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Samuel Whitmire, son of Michael Whitmire and Catherine Whitmire, was born about 1770 in Pendleton District. He was married about 1793 to Polly Holcomb. [Haskell Pruett states in "The Families of the Sons of Christopher Columbus Whitmire" that Samuel Whitmire was married to Fannie I Dean and that they were the parents of Samuel McDonald Whitmire.] He appeared as the head of Household 770 in the 1800 census of that district:

"Whitmire, Samuel white male 26-45

white female 16-26

white male 10-16

white female 10-16

white female 0-10

white male 0-10

white female 0-10"

He was a witness February 12, 1801 to a deed of Stephen Whitmire and Mary Porter Whitmire that conveyed 204 1/2 acres in two plots to William Robbins, according to Pendleton District Deed Book H, page 508. The property was located on the "north fork of Cain Creek of the Keowee" and adjoined the property of Samuel Whitmire.

On August 25, 1802 he witnessed a deed of Stephen Whitmire which conveyed 158 acres "on the North fork of the Keowee" to their brother Christoher Whitmire, according to Oconee County Deed Book 9, pge 672.

Samuel Whitmire reappeared as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Pendleton District, page 86.

The family was reported as:

"Whitmire, Samuel white male over 45

white female over 45

white female 26-45

white male 18-26

white female 16-26

white female 10-16

white female 0-10"

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Jackson County, Georgia, page 316:

"Whitmire, Samuel white male 50-60

white female 50-60

white female 20-30

white male 15-20

white female 15-20

white female 10-15

white female 0-5"

He apparently removed from Jackson County in 1840. He was enumerated there in the 1840 census and also in Pickens County, South Carolina. He appeared as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Rabun County, Georgia.

Fourteen children were born to Samuel Whitmire and Polly Holcomb Whitmire beteen 1794 and 1822. Included were:

Christopher Whitmire born in 1796

Cintha Whitmire born about 1797

Alpha Whitmire born about 1798

Stephen Whitmire born August 25, 1799

Delila Whitmire born in 1802

Ginnie Whitmire born about 1806

Hester Whitmire born about 1809

Nancy Whitmire born about 1811

Larkin Whitmire born in 1812

Josie Whitmire born about 1813

Balona Whitmire born in 1814

Pollina Whitmire born about 1817

Christopher Whitmire, son of Samuel Whitmire and Polly Holcomb Whitmire, was born in 1796. He was married about 1816 to Nancy Reece.

A Christopher Whitmire, possibly, received a deed to 300 acres in Pendleton District in 1817. The deed read:

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, John Prince, Junr. in the State and Dist. aforesaid in consideration of the just sum of Two Hundred dollars to me paid by Chistopher Whitmire of Pendleton Dist. have granted, bargained, sold and released unto the said Whitmire all that tract of land lying and being in said State on the waters of Toona River, beginning . . . containing 300 acres more or less.

Signed, sealed and delivered the 21st day of April 1817.

Witness my hand and seal in the presence of: Joseph Prince

John Prince, Zachariah Cox his X mark"

Christopher Whitmire, was an early settler in Forsyth County, Georgia which was established in 1832 from Cherokee County, according to "They were here."

He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Forsyth County, 31st District, page 229:

"Whitmire, Christopher 53, born in South Carolina

Nancy 53, born in South Carolina

Emily 13, born in Georgia

William R. 11, born in Georgia"

Children born to Christopher Whitmire and Nancy Reece Whitmire include:

Eliza A. Whitmire born May 21, 1826

Emily Whitmire born about 1837

William R. Whitmire born about 1839

Eliza A. Whitmire, daughter of Christopher Whitmire and Nancy

Reece Whitmire, was born May 21, 1826, according to "The Wallis-Wallace Family of Forsyth County, Georgia" written by Joy L. Clark of Cumming, Georgia. She was married about 1843 to Jesse Wallise, fifth child of William Wallis and Anna Wallis. The Wallis family was enumerated in the 1830 and 1840 census enumerations of Forsyth County. They were members of the Hopewell Methodist Church there. Jesse Wallise, who became a drygoods merchants, was born March 5, 1826. He died April 13, 1896, and she died May 6, 1908. They were buried in Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

William Christopher Wallise born about 1844

John Wallise born November 1845

Melinda Jane Wallise born August 11, 1848

George Lewis "Buck" Wallise born February 20, 1850

Davis Reeves Wallis born September 17, 1853

Sarah "Carrie" Wallise born August 9, 1859

Martha Evaline "Eva" Wallise born March 31, 1861

Jesse Harrison Wallace born March 1, 1863

Nancy Ann "Nan" Wallise born May 1, 1868

William Christopher Wallise, son of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born about 1844. He died unmarried May 16, 1863 at Baker's Creek, Mississippi, a Confederate casualty.

John Wallise, son of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born in November 1845 in Forsyth County. He was married there December 25, 1864 to Minerva Martin. He died January 25, 1893 and was buried in Rocky Creek Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia. Nine children were born to them, according to Clark research.

Melinda Jane Wallise, daughter of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born August 11, 1848 in Forsyth County. She was married about 1866 to Lester Striplin. She died in 1901 and was buried in Alta Vista Cemetery in adjoining Hall County.

George Lewis "Buck" Wallise, son of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born February 20, 1850 in Forsyth County. He was married December 17, 1872 in Dawson County, Georgia to Margaret Elliott Maylock. In 1880 they were enumerated in the Coal Mountain District of Forsyth County with five children. He died February 23, 1921 in Aledo, Texas, according to Clark research.

David Reeves Wallis, son of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallis, was born September 17, 1853 in Forsyth County.

He was married about 1870 to Martha Anmn Turner, daughter of Lemuel West Turner and Susannah A. "Susie" Hubbard Turner who was born April 10, 1948.

He died November 30, 1920, and she died December 25, 1928. They were buried in Crossroads Baptist Church.

Fifteen children were born to them:

Ophilia "Ada" Wallis born June 22, 1872

Leila Octavia Wallis born July 17, 1873

James Alonzo "Lon" Wallis. born November 22, 1874

Eula Maggie Wallis born May 18, 1876

Charles Monroe Wallis born December 15, 1877

Thomas F. Wallace born February 4, 1879

Duff Wallis born November 27, 1880

Richard Christopher "Bant" Wallis born May 5, 1882

Claude Wallace born November 27, 1884

Jesse E. Wallis born September 15, 1885

Flora "Flo" Wallis born October 1886

William Lee Wallace born November 7, 1888

Gardie E. Wallis born May 3, 1891

Henry David "Dave" Wallace born January 29, 1892

Ezra Clinton Wallis born November 12, 1894

Ophelia "Ada" Wallis, daughter of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born June 22, 1872. She was married January 11, 1894 in Dawson County, Georgia to Charles Irby Slaton. She died August 23, 1954 in Texas.

Children born to them include:

Myrtle Ruth Slaton born about 1896

Ruby Estelle Slaton born about 1898

Hayne Slaton born about 1900

Gertrude Slaton born about 1903

Reeves Robert Pinckney Slaton born about 1905

Anita Frances Rebecca Eliza Ann Slaton born about 1908

Leila Octavia Wallis, daughter of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born July 17, 1873. She was married September 22, 1891 in Dawson County to Benjamin Martin Anderson. He died in 1954, and she died December 25, 1955. They were buried in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery in Forsyth County.

Six children were born to them:

Guy Anderson born about 1893

Thelma Anderson born October 24, 1897

Egbert Anderson born April 21, 1900

Inez Anderson born June 5, 1903

H. Ford Anderson born February 8, 1905

Hoke Anderson born September 3, 1906

James Alonzo "Lon" Wallace, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born November 22, 1874. He was married January 6, 1895 to N. Florence Clark, daughter of Minor Clinton Clark and Nancy E. Hope Clark, accordijng to Clark research. She was born June 1, 1872 in Dawson County and died April 27, 1955. He died October 2, 1956. They were buried in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Forsyth County.

Children born to them include:

Fred Hubert Wallace born May 7, 1896

Gartha Irene Wallace born December 20, 1897

Carrie Allene Wallace born August 31, 1905

Harold Stripling Wallace born March 8, 1908

Rose Vinette Wallace born July 8, 1914

Monteen Wallace born about 1917

Jerome Wallace born about 1920

Eula Maggie Wallis, daughter of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born May 18, 1876. She was married January 21, 1894 to Alvin Andrew Clark who was born September 25, 1871 in Dawson County. She died May 30, 1953 and was buried in Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery in Forsyth County. He died July 31, 1962 and was buried beside his wife.

Children born to them include:

Annie Clark born September 25, 1895

Grady Clark born September 30, 1897

Corene Clark born January 25, 1901

Vennie Clark born July 23, 1903

Electie Clark born August 12, 1906

Lane David Clark born April 5, 1910

Lucille "Lucy" Clark born October 22, 1912

Rex Cline Clark born September 4, 1915

Charles Monroe Wallis, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born December 15, 1877. He was married July 25, 1897 in Dawson County to Margaret "Maggie" Howard, daughter of Abram Howard and Sarah Stancil Howard. She was born February 10, 1877. He died January 26, 1939, and she died March 26, 1958. They were buried in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

Mary Ruth Wallis born December 1, 1898

Howard H. Wallis born July 18, 1901

William Glenn Wallis born January 29, 1905

Namon Wallace born May 14, 1908

Jesse Reeves Wallace born November 20, 1910

Annie Wallis born May 9, 1914

Kathalene Wallis born October 31, 1916

Brice Wallis born February 10, 1921

Thomas F. Wallace, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born February 4, 1879. He was married October 8, 1905 in Dawson County to Minnie McBrayer.

Children born to them include:

Bonnie Wallace born December 17, 1910

Duff Wallis, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born November 27, 1880. He was married about 1901 to Mary Ellen "Effie" Underwood, daughter of Mark Underwood, according to Clark research. They removed to Parker County, Texas.

Children born to them include:

Maude Wallis born March 3, 1903

Edd Wallis born November 14, 1904

Pauline Wallis born September 15, 1910

Lonnie Wallis born February 2, 1912

Evelyn Wallis born July 25, 1913

Ilene Wallis born February 6, 1915

Margaret Wallis born November 26, 1918

Juanita Wallis born March 3, 1921

Katherine Wallis born August 6, 1923

Duffy Wallis born May 3, 1925

Herbert Wallis born November 9, 1927

Richard Christopher "Bant" Wallis, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis , was born May 5, 1882. He was married about 1904 to Effie Hughes. Later he was remarried to Ola Bennett.

Children born to them include:

Egbert Wallis born about 1906

Hansel Wallis born about 1908

Edith Wallis born about 1911

Nelle Wallis born about 1914

Claude Wallace, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born November 27, 1884. He died unmarried November 31, 1964 and was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Forsyth County.

Jesse E. Wallis, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born September 15, 1885 and died December 9, 1885. He was buried in Crossroad Baptist Church Cemetery.

Flora "Flo" Wallis, daughter of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born in October 1886. She was married August 18, 1907 to Joseph Elliott. She was buried at Westview Cemetery.

One son was born to them:

Emmitt Elliott born about 1910

William Lee Wallace, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born November 7, 1888. He was married December 11, 1911 to Ollie Pirkle, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Pirkle and Ruth "Sissy" Bannister Pirkle. She was born December 4, 1895. She died August 20, 1933, and he died September 26, 1937. They were buried at Concord Baptist Church Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

Lorene Amy Wallace born October 25, 1912

Woodrow Wilson Wallace born September 18, 1914

Geraldine Pirkle Wallace born June 4, 1916

William Lee Wallace born September 18, 1918

Ernest Paul Wallace born August 27, 1920

Ben F. Wallace born June 10, 1924

Gardie E. Wallis, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born May 3, 1891. He died February 8, 1892 and was buried in Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery.

Henry David "Dave" Wallace, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born January 29, 1892. He died unmarried September 2, 1951 and was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

Ezra Clinton Wallace, son of David Reeves Wallis and Martha Ann Turner Wallis, was born November 12, 1894. He was married about 1914 to Altie Mahulda Corn daughter of Luther Corn and Carolina Grogan Corn. She was born July 22, 1897. He died March 21, 1960, and she died December 17, 1973. They were buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

Elmer Hayne Wallace born June 15, 1916

Grady Eugene Wallace born April 17, 1918

Sarah "Carrie" Wallise, daughter of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born August 9, 1859 in Forsyth County. She was married there January 31, 1878 to Monroe Bennet, son of Berry Bennett and Emilie A. Martin Bennett . She died in 1943 and was buried in Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery. Four children were born to them.

Martha Evaline "Eva" Wallise, daughter of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born March 31, 1861 in Forsyth County. She was married there February 22, 1877 to Henry A. Dooley, son of Wesley S. Dooley and Cleopatra Missouri Catheirne Phillips Dooley. She died there April 18, 1892 and was buried in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery. After her death Henry A. Dooley and the children removed to Bartow County, Georgia to be near his aging parents. He died November 3, 1937 and was buried in Gums Springs Cemetery.

Jesse Harrison Wallace, son of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born March 1, 1863 in Forsyth County. He was married there July 31, 1884 to Isabell Hughes. He died April 16, 1907 in Aledo, Texas.

Nancy Ann "Nan" Wallise, daughter of Jesse Wallise and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise, was born May 1, 1868 in Forsyth County. She was married there February 8, 1881 to James Andrew Jackson. She died March 7, 1950 in Hall County.

Emily Whitmire, daughter of Christopher Whitmire and Nancy Reece Whitmire, was born about 1837 in Georgia. She appeared as a 13-year-old in the 1850 census of Forsyth County. She was married about 1860 to James H. Henderson, according to Forsyth County marriage records.

William R. Whitmire, son of Christopher Whitmire and Nancy Reece Whitmire, was born about 1839. He appeared in the 1850 cenus of Forsyth County as a 13-year-old living in his father's household. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Cintha Whitmire, daughter of Samuel Whitmire and Polly Holcomb Whitmire, was born about 1795.

Alpha Whitmire, son of Samuel Whitmire and Polly Holcomb Whitmire, was born about 1797. "A. P. Whitmire," possibly, was enumerated in the 1850 census of Forsyth County as the head of Household 1263-1263, 31st District, page 196:

"Whitmire, A. P. 45, born in North Carolina

Elizabeth 50, born in South Carolina"

Stephen Whitmire, son of Samuel Whitmire and Polly Holcomb Whitmir, was born August 25, 1799 in Pendleton District. He was married about 1820 to Mary Robertson who was born in 1802 in Oconee County.

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Rabun County, Georgia, and he was enumerated September 26, 1850 as the head of a household in Rabun County, 597th District, Houshold 160-160:

"Whitmire, Stephen 52, born in South Carolina

Mary 48, born in South Carolina, wife

Robert[son?] R. 19, born in South Carolina, son, married

within the year

Mary L. F. 14, born in South Carolina, daughter, at-

tending school"

They reappeared as Household 26-26 at Clayton, Georgia in the 1860 census of Rabun County, 597th District:

"Whitmire, Stephen 68, born in South Carolina

Mary 58, born in South Carolina, wife"

He wrote his will in Rabun County in 1866.

Following her death about 1862 he was remarried to Patsy Mary Cobb who was born February 18, 1802 in South Carolina. They lived in Oconee County, South Carolina. He was buried in Clayton, Georgia Baptist Church Cemetery. No children were born to Patsy Mary Cobb Whitmire who was born in 1802.

Children born to Stephen Whitmire and Mary Robertson Whitmire include:

William R. "Billy" Whitmire born October 30, 1822

John Warren Whitmire born June 16, 1829

Lewis Robert Whitmire born March 5, 1832

Mary Lucinda F. Whitmire born in 1836

William R[obertson?] "Billy" Whitmire, son of Stephen Whitmire and Mary Robertson Whitmire, was born October 30, 1822 in South Carolina, probably in Oconee County. He moved to Rabun County, Georgia and built a log cabin on his land one mile north of Clayton. He was married in 1845 to Hannah McCurry who was born December 23, 1827 in North Carolina to Amos McCurry and Rachel McCurry. Hannah McCurry Whitmire died July 27, 1898, and William R. "Billy" Whitmire died February 5, 1904 in Clayton, Georgia. They were buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery there.

Children born to William R. "Billy" Whitmire and Hannah McCurry Whitmire include:

Sarah Whitmire born May 27, 1845

John Columbus Whitmire born January 26, 1847

Mary Ann Morena Whitmire born June 20, 1848

William Stephen J. Whitmire born January 8, 1853

Rolin Logan Whitmire born May 23, 1856

Rachel Nancy Rosetta Whitmire born March 6, 1859

Samuel Rufus Whitmire born May 26, 1861

Robert Adolphus Whitmire born January 23, 1864

Sarah Whitmire, daughter of William R. "Billy" Whitmire and Hannah McCurry Whitmire, was born May 27, 1845 at Clayton, Georgia. She was married in 1863 to John M. Burton, son of Jeremiah Burton, who was born in 1845. He died February 13, 1922, and she died May 30, 1924. They were buried in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery.

John Columbus Whitmire, son of William R. "Billy" Whitmire and Hannah McCurry Whitmire, was born January 26, 1847 in Clayton. He removed to Macon County, South Carolina where he was married August 1, 1867 to Jane Elizabeth Williams who was born there July 26, 1849. They returned to Rabun County, Georgia in 1884. She died there December 17, 1922, and he died in Walhalla, South Carolina August 6, 1929.

Ten children were born to them, including:

Sylvester "Ves" Whitmire born July 5, 1870

Jacob B. Whitmire born November 3, 1871

Lewis C. Whitmire born August 19, 1873

Lydia Whitmire born March 12, 1876

Pollie E. Whitmire born April 1, 1878

Elbert Newton Whitmire born August 18, 1880

Clingman Whitmire born September 29, 1882

Rufus Melvin Whitmire born February 21, 1884

Hannah Elizabeth Whitmire born January 18, 1886

Steven Alexander Whitmire born december 19, 1890