1.   SAMUEL WHITSETT (WHITSITT) (Ralph³, William², Samuel¹) was born About 1747 probably in Pennsylvania, and died 1815 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky. He married MARGARET (TITTLE?). She died Bef. 1815 in Kentucky. This family used both versions of the name with "Whitsitt" the most common.

• Came to Ky from Fayette Co., Pennsylvania about 1786.
• May have served in the Revolution. 
• In 1803, was located on Lulbegrud Creek, Montgomery Co., Ky.

Children of SAMUEL WHITSITT and MARGARET TITTLE:

2.   WILLIAM WHITSITT, b. May 6, 1767, Pennsylvania; d. May 9, 1854, Jefferson Co., Indiana; m. (1) MARGARET ANNE MCGEE, February 28, 1797, Clark County, Kentucky; m. (2) MARTHA WOODWARD, Abt. 1812; m. (3) NANCY GREENE, March 9, 1820, Jennings Co., Indiana; m. (4) REBECCA MALCOMB, October 23, 1832, Jennings Co, Indiana; b. March 10, 1776, Virginia; d. January 17, 1855, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

• Removed from Montgomery Co., KY to Jefferson Co., Indiana
• Resided 1850, Graham twp., Jefferson Co., Ind
• Married 2^nd Mrs. Nancy Green Hill March 9, 1820, by Elder Thomas Hill
• Married 4^th REBECCA MALCOMB (Mrs. Rebecca Forceu)
• Some sources for WILLIAM WHITSITT:  1820-60 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., Indiana; 1830, 1850 Census, Jennings Co., Indiana; 1820-60 U.S. Census, Gibson Co., Indiana.  THE HOOSIER GENEALOGIST, Vol. 9, No. 6; Vol. 10, no. 5; Vol. 11, no. 4; Vol. 13, no. 4; Vol. 18, no. 3

3.  JAMES W. WHITSETT (See below)

4.   JOHN H. WHITSETT, b. Abt. 1775, Kentucky; d. February 1845, Lafayette Co., Missouri; m. LUCY DAVIDSON.

• Lafayette County, Missouri was formed from Lillard County which was formed from the Howard Land District, Louisiana Territory. 
• JOHN H. WHITSETT in 1818, removes from Kentucky to the Howard Land District in Missouri. 
• September 14, 1819, John Whitesitt and James D. Whitesitt, inhabitants of the Howard Land District sign a petition. 
• January 22, 1822, John Whitesides, Sr. appointed Justice of Lillard County

5.  JOSEPH WHITSITT, b. Abt. 1775, Pennsylvania; d. 1824, Gibson Co., Indiana; m. (1) REBECCA STEWART, December 20, 1794, Clark County, Kentucky; b. Abt. 1775; d. 1825; m. (2) MARY LEMASTERS, Abt. 1825, Gibson Co., Indiana

• In April, 1803 Joseph Whitesitt (sic) placed a notice in the Kentucky Gazette (published in Lexington) that his wife Rebecca had left him and he would not pay her bills.
• Entered land on May 3, 1817, T2S R10W E-NE-S4 Gibson Co., Ind.
• March 28, 1825, Relinquished land (above)
• Son Samuel Whitsitt of Gibson County, Indiana wrote to his relatives in Lafayette County shortly after the death of his brother, James Stewart Whitsitt. He states in that letter that there were eight brothers and that he was the only one still living. He also mentions sister Polly Summers of Lafayette County.
• The 1810 census of Montgomery County, Kentucky lists a Rebecca Whitesides and three children under the age of ten. In her will, probated in 1825, she names her three children: Stewart, Isaac and Polly Summers. This would indicate that the two boys were born after 1805. Descendants of Polly Summers provided Mrs. Pauline Maciejewski with the names of John through Polly; however, their sources are not known.
• Marriage Notes for JOSEPH WHITSITT and REBECCA STEWART:
• The Clark County marriage bond names James Whiteside and Rebecca Stewart. It seems clear, that Joseph was the husband of Rebecca Stewart. Perhaps his full name was Joseph James Whitsett.
• Mary Lemasters maiden name is unknown, She was married to a Mr. Lemasters before marrying Joseph Whitsitt.

6.  RALPH WHITSITT, b. July 27, 1778, Pennsylvania; d. August 19, 1849, Putnam County, Indiana; m. (1) ALLIE PHILLIPS; b. 1784; d. July 14, 1813; m. (2) SARAH GILMORE.

• "Phillips and Whitsitt Bible," KENTUCKY BIBLE RECORDS, D. A. R., Vol. IV, 1966 - The DAR compiler stated that the items were copied from Photostats sent from Mrs. R. M. Hostine of Palmyra, Missouri; the Bible was apparently physically located in Deputy, Indiana. The Phillips and Whitsitt's were both from Montgomery Co., Ky. Allie Philips Whitsitt, the original owner of the Bible, apparently died at a young age.
• 1850 U.S. Census Mortality Schedule: Ralph Whitsill [sic] age 72, widower, born in Pennsylvania, died August, 1850 from cancer.
• Information on Sarah Gilmore from Whitsitt family of Joseph E. Whitsett, jr.

 

7.  MARGARET WHITSITT, b. Bef. 1782; d. Abt. 1849; m. JOHN RAMSEY, September 29, 1798, Clark County, Kentucky; d. 1837.

 

8.   SAMUEL V. WHITSITT, b. Abt. 1784; m. (1) ANISETH PHILLIPS, Abt. 1800, Probably Kentucky; d. Bet. 1811 - 1817, Montgomery County, Kentucky; m. (2) ELIZABETH KING, September 23, 1818, Clark County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1825 - 1833, Probably Jefferson County, Indiana; m. (3) DOLLY PHILLIPS, July 4, 1833, Jefferson County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1810, Kentucky.

Some researchers have apparently confused Samuel V. Whitsitt with his father

 

9.  NANCY O. WHITSITT, b. 1786; m. JOSEPH BELL, 1815, Clark County, Kentucky.

 

10.  SARAH WHITSITT, b. May 6, 1787; m. PATRICK WILSON.

Resided in Jefferson County, Indiana

 

11.  RACHEL WHITSITT, b. 1789; d. 1860, Clark County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM RAMSEY, September 13, 1804, Clark County, Kentucky.

Lived in Clark Co., Ky; had several children

 

12.  MARY WHITSITT, b. Abt. 1793.

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2. JAMES W. WHITSITT (Samuel⁴, Ralph³, William², Samuel¹) was born Abt. 1774 in Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH HUTTEN, July 15, 1801 in Warren County, Kentucky. She was born 1785 in Virginia, and died 1875 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky.

Children of JAMES WHITSITT and ELIZABETH HUTTEN:

i.   ALLY ELIZABETH WHITSITT, m. WILLIAM MCCULLOUGH.

ii.  ANN WHITSITT, m. NATHANIEL HAINLINE, April 22, 1821.

iii.  JAMES WHITSITT, d. Abt. October 1843.

Extract of will of James Whitsett, dated 4 Oct. 1843, probated June, 1844, Montgomery County, Kentucky, names heirs John Anderson, Miller Black, Wm. McCutter, John Whitsett. Sisters: Anne Hainline, Elizabeth (Whitsett). Brothers William and Preston. Bro-in-law John Anderson. "Land to my mother." Witnessed by Jesse Hainline and Ed Combs.

iv.  MARGARET WHITSITT, m. MILLER BLACK.

v. POLLY ANN R. WHITSITT, m. COLUMBUS DOUTHITT.

Resided in Lafayette Co., Missouri

vi.  PRESTON SIMPSON WHITSITT

vii.  WILLIAM D. F. WHITSITT.

20. viii.  JOHN R. WHITSETT

ix.  DORCUS WHITSITT, b. 1810; m. JOHN F. ANDERSON.

x.  JILSON S. WHITSITT, b. 1818; d. 1883.

xi.  ELIZA L. WHITSITT, b. 1827; d. 1899; m. ELIJAH MILLER.

xii.  PRESTON S. WHITSITT, b. 1830.

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20.   JOHN R. WHITSETT (James W.⁵, Samuel⁴, Ralph³, William², Samuel¹) was born May 30, 1805 in Kentucky, and died June 1, 1892 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married ELIZA LESLIE OLDHAM. She was born October 8, 1808 in Probably Kentucky, and died April 25, 1883 in Jackson County, Missouri.  

• Removed about 1839, From Kentucky to Missouri
• September 29, 1840, member, Church of Christ in Independence
• 1850 Census, in Jackson Co., Missouri
• Lived near Hickman Mills, Missouri
• July 9, 1847, new born male child dies
• 1861-1865, unlike his son SIM WHITSETT, John was a staunch Unionist.  However, some of his daughters married ex-guerrillas
• June 1892, Buried in Whitsett family cemetery

Children of JOHN WHITSETT and ELIZA OLDHAM:

i.  ELIZA S. WHITSETT, b. Abt. 1832; m. P. P. HALL, November 16, 1857, Jackson County, Missouri.

ii.  AMELIA ANN WHITSETT was born in Kentucky. She married JOHN L. MUIR February 13, 1851 in Jackson County, Missouri. One known child, LEONIDAS M. MUIR, b. 1854.

iii.  MARY EVALINE WHITSETT, b. Abt. 1838, Kentucky; m. JOHN R. MOORE

iv.  CATHERINE M. WHITSETT, b. Abt. 1840, Missouri; m. Mr. PALMER

v.  JOHN N. WHITSETT, b. November 10, 1842, Jackson County, Missouri; d. September 8, 1857, Jackson County, Missouri.

vi.  AMANDA B. WHITSETT

vii.  ANNA D. WHITSETT

viii.  JOEL A. WHITSETT

ix.  EVALINE C. WHITSETT, m. FLEMING B. OLDHAM, June 1, 1848, Jackson County, Missouri

x.  SARAH E. WHITSETT

36. xi.  JAMES SIMEON WHITSETT (See below)

 

36.   JAMES SIMEON WHITSETT (John R.⁶, James W.⁵, Samuel⁴, Ralph³, William², Samuel¹), was born March 19, 1845 in Missouri, and died May 22, 1928 in Missouri. He married (1) MARTHA M. HALL January 6, 1870 in Jackson County, Missouri. She was born August 21, 1844, and died July 1, 1878 in Jackson County, Missouri. He married (2) MARGARET ANGELINA ARNOLD February 26, 1880, Cass Co., Missouri. She was born April 29, 1848 in Kentucky and died August 26, 1926, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas.

• Rode with Quantrill's Raiders. Friend of the Younger's and James brothers.
• Biographical sketch in "Branded as Rebels" by Don Hale of Less's Summit, Missouri.
• In the Marley Brant book, "The Outlaw Youngers: A Confederate Brotherhood" states that one of Bob Younger's pall bearers on September 20, 1889 in Lee's Summit, Missouri was James S. Whitsett. Also, at the funeral of Jim Younger in Lee's Summit, Mo. on October 22, 1902 J. S. Whitsett was again a pallbearer and mentioned as a childhood friend of the Younger's (probably cousins).
• He was also portrayed in the movie "The Last Days of Jesse James" starring Kris Kristoferson and Johnny Cash as a friend of Jessie and Frank James.

Child of JAMES SIMEON WHITSETT and MARTHA HALL:

i.  MARY LESLIE WHITSETT, b. February 21, 1871; d. September 22, 1872, Jackson County, Missouri.

ii.  HELEN WHITSETT, b. April 7, 1873, d. ?; married Mr. SWEENY.

III.  ANNIE E. WHITSETT

Children of JAMES SIMEON WHITSETT and MARGARET ANGELINA ARNOLD:

IV.  MINNIE WHITSETT, b. February 27, 1882, Jackson County, Missouri; died February 7, 1968 Pleasant Hill, Missouri; married ERNEST BURNS PEARCE.

V.  MARY LOUISE WHITSETT, b. September 21, 1884, Jackson County, Missouri; died December 11, 1948, Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico; married HENRY LEE GOATS.

VI.  JOHN LEE WHITSETT, b. February 1886, Jackson County, Missouri; died January 23, 1980, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; married LENA.

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