Jeremiah & Mary Whitaker West Submitted by Dorothy R. Hyde Editor's Foreword Dorothy R. Hyde, of Asheville writes "I was inspired after reading the May, 2007 issue of A Lot of Bunkum to write the role of the Jeremiah West family in the Civil War." Mrs. Hyde is a great-great­ granddaughter of Jeremiah and Mary West. The editor, after reviewing the records, notes that Mary Whitaker, wife of Jeremiah West, contributed ten or eleven family members to the Confederate side of the Civil War. She lost three or four sons, or sons-in-law, and a grandson to the cause.

The West Family and the Confederacy Another family that should be recognized for its contribution to the cause of the Confederacy is that of Jeremiah and Mary Whitaker West. Their oldest son, John West, was born in 1817 and served with Company K, 11th NC Regiment. He resided in Buncombe Co., where he enlisted at age 44 on March 1, 1862. He was mustered in as sergeant and promoted to I st Sergeant on April 11, 1864, present or accounted for until wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on May 11, 1864. He died on wounds on May 11, 1864. His son, John Preston West, 18, was also mustered in as Private, 51 promoted to Corporal on March 1 , 1862, and was with his father at the time of his death. The following letter was in the possession ofVaughtie Shook, a granddaughter, written by John P. West, Jr. to his mother telling her of his father's death. A copy was given to me by Mrs. Shook in 1974. This reads as follows: Spotsylvania Court House, Va. May the 17th, 1864 Dear Mother, I again take the opportunity of writing you a few more lines, as I am now the only one left to write you, and I have no doubt you would be glad to hear from me often for I am ancious to hear from you. This will inform you that I am in common health and truly hope that this may come safe to hand, and find you all well and doing well. I wrote you yesterday and with regret stated the death of my father. I made a mistake in telling you how he was wounded and dyed. He was wounded at 5 o'clock, May 11, '64. He was buried as decent as possibly could be. It appeared that he was sencible of his death from the time he was wounded. As soon as I got to him, he told me that he could not live and requested me to wright to you forthwith. It was a cannon ball or bullet shell. His wound was in the right thigh. It took all the bone from his hip to his knee and in fact all most his entire thigh. I had the satisfaction of staying with him from the time he was wounded til he died .. . or privilege . . . it was no satisfaction to me, mother, I doubt. Knowing that I have much to wright. We are still laying in lyne of battle fronting the enemy and skirmishing steady at Spotsylvania. It is not worth my while to give you any particulars of the affair. I will wait till it is over. I will only say that our loss is heavy but nothing to compare with the enemy. George is in good health. Mother, I will close. Remain your son till death John P. West (Jr.) Submittor's notes: John P. West (Jr.) was accounted for until hospitalized in Richmond, Va., Feb. 10, 1865, with a gunshot wound in the right leg, which was later amputated. He died April 27, 1865, of hemorrhage. (John, Jr. was a Cpl., Co. K, 11 •h, Bethel Reg., Inf.) Other sons of Jeremiah and Mary West who fought in the Confederacy were William Riley (1823- 1905), Mitchell ( 1825-ca. 1861 ), James ( 1827-1912), Alexander ( 1830-1910), and Noah West (1831-1861). One brother, Jasper Newton (1821-1904) did not fight in the Civil War. Family

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--- - - ·- ·- ·- - · - ·- ··-- ·- - -·-· legend says that he did not believe in slavery, did not want to fight against his brothers, and migrated to Syracuse, NE, where he raised his family and died in 1904. . .. , ... ;:l;:~ ! -~ :: ;1 . . William Riley West, farmer, resided in Buncombe Co., and was marri~ci''i~.' ·S·arah Jane L~ng. He was appointed I st Lt. on May 16, 1861, 9th Reg. NC Troops, and resigned in August, 1861. Later, 1 he reenlisted and became Captain of Company B, 69 h Reg., NC Troops (7th Reg., NC Calvary). Little is known of Mitchell West. The only information comes from the obituary of his brother, Noah, found in the Asheville News, Oct. 10, 1861: "We sympathize with the afflicted famly. One son, Mitchell, fell in battle near Springfield, Mo. a few weeks ago." James West was born in Buncombe Co., and was married to Margaret Ann Elizabeth Wilson. He migrated to Texas in 1879, and settled in Commerce, TX. He was a farmer, raised a large family in commerce, died and was buried there. He was a volunteer in the Mexican War, at which time he was described as five feet, nine inches tall, fair complexion, gray eyes, and light hair. He enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army on March 8, 1862, at Webster, Jackson Co., and was in Co. A, 16th NC Inf.

Alexander West, of Buncombe Co., was married to Rachel Penland, and was a farmer and carpenter. 1 His military record from the National Archives states that he was a 1st Lt. with Co. K, 60 h Reg., NC Inf. He was enlisted by Capt. W.R. West (a brother) for three years, May 15, 1862. He was captured at Fort Lavergne, TN on Dec. 8, 1864, and imprisoned at Fort Delaware. He was released on June 7, 1865. Description given: dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, height five feet, 10 inches. Noah West, unmarried, was a member of the Buncombe Riflemen (1 51 Reg., NC Inf.). He mustered in April 21 , 1861asa1st Sgt. He found in the battle of Bethel Church, VA. From his obituary in the Asheville News dated Oct. 10, 1861, he had returned home a few days before death "to transact some private business and seemed in robust health, but the germs of disease were in his system ... No young man was ever raised in the county who enjoyed a more enviable reputation ... Kind and gentle as a woman, he possessed the daring coolness and courage of a hero . .. He was greatly beloved by his fellow soldiers, for his kindness and attention to the sick and suffering, and his soldierly and gentlemanly bearing." Husbands of at least three daughters and a granddaughter of Jeremiah and Mary West fought with the Confederacy. Daughter Rozilla West was married to James Mitchell Miller, Co. K., 11th NC Reg.; he died Feb. 9, at Richmond, VA. Daughter Salina was married to Gabriel P. Miller, brother to James Mitchell Miller. Gabriel was in Co., K, 11th NC Reg., and died at Petersburg, VA., in Feb., 1864. A granddaughter, Mary Katherine West, was married to George William Worley, who volunteered in 1861, and was a member of the Buncombe Riflemen (see may, 2007 issue of A Lot ofBuncomb e). Daughter Emilia (Millie) lost her husband, William M . Lewis, in the civil War. He died Sept. 2, 1862 from wounds sustained in battle. The Fifth Company, known as West's Company, was composed largely of Haw Creek and Swannanoa River men: W. Riley West, Captain; Alec West, First Lieutenant; Dr. J. S. T. Baird, Second Lieutenant, and John Sales, Junior Second Lieutenant. Editor's Notes Primary sources of information for the West family include cemetery records from West Chapel, Bethesda U.M., and Sharon U.M. Primary military records include those from the series North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, especially volumes II, III, V, VII, and XIV.

26 Descendants of Mary Whitaker By Charles R. Haller .•. ~ -:-· ' r··.~ ~-· : ·~·.. ::· '. ~ · f\ 1\a-:r ·:. · -. _ ~· ~ · ~-' ._ , .... Name Cemetery 1. Mary Whitaker (1798-1872) West Chapel + Jeremiah West (1795-1880+) West Chapel 2. John Preston West, Sr. (1817-1864), CSA (Spotsylvania, VA) + Sarah Jane Vaughan (1822-1897) (8 children) West Chapel 3. John Preston West, Jr. (1843-1865), CSA (Richmond, VA) 3. Mary Catherine West (1841-1924) West Chapel + George William Worley ( 1841-1924), CSA West Chapel 2. Rozilla West (1820-1910) Bethesda U .M. + James Mitchell Miller, CSA, d. 1864 (Richmond, VA) 2. Jasper Newton West (1821-1904) (Nebraska) + Esther Emily Cordell ( 1828-1904) (Nebraska) 2. Millie West (1822- + William M. Lewis, (1829-1862), CSA 2. William Riley West (1823-1905), CSA Bethesda U.M. +Salina E. Webb (1838-1922) Bethesda U.M. 2. Mitchell West (1825-c.1861) (Springfield, MO.) 2. James West (1827-1912), CSA (Commerce, TX) + Margaret Ann E. Wilson (Commerce, TX) 2. Alexander West (1830-1910), CSA West Chapel + Rachel E. Penland ( 1840-1920) West Chapel 2. Salina West (1831-1883) Bethesda U.M. + Gabriel P. Miller, CSA, d. 1864 (Petersburg. VA) 2. Noah West (1831-1861), CSA West Chapel 2. Rachel Matilda West (1834-1923) Sharon U. M.

+ I st Frank M. Balleu + 2 Robert Williams Sharon U.M. 2. Harriet E. West (1836-1862) West Chapel 2. Nancy West (1838- + Carter -Oo -- CQ~

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27 "Buncombe Beginnings" - in VHS and DVD. Why and How the Video Was Created. A legacy from Doris Cline Ward and Jackie Ward Britton Lopatin, charter members of OBCGS, and by Valerie Ward Anderson, first printer of ALOB and video cover designer. Doris Cline Ward reminisces - some more. Having passed along many executive duties I had been undertaking for the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society, I was now busily helping our librarian catalog the boxes of books that were arriving. Our members and fellow citizens were trying to downsize their own genealogical libraries, yet wanted an archival service for them where they would be appreciated and continue to be used for research. Also, having been new to the area, I had had a lively curiosity myself about the beginnings of Western North Carolina. People certainly hadn't come through these mountains from Europe overnight by any means, so when books arrived that could help explain how immigrants from Europe came to the long American coast line and then came south and west to this area from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Tide Water Virginia and Charleston, I made sure I cataloged books in sufficient detail. I would need to go back later and trace the movements in their various stages (!fyou want a thing done, it helps to think about how you would want it to be!) I had a lot of our own family history I wanted to find. We had a lot of excellent reading material here at OBCGS, if people could be enticed to come in and read, and I wanted to be able to back-track through it again, too. However, our membership is composed of genealogists, a spin-off from the Western North Carolina Historical Society and noted for being oblivious to the history of the country and the events that had produced the tax lists, land records, county minutes, and wills, that they frantically and addictively searched for names that might be part of their own family backgrounds. Until they found their own ancestors, they had no way of knowing what part they might have taken in the ongoing history of the country. They had to put names on arms and legs, strong backs and imaginative spirits first, and the sudden "aha's!" that were being heard in our study area proved that our members were rapidly finding them. Once that happened, they were open to necessary historical reading (because they had hated history when they were in school and couldn't remember much of it.- I know---they have told me so, over and over) I spent a lot of time wondering how I could shorten the historical reading time for everyone - from Seniors who were working against an ever-shortening life span, down through the generations who were still pounding the pavements earning a living and raising families, to the children themselves who were faced with an ever­ mow1ting pile of subjects to study at school. How could they learn all that history in such detail, and still have time to excel in mathematics, science, and languages so they wouldn't be left behind!" About this time, my daughter Jackie was fretting about wanting to learn videography, and had made up her mind to buy some good camera equipment for it. It wasn't too long before we started to wonder about fitting our interests together and producing a video that could compress all this history that I was learning, into a short enough documentary for personal use in homes, for quick studies in a classroom from 4 th Grade through University including Home-schoolers, and for Boy and Girl Scout meetings to help them with badge credits. We consulted with grade schooJ teachers, who told us that such a piece couldn1t be more than 20 to 25 minutes long or it couldn't be used in a classroom. What a challenge!

We looked at the financial angle of producing such an item. Jackie already had a good camera, but her time had to be covered, supplies were expensive, and we would have to learn various procedures from scratch. An obvious group that would benefit from this sort of production and who might be persuaded to underwrite such a project was the OBCGS, but I couldn't come up with any guarantees that after a lot of work and expense I would have anything that would be worth their

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The marker placed in the museum's garden takes as its subject Thomas's Legion. In the late summer of 1862 William Holland Thomas recruited both Cherokee and white mountaineers from the region on behalf the Confederacy. Known as the "Highland Rangers," this unit was by definition a legion - a military unit comprised of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Thomas's Legion operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and western North Carolina, and participated in North Carolina's last skinnish of the war in Waynesville on May 6-7, 1865 . Pictured on the display is Chuttahsotee's rifle, which is on loan to the museum from Sam Greenwood. Chuttahsotee was a Cherokee who had remained in Macon County after the forced removal of many Cherokee in 1838-39. He served in the Thomas Legion and Colonel Thomas reputedly gave this rifle to him.

The subject of the display by the courthouse is the surrender of Confederate troops under Captain Whitaker to Union forces under Colonel Kirk. This surrender occurred on May 12, 1865, more than a month after General Lee surrendered at Appomattox on April 9. This SUITender was one of the last surrendern east of the Mississippi River, and was, no doubt, the result of poor communications. Captain Whitaker, pictured below, commanded Company E in the Thomas Legion. The good captain refused to surrender until Colonel Kirk's men returned much of the "impressed" goods taken from the local citizens.

Surrender papers follow. Please note that all the men listed on the surrender documents are from Cherokee and Clay Counties, not Macon. J\fost of what was left of the Thomas Legion, including Colonel Thomas himself, was in the Waynesvill e area surrounding ·u ni on forces there.

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s 3rct Regt NC Mtd Inf Franklin N.C. May 12th 1865 The bearer hereof Stephen Whitaker Captain Co E 1st Batt Thomas' Legion C. S.A Having give his word of honor not to take up arms against the United States Government, nor give aid or assistance to its enemies until duly exchanged as a prisoner of war is paroled and has permission to go to his home and there remain unmolested W.W. Rollins NC By order of Col George W Kirk 3rct NC Inf Cmg 3rct N.C. Mtd Inf

Franklin NC May 12th 1865 The bearer Capt RA Akin Co "H'' Batt Thomas Legion, a paroled prisoner of the C.S. Army, has permission to go to his home and there remain unmolested S. Whitaker Capt Comdg Forces in Cherokee & Clay

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V\1UTAKERS

The tradition of the Vihite.ker family i s that the emigrant ance!l~Or ur:c·r: his a!'rival i n America from Wales, settled in J!lli3stow1i, Vir gin­ ia, l at .er j oining Lord Ba.lt imore 1 s colonists in Ma.ryland. Their. first ho 1.;r~ ic s aid to ha.ve been in St. Mary s County , Maryland, later remo-v-ing

t o Br. ltimore County, now Bel-Air1 Harford County, Maryland •. . J ot.r_ V\hit!'.«ker a:nd "rife Cathe rine are the first known a.ncest.ors of the ·;\bi t n.kers t o be found in .Maryla nd. The compi ler has not peen able to le :>. r~. the date of their arrival in Maryland, but th~ naxr.e of John Whitaker a ppet1.rs up on the List of Taxables , Baltimore County, 1 699~ In 1704 tr.e n ames of John .i':hitaker and vd.fe Catherine a.ppea r upon cou·:rt records of I?r.ltimoro County, in de eds, witnesses etc. The n n.rr.e of V·.nita.ker is found spelled in different wn.ys ... l'ihi taker­ ·i';b ittica r - /.hitili:c r , r· Following is th.e will of John 'Nhitaker, Sr., hereafter ·referred I to a. s .J ohn Whitaker, \he .. First • . ·

I 'give and be_quouth unto my ~on John V'ihittiCc.r ··nnd ll}Y son Cha~rles . Y\hittic':'..r all my right, . t.i tie, interest of rmd ·in· n . ce!'tn.in tract ·of 11 1 r knd c n. ~le .-p. .by tl~ e no.me of Whit­ 11 tic::.r' s Ridge ,, . b~ pn.t e~t 9on°h1.ining 150 acres. of 1CU1d to ·be 'eqt:ally' div ::. ·~ed b )t·.vo en Iso.ac V;bitticn.r o.nd his wife }.fo. ry and the dhild she goes with '.lr"d t he s ame to h old to t hem en d .their heirs forever• And r.y desire is thc.t Isa.o.c sho.11 live with h er thnt is. my de ar and lovi n g wif'e until he como s to full n.gc ruid 'mc-.jori-by, i£I she shall so long live . l~ nd for mY., pcrsono.1 estu to my desire: is t hn.t it 'Sha ll.. be e qually divided botwoen rr.y daughters, Eiizo.., Sc,r uh, ::end H:::.nn:::th Vl1-iittic:'lr. I. de sire thut my sons John n.nd Cho.rle s 1iibittic'b.r m::-. y hc..ve the young h orses kno~n us Prince und Wise . . ...! i;fe Cu.t h erinc Y"bitt icc-. r o.nd son John· nro nc.m.ed C\ S execut or s • · '. ;itnos c;0d by 'l' .F. Ro.msey. Th e

. Children of John 'i,'hi t o.kor (1st) and wifo c~.1. th cr i ne: !!:liza.beth m11taker1 born Jr.n . 12, 1687

Ruth ~\nib. ker, born March 27, 1690 . .

John Wnitaker, born April 23, 1691

Charles nhitaker, b orft October ·10; I693 ' . :. ' ...... Peter Whitaker1 . b orn Aprii 27, !169£ · · r ' ' , ' , , , Sar ah Vrhi t aker, born ·Novomber 10, .. 1699" ... Abre.hani. Whi taker1 born Sept • .· 11, 17~2 · .. Elizi:.. 'Y01ital~er, born _;.. ______;.. __ .. Jfo.nnah 'Whito.ker, born ------".'- ~ -· . : : ~ :: ! . : Isao.c ~hit s.ker~ born ------N-- Sarnh i'\hito.ker, dau. or :John a.nd Catherine '\i\hi.thlter, born: Nov. 10, 1699, married Benjamin Norris, Oct .. 8, l Zl9. Benjamin Norris, vestryman of · St. JorJ.l'l Parish, Balt imore County, Maryland, was. apnointed June 4, 1751 a.nd Au gus t 3, 175 71 r..ccording to parish records~ ·;,''Benjamin Norris and Sarnh, his ' wife;' were ma r~.;i(;)d the 8t h of. October,··in the yeti..r ·o.f. our :, Lord, 1719•" To Benj::imi:h and . Sn.~ ah Norrl.s.'were 'Dorrt ·the following named chUdren: · · ' · ·

1, Elhabeth, b . Nov. 28, 1720; married Sep't• 11, 1740', .' John · Hughes• " 2. J ohr:::, · b.11ar ch 4, 1722; ma.rriedAp:ril 3,"i744, SusannDll · B.ra dford .·

Sar ah, b •. May 29, . 17.25; married ..;---Nor-2~is ~· .. ';.

Hannah, b· July 16,. 1727; muri-ied· Feb. ·11 "l754; J nme.s H endon. .. . , . •, ; . •i.. ' I

5 . Suso.nnn.h, b• April · 21, 1730 · . 1' . . ,.,. .i. · t: • . ' ', •' Joseph, bi j ani 14, ·1'/31; · mn. rr.led Ch:ristiunnn. Prioe:, ·Nov· ~ -20; l766 • • • • • ' ~ ~' 1 • 7. Benjamin, b. -Oc. tober 20, 1732; mi'.l:rried Murch, 1754, }.fo.ry-. ·rJuiva ll. 8 . Thomus :, :.born-.. -·... ~-; · m::..rried ·July 20, !l..761; Anne Buckingham..' . • • • ~ •• *, • : 9 . Abra.hum, born July, 17391 .n:urried Dec. ·4, '1762, Rebecca. Kitely• ·

• I '!.'he will of Benjamin Horris.' do.tad Ap·ril .4,. 1·77•6, a.nd. p.ro.bn.-t'ed in Baltimore ·Count y, Ha.:ryluird. · dSee' "History of .'N.orri~s Fuini1y of Md.") . ·

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The dates of t he birt hs of John and Catherine ~hita.kers children o.re re• eorded in St. John und St. Ge orge Pariah Recol'ds. "(Now in :col'lection of Ea.ryland m::.teria l in Via.ryl.:lnd Hist o:dcu.l Sooioty, Bo.ltimore, Md,)

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Whitnker Records in St. Ge orgs up4 S~. J'o~n Pa. ~ish Record •• . . . Pote r W'nitn.kcr, born 27 Ap ril, 1696. (Son of John (1st) and Catherine)~

F:ronces 1ifrdt:. ker, d£1u. of Peto:r Whitaker cind wife ·Fro.nces, b. Mo.rch 9, 1734

Bl o.nche 1."Jnitaker, d o..u . of Peter u.nd Fr cmces V·.bitaker, b . April lQ, 1728

Peter T.nitukor, son of Peter

ChHc1rcn of Kurk Vbi t::tker end wife Eliza.both:

Cr.i.thcrine 'l'.1lit:,.ker, died Nov. 15, 1717

Elizallnth Y.n i to.ker, b . Feb. 25, 1704 • - ~ .

Thom~: s 'l.11it;..tker, b . 13 J une, 1712

Elizabeth Yih i :t;lker,,. b . August 28, 1726

.. ~.:'t; ~'...... ~: . :. __-. •,.:.•· }'i. Empson f;bita.ker, son of lt.ark nnd Elizabeth, b. l ast do..y of 172~ . "· ·' ·t J~ : mos \'.nitakc r, son of Mark, b , Feb. 8, 17201/2 ~ -~ . lfark Vihitu.k::i r , died ruy 1, 1729 • .. _.. ·- ··- ·- ----.. -·---- John V.bito.k or (son of John 1st) m::i.rrfod Ann Dodd, April '27, 1714

ij> John Y:hit~k o ~· , son of J ohn and Ahn, b . Sept . 14, 1718; diecl Oct. 4 , 1719

, . -j~~>. Peter Vbit;.;.ker_, son of John and Ann, b •. !fay 6, 17.16 ,·•:1· . . John Y:11it.;.kt-J r, di~ d And.l 10, 1720. (This w::i.s proba.bly J ohn, son of J_ohn 1 1st nnd Ca.ther ine) .

Ch u. rlos l'ihit:.ke:r (son of John. 1st) mt'. rried Ifary Rqmbo.11, 30 Jo.n. 1717/Bl · (For t he no.mes and .b~l.. ~hs . of .their children isec l c:..tG r.)

A List of Mo.:rrio gos of Whib.kors from St. Go orgo Register.

..:. ··~ {! ··-r··' Xbrr,ho.m V.hit ~ .ker - Eli za.beth V1hoolor, Dec • 31, 1771 ·.;.;,_· H Abr ;:.h o.m Iso.ac ';Yhito.ker - Mury Pate e , De c . 15, · 1757 : •·. , · : ~;:~:'. . :~ ;· •,,: Ann V~11ito.ke r - Ezekiel Slo.dc, Jo.n.• 7 1 1754

· Blim ch l'Yhitukcr - John Long, J n.n. 31, 1748 (Con . po.go 4) ',_ ..·

lfannuh 11.n i to.kor Willium Crabtree, Mn.y 271 1746

Hannah 11\hito.kei' Joseph G_uyton1 .Dec. 12, ·F754

Isaac 'Nhitake r - Eliza.p~th !Jill, Doo • 13,. 1759

Isaac ~\bitaker - Ma..rgaret .!E:rnrett; Feb_. l).,· 17~~

Peter Everett, Bap . 3 March, 1803," pa.rents Isaac.and Margaret Whitaker.

Jrune::i \\hitaker - Cat~e.ri:n~ ·'.'etei,, ' August 25~ 1763

Peter W11i taker Amelia Hit;chcock,· Feb • .10, 1745

Ru.chel 1hbitr:,ker, bmh 17 Oct. 1802 t. t,

Rachel V\11itaker, dau. of John and Rachel, born; May Tll, 1789

. : ' ' ~ Sarah Ylhi ta.lcf?r .. Richard Rhodes, Feb. 9, '.l.7 4(} .. .. ~- ·: ...... ,• Sarah Vfrli taker -Robert J aakma.n, Dec. 2, 1770 ... , . Susannah 'f\bitaker J ames Montgomerx, · June 7, 1789' ~ ·--

Margaret Ylhitnker ... Williant Cronin, April 24, 1806 ,.::·

.:· · . ·:._i' . Mary 1~1iitaker ... Daniel Butler, 9ct. 41 1747 ------...... ------7ibitaker Administration Accour.1.ts, Ba l t i more County, Ma ryla;nd •

. · 11 Book 111.. ," 'page 22 . An Acco~t of George James (or Joseph) / admipis.tr;;t"'. 1 tor of John 1~n i tn.ker . • • • ,. _.. .. . ' 11 11 11 . : '.··i~. Bo?k n 3 , page_ 315 :;m~ ~09k $ / page 15 - · Cho.rles Yi1litaker, son of John \'\bitaker, 1st, died in 1743, Ba ltimore County, M... ryland, and his son John.was admir~ist.rator'' of his· ~ estate this John wa s Rov. John 1~11itaker , of' Kentucky.. . ~ _' , .• ·!. . ·...... ·, .:· ~. . -...... 11 Book" 116 , 'pa.ge ·34~· Acc~unt of .Thomas Fisher, administi-~tor of the ···; ir· ~}'\~

estate of Peter 11111ita.ker, of Baltimore County, . ~eo . 5, 1763 . The de­ :• I. • cea sed l eft 5 children a ll under :age. · · Amount of estate Lb . 33 • .9 . 9

1 Boo.k 4 \ ;- page 120. From Administro.tions of". De'.ceusod Persons . An account of Yri lliam Pike und wife Ann, a

on the east side of the North branch cail0d 11 Winters Run, along the en.at side of a lane to.ken up by Benjarrin \','heeler ca.lied the 11 Three Sisters". Beginning at t he bounded chesnut tree near t he west line of the aforesaid land. Our dear Brother Benedict Leonard Calvert, Esq., Gove1·nor and Commander ... in-Chief in· and over our said Province of Mo.ry­ land, Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seo.l thereof • 11 ____;·=.-•• • ·,,·· ··

Benedict Leona r d Calvert, Cho.ncellor, yie lding and paying therefore year­ ly to ··g ::..nd our heirs, n.t our receipt nt the City of Maries at the two :most u.suu.l feusts, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Ma ry and St. Ii~ ichtiel, the A~·ch Angel, by o.n equal portion the rent of' 6 shillings and 5 pence sterling in silver and gold and a fine for ------~- ~. f· .... ~ ( •From: ·re.cords . i:U' ;st;,,t~ .~ ~us~. ' . .~-nn0:polis,. Mu.rylund.). . . . . ·- ...... ' ~

' • ' ------·-~--~~------I ' ~0 ' ,;. ' I Cho.r1cs Whito..ker,· .!ion• of 'Jcihri V'ih it~kor (1st) . f?.nd wife Catheri~e, ·marri'ed Mary Remb n.11 , 30 Januo.r-y, . 1717/8, Bnlt:im.ore County,, Marylo.:i:id . Born 10 Oct. 1G93 ; died 3 Oct• 1739~ }Eu.ry' (Rerr.bali ) 'i\hitak:ar d;iad Aug. 30, 17-39. Their childron: . . 1. Luraney, born--.:.. __ ; ·, died · Ho.r6h 27, 1720 . . . 2 . John, borr. 2 July, l 72e (Rev. John of Kontucky) i .. .. _ I 3. · Ch~ rles, b. 11 Jan. lf23/4

4. Catherine, b . Dec. 1 0 ~ 1733 . ·. . I-··· •. . · !'

Mary, ~. 3 Aug. 1728 · .. ~~ ..\ r :; ":· ,.

· ·1 ·' ,. ··.i. ,_ 6. Jn:rr.as, b . 22 ~ec . 172 6 '.:(i

7. ·Isaac, b . 51 '!\fay, 1735

8 ~ Abraham, l Aug;ust 1737

!;ost; H not a ll, the children . of Churles u.nd Uar y .(Remba.1.1.) Wh itaker i:-cmoved .t;rom Baltimore, Mu~yland, to wostorn P~nnsylvanio., t.>..t tho.t time '·: · Virgin in. (1767) • They aequired a lo.rge tract of hnd o.nd .tt··was on this lo.nd ''th~,t the ·boroligh ·ar Whitaker' was· built. ·The 1Nh:i.tak:ers lived on

lund now ovmed by tho U.S.Steel Company, between Pittsburg. und Homestead. ' . .; ' : ~f Tho orir;ino.l l og. cu bin built by James Y\hitc.ke r (son· of . Chu:rles 0.nd Mary ..: : "':: ,L,·.·r"" ·. •·I" I ' • (P..orr..bn.11 \'ihit o. ~er )' is s::i.id to be still stc..nding • . ~To.me 3 1\bitakor in his young manhood was mo.r r iod t o Mr.ry Snunders, also or· Bu ltirr.ore, Mo. ryl~nd, to this union was born two son..s., Ao.r.on in 1751, :·'-~ ;. ,~; c..r.d John. Mary Savnd'ers 1\bito.kor died a short time after the birth of her seoond s"on. · · Jo:mes mo;rriod ago.in, this t irr..e to ·Catharine Petee (or F~rtee), of Hugonot ar.cestry. ·{ .. ?.' \Vill of Jo.Jr.es i\hitaker - ·the first will entered in .Alleghenny County ·nn Book. ..

t; ..' ' . ( ; ; !.·· ,,,. .. · . ·i ·. 6 . • L~r ~~1;,-!;~, J~~~~.~~!!~k;:;;.,;~:~;:, J~::t~=~ ~:~~· •• ~~~~~;~ ~::, l~~d~~:9· ~~f ~= ,bridJ.e, a Negro boy an~ JllUHa:to gi'rl, half. of the saw millt except ·;·,, ~ ·

.· ~~:~ :em~:r!~~, A~r~{: i%t 0~f i:!~ 0 myT!n~~~ ~~:a~=~:m~f~s ~ff~~~:r~;;~:, .<\ ~\t ~· 1 !~:=~~· r;;!~~:~£~:~:~;~:t~~~ ~o~~:~~ds b:;di:~f~~'m!n:; ih:d i~u~i~ ..'.:1 .!.:~..i ,~. ·,·.,: linryland, when it is gained by the law,. also horse, saddle & bridle, . . ·;,,:;cJf .,., Daughter Mary, to have 80 pounds .money · in Maryland a.s is gained by law. . "'' ···~.· ,:. DaughtorJ Eli2u.beth> 100 pounds money in Nis.l"yla.nd, a.lno Co.u·, thG mulla.;. · ·\:di '~:· to girl at tho deuouse of wife, horse~ saddle & bridle, cow & calf, feather './tf f bed and furniture. Son James, . 80 pounds money in Maryland by law.. .·, .c ; · Son Danial to have 80 i;>ounds money. Daughter Elinor to have Negro girl• • t.;+.~~ Exr-s: wife, so~1 s James a.nd ·Daniel• · ,*- '~~1, Wit: Simon .Fletcher/ J~es Patten .and Isaac Ha.yes. · ·;\i~,

children 0£ James ~hitnker . , :~§~r 1, Aaron Y:bi taker, born in Maryland, l 75 l; d iod l.!nr oh 2 5, l il3 3·, m•r~ .}~ t ;

~~~~1;;;~ G;~~;;;;;' 2::e;~;~: d~;;s ~;:;;::;;:!~;!~~;:~;;;' ..'. ,?····,,'.:.•.•·..:.:.' ·::······,'1,,,·.'.~.'., born May 23, 1801; died · Feb~ 23, 188,8J· bu:rieq by the .aic1e , : of her husband in the old graveyard 'at· Homestead; · '· They had n son, Aaron \\'hitaker (182$-1894) married Susnnna. · l,,; Collins Andrews (1849"1891). (There wero 'doubtless ·other child1·en)

(b) Aaron V1bite.ker, Jr. married Ann Dellabnugh; he died in 1833.. and his widow ma rried -Joseph Cox, of Horr~stead and by him hud a son, John Cox, who w~s a Speaker of the House at H~r- . risburg (Penn•) (There s'eems to be a discrepanoy ipthe d!;l.te , of the death of above mentioned Aaron \'nito.ker; .or. in' the ·.d.n.te of· tho birth of Christopher k\ni to.ker. . .· . . · 11 Christopher D. Whit;,,ker wo.s born in Allogheny Co .. Pa.:, July ; 1;- 1835, son of Arron. and Ann (Dellcnibo.ugh) ·Whitaker. His , . fo..thor wp,s a nativeof same county and his mother of·Switzor­ la.nd . He diod in ~onnsylva nia und she still live15 .' there•

Christo'phor Whito.ker want to CaliforniC.. in 1856,

(d) Aquillo. Whitaker, born 1824; died 1804.

(o) Catherine 'tl11i tukor, mo.rriad Josoph Wost, Jr.. (son of her brothor-in-luw)

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(f) Nr..noy 1Jl:bitakor, married Thomas V'.'cst. (This couple is ..

( g) Margaret Whit:::..k:er, married James Irvine.

(h) Fanny' Yibitaker, married John Long.·

.·. >·f (i) Mar y !Yhi taker, married Archie Ree d~ ,· ...... ~

.:.·· '1 11 ' . j . ~· Elijah As.ron Whitaker, died Feb. 17, 1925, was one of the stal war t' pioneers of the gr eat West. His home has been at Oakland, California~ for over forty years.· He -nas born on Christmas day, 1847, at Homestead, Pennsyl­ vania. He was a descendant of Aaron ~bitaker (1751-1833) a s ;)1J.ier ·or the Revolutionary V'.'ar. Elijah Aar on li">hitake r, married in 1884, Margaret Rudis ill (d.au. of. Napoleon Jackson and wife Nancy Case Rudisill). Childr

(The a b ove sketch was t ukon from· California & Californian Vol. 3: 157 • 11 J

2. Isaa c Whita.kor (son of James), born 1763; died in Mifflin tmmship, 1 8 38~ married Sarah McNeel, of Virginia• She was born i n 1771; died 1856. They were the pa.rents of ten chil·4 dren.·

Charlotte (do..u. of Jarr.os), born 1765; married John Roush, -who died in 1791; she married. . (2nd) Jame s Evans and re­ moved to Shelbyville, Kentucky •. ·Her son, John Roush, was at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

4. Elizabeth, born in 1776; ma rried 1.796, James Jeffries, who died in Gallia County, O~io , 1844; she died in Ohio, 1845, · . They were paronts of ten children•

V1hitakGr, tovmshiD .1780; 5 . Abraham born in Mifflin in died . i April 6, 1832; married Mo.ry lfoCl~re (dau. ~f Andrew McClure -: ... ·<;.: ·. ~· . ~nd wi.fo Margaret B~ rnett, t h~y :removed from Dauphin Co. · Fenn. to Homestea d in 1785.); 'she .was born in 1786, re­ moved to Ohio in 1847 i d.ied in Bedford, Cuyohoga Co. Ohio, ·Autjust 3 1· 1862. Their children: (a) Mar gc:.ret, b . · 181.6 · (b) James , b . 1813; died --; bur ied in Homestead .• (c) Charles, b . · 1 815 ; died 1847, in Nebraska. (d) Alfred, born 1817; buried on the old farm. (e) Cat herine, born 1820;' died in Ohio, 1 892 (Con. pg· 8) ORANGE COUNTY CALlFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ----- ·------·-- - •.

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(r) Andrew, b~rn 182 3) died 1896

( (S) John 1 ·.a i ed young• ' : (h ) Lewis Pa r Te e -----

James Wh itaker, e on of JanHJS and Cathorine 'Whitaker, no r eoord .

1. D&r.iol V~11 it nk c r, son of James and Ce..therino 'Whitaker, It is thought that this Dur:iol Whitakor wont t o Miss .. ·. : . issippi Tf)r·ritory a.bout 1790, living in the vicinity of Ad G.ms County. It was in this oounty that Abra.ham .• '·:r Vlhi trJ.kcr (s.on of }fo.j oi Aquilla Vfh i take r) mal"ricd a d\ughter of Dri.niol Whita.ko r. In the so.me county a.re found tho n u.mos of Ha.yea , Wost and Patten, these are r..1.r.on g: tho families·. that had removed from Mnr yland to fonr.sylvo.ni a with the Whitakero. Tho follov:ing r ecordB v.-e r e contributed by Mrs: .. II. H. :{~: Dollo, Vicksbur g , Miss . ', ~ :\ Hiram Robe rson v\bita.ker (sa id ·to be a son of Daniel ;~f · YJiitaker), b orn Fob• 19, 1804; died Dec- . 29, 1 837; . marriod lfo.r y Eliza. Folke s, born J an. 151 1815; died Fob· 14, 1858. Children: 1. WilHam Wh i't o.ke r, b. Feb. is, l829J ·died Nov.24. 1805 ; m. So.rnh A. Adams. Children: Tobias Adams; . m, Le1ia WU:rd Boll;.:s. Children: S.ophia (Mrs• H,H4 Bolls), Eva. (Mrs , Davis) .. · . ·2, Dr. Iaa.a c Robinson¥111itaker, b . 1834; d, Nov . 61 1909; m. Ellen 'Nutt. Ch ildren~ Edgar P, Whitaker,, Dr. V<'h i take r wau Co.pt. of the 'Whitake r Scouts during the ; Civ i l Yfar ·a.rid pl ayed a pnrt i n the Bioge of . Vicksburg. · 3 . So:rt,uel Foster ·r,11ito.ker,, born 1834J died Jn.n. 25, 1?36 1, Jr..rr.es Hoo:re -\;!h itakor, b . Aug. 4, l e32J d, Jan.- 8, 1836. u,r.· H.o.rtha Ann, b., De c. 29, 1 8301 d. Feb. 81 1832

'· DHniel , 11:1nitak er , n brother of Hiram Robin11on Whitaker,. rr.£.rdod °f.fal'tha Ann Folksj a sister of },Iary Eliza. Folks. Daniel Y.H dto.ker ma rried a socont time ... Hiss Sarah Rabb, by whom he ·had a largo nt

Abr.aha:m "Y\bitaker, son of Charles and Mary (Remhall) Whitaker, .. Born' in Baltimore County, Maryland, Aug. 1, 1737; married.Sus-. annah __ :.__J died in Alleghenny Co. Pennsylvania. He removed ':Crom lt~rylarid a. short time after his brother, James Vl'bitaker • _ lfoth;iti;g is knoym of him or his fe.milye.xcept an abstract oi' his" w:;i.11.

.J ·Do.tu of will, Feb. 17, 17 92. No date of probate. Wife: Susannah l\bitoker. Children: Martha Vaughn, ·Isaac, James and John .. ·Exrs: wife, sons,· William Va.ughn. 'i{i t: Simon Flctclwr~ Josoph West, Robert McNair.

Following is an ats·trflct of will of Abraham Hays. He married Fr-ances Pnr 'l'eo, a sister of C9.thorino Whitaker (wife of Jarr.es). _ D&.ted Earch S, 1808. No date of probate. Wife: Frances··Hays. Dau. Frances to havo l a nd in Hifflin township, adjoinmg land of James r.~cKinnuy and Aaron V'.bi taker Is. Othor children: Abraham, Jacob and· Sarah. Vfa t: Abraham 1Abi taker.

Charles Whitalrnr, son of Charles and Mary (lfomba.11) Whitaker. V!0 have been unable to find any record.of this Churles in Alleghenny Coimty, Pennsylvania. About 1790, the tax· records of Augusta Co. Va. shaw a Charles i'ibitu.kor. Later a large number of' Y1bitakcrs are found

living in south-.aast Kontucky1 hG.ving the same given namos as the Y'ihitakers of Maryland and .A.lleghenuy CountyJ Pennsylvania., and it is quito possible they ~ 0i6 descendants of above mentioned Charles ~hit~ alFcr -

Isaac lf'hi \aker, son of Charles and Mary (Remball) V~hitakor, born in Baltimore Co. 1:Id. lfay 5, 1735. It is believed by the compiler that James l\hitaker who was captured by 'Nynnadotte Indian was a son of' this Isaac Wl;.itaker. Following is an account of tho capture .of James 1hhitaker • Hon. Homer Everett, in his history of Sandusky County, relates an in­ terview with i~rs. Rachel Scranton, 7th child of James V•bitaker. uAbout the year of 1780 (the date of 1774 prob, correct) two brother~, Q.u.Nl (Aquilla) and James Whitaker, in company of' another young man, loft Ft.· Pitt one morning on a hunting expedition. They.wandered a considerable distance from the fort intent upon securing game "\'rith which to gratffy their friends, but in an unexpected moment a voll~y of rifle balls ratlled among the troes. Ono took mortal e£fe~t in the body of the y0une; IT,an, another passed thro 1 tho hat of Qµill Vlihit?-ker, who saved hire.self by flight. The third ball sha-ttere.d. tp.o arm of,, James, tho younger bi:other, and in a few minutes he was a prisoµor of a pand of painted '1lyo.ndotte wr..rriors. After sovcral day.S of }1ursi :travel. the Indiar:.s with the captive reached a hill, vdthin tho present bound's of Richland Co. Ohio. Hore tho lines wore formed ar,d 1'\'bitah;or 1 s bra.r'ery wus tested on: the go.untlot courso. Tho boy woundod- as ho.was, doport- ed himself with truo heroism. The first half of tho course was pass- ed with out a· single s eratch, but as ho- was speeding on to tho goal an old ifouaw, who cherished a feeling of deep re"er:igeJ mortified by the captive's· successful progress, spra.ng forward and oaue;ht his arm·noar the shoulder, hoping to detain him long enough ·for the. weapon of the next savage to take effect. Tho prisoner instantly halted and with a violent kick sont tho vicious ~qumv and the next Indiun tumbling f~om 10

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tho .nne ~ His bold gallr:mtry re.ceived ·shouts of applause a1o~g the line. Attention bein·g diverted ho sprang forward .with quick'cnod. '. sp0ed and roached tho ))OSt without material injucy. . . Not satisfiod that this fo'Vorito ·amusement should bo so quickly ond'..;' ed, it wn.s decided th::..t tho prisoner should run again• The lino for the socond trial was fonncd when an cldorly and digni- . fiod squo.w walked :forvroi.rd o.nd took from her own shoulders a blanket which sho OEl.st over tho shouHlcrs of the panting young; prisoner, say­ ing, uThis is my son. Ho is one of us.' You must n·ot kill him~ 11 . Thus adopted ho •vn.s tre;;..tod with o.ll kindness o.nd affection which tlie suvago hoart i::1 co.po.blo of chorishing. 11 From "Ohio Archeology. Vol: 16· 11

11 Tho first no1·m::ment whito settlers in Ohio 'wore Jumes V1hitaker and Elizabeth F~ukc > who woro cL1.pturod. in western Pannsylvo.ni0: in ·1174 a.nd 1776~ rcspoctivoly, by Yiynndotto Indiuns. by whom they woro adopt­ ed anc1 tukon to lov>or So.nciunkoy.., navt Fremont County, Ohio, w}:lorc thoy wo:t>o brought;·. together us udoptod mombors of tho Wyno.dotto tribo. Thoy wore married 'in Dotroit in 1781, cmd roturnod to tho tract tho.{ h nd boon given them by tho V.yn~dotto tribo on So.ndusky Rivor. Hore thoy lived and nliscd rt f:"',miJ.y of eight childron. . Trro of thoir grandchildrl')n "\nd oovornl gtoo.t-·g:t"o.ndch11dron arc. rosi"'. dcl:)ts of Fremont and vioini ty". · • Jn.mos 1iihitakor, ·'"ho· boc'"mo o.n Indinn trador, diod of poison in 1004, o.t uppor Sandusky, where ho ho..d n storo;. but his romo.in~. vroro brought to his old homo ostc1.blishod in 1781, .whore ho was buried on t110 tra.ct thnt hnd boon given to him as a. woddtng gift by tho Indians, which tract contninod 1280 a.cros of '·lo.nd, thos W'.l.S sot llsido to his ··· ·widciwby treaty mQdc ut Ft. Ind~stryJ Sopt. 29, 1817• His tombstone was brought from :the old 1m11 to.kor · fo.vm und_ pla.cod in Birc!,ll;\rd Librnry1 jus~.9~0 hundro4 yoQrs aftor being oroctod ovor his g~a.vo. .

'rn Momory of . James Vinito.kor 1\bo Diod " Dov. 17, .1804 ·rn tho 48th Your of His Ago

Tho tombst.qno :of .his d6.ughtor, Mo.ry V1bito.kor SM.nnon,·,·wo.s o.lSo brought from theVlbltaker burying ground to Birc:hard Library:· Its· inscription records her death,. A.ug.15, •1Q27, thirty.:.$ix'years .of ag~, . whic1?-' places her birth in 1791. She vro.s thr ~th .child of, James \'lhitak~r~ Children of James e.hd Elizabeth 1(Fouk€1) WPri taker: 1. Nancy'. b(!r.n in 1782.; 'ma.'rried' William "Wilson in 1803 2. Isaac~ _ _. ___ moved to-'. lndia:na ~ · ' 3. Janie·s, _:__ --- moved to Michigan.· 4. Ha.ry, b•' ·1791; ma.rrie.d George 'shannoni _died 1827. : . . . 5. Eliza.oath, --.. died during War· of 1812. 6. Charlotte --- died in 1824 7~ Rachel, born in 1801; m. James A. Scranton, 1823. s. George, born 1803. ( In Drnper M!·'iS (Madison, Wis cons in) is an interview Dr. Draper .ha.d with Maj. Jarr.es 11\hitnker,- of Shelbyville, Ky.in which Maj. Yvhitaker states that the James Whitaker who was captured by Wynadoote Indians was a cousin.. See sketch of Maj." Jan'l:ls S •. Whitaker) .. ,.. 11

Rev ... . J.~hn . V1'.fiitaker, 'the . eldest. :son 'of Charles and Ma.ry (Remball) , Wh.it'a.k~r •.. Born. July 2, 1722; died in 1797, Shelby C,0unty, Kentucky; mar:d,0'd _Mary --- • 'lihe following records ._of' the V\bitakers of Ken- · .. tucky, ::~dian~ and: Illinois·, are the desoendanh of Rev. John Whit­ aker •• , ~here , are very few r~oords. a.v~ilable of the time in which· he lived in )'icinity of Pitt~bur ~, Fenh::iyiv-ania. i3ut the fol~owing r ecords :pnrve th~t he was res1diz;lg there ::~nd was takirtg- a~ ~~tive . ! · interest, in. th-e. · fr-ontier. settlement. · ',,.. · . ~ . ' 11 • John ·'.'.hi taker, a: mini.ster of the. .g~spei, came into Court and took the .OatP, of 1\_ ll egianc~ and fidelity, as directed by an Aot of the General Aasembl.y, instituted an Act · to Oblige the free male inhabite.nts of the State, above a certain tige, to give assurt.\llce of Allegiance to the same ~nd for other purposes." · . From 11 Minut~s of the Virginia .Court, held for Yohogania County. First , held a.t. Au gusta .'+_awn (now Washington Co. Penn.j, and a..ftervra.rds _on the Andrew"Ueath Fa~m, near West · Elizabeth, 177&-1780.11 Boyd Crumr~ne Vol. 4.

1 ·Peter s C.r.eek Baptist Churoh was constituted November 10, 17731 · the I Covenant made a.nd exacuted an that day, being signed by the follOW"" ·' ing ,persons, viz: Rev. John ~hi taker:. minist,er. Members : Thomas . Applegate, J. Darrett, Henry Semmens_, Peter Elrod, Christopher Miller, · Mary Vlhi taker* Margaret Jaret (or Barret) a.r9- Aily Semmons. .

· The church thus f'ormecl used as a pl8.ce.· for, their religious services •''" a log house ~nioh was built on the. Robert Estep property, which is now in.. Union · tovmship, but then belonged to· the te-rritory of Peters town~ . ship. The· Rev. John Y\bitaker ·preached for them for some time after, . but frJr what l e.nght of time is not known, as, no, church records o.re, ' e ::n;ant until the yeaf" 1793. (Rev._.· John Vfhitak~r. probably preached f'or . this con gr.egati~n until his :removal t c Kentu9\

11 Cn the potition of Moly Hays a.nd . others- it is qrde.red ,that .Pe~er .· Elrod, J ohn m'iitalcer, Andrew McMeans,. Benjamin Davis,· Silas D~:xt_e-r; . Gabriel Co4,. Richard MoHohn, Benjamin Sweet, · Robert Henderson, of:. : any si,JC of ·thi:;m, being first sworn, View .a road from Dorsey Pents...; 1 costs- by Pe ter Bs.:traoknortl' ferry to Ft. ,- Dim11more and make a. re_ po~t •. ~·. · Crun..rine. ·

" .. ··. ORANGE" COUMTV CALIFORNIA

.. ·~ ..; ' GE1~£ALOGiCAL SOCIETY ' ' WHITAKERS ' '~ ;~: ~~~i ;~·:rw!:~t:~~ gm~;~:.:n~!a~ 1 ~: 1;~~:~: ~~p~=~o·;~~~~y \I[~ andL~~~~~~ ~:;y~~~~e~~=~s ;')moved to West Augusta C~Unty, Virginia, /1~~1\ 6

tm~;=~;:m;~f~:~:~ ~: ii!~~=~~::~~;!~~~1~:I:m:~;::~~~~: - •.._:_; _...:_.• -.•·-- -··-~-~.•_: _•_:.:._1,r.~..· ·. ..·_ : ~rom the year 1763 sett l err~nt r apidly increased.west of the moun- . ·, ta.ins in the t erritory claimed by Augusta County, Virginia. .. . ·1 ~ . This territory embraced the largest part of ?OUth western Pennsylvania., Y.J~,/ 1 ~!~::~;:£.~~t;~~:~: ::i: :~:~~:=~~~d:k!~:~~:;~!;~~; ~~ii!; :~::. •.. ·•.tM Sout h MonongahtJ l ia. • In 1776 Virginia defined the · o.oundaries of We% . (·;;:~};ff Augusta ar.d divided it into three counties: Ohio, Mononga.Ma and· . · ~::.63~ Youghiogheny. \i\ben tho disputed Pennsylvania ~nd Virginia state boun• .. {:,q1tf daries yv~re settled Y<:>ughiogheny County \1i-as abolished a.nd the ot;her ·: ,~~~:~~1 · two ccinform0d to the new state line. · '' >Ai~ , . From an 'old Journa l kept by Tolman an account is given of the oost -.. : ,,' ·of a move to · Kentucky. 11 The most gone r al conveyance of goods: and. ' property has been by wagons to Ft. Pitt and other places of embarka~ tion on t}w western wat,ers, and .from thence in flat bottom boats, to Limestone and Louisville and from thence again in wagons ·to the in­ t erior ·pa rt of the co;µntry. ·. .The expense of ca rriage from Baltimore to Pitts~urg is a bout $4. pe r hundred, . and. from Fh~l~~elphia a guinea or.more. A.flat bottom.ad boat, twe lve feet wide, . costs at ~ittsburg o.t the r ate of $1.00 .pe r foot,: according to i-l?s lenght, {fo ..that . a boatforty fBet long, which will pr,obably carry betwopn . seven or eight t ons weight , cos.ts $40 .00 . · There a re usually persons willing to assist .' ~ : i n working t he boat for the s uke -~f a passage) ~ut t hree h a nds are all that are a·bsolutoly necessary. From Lim~stone, the landing place, the distance is sixty miles to Lexingt on, and tho expense of carriage is 7 shil_lings and 6 pence por hundred.it . Tho entr~nc e of the pioneers into Kentuclty- hud to bo by one or tho ot he r of tvr6 route s•. Tho parallel ranges of t he Allegehany and Curr.borland motint o. ins ond the wildl;)' pre cipitous country between mad0 a march directly wost bound and across them imposdbfo. · From tho fro~tior settlomont of Virginia t he pionocrs. would t ::..k0 t hoir ·wn.y south wo.rd, folloviing the trend of the mountains and ··: .:.:.. ~ ... vn.lloys until Ea st Tcnnossoo und the v-ulloy of' the Holston. were '• r ouchod. The. c rduous j ourney acros s. t ho Cumberland Gap and tho r ugged hil:s b0ycnd it brought them, if they kopt to:wurd the north.. wos t: to tho wat.or's of tho Kentucky n:nd So. lt Rivors• und to tha.t ploa.sant · l cod of t .hc Kontuckinns, tho Bluogr usSl. Tho journey wns ono of 600 . _ ':~;;·;:. mi ! ooind i t travorsod Qn inhospitablo und dange rous region •. No white inhabitant was to be found in v.11 its lenght. From the Holston Ri ver to the Kentucky host ile Indians were numerous. The r e was n o road, and the d i rection of t he trail was only indicated by occa::iional cho-pping made upon the trees-. It was in 1775 that this ma rking was made by Daniel Boone t o serve for t he use of othe rs. It was t hr ough this route t hat Dan i a l Boone and his companion~ enter­ ed Kentucky, and by it carrB most of· the e arly pioneers. · 13

'i I"':. W('.S called the Wilderness:- Ro<:td .~~ '.The. 'other way of e~te:;i~i~~hA­ h:cky hu.nti;1rs gr ounds '\VB. ff~ the l ess convenient an¢!. even more danger­ ous ., It wr. s i;o pr.oc:e ed from tho :;.;:torior settlement to Ft. Pitt.,

-, ~. nJ fr0m ·(;iJ.at place float doi.vn tho Ohio in flat boats of r 'ude construo­ tio.1"

i: The grt:o:cer nuriber of our rr.~ n were mar,y years in success ion er.­ gage c' in militru·Jr s0rvice a long our frontier, a c onside rable pa.rt of

thefr t. i;n.a f .:."on .ip:::·ing until sumrec :c 1 without an enlistment by the g o";o n~rr.'3rrt ~) r h (:t•:it of pay. Th(; i r off icers· were of their ov:n eler­

; t ~. :) n ar. U. their ser 'rhe::>, W".lre wholly voluntary, and t heir zupplies , ~, '";L:Li.0 in s e~·tr.lco wore :::"u~;l i shed ty themselve ::; . Thus owing to our di:d:ant : 1 :.t ~; :;i.t i.d:'1 ,, ana t he heavy pr essure of tho Revolutiona r y War upon the gone:r~.::. g u'rer:nment,' the ropo:rt cf tho amall, bnt s eve re and do :> tnu:.tiY0 co:;.J_f!.ic.. t::;· which very frequontly t ook place in this country, vras i.o:$t ::.n -Uw t i ~ \.i,'1d. e r of the gr eat .ba.'..;tles v;hioh occurred along the At:i.al1·tic borde.c; oa.rnp<.i g:_-:.s begun o.nd '3nded with out even a newspaper ::",o-l;lco., as n printing p:ross was then unknov1n in the country~ It was not until after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War that. tho gonoral government undertook to finis h the Indian War, first by p ~a:;:,in g a co':'do:n fJf spiec aud ra~r; e rg- an•l forts:: a l o:•1g the fronti~rs:: , and afterwa:tG.r, b:r ·~he c<::.mpa.igns of 1famar: Stp Clair and Wayne. T!i. '3 s l1 '.:;t~~'~m01!.t on this side of the mountains commenced along ; r. -~ !·f:J;:. C>J;,t:c.. t·;;; .~ . n :-n:•. b 1,,\; W(:;(;ll chat l' .:.-..·e_-. r:n.-l i:h.~ :..lu ~·u :l Ricige i n tho year 1772, fr. the suc ceedin g yoe.r t hey reache~ the Ohio River , . The greate r number of- the first settlers oame from the upper parts of the th.on co~1.on:i . e::; of Maryland and Virginia. Braddocks trail, aff. it wa r; then called;. was the route, by which the grea ter number of them I,~ crossed the mo1.mtuins ~ A less numbe;r of them came by way of Bedford an d Ft •. Ligo:aiel·, the milit ary ror..d from Pennsylvania to .Pittsburg,. They effe Gte

·. • \ require cont·ciputionr; from t he four quarters of t h e gl9be to furnish ,,._. =>·~.'-\~ · the breo.kf a st "Mabl e: silve r from Me xico_. coffee from wl''st Indies, tea from China, cielft and porc lean from E u;~ope and Asia. Yet our homely . .-• ~":\ ('~. f v..re and uns i ghtly co.bins and furniture produced a hardy veteran race, .· -~ -- . "'; who plant ed the fir st foot steps of society . and civilization in the . .· ..;::., 1 . ~· ·j:f:; immense r~gion of the West . Inured to ha rdsh i p, brave ry and labor from tl:e'lr early youth, they sustained with manl y fort i tude the f atigue of the 0:10..ae , the oamp::dgn o.nd scout and with strong a rms 11 t urnes t he wildernas~ into fruitful fie lds il' and ho.ve left to t heir de scenda n·ts tho ric~1 inheritance of an irr.inense empire bl essed with pea ce and wealth .. Lo.nd \/\';Hi the object which i nvit ed t he greater number of .these peo­ ple to cross the mountain; for as the saying then vms "it was to .be hnd f or the t aking up, 11 that is buildi ng a cabin and rui:;ing a c:rop of g:rain, hovrever srr.o.11, of any kind, enti tlcd the occupo.nt to 400 a cres of l und and a pre-emption r i ght of to 1000 acreg more adjoin­ ing, to b€ s e cured by a lo.nd office ·mirrunt. At ~ ~ ~a~ly period, the government of Vir ginia appointod t hroe cor.1mis0i. oners to give certificate of settlerr.ent right s• These certifi-. catio:L'.s, together with s urveyors plun, were sent to the TI:o.nd office of t he stu.te; whe r eby they l i v 0 d six ri:onths to await any ca,veat which mi ght bo. offer ed . If none ·we r e offer e d t he putent wo.s issued. 11 14

uRev. John Whitaker ·was advanced in years when he ca.me to Kentucky, e..ppe a.rs to-·ha.ve 'oeen very .. act ive ip t11e minis+.ry. He aided in c onstituting most _of the ~a r ly churches that , wer e gather3d within fifty miles: of Louisville . He gathered ~ear Grass Church and b e-came its pasta!'. at the time of its con­ stitu t i _on, pro)Jably. filling t }fat ·p:osi ti on until his death which occurred not far from 1800 ( 1797) •" .

i:'i'he ~alem Associ&tion was f orme d at Cox' s Cr e ek, a small distance below Salt River, about fifty mi les south of Frankfort, not f ar from where aardstm\n now s tands, }.'he . firs t ministers were William Taylor , James Barnet and Johr. 'Whit­ aker. 11 .3enedict 1 s Go ncral History of Bapti st in Am~:r i ca .

11 'Xilliarr, Taylor :with John 1:\hitak er seemed to have organ i zed in 1 785, the Er a.:: heu.r Creek C}rnr ch in (~wen 1 s Fort.. It was constituted of seven members, Ea:d-; ha Wh:talcer, l!ol : Aqui lla V1hitaker, Pegf;Y Ga rrot (Garret), Col. James Ballard n.nd Rebec.::a i.a c olored" woman) The Indi ans k ept its members · from rr.eeting for t wo ye ars after their organiz.a.tion a nd i n 1787, · at the time it joined tho Sal em Assocint ion, it still contai ned only seven members, and t he next re c ord found of it, 1803, when it united v;ith the churches forming the Long Run Ass oci ation, at v1h i ch tirr.e it had grown to 101 membe rs. It was the. mothGr -church in this region of t he State and from it sprang in some numb8.rs the early churche s in Shelby County . The church by the name cf Fox Run 11 was .o:c gnnized by John \~r11 i talcer artd Joshua Morr is-.. The Baptist churches vthich belonged to t he 11 Fox Run" As soci ation l ost numerouS- members; who united with the n ew denomination (Christ i an Church),. 1, 678 members ·were bhptised into this n·e-w church the first yeo.r in She lby County. In 1 830 a congrego.t ion was formf)d in Shelby Co_unty, of ·which Uia j . James S. 1Abitaker's farr,ily were membe rs ( e:/,son of Rev. John)~ In 1 865, there being. a numb ~ r of wealthy' cit izens a ffiliated with t he congr egation , i t determined to ·build a larger an.d more o:ttrnctivo edifice . The church was comp l e ted in 1865 . The f irst s ervice conducted i n it ¥.~3 t ho f uneral of Lt. Co} . Richard init- a ker, s on of Ma j. J o.mes s. Y111itaker . 11 History of SheJ:byville • Willis

AII_l,ong the first 13c.ptid, preachers t ·o pe rmanently to settle in the west was Y:ill'iam-' }1!arsha ll. Other preachers followed Marshall into Kentucky, in.. eluding J oseph Barnett , . John 'Nh i taker, James Slcaggs, 'Benjamin Lyrin; ·a ll of . \\·.\-. ... '~: . whom wore ordained, and John Ge rrard a license d preacher. All of these min­ · -~ . ~ . isters we r e f r om Virginia , and t h r ee of thom, Da.rr.ett, lfoitalrer and Ge rrurd .. ~

The Bai)tist in l~ent1,rnl0J took tho lead in t ho ministry with great success. The early ministers of t he church wore pious, patient and laborious men, · who coll13 ctcd t ~~c .ir momb0rs into regular cor:gr ego..tions and did a ll for

t horn. t>at tho ciroumstf:·,_ncos vmuld o.1101::. It was no dispargomont to them ··: 1·· that . tl~e first churches vruro in tho shc.dy groves and their pulpits- a kind of tent, constructed of u fow rough slabs and oovcrod with clapboards. . •:.-; 11 Hc who dwolloth not o:x:clusivoly. in tom~lcs made vlith ho.nds 11 wns propitious to thoir devotions•" From 11 Roligion on tho Amorico..n Frontio.r, 11

11 Thcrc .-r.:i.s u stv.tion on .Bourgro.ss, thrco mil e s o n.st of Louisville, Boargrass (or Flo~r d s Station) und ono eight miles from Louisvillo, called Lyr.n' s Sta­ tion. Squire /oono 1 s St0.t ion was twenty-two miles oast of Ly:nn 1 s Station, o.nd Samuel V!o lls o.nd Bland 3n.ll a r d at this time liv0d at Lynn's Stn.tion. Thero w0r0 two ~ou-si los to be ma.rriod o.t Lynn' s Station, nco.r Floyd's Fork, r.ov: Bullitt County, after a. Bo.pt1st minister 1 Rev. John Y1'h itakor, to mar:ry thorn. This wa.s tho first logn.l mo.rrio.go in this- po.rt of tho country. . ~. A fiorco conflict with tho lndia.ns ocour:rcd n.t this time. Tho Indians were discovered by Bland Bo.llard on his way to prooure the services of Rev. John Whit aker~ 11

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v\TIITAKERS IN KENTUCKY /;.,' i~~ : j ,. Deeds of Re v •. John ifr1~itr,ker a.nd wife Ma.r y . ., ' .. j1· This Ind.3nture made the 21st of .~.upst , 1796, . bQtween John Whituke_r of •t Shelby County and ShttC _o f Kentucky, · of one p::irt' nnd George .De.vis of _the ~1. . other !)::.rt," of NelG@ Co1.frity a.nd St:'.t.e of_ Kcn_tuc.ky •. , Witness th tha.t · the ,-·i • '~~ - = sa.id JrJhil ~\11it'a kt:: r crid his wife t:C..~·y f or ·c,J?.d in · c qnd.dcr a.tion of t h e sum , ~·J . of 30 · ;~oun ds to ·the:n i n . h :~md p::i.id, the r.e qoipt, who roof they do a ckllowl edge · -~ :.nd · ool"..fo.s s h:wiD[.; e;.r'.t.i:_:.-tecl , b a.rg;;.i4e;; d .·o.nd ~old unto George Dc-.:vi:r. a.nd o.:ssigl'l:s 150 o.crc·s .o f 1 .::-..nd ·sit. w:.te a.r..d 1·be inc; in_)'.~els on County ,an the E ~c st side <(f• . Giles hl::t:V-i3, 1'.)ei:1.g ?:-..·:-t ; o~ sa me s urvoy• (Then follm/s .l ong ·d.e soript ion of -~~ bnd • ) '!Ju 11 itt Courr"t;y . · · r .-·.. : · .;· ...

Indc'nturG between Joh::i "\'Yhit-'.',ker a.nd M8.ry, his -,df'o, of Shelby County , State of lfontucky, for the conside r a tion of 48 p ounds rmd 12 shi lling~, t he sa id John '.Hl.rl M::-.. ry Y.11itnkor dot h her eby :o.cknowh dgo that tho s ;dd John a.nd Mary -~\1 1 it :i..k •Jr · h~• th gro.ntod, b ~\ rg :'. i "!l o d and sold by ::ind by these prc_sont doth gro.nt " bc~ rg ::.in s o ll ~nd confirm unJ.;o $.!'. id MosoR Dt,:vi::; a.r:d his' heirs: .;for ovor 0. 11~ the rights title, inte r cRt '.1nd <.:l '.\i:rns to a. cert:dn tr ~~ c t or po. r eel of l nnd con.. t ~, ining 162 acres lying a nd being in the County of Ne l son, on he::td br::i.nch of Ced'l.r Crrek, wCltern of S ~ lt Ri ver c.d joi ni ng John Yih it:lker 1 s 460 acre

t:ra.ot. Wi t: Giles Davi:::, Gi.Jorgo D"':vic 1 St'.muol Cui:ro . Bullitt County. ·Augunt SO, 17')6

.b.ugust 22, 1797 , John ['.nd .!Vbry Vfb it,.U:er sell threo t r '.:'.c ts of l '."md ir. Bullitt County, Str.te of Kentucky, t o Miohnol Tr outm'."'-11 • They rece ive 300 potmds ourr, i;i.oney for first tr".ctj ·300 pounds for the s <: oond tretct; 166 pounds f o:r the third t r ::i. ct.

'r .-.~,....~·· Bullitt County. 22 August, 1797 . J ohn 'lnd M::wy Y.11i t'lker sell to Samue l r~, ?f:o r gi n (Mo r g".n) pci. r t of 200 c. cre survey lying on w:•.tors of Ced:>.r Creek, for the sum of 40 pounds. Wit: Sr.muel Err.\shc".r S', John A. St'.',ndiford.

oulli tt County, Kentucky. Augus t 10, 1797. John Qnd M.'.1.r y ~ni t ~ker of Shelby County, Kentucky,. sell to s ~.:muel 08.se: 100 cccrcEt i n Bullitt County, StC'..to of Kentucky, for sum of 30 pounds . Wit: John Stmiford, Snmue l Erasho·"ll' s , S ~@u o l S. Morg c~n.

John V.ldt'.'.kor :cr.d Mc.\. ry, his wife, sell to John Cuven.11 150 .'.\. crea of hnd for tho sum of le7 ~ ounds of curr . ffioncy. April 26, 1790~ Nelson County. Wit: Edw'.L rd Fromc-.n , John Pr.wley c.nd J ohn E. King ~i .,; ; }i 17 ·'. - ::·{,.'~ ' ~~f;t:.·. . ·:\1 . WILL OF REV. JOHN 'i\HITAKER i.~f - - ~ ·~ . :~~.' IN THE NAJ;E OF GOD., AEEN. I, John Vfu itn.kc.r, of t he County of Shelby a.nd __ ;.;·~.ii~ S~::-.t o of Kentucky , ·being. fro. il o.:id 11·ro::.k: in ?od~, but of a. p.crfootly. sour_id ·~· ;: mind a.nd rr.omo1•y. ..ond c ct lling to mind .the mort:-. hty of tho body, know1ng l t _;~.;' is 8-pp oir.t od . oncp f. or all mon to dio. I therefore ordain t h is to be my . ·,ij ;· last Will and Test.ament •. . First, I comm i t my body to t he ground and my · - :){ s-oul t o God wh o gave i.t and ..as for my personal estate which God has graqious­ .:;'. {. ly given me , . I.: give and bequeath in way and manner as follows; -~ 1~.£ .':.:... ·. in Item. I des ire that all my lawful debts be paid and my body buried -. . a decent manner . and all funeral expenses d i scharged & et c . ;, '.- Item.. .. I give . an d. be queath unt o my beloved wife, Mary, the plantation . '.'. ';: whe reon I. n ow li v~ , . con sistin g of · 300· acr e s mor e . or lesa-, together with all ··i f. : . ~;;~·; '/ my horses, ca.ttlo, .sheep a.nd hog&:, together with all household furniture. ~:~~i.; Item. I .b~~u.~,l..th unto the heirs·. of my son, .John( dee 1 d.), five pounds,. _: ·.· to be e qually d+v1<.lod between t hem a ll. :·~~1~ I tom. I glve ~nd beque ath unto s on Charles an equal proportion of move- : - :"I~... ~ able 0state with r e st of my children at dece ase of my wife . · . i \~ Item• Igive .and bequeath unto my son~ .Abraham, an equa.l part of move .. ·· .. ;' able esta.t0 at decease of my wifo, wit h rest of children. -,~l;; Itom. I . gi~e and bequeath unto daughte r, Hann ah, a seoond rate cow &.. , : ' : . : ~­ .. . :( J.·:· ca lf and no more a t decea s-o of my wife . .•• .o; ~ · Item. I give a r..d bequeath unto son, Aquilla, an equal share in move .. . ·r, - ·.ft. ablo estate with r0st of my children at decoa.sc of my wifo . · ·' '/ Item, I give and bequeath unto son Elijah ·the land I gave my band to j · convey to him, also an equal part .with rr.:y s:ons of t he moveable estate at ,i/!. decease of my ~.rife • . -$, !tem. I give a.nd bequeath to my son Isaac all that land that I gave him, also ·a.n e.qua.l pa.rt of moveable est ate at -dec~a.Be _i~.l ~.;,·· ~~ :.;i~i;~. convey .to ~· Item. The land and plantation that ,J g ive and bequeath unto my wife, f:: Eary, during her natural life or "widowhood I give and bequeath unto the t'" -r:hole of my ohildrer., to be equally divided between t h em at docease of my _ ;:("' lfife, alsci remai nder of a tra ct of l a nd lying on the north side of Buffalo .;·r.·. J: road, t he place where I once lived in Nelson County, to be equally divided .:.·I>: · · 25.~'·. Eimong i•hole of my ch ildren at decease of myself. ... .,. · ' ~tf ··· · Item • .: I gi:v~ and heque-ath ·to son Aquilla part··'Of a ,t-naQt <>t' ·land ;e-cmtain• · ,, ing four hundred acres in the ·whol~ or as much a s- is safe e.nd not taken by · ~1~ prior claims, i t .being between Kentucky and Elkhorn and adjoining Linds·a.~, · . i~ provided Aquil 1a gives a bond to convey 300 acres of land· that lays neal" --1 Broad Run and, i1' n~t, else the 1and he gave me in writing to assign it to me, und t he said Aquilla sho.11 h ave posses sion of the afore mantio21~d land <-"·:4 ·· n~ he gives me a b ond f'o'r the 300 acre~. · · · '-,~ : Item• I appoint my two sons, Isaac nnd Jes~, to be sole Executors of f thi~ my l ast Will e.nd Testament revoking o.nd destroying a.11 former Wills­ ., ·.: ~ . ur.d Testaments-. And ordainin g and appointing this; and this only to be my ·. ~t .· l a st Will o.nd Testament. In wi tnesa- the reof' I ·have hereto set my hand -f· and affixed my seal this 13th day of February, 1797. Signed and sealed and delive red • . '.;f Wit: Josiah Herber t Signed: Dc.vid Reed Jolm Yl'hitaker Jo.hn Stillwell Jonah Glock

.. :.:·} "> - . ~ •• I . 18 :~ t. ·. • .' :¥~} ~ - Acpount ')f S.:Ll e of Rev . J ohn V'lhitaker. ~t· , ~:__ ···::;~.;~~:~~~ -~:::. . 8 Hogs " To Aqui_lla: ··nbitaker ----1 book .. ;;~~'.·;r,;;;.. ~- l ll'ihipsnw· . To I saac \\bitn.ko r --··1 bookt.: ·aictioriary :~'Z. ~i d 1 ke·V.::Ce (;, ; 1ibi,ler To Josse· vYhitak:el:" --- 2 big books ':· .'. · · 5;\ \ . ,. t-- 1 Poi;; N.c. ·:;oi:i. ,,, ~ o · John Conne r - - - - l Bible · · : .... :~Fr;' c) I 1f \! :~j ,1 f • ' · ·~r - ... Ax·-·: ~~ ~~~~~e~h;,~~~:~er-::~:lm~~~~: gun :· ;~~- :L 1 II To Abrah am Whithker - "':'-:-' 1 handsaw & pot .<:' ":: ~.,._- •. ~:, 1 S(lw To Daniel Appl 8 gat e----l oross, cut -saw ~ :?J~i ,,> ·,.~. 1 _,,,.~ 2 Chis' l s To Murtha Nh:t..ta kor··-- l b;i.g pot · · · ·. :,5, ·. . -·~ l Di· a '\nng knife To Wi llio.m E. Collins - - - s undry old · iron\i~ · ~- : 1 i;,·on '!~ 1suac Ga rrett .,.. _ 1 scythe· . ;. · · · 3 CJ1n: h·s : To Joh.."l Elliott .:._ l d r awing knife . ··;~:; ':-~'•-, -;-", ; C00») 0r ,igare &p lane- ·~~;" \ 1: To , J. To Daniel Appl3ga:te ------1 .howel :1- l Horse · To John Eagb - --..:1 _mattock · i;\1':l:.f; ..~, -1 Bedste,, ad To Mo1·dccai ifor us 5 :pounds of iron ; · :< ,;\ . f l To D::i.r..: 1 Applegat0 1 p·r . of .Scn.les & .'.~ 1 wts~'.\ ·.'.~ ~ '~ :__ 1 ". .To A'Jr o.ha.m Vinitu.ker -- ·1 hone r azor &'cock·';: ~l l Bi bl e To Mordicai Neru~ _: :--: · !'llowing kn~f ~ & c~ank ::;;~ :' ~ 1 Book . ; ·To Jes se VG1i tukar - ··1 wo.tch· .c:\.r s a'ddle· ... ;·:a-·, " 1 dish To Da!livl .Ap o ::.ogn.te · . _;:.3, chairs' ··-_ •. . ·. · ._~t!. , 1 If To Mor de ca.i rforus ... " - 2: sheep · . ; . . _'.', 3 Plo.tes Dan' 1 App l o gate --- 2 sheep . , :; 1 Ens in .L To David Shaver ~ -- .. 4'·.she.cp •. :;fJ. - 3 plates To Abrm. _H~ff - -. 2 shee,p . . ·-~~ - 1 Locking - caps . To John Vibi.t ake r-·r-.- · 2 ·sheep · ., 1 Cha st 1 Cow Account of so.le ret\i.rned 'M

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I,ESCENDA.NTS OF REV . J OHN "if1.ITAI\ER

Childr en of' I<.ev• Jor.n ·i,'h. i t u.ker a nd wi :.''e Ma r y 'ifuito.ke r.

, ~ . -form ';,r. i t o.ke r, bor:t: in Ea l t imor e C::i ur"ty, Mo.ry l c.r..d, r:rob . 17 48 or 170 ; rr,a.rried fatty Gr a. fton . Ee wus killed ty foC. i o.r.s ne ~ r preser:t 5 i te of She 1 byvill8 ' Ky . :'fo "N3.S ou.t vrnrkir.r-; on lo.nd tb[

i::h ilC.r.:::n : ,-:._·. ... . Elis h a . .,,, 2 . : .ev:i. .. ,.. , :5. Ci1 (1Tity > ffiQr rie d Capt . J ohn ~i l l i affis on , Aug . 19, 1 79~. 4. ~ eon or e 5 . h :.+.c y 6 . Detsy 7 . Polly "'"-: ' Joh.. 9 . \Tl.L0m l. 10. .Aqu illa. (Killed o.t tho Battl e of Raisin, 1 813)

i: :1 "': he ~ r, ild ron of J..c; one of the ::pi es th:::..t br ought on tr,c enga gement tr.ut was f ought on ~t e 20th of August, 1794, ~n the Mc. uRee River; i n 1612 h o v olunteer ­

ed c.e:,2.. in, 'l1-J.s in tr.e Ec..tt2.e of the Rivo r Raisin, 1813, w:.i.s reca.ptured .. ·. ~ ·.;.. by t h~ Indfo r.s , t a ken to Detroit o.nd there burr..ed a t tho st uka . Hi:r­ fc,rr,i l y resided i n Dholby Count y , Kentucky.

Aquilb ~\h it c.k o r , son of John n.nd Patty 'vihita.ke r, mo.rried o.nd r esi ded ·r j_n :::r.C.icma; vn.s killed o.t t he ifattlo of Rivor Ro.is i n , 1813 . Re l e f t ··:···. o.n ir.f"l.Lt s ;:m , John ·::hituker , Levi ¥:hi t::·.ker ('cro . of A·J uillo. ) acted . cts i.;uo..rd i :,r. . Lev i ·,-,},i·bdcor 1 s g u ~ r d i :::.. ns reports :::i.re of r ecord i n Sh0 l t yvi lle , K~nt u cky , Co~rt Hous9 . Dock No . 6, pa.go 2Z6 .

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Levi V1hi~ s. ker, V lS On of Re v. John \'1}.itaker; son _of Jor.n Vihitaksr a.nd wife Patty \Grafton ) Yihita.ke r, was born April 13, 1773; died ~oy . 27 , 1849; ms.rried. Margar0t Seaton (b, May 23, 1777; d . Ji..;ne 12, 1835) Nov . 5) 1796, Jefferson Co . K~ntuck-1 ~ Levi ·1\hitaker and wife Ma r gar et removed fron'. Kentucky to Indi Gna in the year of 1835 , their son~ Gr afton and Bland had p r ec~ded them to tr:·e new country.

Childr er. of Levi and ~'la r gar .

1 . Blar.d Whitaker, horn I'ec - 1 7, 17971 d i ed Aug. 29, 1885 ; m&.r­ ried Elizabetr. G!ithrite (b. July 15, 1 79' ;d . ,Jul y 13, 1859) , Oct . 9, 1817; they r emoved from Kentucky to Owens r.o . India.r.a in tte year of 1827. Children: (a.) Fa.r y Ar.n, b .. Aug . 22, 1818 ; d . l'ct . 3 , 1Bl 8 11 11 ( b) Jarr.e s K, b . Sept. S, lf1 19 (called Big Jim ); m• Sar ah· Risinger, Aug . 4J l 842; 'm· 2nd Eleanor Sturgeon . (c) lfar garet, b . Oct ~ 27, 182:r; n: . Oct . 19, 1842, Hezekiah· Apn legate , (d) Eliz~beth, b . Aug. 29 , 1824; m. James Wilson (e) Cyrithi& Ar.:n , b . Ma.y 27, 1 826; J'Tl • Thomas Apple-gate , Nov.3, 1846; d . fl!l l::.17, 1889; buri ed Samaria , Ind. (f) ~ l~ nd , b . ¥.a r ch 3, 1829 ; ffi • Fanny Trua x, Nov . 21, 1850; m ~ '2nd '."" - -- ·childr en: · 1.. John H. ·vYhituke r, b , June 1 1852; m· Ma r y L . Myers . 1 2 , lfa.riah, b . Feb, 5, 1.854; de'c 1 d · ; m. Ja:rr.es Byrd . I ssue : A l~a , Carl (add . Filmora, I nd . ) and Guy Byrd, 3, ffa. r garet, b . June 30, 1855 ; d . Feb , 25, 1860 ·: ~ · 4 . Hanner Perthena, b· Feb . 28, 1858; m. Perry Bourne, .:·,:.~ J~L . l , 1874; she died Fet. 27, 1933 . Ferry Bourne .. (son of Elijah & Nr,ncy (Alexander Bourne) , Their chld: '. iii . :~.. ;.: Jfor.nie L • b . July 29, 187'1 ; m• lJsn:es C • .Mi lle r . Issue : ~ Louise Mil ler~ b . Oct ~ 12, 1901; m. ~ . C . Swihdell 816,1921

Issu.u : Cahri n Miller Swindell, b . Jan. 181 1923 Betty Lou Swindell, b . Aug. 9, 1924 Rutl-. Anr. Swind~ll, Aug . 29, 1926 Jnrr.es Robert G·w1nciA ll, b •.· Jul y 18, 1929 K~ble Mille r, b . Sept . 30, 1903; m. Au g ~ 30, 1~30 , F, Sievers Vo.r: Miller, b . Nov . 15 , 1 907 · ElzaB~urne (son. of Perry & Ferthenia ) b , Oct . 22, 1879 m. Minnia Stitzell, Oct . 21, 1 904, Issue : Donald, b , April ?. E, 1913 ; · Howo.rd Bourr... e , b. JE.n . 6, 1916 . · (Elvo. Bourne t win of Elz·a , dit3d Sept. 15, 1680) George Evsrett Doun:e, b , Ar ril 9, 1~8z;; m. ~Hlo. --Sept. 14, 1907 • Issue : H'imneth Bou·rnc, t. . Jar• • 6, 1909; I:uiV'ayn e FJourr.e b . Feb. 28, 1923 . ~alvin Earl Bourne (s.:in of rerry and F~rtht'lni:-:.) , b . April 12, 1&85 ; m. Sarah Car p&Lter, April 6, 1910· Issup : Richard Carl, . b . · Jur. • 26, 1911; m. Ma r t ha Yernori; I'ec . 24, 19321 Ifr.. r gurite Lucile , b . ~fo. r ch 17, 19121 m. Jor~n Lonovnr,, Nov . 24, 1~30 - they h::i.ve son Joh:r. Lewis, b . 1932 .; Gladys, b . Dec . 2, lf113; Her... ry Lelnnd, b . Oct . 10 , 1915; i\:irothy J..r.r. ar.C. ?heo­ dor e BourLe (twi&s ) b, July 22 , 1919 Lsel a Bourne (duu . of rerry & PArttenia) b. F~b · ZB , 1891; ~ . Ea. rl Kleir., Fet . 2 , 1910 . Issue ; Elva, b . Ser,t , 10, 1910; Mildred_, b . Deo . 22, 1915 . - - Iru D. Bourr.a twin of' Leelu Bour ne ,_ t:mr.o.rri&d . 21

5 . George K . Whitaker (son of Bland & Fannie ('l'rua.x) V\hit­ aker, b . J·une 14, 1 86~ ; m• Mi randa Carpenter- Children­ Add: Minitare, Nebraskn. 6. Aralita , b . April SJ l S 6~; d . in infancy . · 7. Lorsna, b_ , J a n, 22J 1 8(-)~(; Ti':• Henry .Abra.ms • Childre:u­ Add. Grand Islund, Rebra.ska· 8 . Ch&..rles , b . Sept., 28 , 18 70; m. Lydia Carpenter; dec 'd· (Krite !frs . Fau l, Elgir:, Hebr. ) . 9 ,. Otha De ll, b . April 14, 1873; m. Bert McCool (Add. Alli.. b.Ilce, Neor"'-ska .

(g) };A-hrton ,r. 1/\bit~ker ( son of Rl &nd B. and Elizabeth (Gathrite) Y.nitaker), borr.Aug, 22, 1833; married (1) Jane·Chenewith; ( 2 ) Ann Ho.milt on

(h) Levi '1'111.ituker (son of Blanc B.), born Dec. 14, 1835; d. May 16, 19l.8;. m· Yiat ilda Wilson, "'fl:ya 8, 1856. Mat ilda Wilson, b. 1838 Tteir ctildren: l, Armilda Jane, b . Ja.n, 12, 1858J d , Aug. 8, 1858 2. Sarah A. b . Jan~ 23, 1859; d, March 1, 1895; m. Jolr. A, .AsI'.er, Jan • 1 8, 1876. Issue: Effie Byran (Brazil, Ind.) aLd fea rl Asher, Nebraska. 3, J~mes Y:ilson "hhitaker, b . May. 8, 1861; d. Jar.. 29, 1562 . 4 . Joh. cur.ton iihitaker, b~ Jar.. 4, 1863; d. Jan. 22, fan; m. Idn. M. EcGir.nis, Feb. 7, 1886, Issue: Guy . 5. 'f.'illis.m Morton V\hitaker, b. May 25, 1865; m. IDff'ie 'irua:z; dP.c 1 d. Issue : Elza V1hitaker, Floyd, Bertha Tompsor~ · (Poole, ~fe_br aska) 6 . Ida ne lle Y.nitaker, b. Jan. 20, 1 668; m. Charles A. Asher, Feb. 1, 1885 . Issue: Bessie, b. 1886; T..ester P, (;. 1887, d. 1891; Homer C., b.1890 w.. April 11, 1920, Ler.a Ker:i.dall ; Cecile P. b. 1893,

d . 1895 ; Fna 13 . b.189fl , m. Jt:no.1- 19223 J.W. Mi lls­ Issue : Betty Catherine, b. 1 925 . 7. Eli C. Vihituker, b . SApt. 11, 1 870; d. Feb. 16, 1927; m• Alice Wilson (Add : Far£1.g;on, Inc.) 8 c Homer C. Y\hitaker, b . March 24; d. March 17, 1890. 9 , Er..rr,ett E. l:hit.akcr, b . Nov. 4, 1878; married 0hildren: r.aroline, Avis and Idn Y:ay. (Addi Poole .. Nebr asl'.:a. ,'\,

. · :~ Gro.fton Ea.ker Y1bital:::er, tr.e second ~on of Le-v i ar.d Mar garet (Seaton) ·:1l1ita.ker, born in Y.:entucky, Cept. 26, 1799; died July 19, 1862, i n M.orga.n County, lnc'.iuua; Narried }~&.rlaret (Gregg) Psml:arton, 7ritlow of 'Nilliam hnr.bert.or., Au gu~t 22, 1 €26, in Kentucky. /.!argaret Feimber­ ·' ton -Nas born Jar. • 2 , 1800 ; d . Augu::;t 27, 1882. She -haC. a dau, 3a r!:1.h

Jo..L e Ferr.be rt or~ (b. Aug . 27, 1822; d . Jur.e 301 1903; .ID • Yiil liam Mannon (b. April 2~ 1811; d. March 5, 1896). }~t;. rgar et (Gregg) 'Af.itaker had five 'urothers - Lewis,, wto died during tr.e gold rush in 18"..9, while Br.route to California, William Gregg, Scott Gr egg, John Greg~ , Hugh Gregg, .she had four sister s ... Eliza­ b~tl-. (JT.• :::.e-Nis 3&.r.dt::ra) , ~ u r5.h . (Jr,. James , Ye_argain) / He..rriet (Jr.• Solo- -mon Young) and Jo.n19 (rr.• .'Cha~·lqs ·ct._qJenter )'~ S om~ of these families 22

9migr at ed to Ill inois and Mi ssour i . Graft on Baker 'i1hi taker was appointed Captain of the 45th Regiment of Sti:..te Militia ?f Indiana ir. B2B, by Govenor Ray. In 1833 he was commi3sicned Colonel of the s ame r egiment by Govenor Noble , but r e­ signed because of ill hea.ltt. "r.1 '3·for e the Civ il War . He wa s t r ustee of tI; a Samaria Baptist Church l ocated · in Ray tmvr_ship, 11".or gan County, ~~en pr esent build i ng was erected in 1857 (?) . He was school trustee in 1837 and 1840.

Ch ild ren of Grafton B&Jcer Y.hitaker and wife Ma r gar et (Gregg) Vl11itaker.

1. Levi B. 'iibitaker, bor n j·;:flr ch 1, 1828 ; m· Sus~r• .Robertson; died 313 r.t. 14, 1591. Buriec G.. t Gosport, Owen County, Indiana..

2 . Y.,:il l i&..m K. V.nitri.k'3r, born AJ:. r i l 1 3, 1929; died Oct . 7, 1913; Mar r ied Jane 3miT,h , who was born Aug . 16, 1834, d . June 30, 1887. Ht:i is bur ied at Samaria, Mor gan eounty, Ir.di a.na. •

3 . Ia.Yid L . ~bit&ke r , bor4 August 30, 1830; died Jar., 0, 1872; Jr.i:t rried Mary j . Edwo.rds , who was b . Feb. 9, 1841; d . F6b . 21, l8~f'. . Buried at 0arr,aria, r.wer:.s Co . Indiana,

Infant sor., b . l{ &y 15, 1832 .

5 . Ui:-.r ga:ret -a. ·yinitaker, b . June 18, 1 833; d • •..Tur.e 15 , 1 834.

6. Eli Dudley 'f'J_itf;.ke r , b . No Y. 27, 1834; m. :1fart.ta Jar.e 'f;iiliarr.. s; ·r:,. (2r,d) ,~. .rr.andi Vick e r y , Died Oct. 5 , 1900; buried at Gos- p ort, I r.di ar"a .

Louis!:<. .Jar~e ·i,hit&.ker, born Jul y 21, 1836; 1 , 1 862 m• .i~hi r am Vasr.'3 11. Burien at Sarr.aria, I r..diana ,

8 .. ri:;lilah Crai>if0r d "'1'.nitak e r , bor:r;. lfay 4, 18 38 ;

9 . Infant daue;ht.E:>r , bor n June 30, 1840 .

10. Elvi r f:\. Whitaker, bor n J..ugust 24, 184 1; died March 3, 1844·

:. i. Arr,or i c &. Te.ylor 1i1hitake.r , borr. Feb. 19 , 1 845; d . 1 8R5 ; m• Js.n,es Ho'\%.r d Hulse , who ·wa s b. J un e 26, 18<.:0; d .• ::!387 .

c. Ker.r.er 3 . ,\1-:itaker, tr.ird son of Levi a r,d MH.rgaret (8ea.tor.) "v\h i ~ ­ ~k e r , borr_ in Kentucky, Sept. 2, 1801; died Sept. H45; 1rri rried i r: ..7effersc;n Go . Keritucky, tiar •• 23, lf:.24, Rececca HokP., "Nho -Nas born Sept . 12, 1 799; die d AFril 25, 1864. She was a dau. of George Hoke . 7tei r childri:m: l. George fl·,itaker, torrL Noy. 5 , 1832; died Feb. 23 , :905; rru Nancy [&ans, ~ar c t 13, 1556. Childree: (1) Robe r t K. , bore Aug. 25 , 1857, Guiney, Ind. D. Aug . 18, 1 930. (2) Err.ma Jane , b . Oct. l , 186~ ; d . 1865 . 23

( c ). Dr,.vid H. Yihi taker, t. July 4, 1866 (d) Cha rles F.~ . 11~hitake r, t . Oct . 26, 1869; d . Sept.9, 1870. (eO· Ge0rge O. Wh i taker, ') • Ma rch 13, 1873; d . Oct. 2 , 1931 , Putnamville, I udi ana.

• 2 . John "\\hitaker 4 son of Kenne r arid Rebecca Vrijitaker . l·~a rr i eC. ~1 iss MugG · I ssue: John, Err.ma ar.d Riley . .-·;j:;_: :j, 3 . J a:rr.es K. Wr,itaker, b . A.pr il 4, 1836; d. April. 22 , 1916; ., '.• m. (1) Ma ry J ---, b. Sept . 28, 1840 ; d . April 5 7 1889 ; m. (2nd) Parthena ~'ii l son Asher. Issue: Mi llard, Sea.ton , Icy .

' 4 . ·corne l ius H. V.11itaker, b . 1840; d . 1911; m. Emily BroV1n ( 1843-1893) ...... • 1 ~ I r -. 5 . Margaret Hl i taker, ---- n:arried Wiison. IS s ue: J ohn K., Vlil l i'3, Morton·, Sara h and others . . . '

r o . Sarah Y.bitaker, Jr., ---- ;;uc.he.nan . I ssue: Hebe cca and Dora.

D. :'.:.evi ·i\hitak er, son o f Levi a r.d Margaret (.Seaton) 'i\'hitaker . N-::> :record. Died ur.ma:rried.

:( . ~- E. John Whita.Y.e r, son of Levi and Ma rgn.ret Vihitaker, b . May 1805 ; ~ . S ep~ . 25 , 1865 ; K. Mar y ~ . 1 born J une 29, 1804; d. April 23, 1R8 3. NQ children.

F , Ifory ----'never rr.arried

M~rga r et --- never married.

. ·--:· E!izateth Vfui t aker , born May 6, 1811; d . Oct . 6, 1883 ; m• • / i_ :. Jotn Williams ( 1801- 1890) . Issuti: Me.ry! m. John /\.llen \\Uson . 'j. '.

. '. . '~ f . .]ob: M. '1\1-.ih.ker, so:n of Bland and fanny (Truaz ) 't:t1itake r; gr,.sor, of Blar.d B• a.r,d Zlizabeth (Gathr ite) "tihit&..k e r ; gr . gr u..r4d­ sor~ of ::...e-.r i ar:d !fargaret ( See.ten) -i,}dt.i;; k e r; gr. g;r, t;ri;ir1tls

z. r.s c r.r ·111: i taJcer, b • Feb. 22, 18 77 ; f.l • · '!:n~!;I. t I.a. Bl~rnett • ~n . -~ Shld : Oral 111:.rie , Harry :::tokes • IR s ue: Kt:i.y M!>.r:;,.ena .

3. 1-. 2.i:.ha Ktita ke r, b . Feb. HJ, 1879 ; ;n . Myrti e Ad kir..s ~ d~c 1 d) . Ct ilnrer. : 0riar:. ~111 it. nke r, :n. 1fo ry Davis , Issue : J acY.:ie C&.r :'.. 'i.hi+.::..ker, t . Jur.e 2.7, 1930 a:r:d

13'Jbtie Lee Whitak:er) b . f eo . 8, 1933'. . • i·. ..~ · ·. . ; . . (Con. on page 24 ) .• "

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4, Fno.r.k lihits.kor ( son of John M. :md M~ry Louisa. (Mors) l'Jhito.kor) ::!orn Jo.nus.ry 6, 1C)31; mo.rriod Ifoto Hutching (doc 1 d). A ~ d: Gqsport, Indi~n~.

5. Joseph P. Vibito.kor, b. ~brch 8, 1883 ; murriod June 26, 1910, Hovo. M. Asher. Children:

(D.) t1fo.:ry Ellen -\•lliito.kor1 b. Mo.rch 16, 1915 (b) John Fillia.m \11hitrikor, b. July 24, 1916 (c) Chas• Dwight ~hito.kor, b. Oct. 30, 1919 Adel.res s: Gos:~rnrt, IndiG.nc..

G. Hol"shol Yihit:1 a !~ol:", b. Ja.n.3, 1885~ m. (1) Ho.zo1 Montgomery (dcc 1 d)~ mc:crried (2nd) Riet. Jo_cobs. Children: Harold Y~hita.kor, b. July 1, 191( d. Nov. l::: .• l9::C8; 300.trico Ruth YvhitoJrnr, b. Nov. 4, 1923 Add: 511G Norw:1y Dr. Indi::mo.1?olis, Incl.

7. Myrtle Y.hito.kor, b. Sopt. 18, 1887 ; mnrriod William E. Flcotc· Add: Youngstown, Ohio.

Levi Y.hi to.kor a.ncl wifo Iiiici.rga rct ~co. ton a.re buried in fa.mily lot in So.ma.rio., IndianQJ fivo miles north of Pa.ra.gon• Lovi V·ihitoJcor wci.s sc_id to hctvo been th.irtoon yea.rs of o.go Q.t tho time his fo.thor, John Ylliito.koY-, wo.s killed by Indio.us in Sholb~,r County, Ken­ tucky.

'.I:'ho c.. bovo records of Lovi Ylhitc..kor ::md his doscondC1.nts wore contributed by Ers. J .H. Brooks, Greenfield., Indi::mc..

ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GEl~E.ALOGICAL SOCIETY 25 .( .:fl t '

.-:. Cho.rl cs V;hitaker, second son of Rev. Jof:n and Mary V1},itaker • " F.e n e.r ried Gi:;.rah J3Ules in Shelby County, Kent ucky, Jan . 21, 1796 . 4: They <.:ero t!-ie parer.ts of 3 childr en: Folly, Sally and J ames •

.t'•n indenture between Cha rles ·1fr,ita.ke r s.r.d wife Sarah, of Shelby Cou.nty, ; ~entuc ky and Samue l ::r asheri.r s of Bullitt County, for a tro.ct of l a nd in )ullitt Coun ty, t h e cons ideration being for the sum of 50 pounds curr . ';\'i t : Anthony Fhclps, 'i'.'arren Standiford. Date - 1800.

Lexint;ton District Court , June Terrr., 1800 . Lri.n d Trials - page 1 83 .

. .:.;. . John Cr oi g and Robert Johnson vs Lisonard Hall • :~ - 1 Petiti on re<'.'cite~ th(;.t on the 17th of October, 1797, this suit wa s r e­ moved f r om the Cour t of A"f'pe a ls a nd f1l aced on tho docket agreeabl e t o t he act of the General Asserr.bly establ ishing district cour ts in this c omr.i.onwe a l t h and proceedings nre i:.s follows :

Petition --- .L corto.in Charles i'i!li to.ker on April 221 l 780J ob­ . )·-"", 'i . t ~ ined from Commissioners for the district of Kentucky, a ci:=irtificn.te :::· of p r eemption of 1000 acres of land l ying n.nd being in the county of Fayette, on tho Elkhorn, on account of mu.king hr;provements on so.me in the year 17 76 - lying on a. dry r un running; i:r.to Elkhorn on the north side a bout t1". rce miles o.bove McClello.nds Fort und o.bout thr ee or four miles up s o. id run, near Fork's of t he s o.me . ' ' Sr.id Chr:,r l e s Y;"hi t wee r transferr ed all_ hi.:r. right, title e tc t o o.. ' . ~

cB r to.in Johr. Fay, who tra:r_sferred his rights to your Or ator 1 who on the '.Jt: i · of L'ecembe r , 1762, loco. ted s umo with i:;urvcyor f or Fo..yette County c,id secur ed c0rt ificn.t0s f rom t he Corr.missione rs. That a ccrtc..in Is o. D. c Thr a she r on J~nuo. ry , 1 780 ~ obtained from the C orr,m i s ~ion e r s a cer tificate of settlorr:e nt arid preemption or. a t r o.r.ch of El khorr. Cr ook , eight miles northwest fr.::im Eryun Station, includin g a

spring ::i.nd cc.mp made by Do.r.iel Bo one :..:.nd Edward Dr o.d l oy1 account of r a isi n g a crop of cron in 1 775. Tha t s a i d Iso. r:.. c Ttr o.sher t r a nsferred l« is rii;hts and ti t l A to Leonard Hu. 11 md said sett l ement ::..nd preemption i nterferes 'Ni t h your Or o.tor 1 s . !·

' _ __.'.!-, preemption e t c . Ne xt follows map of entire urea shovdng McClGllands Fort, Stephen

.. ,.:;.. Arch,J rs p re- emption or.e upd ha.lf milo from the Fort • ~\ copy of ce r tiffro..to issued t o Isaac 1\rashor. A copy of certificate i ssued to Cho.r les Y111itn.lcor, by Aquillo.. V1h itaker. ·.·· !

See mention of Cha.rlos 1i'.h i toker with br.:ithcrs, Abro.ho.m and Aquillu. ) . 'f ;:.1. . ~ -~------HANNAH "ilffIITAEER "• . ! ,. --:.- Hn.nr.rti". ¥;'h i t u.k0 r, do.u . of Rev. · John o,nd Ma ry Y.hitakor, born i n Bal t i more , Ec. r y l u.n d . Ha r rie d Stu.ndifor d , prob . i n For:nsylv'.lni u , a.s the re i s no r e cord of ~c..rrio.ge t o be fO\.:r,.d in Ke r.t ucky .. The f ollowing nc.mcs o.re founf o.mong old 'iJlit llkcr O.ocds nnd a r e believed t o re h e r sor,s: Joh n Y1hito.ker, Ephircqn, .l,. quilln. and Wn rrcn St::mdiford. She murrioJd Samuel Br a.shears, Nov. 3, 1790. ;... Helson Co . Ky . Ho r f::..Jcho1·, ~ov . John V1}1itu.ker, performed coromony.

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ABRAHA.M V.!-lITAK2R

Abr ah am 'i\"hi take r, son of Rev. Jorx~ ·:J1itaker and wife Ma ry V1hita.ker . Dorn in Balti more, Maryland.) about, 1751 ; married Susann ah Hurr,ble in Fennsyhn=rnia (Jchen Virginia), about 1778 ; d i ed in ShE?lby County, Ken- . tuch.7, 1814.

Children of Abr aham ar.d Susannah (Humble) Vlhi taker.

1. John VJtitaker, born about 1779; living i n 1814.

2 . · Seth Y:h i taker, born in Shelby County, Kentucky, 1781; married (1) Polly Collit:r (dau. of Michael Collier) Mii..y 21, 1811; m~ (2) EHzaooth Peyton (dau. of Ephiram Peyton and wi fe Lockhart (Sa gan) Peyton), Sept. 18 , 1819, Sholt y Co . Ky. Elizabeth Peyton "'ll"C'.J bor n in Kent ucky, 1795 , died in Davies Co . Ky. Seth ·vfuitaker ~ied in Davies County, Kentucky, after 1860.

· Childr en of S'3th Vih itaker and wife Elizabeth (Peyton) Whitaker .

(A) Johr1 G. Y~hitaker, b . 1821; m· Arr.nnda, b . 1830. - Children: :'.:lizabeth, b. 1852; John I3 . b . · 1859.

( B) Ja.rr.es S . V1hit::i.ker , b . in Shelty Co . Ky . 1822 ; married May 19, 1853, l~o.rtha McCo.}lister, i n Spencer Co. Ky . Children1 Lou, who married. --- Alford. They had Iva and another do.u.

(c) Thomas Peyton i-",nita.ker- · ·----- ·

(D) Levi ":";h i taker, born, 1835

(E) Ephiram f'eyton 1h11it aker, born 1837

(F) Nancy 1~1hitakerJ b . in She l by County, Ky . June 27, 1830; _marr~ed J ames McCallisters, Aur.. · 23, 1848, Spen_cer Co . Ky . He wa s born in year 1825 . Children: James , b . in Do.vies Co . Ky ., married Annie ---- they were parents of several sons a nd 2 do.us . Junie and Esther, both married and h~~e large families . All l i ving in Ar kansas in 1933 ~ · (2) Frn.nces McCallister, m. Solomon Bi shop; m. 2nd time . (3) .Annie Mc.Co.. lliste:r, married --- Pruden. Children: · Or a , No.r:oy, Mo.y (dec' d) , Arthur, Henry, Estill and Hulan. _

( G) Letitio. Whitaker, b . in Shelby Co . Ky . 1832, marri ed Willium Bish op (son of Solomon Bishop , Sr . ) . Ch ildren: Ide., m. Ho.g­ · ~rm 2, n; tr:innie, m· --Pruden; Solomon ; Ada. m. John Eo.ns - chil dren: 0 1 ~ Cecil, Olive, Willis, Victor, Dellu, Murvin, J.fo.r go.ret nnd I.fable . Add : Ov:ensboro, Ky .

(E) lfory C<.t thorine 1'ihit::..t ker, b . in Shelby Co . Ky. " 1828; rr.o.rried J nrr.e s !-1 . Gtew:wt, in Spencer Co . Ky . Sept. 23., 1845 · Ee died in Davies Co . Ky. l G5 0 . She rr. . (2nd) D . S . -i''iilli~~ms; both died in Fannin Co. 'foxa lf, Dae . 31, 1891. (Con• pg ·27) 27

Children of Jarr.es l.i. Stewart a n d wife Ifory C. Vihit~ke;:

1. W"illiam Butler Stewart, b, in Spencer Co. Ky. 1846.; · neve:i;- married; died in Fannin Co. Texas, 191.8,

2. Seth Whitaker Ste"N-a.rt, born in Spencer Co._ Ky., Dec. :~ · 15, 1849; died in Rivera, Los Angeles Co. California, ·~! ; March 20, 1925; married Nellie Beatrice Stewart ( dau. 1- f: of_ Capt. Charles S. Stewart s.nd wife Marth~ Cock), Oct. 8·,': Hf78,_ in ,Cooper, Texas. She d.ied 'in River&, Calif. 1\.pril 27, 1925. She was borr:. in Titus Co. Texas, Sept. 23~ ·1s59, Children: Junie E. (J.: E;tel~e · )," b. Cooper, • Texas; rr,. '/\'alter G. King, in 'Ft. Viorth,' Texa·s, 'Nov'. 2, 1904. Children: Leighton Stewart King, b. Sept. 2, 1908. {2) Ern~st Whitaker Stewart, b. Sulphur Spgs. Texas, d.' h1 Ft, iforth, Texas, Jan. 2, 1902. (~5) Fay C. Stei.va.'rt, b. Sulphur Spgs. Tex'as; m. (1) S.T; Jones (m, 2nd) Edwin :ifi.. Townsend April 14, 1~31. No children. · . · (4) Curtis Hunt'9r Stewart, b. in Ft. ·.vfor:th, Texas; never · mo.rried· (5) :..eight0n Russell Stewart, b. Ft. Wqrth, Texas; m. Frances Williams, August, 1921.. Children: Leighton· Richrad, b. May 23, 1922; Marjorfe and Malcolm Bruce 8 tewo.rt. (See Stewart oho.rt) c:~~·~R o' J t:.rr.es M. Stewart; borri in Lo.vies s Co. Ky.·, Augus·t· '6, 1852. 1· .. L, . •. .,·, ·: :H:i..l'rioc' C!frrio. F'redor.ia Bryan, May 9~ 1875;. died. in Fon­ l ; nin Co. Texo.s~ 1920 •. ·· Ch ildrer::: .Seth .1f1hi t?lcer, · m. and has .. large family; James Will.in.m, ID• a.r,d .has large familyJ Charlie, died your;g. Children of D.S. Williarr~s and l\'ife Mary c. Y1hitaker-Stewart: Bettie Jar.e Williurr.s · ·· ·

5 • Thomas Peyton V1hitaker Williams

6. Y'iillio.m Preston Vlilliams

7. John Via 1 ter Vii 11 io..ms

3, Nir;rod Y\bitaker (sor, of Abrahc.m o.nd 'Nife Susannah Hwr.?le) married Sally Brackett, March 19, 1812.

4. Elijah V1hi to.leer --- No record

5. Eullard Whitaker ----- .,

6. Levi Uiitaker, married Lucy McKey, Feb. 16, 1828; marriage bohd . sig:r:ed by . mother, Susannah V:hitc.ker and brother, Elijn.h V,bitaker. He died in yec.r 1842; tlrn fn.mily :removed from Kentu~ky to·. Indiana, ·,, \, ·. later to Iilinois. Children: Sally, Mary, b. 1831 ; m:.---Hicks. Lucy M:cKey V:hi b.ker after decease of her' hus ba.nd lived with her .II ·!··- · 28 ii':!

son- in-law, - - Hicks . She h ud a t that time a fanily of seven - a ll l i ved with Hi cks . Lucy OfoK<:y) '.'llitaker nnd at least two of her duughters a r e buried in the .::.: :rnk far.ti ly lot i n Antioch Cemetery, Ta.zewell County, Illinois .

7 . folly v,iiit:iker T T;1ere: a:re "the marriage recor d of several Polly -i'~}lii:;o.lc e rs i~ Shc;lby Cour~ty , an~ i t is impossible tel_l Why is '\;110 .

8 . Betsy" i,~bitake r , mn. rded Ad in Horton, ~T ov . 20, 1824

·g. : ~ y.s ci n \~b i t aker', . rr.a rried J n. re.e s . Ander s on, · A):'ril 14, Hll4; m. by Ge orge :'. _ "t;o.ll~.r, ..,.Bo.p . mini.star•. lie r br other, Seth Y·hituke r, on ma r riage bond.

0 "h' . ·t· ..,:, .. t , '· ' 10. . 1.; ci. r1 .. y.. :uil. .

corr.end rr_y soul t o God who gn.ve i t to my body, :::nd Jr.y body is 'to be bur ied ·,· .·.· ,· :·~.••.'_·~ -~ ·..i·_·~ . : '·_.• in o. dec.:ir..t C.hristic.n like rr.anne.r by my . executors . :.:~ Second l y , if I ;;houl d d0po.rt this · life before my l::el~ved · wife, Susa.r:no.h , · ·• ~r.A is +.o r emu i n ir. tho Gommon M:1nsion Hous e on my plnr.tution /:-,nd keor; in her . . ~i possesgion u ll tho e s ·b ~~ e of whi(,;h I muy d ie posses s od, both 'reo.l nnd pcrsono.l, . ,'.J during her u.aturc.l l ife or "ric;low,f.ood, . exce!?t, that is to s n.y, us much of my ] rcrsonal property ;ls ·will dis chn.:rge my just debts end pGrs onal axpens e s . Thirdly , I~y '}'il.l nnd des ire . is tlmt my sons o.nd dn.u ghter s 1. yhat is to sny, Chc.. rity, Elizn., Levisc.., ,, Dor co.s Bo.llu-r d , :.ev_i o.nd [fo.ho. la (or Malich) ' .'·':.~· sf:a.11 be r a. iseci free from cf10.i· ge of boar ding c.r..d clct:h.ing and . etc, un tE "they sev-0ro. lly r.:.rriiie of a.go , u.t w!-.ich t ime they a.re to r~ ceive of rr.y e s­ t o. te 0. sum, eqUQl to wh::ct I h:.i.ve g i von my chi ldren u.nd 'Nhen s o mii..de equal the rcm ~. inder of rcy estate sha.11 be equo.lly_ diy~0,e.d .o..m9N;. o.11 !Icy children -. . ~ : . .

· · 'l . ; ., ; ·~ l' 29 ".-.1- ·:·'t. c-,t thG decea.se of my wifo. F~urthly. - I t is my will a~d desire tho.t if it should so happen that my wife, Susc.nn::.._1": , should i nterm;:i.rry with c,r_y mo.n ) t r.on my exncutor shc:.11 frococd to sell o.11 rr.y csto.tc, both rc::i. l nnd pcrsono.l, giving t·welve :nor,ths crec it on the s'.J.le of '-;r,y pcrson::d u.nd such other credit or cc.sh i r. h ::::: nd for my ru::.l astn.t e o.s mo.y be ;nost tonefici o.l to rr,y heir.s . Fifthly.- It is my will -and desire tho t J1 ·:mes Ar:.dorson 1 s .chilc;lren by his· ·first ·rrifa l-_[..ife their sho.re of my estat,; . · · · ' · Sirthly.- It is r;q will a.nd desire thc.t rr.y son- in- ln.w, J ar.:e s 'knderson, sr::..:1- h:..;:ve ho. lf of my t.cnct of lo:nd lying 011 the Ohio Rive r in Gall o.t ic.n Cm.:nt~~, p·ovidci d th2-t h.Er.. pc..y .;;; 10.00·pcr ~ere to rr.y e'xe cutor ~ : , I r.-,fr•; by D. p1)oi!l.t rr.y s on, So th i.-~'hi to.le er ~ c z c ct.

List of So.le of Abrah c.m Y~nib.ker , De c'd .

1 St ill - 5 6 gallons 1 bar:rell ' ', l ~i g kettle- 40 g~l lcr:s 1 keg , ._. 12 Sti ll tuts 1 Shov e-1 & pan l Fl uke star. ·.::1 ...... vi: ":' _ t' ..., -· · l Bo..y f i J.ly .; .. ~ . <.: .· ~ 1 tis3 kettl.a 3 Eeds· l furniture - .....,

•.· . I 1 Rifl~ £Sl'f. 6 Chairs ~ I• : _. '· . . . .;. . 2 ~G.zo r s 2 Tables .. 1 ~ai r of shears 2 Chests l C'1E(:e s t :j_(:k . .''.'· ; .<:~:. · 2 bed slats ·.-·:·r\ ' 1 Fa ir ~f double t r aces 1 Sorre::!.. colt \ ·--~~ -- I ! 'j \ ~ ••• /' Ger.rs for J:louf;l': i n¢ 1 Muley cr;:;w I' r ·"•' 1 f'ox ~ f fl&.x·y,-F;.eels 1 pied cow

1 Co:tton 1..-r_ ("~ i l pied he if'er !·· l ... ,; 1 Che e~t :ree 1 13 Sheep ·1 ch::1 i:::e.s 45 Barre ls of corn, flax, ducks, geese : ~, .. 2 ':'ables · Invent ory Re turned cy . Seth 1.~hi t aker, Adrnr, Ma rch a C}:&.irs Court, 1815 . I ' • . ' l ......

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Susa:ma.h Yibitake:r, widow of Atn.ham. i\hitaker, died sorr.e t i'rne du:ring the year of 1828· The inventory of personal prope r ty-was rer.d e red during 'that ye fir,

Shelby Covn~y Court, . November, 1&28 . On motion .of John Hoff, a.drr.ir. istrator, ordered.that John Yo un ger, Samuel .Sh e:. :rm on~ Jr. and Robe'\,t Owen, o:- ar,y three of them being first sworn do a'[Jpra ise the slaves> i f r..ny, e:.r.d p0rs onal estate of Susannah Ylhi taker and make o. report.to this coi..< r t . Si gned :,,James S ~ Yihita.ker ~ C.C. · ··._,, ... · , · Tho p c:,r sonal property of Susannah ·Nh i taker was app r a i s ed ttnd report re­ tur~ed to Shelby .Cou~ty Court , January, 1°29.

A~ UILLA ~R ITA KER

Aquilla"'i:hitaker, son of Rev . John and Mary Vi11itaker, born in Baltimore, l~iaryl~nd , 1755; died i r ... St. Fr ar... cisville, in Par·i.tih of Felic iana, 1 Louisana, Sept . 1'324. ·111rnn in h is 17t h year he married, on the Yohoigany r iver, in \iest fennsyJ.vunia , Ki ss Mar y Iiuyker.dall, born 1760, dn.u . of Be:pjamin and Rebecca Kuykendall - her par e r.ts we re c;>py.i oaed. He wn.s not onl y young, but poor , having only a h orse , · sn.drl.le , bridle ar.d rifle and a: few skins . ..: ... ~ ,. ·,. . She s ei.. t behind him on his horsti and f;O t m'1rried . ·

Aquilla \\1:i taber rr.ar ried (2r.d) RuJlnmah Price, Feb . 7 1 1795 . Shel by County. Ch ildrer:. of "'•q'U i 11 a "ff':·ii taker: · ·· . · 1. Eliz~beth ~1 it ake r, b. 1778; ma rried J nn. 21, 1794, John Best. 'Ihey removed to I•' lorida. ·

2 . Abrahnm ·~\hit r. ker , born a. bou~ t he middle of 1780. He married a Miss V1};j_+,ake1· ur.d s ottled :r.ea r Na tcl-;.ez , liliss; she is said to huve been a daughter of D::miel 'f•11 itaker (a cousin of Aquilla ) Hir.ds County, Mias. Nov . i3;· 1837. ~' :r e . Dec. Court, 1838 . :nn· of Acr ar.r.:.1;1 ·1~1 1itukor . Estate to bo divided between wife Fr ances . .... &r.d childr en. Exrs: Orvell 'i~h itak e. r and Ebenezer Divir..e .

3 .. Frances \:hit::iker, .bor n early in year of 1782 ; ma rri~c;l J4mes "L ·· Young- several child r en. ,

4 . Jc.r..es SuJ.livn.n Y.}1:i.t aker, b . Oct . :::8, :l7S3 ; di:id 1668 ; married Fhoebe lfa. r .v ey Cr.'ilds , Jdy l, 1822; she d • .:.ugust 25 , 1845 . Chilclren: 1. ~';<.c Jt c r c. 1%itaker , born 1823; died 1887; :nci. r rief,. (i) Hc::1riettec nrmsby; m. (2nrl.) Lizzi':l Dickinson.· ·

Children: Di ckinson, Hen~7, ii.nn1e , Su3, !!o rnie; . . .·•,""; ! ~ · Er nest, ~sttolle , Shermun, ~tnnley and Louise . (2) William ';:allace 'iihitak er, b.---; d. July 25, 1 8 ~5 - ... . (3) Rich ar d · ~i.hitaker , b ·--- 1868- died · · · ·! :._ ._ >:f:.:' 5 : :~:"" ·· . (4) Pr.oebe Yi11:i.takor, b . Oct . 23, 1823; died Ji,me 2_1 : 1922; marr i ed T •O.' Shacklefor d (b. May 1, · 1816) m• .;Jt;.ne ·2, 184.8 ; Childr en : Kate , b . l1farch 18, 1853; d . ·J,ur.:e 19, 1863; James Shackle ford , b . ,Ja.ro 1850; : d • l.~~l .

ORANGE .COUl\rr v CALl FORNJA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. .: .i> ' 31 1~) ~; ' Will of Jarr.es Sullivan 1\hib.ke r w~s probated Sept. s,:. 1866!. Shelby County, Kentucky. All estate w~s bequeathed ~6 son, . fl;: -~ . Wr.lte r C. and dc.ug;hter, Phoebe Shackleford • . ; : . : 1 .~' 1 .·· t (See b iog··· sketches Ma j . J ames $ullivtm i/°lbitaker. • ) ' j ' ~ if ~ ... of !. i~ : ;c __,;,; f. I ;'. ., . · · 5~ John Y.hitaker, son of Aq>..t illa ) married Betsy McQuaid.,. Jo.n . 26," 11309 ; marrie d 2nd . Nancy 1i'1hitaker, dau. of h i s uncle ~ Elij[;.h Vihit(;_ker !

6 . Isaoc Y~hital:er , a soldier of the Viar of 18 1 2~ · served ur.der Gen . 1-..ndrwN Jacks on , at New Or lec,ns: He married "El;i.zabeth Eul:i.in , NatcLez, Miss . 1810· His brother .f1.br aham; signed mr...rr Li. r;e bor:d .

7. Elijah ·;,1-,itd::er, ?- ··soldier of Vfo.r of 1812; served at . New Orl ~ .... ns ur.. der Gen •. i•ndrew Jackson. · ., ··

S er~ or.i '1\h itn.ke r ,.

J . Bei:j:nnin ':.hito.ke r, ma rried So.lly Collie r (dau. of' Michael Coll. .,,l ier ), Sept. 14, 1819 •.. v:ill recor ded . in Wi ll Book No . 8 , pg. ,•:\°!; :::' < • 144. Lego..tcos: Jame s S. V1hitn.ker, Frances Long, Denjo.min i/ibit­ . ' .!'· ' . &.kor, \hlliu.m r.0.rdwell and John Whitaker ~ August 23, 1828. ' " . . i. ·~. - The following no.1r.ed children of Aqui.lln. li\ni t o.ker. v;ere. by his ... ., l'.'\L( secor.d wife, Rhumaha Price . . 1, ·, 10 . Jesse ;i.tito.ker· . i

ll. fr ice ·;",hitaker ·, 12 , Rebecca Ihitakor

13 . 'I_;,... ·

•'.t . 14. ,. i~ ~ ,._.

15 ~ Wordor1 ·m1i taker

- ' 16 . ';'.'arr en '11hit aker ,;-. . '· ··~

1 ,~ r ··-···~ - 17 . Four ot1:ers, but nnrr:es unknown ~ FJrnmah i:, o.n d Rebecc a i ;hi to.ke r .. •r ask for confir mation of their t1·2, ct of land · ~n .Louisanan, 1856. .;fie_

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ELIJl,.H 'ifHITAKER

ElijD,h 'i'.11it o.ker1 son of Rev • .Tohn and Mary h'hito.ker, born in Mo.rylund; ffiQrriod Sarah Brµsheo.rs.

Child~en:· 1. J or.n V\bito.ker, who· fought ut the Battle of River Ra.is ln o.nd was lc~lled from_n. fc..li from a. tree. 2. Elisha -~·~hitaker, died a.bout 1830 ~ Inv. of estate recorded in Shelby County, Ky. Court House. James S. li\nitn.kor, o.dmr. 3. AquillQ -~ no record · • 4. FollyJ mor:ded Yfillio.m Groom, Sept. 6, 1830• 5 ... Nancy, m· -John \'ih Ho.ker ~son of Aquilla.}; d. Dec. 27, 1852, Owens Co. Ky. 6. ;1 etsy --- 7 •. Sat:::..h rr.• Major Hollov:c:w, Se9t. 27, 1826. 8. Delilio., married Enoch Stout, ~ov. 28, 1816

Indenture of Elija.h lf.hitr.<.ker and wife S.J.l"cih, to Jesse Simmons: for o. tr~ct of land in Bullitt County (Ky.), 132 acres for the sum of 79 pounds curr. m.oney. Deed Book 11 A", page 32 •. Sept, 30, · 1797. Bul_li tt County,· Eentucky.• 70st: ;?enj:.-m~n St;..r.sbury~ John ~-fri.i to.kor St~iford·, ]i:phibm Sb.niford, hq~illa ~t~niford.

ISAAC Yl1IITAKER

Is:cue V•hitaker, son of Rev~ Joh,n a.nd Mary hhitcikcr. Marriod RosenO.. T;:;,ylor in Nelson County,· Kentucky, Anril 9, 1789. They were married by -.':illi~:m Taylor. Iso..a.c Ta.ylor wo.s a Bapt1st:·minfster. No othor record.

JESSE .\'ilUTAKER

Jeo:se 'l\nitc:.ker, son oi' Rev. John '~foito.ker and wife, }fary;. mo.rried Lyd'ia. Lindsa.y; died 1800. Children: Rachel, m. Joshua Chapman, Nov. 30, 1810 (2) Squire 'i1hito.ker, m. Lucinda Miles, March 21, 1815 · ·· · (3) Lee ~1hitn.ker, m• ·Mi·r~mda Jenton, :2ec. 8, 1817 _(4) Mary ,~-"hitak:or ----- Lydiu 'i;hitakcr , widow of Jesse, mo..rried John McLaughlinJ Feb. 23, 1804.

J.... r.uncupo.tive vrill of Jesse "iJ1itvker was prob2.ted Sept. 6, 1800. Shelby County, Kentucky. Proved by tr·,e onths of Elijah and Isaac '0.'hitaker. Al1 estc,te to be eqi.;ally divided a.mong his children and wife to live on pl~ntation on Bucks Crock for life.

A hrge nurr.bcr of tl-:e descend::,nts of Jesse 'i,hitake:r o.nd son Squire Vfoit­ £..k .::i r, reside in the -vicinity of EcLean County, Kentucky.

ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GEl\JEALOG1CHL SO~c~----f~ET~Y~--- ' ··.! .· ' ' ·..:

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CODRT P.ECORDS IN KEl-T':' .IC. KI

l::::ig'.m, ~,nd fr om there we al l went un, to rr.y company's co.1r.p and there, I tJi.i:r..k, we found John Gabriel Jone s frorr. that corr.puny. My company, with .EcConnell, n:-~ncl::i lt: h o.nd J ones, ca.rr.c to a place they cu lled Station C,:,mp und we Gt:.:rcd with thl'lm tha t n i ght, c..nd there I £ound. William S~::wo.!·t ar;.d Frc..nc is HcC onnc 11. I l oft Abrc,1: ::,rr, V:'hi tukor vrit h Jones and his company a.t their camp . Do not ~ eco l le~t a mun by nnme of P~ r bo rry be i ng present. '.i'his cn1~11? i s or" ~-~i ll e r 1 s Run, the nor th for k of Elkhor n . In locat.., ine; p r ecr.:p"..;i;.>110 cla.ims for Abr a.ham Vlhit ak e r n.nd Chru- l es V\hitcl::e,r, I · called h~il l e rs Run, Dr y Run .

!Jeposi tion o f Atr o.h C!.m V';h itaker . Taken in F~ye tt e County, 10 May, 1794. De~osen : . In Ap ril or Ma.y, 1776, he helped mak e o.n i mprove- m8nt for Cha rles ',"J:ita.ker , and thn.t Aquilla. 1·-.hi taker wo.s at the time with him 1nd cut c .~. l et ters on trees . That on Eo.y 8, 17'94, h e went with William Henry and showed these

:r::.. r ks, ¥:l-:i ch ur e on the north b r o.rich of north fork of Elkhorn, n ear .· ~ 1 ; J-:rr.e s Be.1.lty s fie ld. :--...:...:·...... •.

..'. lotter to Aquillc.. 1/J1itc..ker f r om Br a.ckett Cwon nnd J oe l J:ickson. . r:1ted Juno 17, 1794. " You u.re herewith furnished with n.n offi.,"\.a l .. co-cy of the Honorable Court of Appe.::.ls depending in thnt Cour t i n . . . ~ w:1ich 'J. r e ------(torn) -- cn~d you a re defend ant. ?: Yo·,; wil l p l e ~'..so to t?.ke notice th::-.t JonJ.tht.:.n Boone, the person mcntior.­ ed in ::; ~1. irl duress will attend on the l ::rntl which he is directed by r­ s o id. dur o s. s to Si.lrvey 1:-.. y off on t h o 2G June, in present yeo.r, for ' t he P'lr f>ose of surveying o.r.d l aying off same to the direction of so.id-­ --- You '/·:ill a.tt;md s:....id survey in pe rson --- p o.per ·torn a.nd worn- ( From Duri·ett Collection, Ch ico.go Un ive r sity Librc,r y . )

11 D:1ted Ju:r..o 27, 1794. In otodionco t o------we ha.ve proceeded tc- -t ·Jce tho dopcsition of :'1qu illa. Ylhit~cor by c ons ent of po.r ties o.t --- Georgu Holem.n on the ·27th day of June , 1794, in o suit in cha.n­ cer y now ~·Jf.Gn<°". ir~g in tho Cour t of Quar ter Session f'or the County of Joff0rson) wr.0!"Gin Ge.o r &e Ho l om:m i s Compt. r:.nd Squir e Boone Deft. , . boir: r; first :nrnr-:-. Doposot:h <::.nd sa.i t h that he knew nothing of t he 001!­ -': r , rt betwecri. Squ i r e Boone ~nd Geor ge Holor1:~n: concerning t l:.e divis­ ion cf -er.cir l ~~ nd , Quostionod by the Plft. , wh!it o. r e the gencr ~, 1 cu::+.0rr.s for clea r ing out s ettlements a.nd pr cemptiGns in yec.r 1780? J.nsw·C)r : I:t ·t.':ls or..o -.hc.lf of l'rocmp}:;ion for c l earing. out bc.lanco •

( 1.;. ,:::-i: ionod 1y plft . - i :~-..11at t.irr.c did you movo to Kentucky? Ar:r.w.:i r~ I lan ded 1::.t the Fa.11s of the Ohio on the l .t,,th day of April, 1760, &nd hav-e cor.tinued as a.n i r.hn.b ita.nt of Ker.tucky until now. (ues , by p l fi:; .- Gid you ever see ar. o.dved:isement that tr.ey would clear 34

0ut settlerr.ent of J? reem?ti o"t: in Ker,tucky ? i'.r,sv:o r: Thi;,..'\.'. sometirr.e after :..~u1din~ a-t: the Falls of t.r_ P, 0hio I wer.t -~-o Co l. f'enje.mir: Lo e~a n 1 s e.nd '"·hi le there I saw one or nore a.d·;ertise­ mer.ts mentioning th"-t they wc;u l d clear out settlerr:ent s.nd pr eemption f'o:r half 0f preerrrpti Xt • Di r_ you n ot whi le at Col. LogRr. 1 s give on0 ;-,:.;. lf for clao.ring out the ot't-.o r/ ? Answer: I d id giv8 one-t:o.lf of c:..y b rother 1 s preer.:1.. +-ior. bof -:>r e I loft F::i.lls of thl'.l Ohio . Sworn to and 3ubscribed : :oseph ~inlcck, J.P • .;'\.Crahaln 011)·ens , J . P .

. . ;' ( Cop ied f'r ?m original, i n I>.lrrett Coll., Univ . of Chicago . )

11 I d o l::er,:'cy :v·· cmi.:::e to. pr.. y to Aquillb. Wh-i taker on orC. e r, t h e just and full q~~ni~y of f or ty bushels of Ralt , it being for the hire of c. >l'Ggro w0r.ch c :>_ll0

T0ste : John Fooks Reuben Ca se

Recei ved of Reuten Case by bio bushe.::. s of sn.lt, part of a bove bor.d .

Sier.Eid: (Fr offi Durre tt Co ll.) Aquilla initaker.

;)o~ositior: of' Aq1 .1ill<~ 'i\hit.o.kn:t . Ta ken o.t ]·:agc~Y ('•n ' s Tavcrr., Lo xir.g­ t0r:, Kent ~c ky. ~ny 31, 1800. The com:;e riy co-:-,cist ed of ·;;il liE-r.; Laic , Ai::ruham "/:hitukcr, Jarr.0s ·:.l:-5.tn.ker &nct h im::iclf (AquiLi..1 'i1h itttk 0 r ) , that La in cetm ~ +,o Ker.t·.icky in l&tt0r hn lf of the ycn r, 1775, and that they stuyod a conside rable part of the t irr.e ir. Ihrrodsb'1rg and ::ts neighborhood, - and sper.t sorr.e tiir:e '.lt Lecst-c:rn: . Ttu.t Cr.nrles ;;},i to.k e r, h imse l f ar.d rompany first ir..provod or. i3eQr Gra ss , beir:g tha f irst ,_rr:provomont thoy made c. ftor Ci-.:ulos .o.nd AbrahG.tr, i\hitn.ke r en.me to I\entucky. That in tho y eo.r l78C_, wtan this dc ~on0t rct.urnod to this CO'-'-ntry· he -discovered t.he irr.prove­ tr.6r~-l;;s on fe'..A.r Gr n.ss wc r o wi-i:cd.n tho mi li t~ry surveys • 'fLut ::ell tho n.f·orr:isa id ~orr,pa ny l eft Kon·t"..loky Ct.bout th ; l o. st half of .!ur,c , c-.r.d r e turned -t o the old cour.try. :to.+; tr.e s-:, id Ch:-,r lcs "11l1 i tr.!: e r and Atr ~.lrn.m 'Ahlt[lk or ro turr~od to ttis C:)untry ir. l r130, D.i.ld the su.id Lain novo r r e t ur ned s ir,ce to his kno·Nlodge, . · . '.~.. . . ~ -,-.. '-'ho.t Ch::-,r::.os 'i\i-ii·'.;o.ko r 'l•O. s nc,t c.long who n this i mprovi:nr.or.t wr:..s me.do , _, -,,c L1E; at L ;c ~towr, ·Kitt tho rhoum<:.t~c com1_) l u int, but he requested tho ccrr,i--'.':;ny to mu.k0 -him ::.:.n imt-rovorr.0nt.

F': .:,'ottc Go . Kentucky • .Jun o Torm of .Court. 3ook "A"; pugo 31. ;: ~,-~ osit i o:1 ') f Abr c.ho.;n V':h i ta.l-:c r , t ::-,kc n J...ug . 7, 1600, a t the house of' 1Jc-.ri1 o l I'~ c-Clvll o.r.d in Chclby County, before }.rthur McGo.ughey, J . P, 1 '.::ot>oso:::: lr. i:ho spr·ir:g of l 776, I wc..o .:iric::.mpocl on Mille r s Run 1 ~-. r~d l\!c..th :.:.nio 1 fl.n.nd.0li:h o.nd Ar.drew lfoConnell c:"\n c 'to rm irr.p rovorr.cnt tiv.:.t I ::u~d others h:'d t ogur,, Jor.os G.-nd Rt.tnd.ol nh coritinucd in oilr

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. ·.. ~··... ' .~ company till we came . to Lee st.ovm. ~ ' ) . I do n ot recollect .whether Willi.am Stew·art ·1:;;;.s in the company or not. Do not· know whether Jones and Randol?h bui l t any cabi ns on :Cry Run, or not . I under stood f r c;:i. Jones an.c; his company that Jones ~nd Randolph -were impr oving on Dr y ,;Run .

De posi t'ion of At r anain. Whitaker, t~ken 30 Jan. 1801, a.t the house of Daniel J•foCJ.ellar.;d, in the town of Shelbyville, . Kentucky. De- ..

noses•• : The ca bin I built where Ar:dr• ew HcCor:ncI 11 I. and Nath,anie 1 Randol ph rr,et me v:as the last one I built on that ,t:d'P• The same evening ·ue started "for· Leestov:r; . )'1Ic Conn~ll i s c oropany and my com- ,, par.y W

Charle s \ihitaker by Aqu illa V1h i take r this day clairr.ed a preemp­ tion of a thousand acres at 'the ~~ite piice, i n the distr ict of Ke ntucky, on account of working' and improving the· same i ri the year of 1776. Cortificate issued· ' .. .Abr a.ham ·~\h i taker by Aqui1la \/\bi taker this:. day c l ail'led a pr ee.mption·. of a thousand acres at the State price, in tho distr ict of Kentucky, on a ccouri.t of wor king and impr.oving t'ie snme in the ye ar of. 1776. ·· Ce r tificate iss ued . ·

Aqc;. i lla i.·1h itaker this day claimed a preemption of a thousand acres at the St ate price. in the di stri ct of -Kor.tucky, on account of wo r k- i nr; and impr oving the s arr.e in the year of l 77G . Ce rtificate i ssued.

Lar,J Grants in Kentucky

.4-qailla ~· r,-1 i taker JoJ.'fer son County, Ky . Acr es Date· Book · II ll It : II .11 · 1000 1704 II.AU II 11 II 11 II 1000 1783 11 I I ll II " II 1000 1783 II II H II II II 400 l783 II · 11 u I! II II II 200 1783" ~.. ', ,. 1\ u I.I I) ll " 600 1783 : ·.·:[ .... ~~:. ·· .~:{:·. · ' ·." u ? ' ' . ,~: r:,· ... r 1: }:: .. ·~... ~· >>' ;, ... . ~· . . ';;' It 11 11 11 John '(},i t aker 200 1781 '• ~ 2 ,.>- II II It ll II 300 1783 II ll II II II It 200 1783 II· II ll 11 II II 2ti0 1784 11 " It It 11 11 1111 150 1784 II II It 0 It I! 60 1785 II II If II tt ti 20 1783 II· 11 ll I! I! II 250 1783 • it· H I! I) ll ti 22 1783 It H lf 11 ll II 22 1783 11 II I! n II I! 250 1 783 II .: ~ ,·-· H I! 11 · ll 3~0 1784

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Joh..'1 1i>hi taker Jefferson County, Ky. .A.o~cs Date Book tl I! II 1! 300 1784 UAll. !) I! ll II II 300 1784 II l! II ll 11 U. 600 1784 \I n 11 I\ II n 100 1784 B It . I! I!., II u .so 178{- n ll ,11 11 1.1 150 ' 1784 I! ·..• ·. ·.!···' ., ., II: ] 11 Na ls on County 460 1783 II II Juff'erson Co. It 178 1?86 I) ~ ,;, t: 11 . ll ·II 11 150 1786 )) u II .u ".•..•,'.·.· . tt 11 162 1786 .:'l' l1 u 11 11 It It 200 1786 ' ~ ll ,, 11 )1 t1 200 1786 " Elijah \\hi::rbr n I! II 330 1786 I? I' lt It II n 200 H86 · ll Elisha Vil: ii;::-.:::':} r Franklin County 11 400 1795 Jesse V:hitaker Jefferson County 1f 480 1780

Three yec.rs tax paid by Aquilla Y\hi taker on 5000 acre·s of land on Fox ·Run, Shelby Coelnty, Kentucky. 1795,. •

Whitakers on Tax List of Shelby County, Kentucky, 1795.· I.saf;.c V1ni taker Levy (Levi) V\hi taker ·' . E;lisha V\hi taker Char le s V•,hi taker . ' Jfartha 1\hitaker Jesse Whitaker Abraham y.hitaker John Vthi taker EHja[l "1\hitaker Aquilla V'11itake~ ------I, . , . .

Mil i ta.ry He cords of l/Ih i takers in Ke~tucky

Abraham, Aquilla. and Elijah YJ-iitaker (sons of Rev. John Vihitaker)' served under Gt;:ni George Rogers Clark and Gen. Anthony Wayne in their exp<>. di t ion in the Northwo st campaigns •

From a li:: ·~ of I10volutionary soldiers compiled by H.J. Eckenrode; the names of Abra:1a111, Aquilla and Ellja·1 are to be found·. . jl! ,.. (;_

Pionee:· ~ol.di•)rs- mJmbers of William 'Barrods C?mpany - Abra.ham and

11\1-iitak~r St~.tic::l, in :Bullitt County, ,ky._ settled by Capt. Aquilla \.\.1it.ak0r, the hero of the fight at the Falls of the Ohi~, March 11, 1781. ,,,

Mil i::::a::-y Offj cers in thirteen orig;im $. counties, 1792 • Shelby Datta- 110".l. , Aqy. ~ ~-j_a V~hitakcr, Major, and Abraham Ovmings, Surveyor.

11 F"-::r 20, J 79'.l.. Sir: Floa.se to Billit Mister Corns---- men at the l different Sta tions on your frontiurs-- two in a place. Vlhere you ··f~ think they are most wa.nt;i.ng. Until fur---cr Ordor.T (Con•pg. 37) . I 37 :!? !:· ,'., Fi-om Sir, . with Respect, Aquilla Wh.itak..::r , Hajor. 11 ':~ .. ~.-~~ 11 Th..is i s· to cortify that thi s copy recc! •;od in ·full orders from Ma jor 1!\hitaker. To Capt. J nmes Haughbnd. · (~Durrett Coll. ) ·

Ex~erpts from :the Executive Journal of 1.r ovorn,or Shelby -- Upon r epr esentation o.f Ma jor Aquilla lilbitakor and Benjamin Logan; the Gov~rnor orde r ed Brig . Gap . ~homas Barbee to ca~l irto service of t he State. for t he t e rm of thirty da;ys, one Ensign, ~'ono Ser geant, and :'i ft ~e r"". p ri vdos q,r,id to station them o.mong ·t hi;i most expo.Sod fo.mili.os on the frop:ti;:irs of .Mcree; County. April 6·, 1792 . ' ;.·

Excerpts f r om i.;~1 0 Exoc.utivo Journal of Gov. James Garra r d . Sto.te Archive.s. Feb: '.: ..'::y .· °1 5~. 1797.. ~ommiss j. on~ _issued to- t h9 follOwing ofricors iL th3 -~3·cb. 1tegi111ont, S~olby Co1:J.n.ty. James ·Balla.rd, J. ·,1'hn~ lock:, Elij:;.:-_ i;:A, 1·c ::i.ic ~fr a nd J . Ba.llard·• . Commission dated Nov . .. lJ " 1796.

Jof'forson Coua ty, K1:;;.i."t;:Ucky .

• • .- ~ .J Abraho.m ',';}1.i .tcdcer .named a.s ono of tho E;ra.nd J Urors for Jqfforson Coun-

ty, 1785 . - , . •·

~· · -:-· At rdrn.m V:'hitakJ:.·, namud. as an appraiser for ostat o --,·, Hughes .

Abraham and ,\quillo. 'hbitako r named . as appraisers for the ostat o .of Philip Lutes.

Abraham Yi'hitakor to appr aise tho osto.to of Ja1:103 Brenton, 1785 •

.. : . 11 Amon r.; those up-pointed to view t ho non.rest und . most . conveni ent' way fr'on~ t.h :J F::.. l ls of tho Ohio (Louisville) to ·Locstciwri on Kentucky, n.nd r eport. 11

. ~ -:' ~· (Owing t o tl--.J f o.ct th::i.t the early court r e.cords of J e fferson County . -~ . .. hn.vo boc omo m.i.::: spl a ccd · or lost in tho 6oud; house, much vn. lull.b l o ( ::-·. : genealogical mutoriaL is missing. ) -ri ·j,. •H;.-_~f · ~.:.: AbrahuJT", 8.nd. Aqi;r0 lla YihitnJ..:cr, sons of Rev. John · v.~1itokc r, woro both ,~f'(t.... ~.. . distinguis:L)d in. tho .oarly sot tling a ~ · Kentucky, o.s great. .Indian­ fighto.rs in the cur.1p:ngn north of tho Ohio .

','4. At · ~9 . time Abr u.ha.1,1 saved tho arJT.y f rom tcitc;.'l dof 1J ,,t by tho k illing }..-::.._ of" .the Ind· i ~n .Chief ca.llod F1ying Arro·1,·, Th0 mon wo r e enga.go-d in bloocl.y, con::'.' lict anJ. about to be' ovcrc~m0 ; tho men bcgo.n to gi:vo Wn.y- 1. b r~ham : s;;:I/ tL,·.:i..r dtuation; ho 9is1!0vorod tho fr.di::m Chic'f '.on' hors8 i::Jack, . d:ip.t·.>d .Ir i.' ~: )'. :.s posit,ion, i;-o.n up to the Chi.; f .'1nd shot him-. \.n~n ho foll ~ -, r; (A:Jr ccham) jc:rlcod. tho IndLn acros c himself# s c u.lp­ ..:;d ~ him, .th:..·cw him. ~ si do o.nd d .:irtod p o. ck tc h is positibn in lino; Oin l oss ·tho.r. f: 'r0 minutes tho b::.i.ttl ~ i'r'..l.s c:i ndod - tho Ar.my so.vod . ·

kbru.h o.m.· · -~.'h.it s:.. kcr . w~1 s rcm;~rkubly swift on fbot, wu.s often ·kn

Soth V.hitakor (son of Abrahm:1) wo.s a private in ·r.. compu.ny commanded by h i s cousin, Jc:-.mos s •. Wh i t .:-,.kcr, and wo.s in the bo.ttlo whon T0cum­ seh was killed in 1813··

Elijah V.'hito.kor (son of Abr.J.hum) rose to ra.nk of Brign.dier Gonaro.l.

'n.n.ltor C. H:i to.kor, son of J;;.mos Sullivn.n i'ihi to.kor / r o. isod o. regiment of Volun"t:ocrs .. known as tho 6th Kentucky and ·was oloctod its Colonel. ( Civil Yfc.r) }fo Ld tho famous cho.rgo of Lookout Hountn. in and for ~is br.:...vory ::;.nd skill v•et.s promoted to n. Major Gon;;rah

In politics tno '[,hi t ake r family was Domocrn.tic with fow oxcoption$; ~; heir r·Jli!';iO:r.. o:~ R:.ptist pGrsun.sion; they woro a lways considered sobor, truthful, _Jo.t:: i J-:;ic and honest mon o.nd truv frionds to thofr country• :.i. nd o.dvoc n.c,· s o:i: soul liberty.

Tho above "r\hito.l-::0r roc ords wore writton by Col. John Y~hitakor Willium­ so"'l (gt'• g;r o.ndcon of :iov. John Vihi b .k o r) in his oighty-first y0ur; ho vns born July 3, l 7\-i 6. (A copy of those rocords woro contributed by Miss Elsie Hicks, Colfa x, Illinofs.)

From 11 Son;u Ol d Time Hi story of Shelbyville n.nd Shelby County, 11 pub­ lished ir.. t h::i ~holby Record, April 20_. 1917. This articlo w.:i.s writ­ t.on by lfr · John T. 3allo:rd .

11.At the re<;_uest of the editor of the Record for a. bl1ief notice of t he Aquilla Station, or "Red Or chard 11 as it was also known, and of the family of Col. Y.bitakor , I beg to subrr.it the following; It was on the seventh dv.y of Septembe r, 1850_, that I came to She l byviJ.le to live, e.nd then I b~ u aine acquaintad wi th the citizens of the town a.nd county. The Cle:ck of the Court at t hflt time wns Major James Sullivan Yfr,itaker, wi-cri wl1om I wa.s rr.ost intimate u p to the time of his: death in 1867. His f a-cher, Col. Aquilla Vihit cJcer, was a native of Baltimore County, Mar yl and, and wa s born in 1755 . Re came to Kentucky in 1776, and was so ·:1ell pleased with the coun-i.;ry, that in 1780 he brought his family ana settlAd at the 11 Falls of t~e Ohio11 where he remained un- . t il 1793, when he oa.·.r e to what is now Shelbyvill e ,; All ·!:;his country ·was in its primeva l s t ::>.te, er.. d perhaps the richest and most beauti-·· ful in the world, · Col . James S. Yihitaker has many times pointed out t o me "'.;l1e .;;i:wc wh~::-e his fathe r had built the log fort on what is now the A. :·' . Carr:'..the1·s farm. It was within two hundred feet of the banks of Clen.r Cr3ek, 1.1.n :l over a most excellent spring< Col. 'iihitaker then 11 11 s::io'rn of '1;h ::: I°'.)r·~ ·13 Rod Orchn.rd , and stat e d that the name came from the fact tnr:i.t hi..; father had plo.r.ted on a hill side west of the fort ::a.d just a cross tho b:>:"anch, a l a rge orchard which produced a great quanit y of the fi.nost red apples. He also told me of t:-.c difficul­ t ;;.es ~ucl i1a1.·dshi;Js his fathe1· and mothe r endured while clearing; and cultivating. t;10 L1:id about the fort. Many times it was necessary for th'":l N"lI".., to wulk a round t he grou.l'ldSJ rifle in hand, to guard him wL i le :0 10 W a nd the Sul­ -'· • .. . I!' ~ ph ur Spr ing on I

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:-H ~::nifie d co1Jr 2.;:;e :r o. :ro ly met with. Slow to anger, ·out he fen.red no r., 1;~ r., If he d i.sllked ~rou he hr.-,_ ci. "t. u t little to do with y ou, n.r..d a cm.- a.r d · £.. nd b oa stful min l:e o.bhorr 0:i. e.nd shunned . He was the t r uest a.:r..d bast :nan to his f r ie:r.d :i it has ovr:;r been my ploast.:re to have met; and i t wr,s alvt:.ys a plea. :::ure a:nd profi t to r e b. hi. s preserJ.ce • As I look over t.~e r ecords of t h e office !'.e so ably filled in the s e early ds.y.s of ou:r 'JOUntry, m~' 1r,omor y'turr.s t o m~-.r.y delightful hours s 1:Bnt in h i s cor,: ~ ·1 r:y , and I t!". inX: I ·se0 in ~::·. •; spbrirlid ponmar,ship an d 1'.. c curacy of his rUction a sure rior·ty selclorr. four;.d in this da y . Ifajor "i.hitaker was 11 11 i, or n in a f ort r.e-u r ;t he f '.1. lls of tr.c Ohio - p e r hr~ ps it was Sullivan's, or.. t ):e 28 O cto:~c 'r, 17R5. 'A l l 1.: ~ o houses in t h e fort we re occupied an d there b oin ~ n~ othor ~ l n cci t han ~ h ~r~ within t h o fort , thoretho fa~jor 11::.:.s bcr.n . · Ho v."t> uld lau;,):. a nd ;;ay, ttin th i s respe ct he was like 11 ;:is S'..vior, b orn in & ma:n t;e1· . ii0.jor '1.11.itt>.Jccr married Hiss Ph oebe Chil e s' Jul~r l , ln2? • 0Lc 'i;1J. s · 1:,orn April 30 , 1791 &nd died Jee. 2, 1846. There were f our r,h il ~ . rcn borr. ·to t hem- 'fl'a l tt:r Ch_iles, 'iFilliam, Richard T . and 1 PhovLo Lr::r:.cs "ill1:i. t akcr; ' . ( ~· ~-.o .::.oovo sketch of tr-.o V.bitl}kers W'.:'ts contributed by Miss Florence E. Ba.llr.:rd, of 0r,el byvillo, Kentud::y, ~'!Tit.ton by her father.)

'I!1e followin ;.~ r.ot9s we n:i t ~ ken ty Dr . j)r a per 'from ffaj • James S ulliv r~n '1'.i}: i t~J~ er, 'A·Ler. '.Jr . Dn •pcr )Y._adi:. 0.. tour of Ker.t:.

when Te cumset wa s t~i.-:i r~ · wiU' 70 'to 100 warrior.s: -,,:.e .:-e tl-ree or f our days hol c\.ing a tre;,;,ty. 'D1;,ly 17 U. S ; arrr.ed regt;h.rs Yr0 re t Lere, ur.cl.e r Co.pt • 'i!iclock, u.:r.cl F'='"·~ i:a p s two or t!: re ~ h ur:,dr ed ci t i ::en s loo.kers-on, and unarrr,ec! . :.:.' ec t:.~_ue h t:.J.:l.ve !fo. rrisor. U.e lie - -:.-G.oi.·. E:A r-risu1-: d r e w hi.s sv.-or(( , whqn rn, El ~-..· 1:-.::;e l -. :;:-.ve •: 1 OO ! , sr' \r l'11. s igY:.Fc.:.· - y'3 'll. , -.;:r. ' e n h"1 i> wa r r l' oro ir.• a n £c 1 - "'.1.0S°'.; ~r. inst'.:. nt ~r ·?e :w erl v.-i t h 'ho\'.-s 3.l ~· l · ~ rrow;:i , lcr:.ives and .:torr,!:i.h::i.wks . - . ~. ·where r.·o v,·er·q) or.s we re s ee·n be. for e , !::•.«'; no snr.s . Ti:>cc~ms eh r eachin g f~v a 1 fe et 1 strcr.g :i 0v.-, rd.t h ~1 is · iror. or s i::'J<:· l p oir,ted a r rov:s , a.nd he t:.nd , .. ··; ·,~ !Iarri'.:cr. ey r:;in g 8 t'.l.ch other, ·wtil0 'i{J ·: itl oc.:k' s i.r,e r. c c-<:V.od t t,eir g;u.ns, ar.d ' t h e crtize:;r.e s.lc;.rmed, rrJ:.de ·a d ~ s ~~ at t l'.e po :; t s.ncl r a il fer.ce, sorr,e fnt e.:~ out a mil e abovo e.r~d 'l Cf-.. mfed . : liext nay -i\},its.ke.r,' Jol:r1 .. CD.r.l:er.riff, '\\'(!rlt Up ·xitJ:i J ~T!i.es !·:.P.. r rbr:, "the ir.tfl r p0rtnr , ·U ·!,~ l a t t er lrnd a r.. :P-ssa .· ; f r om the Gov0r­ i ·i n or, ·d:ic!;, r:e dcliv <:ircd i n a lor,.-. r,or,,·nrsc.ticn . 13<:1. rron h ad oc ce.s i or. t o r::ci •:· ~.'ck to sno Gen . ·itarrir;or.. ~," out s orr.e t i': ir..t_; 9.nd the othor two r e ­ >} ;:iair.eJ ; vdrnn ',";}1ita.ks r ss"!i't'ig T0cu:.--.sel:. s •~i::r. cli t. E,: stroif::r:t up &r;ainst h i 1:: " t ont- r:. ol i:: , smoking , r e qi..:.(;s+. ed EcC:.s.nd.lest: 'to stc.r.d beside Te cn was s~x f oot i n his stocking ' ,, f a ct, e.nd. T e.cur- ~. s0h f i ~lly s.r. ir~ci· . t.ctl lcr , if r.ot rnoro . Tecumseh had · .) ·; V (> r y l ::.r.r.; e .s ho>.tlC.ers, full i;'r cu.st , heavy _thir;hs ar,d calve 3 - finoly .. pror~c,r tion ed . Ji

Hr; rohoc.r sod ·rcrJ i:r.torosti:r.p;ly ~b out Indi :'~:-1 t r eat ies of history•

. ;-' '.fh<:c::.o s Car.,p '.~:i.br:., 1513. - Tl:o Indian k i ll'-l; ,)t: tor;. :i.n ches - lookod lJ.k,3 Te cc:rr.ser. onl y short.or and SP.'.a llor r-v::: r;,: ·c~y , und ho b0camo so.tis­ fi0d h o ·;.rr., s not '.::oct:.r.1sr:::h . This wo.s the onG wr.osc thighs 'Nore s kin ned for ro.7,0r strap; . It 'A"&..s rcport o.J by t h o off i.r.crs thei.t Ge n . Harrison 11 s:J. .i.l: Hc first +:hou i-:Jit it vms Tcc urLsoh, but ~ r, 0 body ·was too small that j_t r,,ust :-. :.. vo tee r. &.. r.c1'hc·g of his, who -:r.uch resembled him, though smal ler in sizo . ·: f.' F:.:tjor ·1.1-.. itD-k-: r :;;.skcd tho Br itish regulars what t h ey surrondcrod so r o:-:d ily fo ~· '? T!'. }:f s:::.. :.. d - 11 Tl:o c o.valry dashc-id through us , and f ormed in "t;t.0 r eo.r - the ::.. r.fc.n t r y cNo.s hcn.vily in our fror... t - what uso wa s it to fight? 11

.i About 1787 0r 1 88, F0tcr Bail ee l ived on 3u l lskin, a b out five milos sc:.th of 3r.olbyvillc - ·1;tilo ho wo.s c.bsont - having no f a mily - Indians ro b~.:

i-.bc:.;.t 17f.'0 , a f"r-t.y of five Indin.s s tole f i''') or s ix hor sos from Bull­ skir, u.nd Cl o :;;. r cre ek. Tho ::i. l a rrr, wc.s given - Aq uillo. Wh i tz...kor, Jt:,mcs Scott (the pcopl·J <~t We lls Station d iscove r e d t he Indian tr('il :md gavo b.rJ n. 1 ::-r r,,) lor.:.vlr.cg; word f or t he pooplo at -:.'ells ShLtion t o gath er qv. ickl y <='-r. 0i c.orr.0 on · ~ 'i.i;it:ikor n.nd Scott vr0nt s orr.o f i ·m ,_ff s ix m.ilos v;l:on they d iscov-:ir0d t ho lnc:E-ns o.t Fox Run, four of r.hoJr. h'-'d r;ot off

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