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The name "Whitmire" is an English spelling of an ancient
German-Swiss surname. In colonial times
in America the name was also recorded as Weidmayer, Whitmer, Widmayer, Widmer,
Witiemeyer, Witmer, Wittmer, Wittiemeyer and Wittmeyer.
Perhaps the earliest bearer of the name in America was Benedictus
Witmer, a Swiss emigrant who settled in Lancaster County, in 1709, according
to "History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." In 1719 Abraham Witmer arrived in Lancaster
County. The Act of Naturalization of
1739 made it possible for Benjamin Witmer and Abraham Witmer, then residents,
to own land there.
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Four Whitmire brothers who emigrated to America in the middle of
the eighteenth century were the progenitors of thousands of present-day
Americans. They were born in the area
of Stuttgart in the southwestern province of Wurttemberg-Baden, Germany and all
probably emigrated via Rotterdam in the Netherlands. They were:
Michael
Whitmire born about 1735
Henry Whitmire born about 1748
George Frederick
Whitmire born in 1749
Christopher
Whitmire born about 1752
Michael Whitmire was born about 1735 near Stuttgart,
Wurttemberg-Baden of parents unknown.
Mrs. Joe B. Hester, Whitmire researcher of Easley, South Carolina shows
his birthyear as 1733. A family legend
reported by Larry Franklin, a descendant of Vidor, Texas, states that Michael
Whitmire may have left Germany as a fugitive. In an argument with his over-bearing
step-father Michael Whitmire is reported to have struck the man with a
shovel and left him for dead in a pool of blood. Lending credence to the legend is the report that he did not ever
attempt to contact his family and expressed no interest in his inheritance there. Additionally his mother is reported to have
sent "son after son" to America to find Michael Whitmire,
perhaps primarily to advise him that his step-father had recovered from the
shovel attack and that he was not a murderer. Descendants of George Frederick
Whitmire relate a similar story, substituting "hatchet" for
"shovel."
It is believed that he landed in Philadelphia about 1754 and spent
some time in the German community there.
He lived temporarily at Lansing in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and then
went to Baltimore, Maryland, according to the research of Mary Alnora
"Nora" Cox Drennan, a descendant.
It is believed that he was married about that time, wife's name
"Cathene" in his will, however she may have accompanied him from
Germany since she would have been 33 years old in 1762, probably six years his
senior. Vivian Marie Hughes Conn, researcher of Ft. Worth, Texas, shows her name as Catherine Appel.
To comply with English law it is believed that he temporarily
changed his religion and embraced the Anglican Church. A Michael Whitmire was "certified" at St. Anne's Church in Maryland April
14, 1762 with Charles Bryan and George Bozer as witnesses, according to
"Colonial Maryland Naturalizations" by Jeffrey A. Wyland:
"April Term 1762
Henry Funk, Joachim Strever, . . . Michael Whitmore . . . ,
severally appear in Court between the hours of nine and twelve of the clock in
the forenoon of the tenth day of September 1762 and in pursuance of an act of Parliament
made in the 13th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George II
subscribed an Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and other herein
mentioned as are . . . or shall . . . in any of his Majesty's Colonies in
America pray to have the several oaths appointed by the said Act to be
administered to them respectively and for that if [it] appear to the Court here
that they have been inhabitants in . . . of his Majesty's Plantations Seven
Years and have not been abroad out of the said Colonies for a longer space than
two months at any one time during these seven years and that they have
severally received the Sacrament as by the Certificates following appear to
wit:
I do hereby certify that Stephen Bower, Jacob Cramleith [sp.] . .
. Michael Whitmire . . . Melchor Sheener . . . did receive the holy Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of
England in the parish Church of St. Anne's Parish in the City of Annapolis this
14th day of April 1762.
Tho. Bacon
Rector of All
Saints Parish
in Frederick
Co."
The volume also records that he was naturalized September 10,
1762.
He and his wife Catherine Appel Whitmire were recorded as
witnesses at baptisms at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, Maryland,
25 miles west of Baltimore, according to the research of Helan Audrey Murphy
Schneider, a descendant of Slidell, Louisiana, who suggests they may
have come to Frederick, following other members of the family. She reports many references to Whitmire
individuals in the early church records and suggests that Dr. Michael Widmeyer
who died there in 1778 may have been an uncle and namesake.
"Frederick, Maryland Lutheran Marriages and Burials,
1745-1811" reveals, "March 19, 1778, Dr. Michael Widmeyer born
November 1711 in the city of Marckgroeningen in Wurttemberg (Markgroningen,
Ludwigsburg) married May 3, 1740 his surviving widow, and had 7 sons and 2
daughters, of whom 1 son and 1 daughter are alive. Died of dropsy on 18th, aged 66 years and 4 months."
Later Michael Whitmire removed to South Carolina and
settled in District 96 in the "up country" section of the state which
was settled largely by immigrants from the Rhine section of Germany. His location was near Pumpkintown, South Carolina
in present-day Pickens County.
He was enumerated in the 1790 census of Pendleton County, District
96, page 83, as the head of a household composed of "three males over 16,
three males under 16 and two females."
Three other households of interest to Whitmire researchers appeared in
the 1790 census of Pendleton District, according to "Gone to Georgia"
by William C. Stewart. They were
headed by Stephen Whitmire,
Michael Whitmire, Jr. and Joseph Whitmer.
On November 29, 1791 Michael Whitmire received a deed
from Daniel Kelly of Greenville County, South Carolina to 422 acres in District
96 "on Twelve Mile River and Ooliney," for 40 pounds, according to
"Pendleton District, South Carolina Deeds, 1790-1806" by Silas Emmett
Lucas, Jr. Kelly had received the grant
April 6, 1789, according to Pendleton County Deed Book C-D, page 306. Five years later, on October 14, 1796, Henry
Whitmire (W7/1.4), his son, confirmed the transaction before a Justice of the
Peace.
Michael Whitmire wrote his will October 8, 1795, and it
was recorded in Pendleton District [Anderson County] Will Book C, page 101
January 24, 1797:
"STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA PENNELTON COUNTY
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.
Know all men by these Presents that I, Michael Whitmire, Being a Low
State of Health, tho. in my Rail
Perfect Sences, thanks be to God for his Continued Merceys. Do Make
Ordain this my Last Will and Testtament, as follows, Viz: My Sole I Recommend to God who Gave it in
hopes of Meeting with Exceptance in that Heavenly Habitation which God hath
Provided for his people.
Secondly my Body to the Grave where it to Dust must Return
again. Thirdly as to my Worldly Estate
after paying all my Just and Lawfull Debts I Do Positively will and Give unto
my Son Henry Whitmire one Hundred Acres of Land to be Laid off the East End of
my Tract of Land whereon I Live, the Hole Tract Containing Four Hundred Twenty two Acres originally Granted to
Daniel Kelly and Conveyed to me. The
aforesaid Hundred Acres of Land to be Laid out
Regulated as to its form at the Discretion of my Executors herein after
Mentioned so that it includes a small Plantation Made by John Wright. The Ballence of my Land I Do Give to my Two
Sons Christipher and William Whitmire, as follows, Viz: one Half to William
Whitmire to include my House and Plantation whereon I Live, the Ballance to
Christipher Whitmire to be Devided at the will Pleasure of Executors and as they think Most agreeable to the
intent of this my Last will Testament.
Also I Do Give my Son William Whitmire his choice out of my Stock
of Horses to chuse one for himself, also Two Cows in Like manner. Also I Do Positively order that the
Ballence of my Property that it Shall be
Remain on my Plantation for the Purpose of Supporting of my Loving Wife
Cathene Whilst She Lives. Also She is
to have the use of my Dweling House During her Life time here, and in the Mean
Time to have her Support for the Stock
herself of my Plantation, and at her Death, the Property that thin
Remains (Excepting What I have heretofore in my Will Purticullarly Pointed out
for there own) to be Equelly Divided--Between my Sons Daughters
Grandson to wit: Stephen, Michael, Henry, Samuel, Christipher William Whitmire my Grandson John Whitmire
Cathene Whitmire Rebecca
Wright, my daughters.
I do Absolutely Authorize and Appoint Nathaniel Newman William Young to be Executors to this my
last will and Testament. I herewith
affix my seal this 8 Oct. 1795.
Witnesses: Michael Whitmire
John Bynum
Elizabeth (X) Bynum"
It is unknown why the grandson John Whitmire was named in
the will to receive an equal portion to the exclusion of all other
grandchildren.
The will was probated January 24, 1797. An inventory of the estate of Michael Whitmire was made March 24, 1797 by Michael Whitmire,
Jr., William Brown and Archibald Harris. It was valued at L155.15.8. when recorded April 17, 1797, according
to "Carolina Genealogist," Summer 1973 edition.
Cathene Appel Whitmire lived in the household of her son
Michael Whitmire, Jr. in her later years, according to the research of
Nell Whitmire Pantell, a descendant of Jefferson, Georgia. She was living with her son Stephen Whitmire in 1805 when she participated in a Georgia land lottery, according to
the research of Nancy Jane Hinkle Flesch, a descendant of Eugene,
Oregon.
Cathene Appel Whitmire died November 2, 1835, at age 106,
and was buried in a cemetery at Newry, South Carolina in Oconee County,
according to the research of Lynda Dorene Whitmire Wright (W1/3.3), a
descendant of Wilmington, North Carolina. Her grave was moved to Old Pickens
Cemetery, Pickens, South Carolina in 1969 when construction of Keowee and
Jocasse Dams was begun.
Children born to Michael Whitmire and Cathene Appel
Whitmire include:
Stephen
Whitmire born about 1760
Michael Whitmire,
Jr. born February 8, 1765
Rebekah
Whitmire born about 1766
Henry Whitmire born about 1768
Samuel
Whitmire born about 1770
Christopher
Whitmire born about 1774
William
Whitmire born about 1775
Catharine
Whitmire born about 1780
Stephen Whitmire, son of Michael Whitmire and Cathene Appel Whitmire, was born about 1760, probably in
Maryland. Ida Creekmore, Whitmire researcher
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, shows his birth in 1755 and states that he was married
about 1779 to Mary Porter. He
was enumerated in the 1790 census of District 96, Pendleton County, page 81 as
the head of a household composed of "one male over 16, two males under 16
and four females."
According to "South Carolina State Grants," Volume 35,
page 430, Stephen Whitmire received a land grant in 1793:
"The State of South-Carolina.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ye, That in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature entitled
"An Act for establishing the mode of granting the lands now vacant in
this State, and for allowing a commutation to be received for some lands that
have been granted, passed the 19th day of February, 1791. We have Granted and by these presents do
Grant unto Stephen Whitmire, his heirs and assigns, a plantation or tract of
land containing One hundred and fourteen acres surveyed for him the 29th of
April, 1793 situate in the District of Ninety-six on both sides of Mountain
Creek of Generostee of Savannah River Bounded S.ward by Moses Teddley land,
and S.E.ward by John Tallants and Zachariah Holcombs, N.ward by Forgas and
N.W.ward by Richard York, having such shape, form and marks as are represented
by a plat hereunto annexed, together with all woods, trees, waters,
water-courses, profits, commodities, appurtenances and hereditaments
whatsoever thereunto belonging: To have and to hold the said tract of One
Hundred and Fourteen acres of land, and all and singular other the premises
hereby granted unto the said Stephen Whitmire, his heirs and assigns forever,
in free and common soccage.
Given under the Seal of the State. Witness his Excellency William Moultrie, Esquire, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over the said State, at Columbia, this Second day of
December, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and Ninety-three and of the
independence of the United States of America the Eighteenth.
William Moultrie, L.M.S.
And hath thereunto a plat thereof annexed representing the same,
certified by F. Bremar, Surveyor General, 29th November, 1793."
He was a purchaser at the estate sale of John McCambridge July 8,
1794 in Pendleton District, according to Abbeville County, South Carolina
probate records. He was mentioned in
his father's will written in 1795. On
March 19, 1796 he was mentioned as owning land "bounding land on Big
Generostee of Savannah River" in a deed executed by Phillip Holcomb,
according to Pendleton District Deed Book B, page 367. On April 13, 1797 he sold 74 acres "on
both sides of Big Generostee Creek" to William Anderson, according to
Pendleton District Deed Book C-D, page 335.
The land had been surveyed to Stephen Whitmire October 4, 1796. At the same time he sold to Anderson 114
acres "which had been granted to Whitmire in 1793 by William
Moultrie" for $100. A tract of 474 acres was surveyed for Stephen Whitmire
May 17, 1797, according to "Pendleton District, South Carolina
Deeds."
On October 4, 1797 Stephen Whitmire received a deed to
160 acres "on the north fork of the Keowee River" for 100 pounds from
James Hendrix of Franklin County, Georgia, according to Pendleton District Deed
Book H, page 7.
On June 10, 1799 he purchased 247 acres "on the north fork of
Cane Creek" from Ezekiel Buffington and Allis Harlin for 15 pounds,
according to Pendleton District Deed Book G, page 516.
He appeared as the head of Household 783 in the 1800 census of
Pendleton District:
"Whitmire,
Stephen white male 26-45
white female 26-45
white male 16-26
white male 10-16
white female 10-16
white male 10-16
white male 10-16
white male 0-10
white female 0-10
white male 0-10
white male 0-10
three slaves"
Stephen Whitmire made application for a Revolutionary War
Pension No. S35114, according to the research of Audrey Helan Murphy Schneider.
On January 1, 1801 he bought an additional 180 acres "on
north fork of Cane Creek of Keowee River" from Ezekiel Buffington and
Allis Harlin for 15 pounds, according to Pendleton District Deed Book G, page
516. On February 12, 1801 he sold to
William Robbins two tracts of land totaling 204.5 acres "on the north fork
of Cain Creek of the Keowee" for $750, according to Pendleton District
Deed Book H, page 508. One tract of
land was bounded by Samuel Whitmire and one tract was bounded by
Christopher Whitmire. On
August 25, 1802 he sold 158 acres "on the north fork of the Keowee
River," to Christopher Whitmire, according to Oconee County,
South Carolina Deed Book 9, page 672. Samuel
Whitmire, witnessed the transaction.
Shortly afterward he removed across the state line to Cherokee
Indian lands near Gainesville, Georgia.
He was recorded as a taxpayer in 1803 living in Capt. Joseph McConnell's
District, according to "Digest of Taxable Property for Jackson County,
Georgia, 1803." His land was
located on Walnut Creek, adjoining John McConnell. In 1804 he was reported living in "Key's District" of
Jackson County. He received a bounty
land grant of 200 acres in Jackson County in 1804, according to "Index to
Bounty Land Grants of Georgia, 1756-1909."
Stephen Whitmire deeded 158 acres "on Cain
Creek" to his brother Christopher Whitmire December 16, 1808,
according to Anderson County, South Carolina Deed Book 1, page 315. This may have been a confirmation deed of
their 1802 transaction since both Oconee County and Anderson County were part
of Pendleton District at that time.
Stephen Whitmire received a bounty land grant of 375
acres in Jackson County in 1815, according to "Index to Bounty Land Grants
of Georgia, 1756-1909." It was described
as "good land, on Walnut Fork of Oconee River, adjoining S. O.
Collins."
Mary Porter Whitmire was enumerated as the head of a
household in the 1820 census of adjoining Gwinnett County, Georgia, suggesting
that they may have been estranged.
Children listed in the enumeration appear to be the children of Stephen
Whitmire and Mary Porter Whitmire.
According to "Gone to Georgia" "Mary Whitmire"
was also listed as the head of a household in Jackson County:
"Whitmire,
Mary white female over 45
white male 26-45
white male 26-45
white female
26-45
white male 16-26
white female 10-16
white male 0-10
white female 0-10
white male
0-10
white female 0-10
white male 0-10"
Stephen Whitmire sold land in Jackson County from 1811
through 1819, according to Jackson County Deed Book E, page 457; Book F, page
418 and Book G, pages 28 and 138. He
purchased property from his son John Whitmire September 20, 1820,
according to Jackson County Deed Book G, page 316.
Stephen Whitmire was remarried about 1815 to Charlotte
Downing, a Cherokee. [Emmett
Starr in "History of the Cherokee Indians" states that he was married
to Elizabeth Downing and that his son was married to Charlotte Downing. She was the daughter of
George Downing who was the son of Major Downing of the British Army
who was married to a Cherokee woman of the Wolf clan. Ida Creekmore reports that the second wife of Stephen Whitmire
was named Charlotte, and his third wife was Elizabeth Downing. Stephen Whitmire was
a resident of Cherokee Nation East, Hightower District, near Echota, Georgia
and was described as a Cherokee in 1827.
In 1828 Stephen Whitmire was mentioned in "The Cherokee
Phoenix" as a "well-to-do white man with an Indian family including
two children."
He appeared as the head of a household age "60-70" in
the 1830 census of Hall County, page 131,
with two sons, ages 5-10.
Stephen Whitmire wrote his will April 23, 1831, and died
September 27, 1831, according to Ida Creekmore. The will, recorded in Hall County Miscellaneous Book A, page 204,
under "Record of annual Returns, Appraisements, Minutes and Wills,"
read:
"In the Name of God, Amen.
Know ye that I, Stephen Whitmire of the Cherokee Nation, attached to
Hall [County], being weak in body but, thank God, sound in mind and memory and
knowing that man was born to die, so after surrendering my soul to Him that
gave it, and my body to be decently buried.
Then after my funeral expenses and just debts are paid it is my will
and desire that my estate, was God's will to bless me with in life, to be
divided as follows, viz:
Item: First the administrators to sell 7 negroes, Harrison and
Fillis, Martin and Liller and Jerry, Amy and Solomon. I leave Henry Whitmire fifty dollars, Jesse Whitmire fifty
dollars, Nancy Staten fifty dollars, Michael Whitmire fifty dollars, Lucinda
Nix fifty dollars. John Whitmire to
have $200 for his trouble, extra expenses.
Sarah Hickman, William Whitmire and John Whitmire the money to be
equally divided among the three after the sale of the Negroes and all my
expenses paid and all my loose property.
I wish Robert Dowdy to take Ann and Nancy the two negroes I leave
to my two sons. I leave Ann to George
Whitmire. Nancy to Jonathan Whitmire
for said Dowdy to take said Negroes and keep them until the children are
entitled to them when of age and for Robert Dowdy and John Downs [Downing?] to
attend to schooling them and raising them as they may think best among
themselves. I wish Robert Dowdy to be
paid for his trouble and all expenses he may be out not to exceed $200 to be
paid by John Whitmire.
So I ordain this my last will and testament and I do hereby
appoint John Whitmire my executor whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 23rd day of April 1831.
Signed and sealed in the presence of us. Stephen Whitmire (seal)
John M. McAfee
Michael Dowdy
Georgia Court of Ordinary May Term, 1831, Hall County
Present their Honours Ezekial Buffington, John Nichols and Joseph
Dunagun:
Personally appeared in open Court John M. McAfee and Michael Dowdy
who being duly sworn say they saw the said Stephen Whitmire sign seal and
deliver this will for the purpose therein mentioned, that the said will was
written by the deponent John McAfee at the direction of said Stephen Whitmire,
read to him after he wrote, received his approbation, then the said Stephen
Whitmire was sound in mind and memory when he signed said will and that these
deponents subscribed said will as witnesses after the said Stephen Whitmire
had signed it."
He made no provision for Mary Porter Whitmire in his
will. The widow objected to the terms
of the will and came into court requesting that it be nullified:
"Georgia Court of Ordinary May Term, 1831, Hall County
John Whitmire, Exr. of Stephen Whitmire, Dcsd.
vs Mary Whitmire,
widow, and Flemming Staten in right of
his wife Nancy, formerly Nansy Whitmire et al, the lawfull heirs of
Stephen Whitmire
The defendants came into the Court of Ordinary at this Term of the
Court and objected to the will being proven and recorded.
First: Because the same conveyed and transferred sundry Negroes
and loose property and was only subscribed by two witnesses and contending
that it should have been witnessed by three witnesses as it transferred
Negroes.
Secondly: That the widow was not provided for by said will as they
contended she should have been, and
Thirdly: That the will was void for being ambiguous and uncertain.
All of which objections was overruled by the court, determining
that two Witnesses was sufficient to the will and that the Testator had the
right to will all his property without willing any thing to the wife or making
any provision for her and that they thought the will sufficiently plain certain.
Given under our hands and seals this 2nd day of May, 1831.
John Nichols,
J.J.C. (seal)
Ez.
Buffington, J.J.C. (seal)
Joseph Dunagan,
J.J.C. (seal) Ordinary Court Hall County, Georgia September Term 1831
John Whitmire, Exr of Stephen Whitmire, Dec'd
vs Mary Whitmire,
widow Henry Whitmire, Fleming Staten in
right of his wife Nancy, formerly Nancy Whitmire, et al, lawful heirs of
Stephen Whitmire, Dec'd.
Application for the probate of Will in the above case the will of
Stephen Whitmire having been presented to the Court of Ordinary of Hall County
for probate and a Caveat having been there filed against the recording of the
same, and said Court of Ordinary having determined to admit Will to record from
which decision the caveators entered an appeal which appeal came before this
court for trial upon the hearing of which case, it is ordered and determined by
this Court that said will be admitted to records and letters Testamentary
issued forth with to the Executor there in named.
A true copy from the Minutes of Hall Superior Court. 22nd Sept.
1831 J. L. Law, clerk"
Mary Porter Whitmire died in 1840, according to Nell
Whitmire Pantell. Children
born to them include:
John Whitmire born in
1780
Sarah Whitmire born about 1785
Jesse Whitmire born in 1789
William
Whitmire born in 1790
Nancy Whitmire born in 1792
Lucinda
Whitmire born about 1796
Henry Whitmire born in 1798
Michael
Whitmire born in 1800
Samuel
Whitmire born in 1803
Children born to Stephen Whitmire and Charlotte Downing
Whitmire include:
Jonathan
Whitmire born about 1819
George Washington
Whitmire born in 1824
Lola Sadie Dunn Cryer, a descendant, wrote in 1970 that a
family tradition held that Stephen Whitmire had nine sons and three
daughters.
John Whitmire, son of Stephen Whitmire and Mary
Porter Whitmire, was born in 1780 in Pendleton District, according to
Nell Whitmire Pantell who reported that "he was almost as old as
his Uncle Samuel." He was married
about 1801, wife's name Susannah who was born in Georgia in 1782. He sold property to his father September 30,
1820, according to Jackson County, Georgia Deed Book G, page 316.
He was named executor of his father's will written April 23, 1831
and the beneficiary of $200. He died in
1846 in Jackson County, and she died during the 1850s.
Children born to John Whitmire and Susannah Whitmire
include:
Markus
Whitmire born in September 1801
Henry Whitmire born in March 1803
Martha
"Patsy" Whitmire born in March 1805
Jane Whitmire born June
20, 1807
Stephen
Whitmire born
September 27, 1809
John P.
Whitmire born in
October 1811
James W.
Whitmire born in March
1813
Isaiah
Whitmire born September 16, 1815
Ann Elizabeth
Whitmire born in 1816
Susan C.
Whitmire born October 23, 1817
Maryann Mavier
Whitmire born
November 1, 1819
Sarah Whitmire born September 14, 1821
Susan Carolina
Whitmire born December
19, 1823
Markus Whitmire, son of John Whitmire and
Susannah Whitmire, was born in September 1801 at Gainesville, Georgia. He was married December 11, 1828 in Jackson
County to Mary J. Payne. The
marriage license was issued to "Morris Whitmire." Children born to Markus Whitmire and Mary J. Payne Whitmire are unknown.
Henry Whitmire, son of John Whitmire and
Susannah Whitmire, was born in March 1803 in Georgia, according to Nell
Whitmire Pantell. He was
married about 1826 to Charlotte Sophia Kidd who was born in 1801 in
Georgia. He wrote his will May 26, 1883 and it was recorded July 22, 1884 in
Jackson County Will Book B, page 329.
Children born to Henry Whitmire and Charlotte Sophia Kidd
Whitmire include:
Harriet Eveline Whitmire born January 6, 1826
Francis Miles Whitmire born February 4, 1827
John Henry Whitmire born in 1832
Rachel Victory
Whitmire born November 10, 1834
Ann Hazeltine Whitmire born in 1836
Sophia Lavinia Whitmire born January 10, 1837
Matilda J.
Whitmire born in 1838
William A.
Whitmire born about 1843
Harriet Eveline Whitmire (W4/2.1), daughter of Henry Whitmire
(W5/1.2) and Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born January 6,
1826. She was married about 1845 to
James Anderson Simmons (S4/1.1). She
died July 5, 1899 and was buried in Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in
Jackson County. Five children were born
to them.
Francis Miles Whitmire (W4/2.2), son of Henry Whitmire (W5/1.2)
and Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born February 4, 1827,
according to the research of Frances Lee Widdows Ashley (W1/1.1) of
Gainesville, Florida. He was married
about 1850, wife's name Bowes. He was
enumerated in the 1850 census of Jackson County as Household 353-353.
Children born to Francis Miles Whitmire (W4/2.2) include:
Sophia
Whitmire (W3/2.1) born about 1852
Sophia Whitmire (S3/2.1), daughter of Francis Miles Whitmire
(W4/2.2), was born about 1852 in Jackson County. She was married about 1879, husband's name Bowles.
John Henry Whitmire (W4/2.3), son of Henry Whitmire (W5/1.2) and
Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born in 1832. He was married to Mary Margaret Doss
(D4/1.1) June 20, 1859 in Jackson County.
He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1862. He was captured May 16, 1863 in the Battle of Baker's Creek in
Mississippi. He died in a prisoner-of-war camp in Delaware July 30, 1863,
according to Nell Whitmire Pantell (W2/1.1).
His widow received land which she sold.
Children born to John Henry Whitmire (W4/2.3) and Mary Margaret
Doss Whitmire (D4/1.1) include:
Leander Fitzsailand
Whitmire (W3/3.1) born August 27, 1860
John W.
Whitmire (W3/3.2) born April 30, 1862
Leander Fitzsailand Whitmire (W3/3.1), son of John Henry Whitmire
(W4/2.3) and Mary Margaret Doss Whitmire (D4/1.1), was born August 27,
1860. He was married about 1890 to Olah
Clarinda Catlett (C3/1.1) who was born January 27, 1874. He died in 1940, and she died in 1968.
Children born to Leander Fitzsailand Whitmire (W3/1.1) and Olah
Clarinda Catlett Whitmire (C3/1.1) include:
Nell Whitmire (W2/1.1) born April 19, 1901
Nell Whitmire (W2/1.1), daughter of Leander Fitzsailand Whitmire
(W3/1.1) and Olah Clarinda Catlett Whitmire (C3/1.1), was born April 19,
1901. She was married about 1925,
husband's name Pantell. They lived in
Jefferson, Georgia in 1985, and she was active in family history research.
John W. Whitmire (W3/3.2), son of John Henry Whitmire (W4/2.3) and
Mary Margaret Doss Whitmire (D4/1.1), was born April 30, 1862. He was buried at Talmo Baptist Church
Cemetery in Jackson County, according to Frances Lee Widdows Ashley (W1/1.1).
Rachel Victory Whitmire (W4/2.4), daughter of Henry Whitmire (W5/1.2)
and Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born November 10, 1834. She was married about 1850 to Moses L.
Simmons (S4/1.2), believed to be a brother to James A. Simmons (S4/1.1). She died December 9, 1905 and was buried in
Mt. Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Ann Hazeltine Whitmire (W4/2.5), daughter of Henry Whitmire
(W5/1.2) and Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born in 1836. She was married November 9, 1854 to Samuel
Morgan (M4/1.1). Four children were
born to them.
Sophia Lavinia Whitmire (W4/2.6), daughter of Henry Whitmire
(W5/1.2) and Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was January 10,
1837. She was married about 1854, husband's
name Bowles. Later she was remarried to
W. P. Wood (W4/1.1).
Matilda J. Whitmire (W4/2.7), daughter of Henry Whitmire (W5/1.2)
and Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born in 1838. She was married about 1859, husband's name
Barber. Three children were born to
them.
William A. Whitmire (W4/2.8), son of Henry Whitmire (W5/1.2) and
Charlotte Sophia Kidd Whitmire (K5/1.1), was born about 1843. He was a private in Company G, Forty-third
Tennessee Infantry Regiment. He died at
Lenoir Station, Tennessee November 5, 1862 during the Civil War.
Martha "Patsy" Whitmire (W5/1.3), daughter of John
Whitmire (W6/1.1) and Susannah Whitmire, was born at Gainesville, Georgia in
March 1805. She was married November
12, 1843 to William H. Kinningham (K5/1.1), according to Jackson County
marriage records.
Jane Whitmire (W5/1.4), daughter of John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and
Susannah Whitmire, was born at Gainesville June 20, 1807. She was married February 17, 1833 in Jackson
County to Thomas Rogers (R5/1.1) who was born to John Rogers (R6/1.1) December
29, 1805 in North Carolina. He had
moved to Jackson County, about 1830. In
1849 Thomas Rogers (R5/1.1) served as co-executor with his brother-in-law Henry
Whitmire (W5/1.2) in the administration of the estate of Stephen Whitmire
(W5/1.5).
Stephen Whitmire (W5/1.5), son of John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and
Susannah Whitmire, was born at Gainesville September 27, 1809. He was married June 28, 1828 in Hall County
to Frances Broadwell (B5/1.1), daughter of William Broadwell (B6/1.1), by J. E.
Reeves, J.P, according to Hall County Marriage Book A. She was born March 4, 1799 in Wake County,
North Carolina, according to Frances Lee Widdows Ashley (W1/1.1). From June 1 to August 1, 1836 he was a
soldier in Byrd's Company involved in the removal of the Cherokees to
Oklahoma. He was enumerated as the head
of a household in the 1840 census of Cherokee County, Alabama. He died March 25, 1849 in Cherokee County,
Georgia.
Frances Broadwell Whitmire (B5/1.1) appeared as the head of a
household in the 1850 census of Cherokee County:
"Whitmire,
Francis 40 [?] born in [?]
John
W. 19, born in Georgia
Candice 18, born in Georgia
Frances 16, born in Georgia
Henrietta 14, born in Georgia
Rebecca 10, born in
Georgia"
She made a pension application based on her husband's
participation in the removal of the Cherokees.
Frances Lee Widdows Ashley (W1/1.1) wrote February 27, 1986, "Concerning
the 'Trail of Tears' it is interesting that Stephen Whitmire took an active
part in the Indian removal. He was
actually forcing part of his own family to Oklahoma. Charlotte Downing was his grandfather's wife, and their sons
George and Jonathan were his half-uncles.
One would wonder if he was totally unaware of this relationship or if
he was unconcerned about it."
She died April 11, 1880 at Roswell in Cobb County, Georgia. She was buried there in Presbyterian
Cemetery.
Children born to Stephen Whitmire (W5/1.5) and Frances Broadwell
Whitmire (B5/1.1) include:
Mary Ann
Whitmire (W4/5.1) born in June 1829
John W.
Whitmire (W4/5.2) born in 1831
Candice H.
Whitmire (W4/5.3) born March 3, 1833
Frances A.
Whitmire (W4/5.4) born May
15, 1834
Henrietta C.
Whitmire (W4/5.5) born March 30, 1836
Rebecca Jane
Whitmire (W4/5.6) born February 13, 1840
Mary Ann Whitmire (W4/5.1), daughter of Stephen Whitmire (W5/1.5)
and Frances Broadwell Whitmire (B5/1.1), was born in Hall County in June
1828. She was married January 20, 1848
in Cherokee County to William H. Ashley (A4/1.1), according to Frances Lee
Widdows Ashley (W1/1.1). In 1851 whey
lived in Acworth, Georgia.
Children born to them include:
William W.
Ashley (S3/1.1) born in 1851
William W. Ashley (S3/1.1), son of William H. Ashley (A4/1.1) and
Mary Ann Whitmire Ashley (W4/5.1), was born in 1851 at Acworth. He was married December 18, 1878 to Valucia
Catherine Wright (W3/1.1). She was born
April 5, 1860 in Milton County, Georgia to Thornton Timothy Wright (W4/1.1)
and Tempy Elizabeth Kay Wright (K4/1.1). He died November 28, 1911 at Atlanta,
and she died there November 4, 1939.
Children born to them include:
Charles Lane
Ashley (A2/1.1) born November 21, 1879
Charles Lane Ashley (A2/1.1), son of William W. Ashley (S3/1.1)
and Valucia Catherine Wright Ashley (W3/1.1), was born November 21, 1879 at
Roswell. He was married September 18,
1907 to Mary Leila Berry (B2/1.1), daughter of David Northern Berry (B3/1.1)
and Mary Catherine Ellis Berry (E3/1.1).
She was born April 25, 1883 in Milton County. He died November 4, 1939 at Atlanta, and she died August 4, 1956
at Jacksonville, Florida.
Children born to them include:
Marcus Porter
Ashley (A1/1.1) born January 7, 1923
Marcus Porter Ashley (A1/1.1), son of Charles Lane Ashley (A2/1.1)
and Mary Leila Berry Ashley (B2/1.1), was born January 7, 1923 in Atlanta. He was married March 7, 1942 to Frances Lee
Widdows (W1/1.1) who was born October 7, 1921 at Carbondale, Illinois. In June 1986 they lived in Gainesville,
Florida.
John W. Whitmire (W4/5.2), son of Stephen Whitmire (W5/1.5) and
Frances Broadwell Whitmire (B5/1.1), was born in Hall County in 1831. He appeared as a 19-year-old in the 1850
census of his mother's household. He
served in the Confederacy in Company F of the Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry
Regiment.
Candice H. Whitmire (W4/5.3), daughter of Stephen Whitmire
(W5/1.5) and Frances Broadwell Whitmire (B5/1.1), was born March 3, 1833 in
Hall County. She was married in 1852 in
Cobb County to William M. Gilbert (G4/1.1).
He was born June 13, 1826 in Carroll County, Georgia to John Gilbert
(G5/1.1) and Elizabeth Owens Gilbert (O5/1.1).
He died in April 1901 in Bartow County, Georgia, and she died there
January 17, 1917.
Frances A. Whitmire (W4/5.4), daughter of Stephen Whitmire
(W5/1.5) and Frances Broadwell Whitmire (B5/1.1), was born May 15, 1834 in
Cherokee County. "During the Civil
War she saved the silver communion service of the Presbyterian Church at
Roswell by hiding it in her quilting basket," wrote Frances Lee Widdows
Ashley (W1/1.1). "The Union Army
soldiers did not search her basket, and the service was saved and is still in
use in that church today. The pew where
Miss Fannie always sat is marked with a bronze plaque. This beautiful old church is one of a very
few buildings in Roswell that survived the Civil War. The Union Army used it for a hospital, therefore it was
saved." She died November 13, 1911
in Cobb County and was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery at Roswell. She did not marry.
Henrietta C. Whitmire (W4/5.5), daughter of Stephen Whitmire
(W5/1.5) and Frances Broadwell Whitmire (B5/1.1), was born March 30, 1836. She was married March 27, 1852 to Charles
Wesley Faulkner (F4/1.1). He died March
8, 1903, and she died April 30, 1919 in Cobb County and was buried in
Presbyterian Cemetery at Roswell.
Rebecca Jane Whitmire (W4/5.6), daughter of Stephen Whitmire
(W5/1.6) and Frances Broadwell Whitmire (W5/1.1), was born February 13,
1840. She was married in 1857 to Samuel
Farr (F4/1.1) and died April 10, 1926.
John P. Whitmire (W5/1.6), son of John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and
Susannah Whitmire, was born at Gainesville in October 1811. He was married about 1836, wife's name
Permelia. Children born to John P. Whitmire
(W5/1.6) and Permelia Whitmire are unknown.
James W. Whitmire (W5/1.7), son of John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and
Susannah Whitmire, was born at Gainesville in March 1813.
Isaiah Whitmire (W5/1.8), son of John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and
Susannah Whitmire, was born September 16, 1815 at Gainesville. He was married February 23, 1836 in Jackson
County to Lucy Legg (L5/1.1). Children
born to Isaiah Whitmire (W5/1.8) and Lucy Legg Whitmire (L5/1.1) are unknown.
Ann Elizabeth Whitmire (W5/1.9), daughter of John Whitmire
(W6/1.1) and Susannah Whitmire, was born in 1816. She was married January 17, 1833 to James Rogers (R5/1.2) who was
born in 1808. He died in 1877, and she
died May 18, 1878.
Susan C. Whitmire (W5/1.10), daughter of John Whitmire (W6/1.1)
and Susannah Whitmire, was born October 23, 1817 at Gainesville. She was married January 1, 1840 to Pleasant M. Langston (L5/1.1),
according to Jackson County marriage records.
Maryann Mavier [or Mary Maria] Whitmire (W5/1.11), daughter of
John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and Susannah Whitmire, was born November 1, 1819 at
Gainesville. "Mary M.
Whitmire" was married December 17, 1837 to Jacob Pettijohn (P5/1.1) who
was born in 1818, according to "History of Forsyth County,
Georgia." He was a son of James
Pettijohn (P6/1.1) and Temperance Rogers Pettijohn (R6/1.2) and a grandson of
Jacob Pettijohn (P7/1.1) of Virginia.
About 1843 the family removed from Jackson County to Forsyth
County and was enumerated there in the 1850 census as Household 129-129:
"Pettijohn,
Jacob 32, born in Georgia
M. M. 30, born in Georgia
S. A. 11, born in Georgia, daughter
L. D. 9, born in Georgia, son
M. A. 7, born in
Georgia, daughter
John J. 5, born in
Georgia, son
S. J. 3, born in Georgia, daughter
(son) , born in
Georgia"
Jacob Pettijohn (P5/1.1) was convicted of murder in 1858, but
escaped the gallows, according to an article in "History of Forsyth
County, Georgia" written by Frances Lee Widdows Ashley (W1/1.1) and
abstracted by Lynda Dorene Whitmire Wright (W1/3.3):
"In the Wildcat murder trials five defendants were indicted
for the murder of Claiborn Vaughn who met his death on the way from Wildcat
courtground one Saturday night. When
the grand jury convened August 18, 1858 they composed an indictment:
'In the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia we charge and
accuse Isaac Freeland, Jacob Pettyjohn, Levi Q. C. McGinnis, William Brannon
and James McGinnis of the County and State aforesaid, on the seventh day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty-eight, with
force and arms in and upon one Claiborn Vaughn . . . did then and there unlawfully,
feloniously, wickedly and of their malice aforethought make an assault . .
with knives . . . strike, thrust, stab and cut, inflicting upon the said
Claiborn Vaughn four mortal wounds.'
Jacob Pettyjohn went on trial April 16, 1859. Sheriff Williams testified that Freeland,
Brannon and the McGinnises had been in confinement since August 9, 'now
excepting Freeland who was hanged on the 15th day.' On April 23 the jury brought in their verdict of 'guilty of murder
as principal in the Second Decree.' On
April 30 Judge Rice pronounced sentence, condemning Pettyjohn to hang at the
place of public execution on Friday, June 24, between the hours of ten and two.
Through the persistent efforts of his attorney however Pettyjohn
won a stay of execution written by Judge Rice May 21, 1859. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court
of Georgia, and that court mandated that a new trial be granted.
Meanwhile Pettyjohn who was free on bond had left the
country. He failed to appear in court
in August 1859 or in February 1860.
Finally on April 19, 1860 Judge Rice dismissed all witnesses in the
case. It was rumored that Pettyjohn had
escaped to Texas. When the Civil War
came the attention of the state was concentrated on the war effort, and few
people cared about the fact he was still sought for a hanging crime. More than a decade had passed when action
was initiated by the state to bring him back for another trial. Through the intervention of Col. Hiram P. Bell
who appealed to Gov. Colquitt the efforts at extradition were brought to a
standstill. Pettyjohn, it was learned,
had served heroically during the war as a high-ranking Confederate officer. Of the five men tried for murder two had to
pay the penalty with their lives, two went to prison, and one escaped
justice."
Children born to Jacob Pettijohn (P5/1.1) and Maryann Mavier
Whitmire Pettijohn (W5/1.11) include:
Sarah A.
Pettijohn (P4/1.1) born in 1839
L. D. James
Pettijohn (P4/1.2) born in June 1842
Mary A.
Pettijohn (P4/1.3) born in March 1843
John S.
Pettijohn (P4/1.4) born in 1845
Susan J.
Pettijohn (P4/1.5) born in 1847
William F.
Pettijohn (P4/1.6) born in
1849
Thomas J.
Pettijohn (P4/1.7) born about 1852
Martha A.
Pettijohn (P4/1.8) born about 1854
Mentoria
Pettijohn (P4/1.9) born about 1857
Julia A.
Pettijohn (P4/1.10) born about 1860
L. D. James Pettijohn (P4/1.2), son of Jacob Pettijohn (P5/1.1)
and Maryann Mavier Whitmire Pettijohn (W5/1.1), was born in June 1842. He enlisted as a private in Company G,
Fifty-sixth Georgia Infantry Regiment in Milton County, Georgia. He died December 4, 1871.
Sarah Whitmire (W5/1.12), daughter of John Whitmire (W6/1.1) and
Susannah Whitmire, was born September 14, 1821 at Gainesville. She was married March 1, 1840 to Willis Long
(L5/1.1), according to Mrs. James R. DeLay, her granddaughter.
Susan Carolina Whitmire (W5/1.13), daughter of John Whitmire
(W6/1.1) and Susannah Whitmire, was born December 19, 1823 at Gainesville,
according to Mrs. Frances Stewart, 1800 Crescent, Denton, Texas, 76201. She was married March 7, 1849 to Ransom
Solomon Teddar (T5/1.1) in Forsyth County.
He had been received into Sharon Baptist Church December 7, 1848, and
she was received by the congregation June 15, 1850. During the early stages of the Civil War he also enlisted in
Company G, Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry Regiment. He died November 11, 1862 in camp at Lenoir City, Tennessee.
Susan Carolina Whitmire Teddar (W5/1.13) died May 6, 1906 and was
buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Cross Plains, Georgia.
Children born to Ransom Solomon Teddar (T5/1.1) and Susan Carolina
Whitmire Teddar (W5/1.13) include:
Pleasant McKinsey
Teddar (T4/1.1) born about 1850
Mary Adeline
Teddar (T4/1.2) born about 1852
Ransom Solomon
Teddar, Jr. (T4/1.3) born about 1853
Susan Carolina
Teddar (T4/1.4) born about 1854
Pleasant McKinsey Teddar (T4/1.1), son of Ransom Solomon Teddar
(T5/1.1) and Susan Carolina Whitmire Teddar (W5/1.13), was born about 1850 at
Gainesville. He died October 7, 1864,
according to the Teddar bible.
Mary Adeline Teddar (T4/1.2), daughter of Ransom Solomon Teddar
(T5/1.1) and Susan Carolina Whitmire Teddar (W5/1.13), was born about 1852 at
Gainesville. She died November 24,
1866, according to the Teddar bible.
Ransom Solomon Teddar, Jr. (T4/1.3), son of Ransom Solomon Teddar
(T5/1.1) and Susan Carolina Whitmire Teddar (W5.1.13), was born about
1853. He died May 3, 1892.
Susan Carolina Teddar (T4/1.4), daughter of Ransom Solomon Teddar
(T5/1.1) and Susan Carolina Whitmire Teddar (W5/1.13), was born about
1854. She died November 9, 1899 of
paralysis and was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery at Cross Plains.
Sarah Whitmire (W6/1.2), daughter of Stephen Whitmire (W7/1.1) and
Mary Porter Whitmire (P7/1.1), was born about 1785 in Pendleton District. She was married about 1808 in Hall County,
Georgia to William Hickman (H6/1.1), believed to be a son of William Hickman
(H7/1.1).
William Hickman (H6/1.1) removed to St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
to join Jesse Whitmire (W6/1.3).
"William Hickman, Junr." had filed a claim for land there May
19, 1813, according to "Notices and Evidences in Cosby Settlement
Claims" Book A, page 3:
"Take notice that I claim as much land as the government may
think proper to grant in virtue of a settlement and improvement made in the
year 1812 on the waters of Big Creek, joining Barden Dycks, John Dixon and
Chandler Dixon, and which was settled by Henry Eby; and by him transferred to
Barden Dyck; and by him conveyed to William Hickman; and by him conveyed to
William Hickman, Junr., which improvement has been cultivated and inhabited
more than one year last past.
William Hickman, Junr.
St. Tammany Parish,
Louisiana"
William Hickman, Jr. was married to Sarah Durden (D6/3.2) [license
reads Durdno] daughter of John Anthony Durden (D7/1.3) September 21, 1809 in Amite
County, Mississippi. Her
brother-in-law Jesse Whitmire (W6/1.3) was bondsman. Mildred Billye Hickman Gillette, Hickman family researcher of
Ft. Worth, Texas wrote February 9, 1972:
"William Hickman of Jackson County, Georgia was a
contemporary with Stephen Whitmire. He
had a daughter, Tamar Hickman Whitmore.
I have researched all of the East Texas counties where the Whitmires and
Hickmans were after coming to Texas--found an older William Hickman, but the
Jasper County, Texas records burned between 1845 and 1850, the period when
this William Hickman died. How I know
he died during this period--he was listed on a tax roll of Jasper--did not pay
a poll--he was over 50 in 1845--then when Theophilus Hickman, his father, died
in 1848, son William's heirs were mentioned--no names or addresses. Later a William Hickman was sent a small
amount of money, but the slip of paper did not say whose son he was.
I have had Mrs. Neff look for Hickman data in the St. Tammany
Parish records--but she says none is there.
See enclosed map where Wm. Hickman bought Wm. Whitmire's claim--then
Stephen Stafford patented this claim under Wm. Hickman. This area is about in the middle of Bogalusa,
Louisiana today."
No Hickmans were listed as heads of households in the index to the
1820 census of Louisiana. Mary Alnora
"Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4) concluded that William Hickman (H6/1.1)
died in Louisiana. It has been reported
by Nell Whitmire Pantell (W2/1.1) that Sarah Whitmire Hickman (W6/1.6) came to
Texas with her brother Jesse Whitmire (W6/1.3).
She was named in her father's will written in April 1831, along
with two of her brothers, to receive the proceeds of the sale of seven slaves
and his "loose property."
Children born to William Hickman (H6/1.1) and Sarah Whitmire
Hickman (W6/1.2) are believed to include:
Jesse Hickman (H5/1.1) born about 1810
Asa Hickman (H5/1.2) born about 1812
Nancy Hickman (H5/1.3) born
about 1815
Ephriam
Hickman (H5/1.4) born about
1817
Theophilus
Hickman (H5/1.5) born about 1820
Jesse Hickman (H5/1.1), believed to be a son of William Hickman
(H6/1.1) and Sarah Whitmire Hickman (W6/1.2), was born about 1810. He was married August 21, 1834 in Rankin
County, Mississippi to Harriet Kenton (K5/1.1) by S. Miles.
Asa Hickman (H5/1.2), son of William Hickman (H6/1.1) and Sarah
Whitmire Hickman (W6/1.2), was born about 1812.
An Asa Hickman was enumerated in the 1850 census of Sabine County
as the head of Household 241-241:
"Hickman, Asa
51, born in South Carolina, farmer $5,000 real - estate
Lucretia 46, born in
Missouri
Dickson,
Bershabe 69, born in Pennsylvania
Hickson, Ephraim 21, born in Louisiana
Lucretia 17, born in
Louisiana"
He died about 1856 in Sabine County, Texas apparently without
children. John Polly, his administrator
of Sabine County gave a deed to 3,321 acres on Spring Creek to John H. McRae
June 2, 1857 for $4,000, according to Jasper County Deed Book F, page 26.
Nancy Hickman (H5/1.3), daughter of William Hickman (H6/1.1) and
Sarah Whitmire Hickman (W6/1.2), was born about 1815. She was married about 1832, husband's name
Owens. She died prior to 1856.
Children born to Nancy Hickman Owens (H5/1.3) include:
Joab Owens (O4/1.1) born about 1834
Joab Owens (O4/1.1), son of Nancy Hickman Owens (H5/1.3), was born
about 1834. In 1857 he was a resident
of Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He
inherited his mother's share of the estate of Asa Hickman (H5/1.2) and sold it
to Ephriam Hickman (H5/1.4) for $300, according to Jasper County Deed Book E,
page 252.
Ephriam Hickman (E5/1.4), son of William Hickman (H6/1.1) and Sarah
Whitmire Hickman (W6/1.2), was born about 1817 in Louisiana. In 1857 he purchased two shares of the
estate of his brother Asa Hickman (E5/1.2) and resold them February 10, 1857 to
John H. McRae, according to Jasper County Deed Book E, page 253.
Theophilus Hickman (H5/1.5), son of William Hickman (H6/1.1) and
Sarah Whitmire Hickman (W6/1.2), was born about 1820. He was married July 31, 1852 to Anna Wilburn
(W5/.1), according to Newton County, Texas Marriage Book B, page 28. On January 17, 1857 he, a resident of
Louisiana, sold his interest in the estate of Asa Hickman (H5/1.2) to Ephriam
Hickman (H5/1.4) for $300, according to Jasper County Deed Book E, page 253.
Joshua Hickman and James Hickman along with Henry Whitmire
(W5/3.7) and Joseph Martin Fish (F6/1.1) were included in a jury list in Newton
County January 11, 1847. James Hickman
reappeared as a juror there March 12, 1847.
He registered his cattle brand, "30", in Newton County July
15, 1847. Wyatt Hickman acknowledged
the registration. Wyatt Hickman was married to Mary Dickerson June 17, 1847,
according to Newton County Marriage Book A1, page 13. G. A. Hickman received a deed April 15, 1875 to land for $300
from O. Mahaffy, according to Jasper County Deed Book K, page 427.
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WHITMIMS.002, 08/05/1987
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