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Michael Whitmire, Jr., son of Michael Whitmire and Cathene
Whitmire, was born February 8, 1765, according to his tombstone in the
Daucusville, South Carolina cemetery.
He was probably born in South Carolina.
He was married about 1786, wife's name Nancy, according to the research
of Haskell Pruett.
He was enumerated in the 1790
census of Pendleton County, District 96, page 83 as the head of a household
composed of "two males over 16, one male under 16 and three females" in an
adjacent location to his father.
"Michael Whitmer," believed to be received a deed to 213 acres
for 70 January 24, 1792 from Stephen Fuller, according to Pendleton District
Deed Book B, page 15.
Fuller had received the land located on the south side of the Saluda
River in a grant dated September 4, 1786.
On October 13, 1794 he purchased 147 acres "west of the old boundary" for
10, 11 shillings, according to Pendleton District Deed Book G, page 438.
He was mentioned in the will of his father written in 1795, and
he assisted in the inventory of his father's estate in Pendleton District March
24, 1797.
He appeared as the head of Household 296 in the 1800 census of
Pendleton District:
"Whitmire, Michael
white male 26-45
white female 26-45
white female 10-16
white male
0-10
white male
0-10
white female
0-10
white female
0-10"
He reappeared in the 1810 census of Pendleton District, page 143.
The household was reported as:
"Whitmire, Michael, Jr. white male
over 45
white female
over 45
white female
16-26
white female
16-26
white male
10-16
white male
10-16
white male 0-10"
Michael Whitmire, Jr. died July 1, 1819, according to the
research of Lynda Dorene Whitmire Wright, however a Michael Whitmire, possibly,
reappeared in the 1820 census of Pendleton District as the head of a household
composed of:
"Whitmire, Michael
white male over 45
white female over 45"
He died before May 28, 1821 and was buried in the Whitmire family
cemetery near Pumpkintown on the Saluda River. Children born to Michael Whitmire, Jr.
and Nancy Whitmire include:
Catherina Whitmire
born about 1788
Jeremiah Whitmire
born about 1794
Elizabeth Whitmire born about 1795
Rebecca Whitmire
born about 1797
Michael Whitmire III
born June 27, 1798
Martin Whitmire
born August 16, 1801
Catherina Whitmire, daughter of
Michael Whitmire Jr. and Nancy Whitmire, was born about 1788, probably in
Pendleton District. She was
apparently the "white female, 10-16" who appeared in her father's household in
the 1800 census. She was married
about 1806 to Rev. Allen Robinson.
He conveyed land on the South Saluda River near Carpenter's Creek adjoining that
of Martin Whitmire August 30, 1838 to his son Randolph Robinson.
He died March 28, 1854.
Thirteen children were born to them, including:
Anna Robinson
born about 1816
Randolph Robinson
born about 1817
Anna Robinson, daughter of Rev. Allen Robinson and Catherina
Whitmire Robinson, was born about 1816 in Pendleton District.
She was married about 1834 to Jeremiah Whitmire [unidentified].
She was mentioned in the will of her father which was probated in Pickens County
April 7, 1855. They were received
June 9, 1860 by letter at Ebenezer Baptist Church at Traveler's Rest, South
Carolina. She died April 3, 1861,
according to the church minutes.
Children born to Jeremiah Whitmire and Anna Robinson Whitmire are
unknown.
Jeremiah Whitmire, son of Michael Whitmire Jr. and Nancy
Whitmire, was born about 1794, probably in Pendleton District. He was enumerated as the head of a
household in the 1820 census of Pendleton District, page 86.
The family was rendered as:
"Whitmire, Jeremiah
white male 16-26
white female 26-45
white male
0-10
one slave"
He sold 45 acres of land "on the Saluda" to his brother Michael
Whitmire III in 1840, according to Pickens County Deed Book D-1, page 336.
He sold an additional 86 acres to R. G. Whitmire (unidentified) in 1842,
according to Pickens County Deed Book D-1, page 584.
In the same year he sold 30 acres to Odom Cox, according to Pickens
County Deed Book D-1, page 584.
"J. M. Whitmire," perhaps, was a witness to the will of Michael
Whitmire III April 16, 1870 in Greenville County.
Elizabeth Whitmire, daughter of Michael Whitmire Jr. and Nancy
Whitmire, was born about 1795, probably in Pendleton District. She was married about 1814, husband's
name Findlay.
Rebecca Whitmire, daughter of Michael Whitmire Jr. and Nancy
Whitmire, was born about 1797, probably in Pendleton District.
She was married about 1817, husband's name Finlay.
Michael Whitmire III, son of Michael Whitmire Jr. and Nancy
Whitmire, was born June 27, 1798, probably in Pendleton District.
He was married about 1820 to Mary Finlay who was born May 3, 1804, according to
Lynda Dorene Whitmire Wright, a descendant.
Mary Finlay was possibly a sister to the husband of Rebecca Whitmire.
Michael Whitmire III was enumerated as the head of a household in
the 1820 census of Pendleton District, page 86, listed as:
"Whitmire, Michael
white male 18-26
white female 26-45
one slave"
Located nearby were the households of "Christopher Whitmire, Samuel Whitmire, Jeremiah Whitmire and Christopher Whitmire.
Michael Whitmire III sold 100 acres of land that he had inherited
to his brother Martin Whitmire May 28, 1821. The land was located on the South Fork
of Saluda River and adjoined the land of R. M. Earles, John Hunt and Martin
Whitmire, according to Pendleton District (Pickens County) deed records.
In 1842 he sold to H. Cleveland Hunt 230 acres on the Saluda
River, according to Pickens County deed records. In the same year he sold 26 acres on Crooked Creek to James
McAdam.
He appeared as the head of a household in 1850 census of
Greenville County, South Carolina.
He was shown as a farmer with $2,500 in real estate. Mary Finlay Whitmire died August 3, 1869, and he was
remarried a few months later to Martha Langford who was born in 1803.
Haskell Pruett shows her year of birth as 1814.
He wrote his will April 16, 1870:
"I, Michael Whitmire, of the County of Greenville, State of South
Carolina, being of a sound mind and disposing memory and understanding do make
this my last will and testament in the manner and form following:
Item 1st: All my just debts to be paid.
Item 2nd: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Martha Whitmire
the use of all my property both real and personal wheresoever lying or found to
dispose of any part she may think best and manage the rest as she wishes during
her natural lifetime or so long as she remains my widow, in case she marries
then she has what she had before our marriage, she being the one to say what
that was, and the rest sold and equally divided between my children to wit: My
deceased son Washington Whitmire's children one child's part and my deceased
daughter Elizabeth Singleton's children one child's part and my son Waddy
Whitmire and my daughter Louise Hester each a child's part with the exception of
twenty dollars which I will to my two grandsons, Michael Whitmire and Michael
Hester--ten each and the part reserved for my wife in case of her marriage be
divided as above if she dies my widow.
Item 3rd: I appoint E. A. Kelly and Samuel Tinsley my executors
with power to turn over to the person having the minor grandchildren in charge
should there be any at time of sale and distribution.
Item 4th: I revoke all former wills by me heretofore made this
16th day of April 1870.
In the presence of
Michael Whitmire
J. M. Whitmire
E. C. Kelly
N. E. Morgan"
He died October 16, 1871, and Martha Langford Whitmire died in
January 1891. Shortly after her
death Louisa Whitmire Hester filed suit in Greenville County for partition of
the estate:
"State of South Carolina
County
of Greenville
In
the Common Pleas
Louisa Hester, vs. Defendants:
1. William A. Whitmire 11.
Olive F. Blackman
Plaintiff
2. Mary Ferguson
12. William J. Blackman
3. John Whitmire 13.
Lee Blackman
4. Mary L. Wallace
14. Rufus Blackman
5. Michael Whitmire
15. John Blackman
6. Pierce Whitmire
16. Minnie Blackman
7. Emily E. Godfrey
17. Effie Blackman
8. Michael Hester
18. Etta Morrell
9. Adeline James
19. Cullen Blackman
10. Mary Blackman
20. Mary Blackman
21. Bertha Blackman
The complaint of the above named plaintiff respectfully shows:
I. That Michael Whitmire, late of the county and state aforesaid,
departed this life on or about the 16th day of October AD1871 after having duly
executed his last will and testament.
II. That after the death of the said Michael Whitmire to wit on
the 16th day of October 1871 the said will was duly proven in common forms and
letters testamentary issued to Samuel Tinsley by the Probate Judge of
Greenville County who alone qualified as executor thereof.
III. That said executor took charge of the estate, sold most of
the personal property, paid the testators debts and expenses of administration
and turned over the personal property remaining . . . and the balance of the
proceeds sold to the widow and afterward on his own petition and after a final
accounting as executor was discharged from further accounting and afterward
moved out of the state and has ever since remained out of the state and ...
administration ... will ... has ... and there is nothing of the personal
property remaining.
IV. The said testator also owned at the time of his death a tract
of land situate in the county and state aforesaid, whereon he then lived,
containing two hundred and two acres, more or less, adjoining lands now owned by
E. A. Kelly, W. B. Lindsay and others, this tract of land was turned over to
the widow the said Martha Whitmire who lived on it and enjoyed the rents and
profits thereof up to the time of her death which occurred on the ... day of
January 1891.
V. That plaintiff is the person mentioned in the will as Louisa
Hester, Waddy Whitmire is dead and the defendants Mary Ferguson, John Whitmire,
Michael Whitmire and Pierce Whitmire are his children, all of whom are of full
age and reside in this state; the said Michael Whitmire is also the person to
whom the special legacy of ten dollars was bequeathed and the defendant Michael
Hester is the other legatee of the other ten dollars mentioned in the will; the
defendants Mary L. Wallace and Emily E. Godfrey are the only children of the
deceased daughter Elizabeth Singleton and are both of full age and live in the
state of Georgia; the defendants William A. Whitmire is a child of the deceased
son Washington Whitmire and the defendant Adeline James is his daughter, and the
other defendants are his grandchildren being minors some over and some under
fourteen years of age.
VI. That the plaintiff and the defendants own no other lands as
joint tenants or tenants in common.
Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment:
1. That the aforesaid tract of land be partitioned among the
parties hereto according to their respective rights as they may appear . . ."
Children born to Michael Whitmire III and Mary Finlay Whitmire
include:
William Washington Whitmire
born March 11, 1823
Waddy T. Whitmire
born in 1828
Louisa Whitmire
born September, 17, 1830
Elizabeth Whitmire
born February, 17, 1833
Michael Whitmire IV
born in 1837
Daniel Whitmire
born in 1838
William Washington Whitmire, son of Michael Whitmire and Mary
Finlay Whitmire, was born March 11, 1823 in Greenville District, South Carolina.
He was married about 1843 to Caroline D. Ingram who was born in 1824 in South
Carolina. William Washington
Whitmire died November 13, 1850 in Blountsville, Alabama, according to
"Southern Christian Advocate."
His children were mentioned in the probate of his brother Michael
Whitmire IV in 1869. Caroline D. Ingram Whitmire was remarried to Stephen
Murphree. She died August 27, 1891
in Chapultepec, Alabama.
Children born to William Washington Whitmire and Caroline D.
Ingram Whitmire include:
William Anderson Whitmire
born May 26, 1844
Mary Whitmire
born in 1846
Adaline Whitmire born June 28, 1848
Juliaan Whitmire
born in 1850
William Anderson Whitmire, son of William Washington Whitmire and
Caroline D. Ingram Whitmire, was born September 27, 1844 in Pickens County,
South Carolina, according to his great-granddaughter, Lynda Dorene Whitmire
Wright. William Anderson Whitmire left home
about 1860 and went to live with his grandfather in Daucusville, South Carolina.
He became a schoolteacher there.
He was enlisted at the Daucusville courthouse December 26, 1861
in the Confederate army, but was discharged 10 months later for bad eyesight.
He returned to the schoolroom in Daucusville, but removed to Alabama with the
brother of his bride-to-be seeking a teaching job.
After securing a job as schoolmaster in Alabama he returned to Daucusville and
was married in 1870 to Julia Harriet Ferguson, daughter of Thomas Ferguson. She was born April 15, 1849 in
Greenville District, South Carolina.
They returned to Alabama where they lived the remainder of their lives,
according to Lynda Dorene Whitmire Wright.
William Anderson Whitmire died September 27, 1913 in Jefferson County,
Alabama and was buried at Leeds.
Julia Harriet Ferguson Whitmire applied for a Confederate widow's
pension March 11, 1926 at age 75. She died August 12, 1942 in Leeds.
Children born to William Anderson Whitmire and Julia Harriet
Ferguson Whitmire include:
Arthur Whitmire
born March 7, 1872
Rupert Whitmire
born August 8, 1874
Thurman Bryant Whitmire
born September 22, 1877
Ellie Whitmire born in
July 1882
Myrtle Whitmire
born August 7, 1884
Cecil S. Whitmire
born August 30, 1886
William Grover Whitmire
born July 11, 1890
Eusonia Whitmire
born September 18, 1896
Arthur Whitmire, son of William Anderson Whitmire and Julia
Harriet Ferguson Whitmire, was born March 7, 1872 in Oneonta, Alabama.
He was married November 25, 1894 in New Hope, Alabama to Ada Cox, daughter of
Stephen D. Cox and Victory DeShazor Cox, who was born September 18, 1877 in
Cahaba Valley, Alabama. She died
June 15, 1908 in Leeds. He was
remarried in 1909 to Ida Armandice "Mintie" Kincaid who was born June 15, 1882
in Sterret, Alabama.
She was the daughter of John Adam Kincaid and Armandice Emaline Faulkner
Kincaid. He was referred to as a
clerk in 1926. He died August 14,
1944, and she died May 22, 1969 in Birmingham.
Children born to Arthur Whitmire and Ada Cox Whitmire include:
Gordon Walter Whitmire
born November 24, 1895
Chester Finas Whitmire
born May 10, 1899
Emmett Sumner Whitmire born May 23, 1902
Adrian Julian Whitmire
born June 7, 1908
Children born to Arthur Whitmire and Ida Armandice "Mintie"
Kincaid Whitmire include:
Vennie Whitmire
born August 13, 1910
Irby Wilton Whitmire
born August 24, 1912
Dorothy Maureen Whitmire
born March 16, 1914
Gordon Walter Whitmire, son of Arthur Whitmire and Ada Cox
Whitmire, was born November 24, 1895 in Leeds. He was married about 1917 to Lucille
McClennon, daughter of a dentist.
She was born October 8, 1898 in Goodwater, Alabama.
Children born to Gordon Walter Whitmire and Lucille McClennon
Whitmire include:
Isabell Whitmire
born about 1915
Isabell Whitmire, daughter of Gordon Walter Whitmire and Lucille
McClennon Whitmire, was born about 1915. She was married about 1935 to Rufus
Camp.
Chester Finas Whitmire, son of Arthur Whitmire and Ada Cox
Whitmire, was born May 10, 1899 in Leeds.
Emmett Sumner Whitmire, son of Arthur Whitmire and Ada Cox
Whitmire, was born May 23, 1902 in Leeds. He was married about 1924 to Sarah Nell
Carriker, daughter of John Carriker and Cora Pope Carriker.
She was born July 21, 1907 in St. Clair County, Alabama.
They were divorced December 1, 1931 in Knox County, Tennessee.
He was remarried March 3, 1933 to Dana Margarette Solomon who was
born May 12, 1912 to Murlice Taylor Solomon and Joda Lee Ballard Solomon in
Corbin, Kentucky. In 1985 they lived in Knoxville, Tennessee.
One son was born to Emmett Sumner Whitmire and Sarah Nell
Carriker Whitmire:
Chester Emmett Whitmire
born September 4, 1927
Children born to Emmett Sumner Whitmire and Dana Margarette
Solomon Whitmire include:
Murlice Cecil Whitmire
born December 24, 1935
Lynda Dorene Whitmire
born May 25, 1943
Chester Emmett Whitmire, son of Emmett Sumner Whitmire and Sarah
Nell Carriker Whitmire, was born September 4, 1927 in Cook Springs, Alabama. He
was married December 13, 1947 to Mary Allen Edwards who was born August 6, 1926.
He died December 30, 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama. She continued there in 1985.
Children born to Chester Emmett Whitmire and Mary Ellen Edwards
Whitmire include:
Jerry Allen Whitmire
born November 1, 1948
Timothy Scott Whitmire
born February 27, 1950
Wanda Ches Whitmire
born July 8, 1951
Vicky Diane Whitmire
born November 2, 1953
Jerry Allen Whitmire, son of
Chester Emmett Whitmire and Mary Ellen Edwards Whitmire, was born November 1,
1948 in Los Angeles, California. He
was married February 3, 1969 in Tarrant City, Alabama to Elizabeth Ann Hogan. She was born April 25, 1950 to Bennie
Chester Hogan and Ruby Emaline Harrison Hogan. Following a divorce he was remarried
July 7, 1978 in Trenton, Georgia to Deborah Kaye Cash Weems. She was born August 16, 1955 in
Birmingham to Henry Joe Cash and Marian Carol Armstrong Cash.
One son was born to Jerry Allen Whitmire and Elizabeth Ann Hogan
Whitmire:
Patrick Allen Whitmire
born August 21, 1972
Children born to Jerry Allen Whitmire and Deborah Kaye Cash Weems
Whitmire include:
Jessica Lea Whitmire born September 23, 1982
Timothy Scott Whitmire, son of
Chester Emmett Whitmire and Mary Ellen Edwards Whitmire, was born February 27,
1950 in Birmingham. He was married
June 6, 1961 in Miami, Florida to Sheila Gay Seagrist, daughter of Frank Kearney
Seagrist and Euna Keef Seagrist. Following a divorce he was remarried May
15, 1978 to Vanessa Ann Lindley.
She was born October 2, 1960 to Richard Lindley and Patricia Dehart
Lindley.
Children born to Timothy Scott Whitmire and Sheila Gay Seagrist
Whitmire include:
Jeffrey Scott Whitmire born
August 8, 1977
Adam Whitmire
born September 27, 1979
Amanda Whitmire
born August 10, 19811
Wanda Ches "Penny" Whitmire, daughter of Chester Emmett Whitmire
and Mary Ellen Edwards Whitmire, was born July 8, 1951 in Birmingham.
She was married May 15, 1982 to Steven Gregory Benson. He was born July 13, 1956 to Dudley
Delano Benson and Reedith Maye Key Benson.
Children born to them include:
Brian Allen Whitmire Benson
born August 8, 1969
Steven James Feemster Benson
born April 5, 1971
Vickie Diane Whitmire, daughter of Chester Emmett Whitmire and
May Ellen Edwards Whitmire, was born November 2, 1953 in Birmingham.
She was married August 25, 1970 to James Earl Howell. He was born March 15, 1953 to James P. Howell and Mary Nell
Glass Howell.
Children born to them include:
Kristy Dawn Howell
born May 1, 1971
James Keith Howell
born September 13, 1974
Murlice Cecil Whitmire, son of Emmett Sumner Whitmire and Dana
Margarette Solomon Whitmire, was born December 24, 1935.
He was married October 27, 1961 to Linda Young Wright who was born April 3, 1942
in Knoxville to Robert Seaburn Wright and Helen Elizabeth Young Wright. No children were born to them.
Lynda Dorene Whitmire, daughter of Emmett Sumner Whitmire and
Dana Margarette Solomon Whitmire, was born May 25, 1943 in Knoxville.
She was married February 16, 1963 to Richard Muriel Wright, brother to Linda
Young Young Wright. He, a store
manager, and she, a registered nurse, continued in Knoxville in 1984. In May 1985 they removed to Wilmington,
North Carolina.
Since 1969 she has creditably researched the Whitmire family
history and has become preeminent in this endeavor, having collated the largest
collection of Whitmiriana ever assembled.
Through her efforts an organization has come together to develop a
repository for the preservation of the family genealogy and to encourage younger
members to cherish their heritage.
It is through her courtesy that much of the account of the Whitmire
family appears in the manuscript.
Children born to them include:
Dana Lyn Wright
born April 16, 1965
Robert David Wright
born May 24, 1967
Dana Lyn Wright, daughter of Richard Muriel Wright and Lynda
Dorene Whitmire Wright, was born April 16, 1965 in Knoxville.
She was married September 8, 1984 to Roger Alan White.
Robert David Wright, son of Richard Muriel Wright and Lynda
Dorene Whitmire Wright, was born May 24, 1967 in Portsmouth, Virginia.
In 1985 he continued in his parents' household.
Adrian Julian Whitmire, son of Arthur Whitmire and Ada Cox
Whitmire, was born June 7, 1908 in Leeds. He was married there about 1931 to Norma
Lee Vines, daughter of Verdo Vines and Claudia Lee Brake Vines.
She was born September 17, 1910 in Watson, Alabama.
Children born to Adrian Julian Whitmire and Norma Lee Vines
Whitmire include:
John William Whitmire
born August 29, 1948
Adrian Julian Whitmire, Jr.
born January 25, 1952
John William Whitmire, son of Adrian Julian Whitmire and Norma
Lee Vines Whitmire, was born August 29, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama.
He died there February 28, 1950.
Adrian Julian Whitmire, Jr., son of Adrian Julian Whitmire and
Norma Lee Vines Whitmire, was born January 25, 1952 in Birmingham.
Vennie Whitmire, son of Arthur Whitmire and Ida Armandice "Mintie"
Kincaid Whitmire, was born August 13, 1910 in Leeds.
He was married September 4, 1935 in Birmingham to Louise M. McNabb. She, the daughter of John William McNabb was born May 3,
1908.
Children born to Vennie Whitmire and Louise M. McNabb Whitmire
include:
Vennie Whitmire, Jr.
born September 11, 1939
Vennie Whitmire, Jr., son of Vennie Whitmire and Louise M. McNabb
Whitmire, was born September 11, 1939 in Sumter, South Carolina.
He was married July 13, 1968 in Freemont, Ohio to Carol Jo Sorg. She was born August 1, 1947 in Freemont to Russell Galen Sorg
and Virginia Ruth Peterson Sorg.
Children born to Vennie Whitmire, Jr. and Carol Jo Sorg Whitmire
include:
John William Whitmire
born June 14, 1969
Sherrissa Ann Whitmire
born April 30, 1972
Irby Wilton Whitmire, son of Arthur Whitmire and Ida Armandice "Mintie"
Kincaid Whitmire, was born August 24, 1912 in Leeds.
He was married March 9, 1927 in Pell City, Alabama to Mildred Hazlewood,
daughter of Austin Eldred Hazlewood and Ester May Stewart Hazlewood.
One son was born to Irby Wilton Whitmire and Mildred Hazelwood
Whitmire:
Irby Ronald Whitmire
born December 25, 1938
Irby Ronald Whitmire, son of Irby Wilton Whitmire and Mildred
Hazlewood Whitmire, was born December 25, 1938 in Pell City.
He was married August 25, 1964 in Birmingham to Gerald Dean Waters. She was born April 27, 1944 to Clarence
William Waters and Pauline Alice Raybon Waters.
Dorothy Maureen Whitmire, daughter of Arthur Whitmire and Ida Armandice "Mintie" Kincaid Whitmire, was born March
16, 1914 in Leeds. She was married
October 29, 1944 in Jacksonville, Florida to Hobson Harrison Meade who
was born June 29, 1905 in Brompton, Alabama. He was the son of William Meade
and Mary Frances Hawkins Meade.
He died in February 1975 in Birmingham.
Children born to them include:
Deva Marlene Meade
born September 11,
1945
Hobson Harrison Meade, Jr.
born September 25, 1948