. Perry County, Alabama Probate Records, Will of Joseph T. Whitsett probate April 2, 1866.
  60. 1900 Census Soundex, Sumter County, Alabama, ED 103, Sheet 20, Gainesville.
  61. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 145, Madison County, Alabama.
  62. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 157, 165, Madison Co. Newspapers
  63. 1880 Census Soundex, Harrison Co., Texas, ED48, pg. 33.
Ronald N. Wall
Modified: 16 August 2022