Person:Robert Whyte (14)

Plot: Section 5, Lot 10, ID # 50029

West Face:
"Hon Robert Whyte
born in Wigtonshire, Scotland, on the 6th day of January 1767
and died at Nashville on the 12th day of November 1844, aged 77 years and 10 months."

South Face
"Early in life he emigrated to the United States and for several years filled the chair of Professor of Languages in the College of William and Mary in the state of Virginia. From Virginia he removed to North Carolina where he engaged in the practice of law; from hence in the State of Tennessee, and soon after was appointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals; an office which he sustained with dignity and ability, and gained the reputation of an able jurist and upright Judge. In private life he was remarkable in the integrity of his character and the domestic virtues which grace the Husband and Father. A member of the Baptist Church; his course in life gave evidence of the depth and sincerity of his belief, and its calm and peaceful close proved that death had lost its sting."

"Funeral of Honorable Robert Whyte. The friends and acquaintance of the Honorable Robert Whyte are invited to attend his Funeral tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 10 1/2 o'clock from the Baptist Church. Divine service by the Rev. Dr. Howell. The Masonic Fraternity and the St. Andrew's Society will attend."

"Died at his residence in the city on Tuesday, the 12th instant, in the 78th year of his age, the Honorable Robert Whyte, late one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals of this State. Judge Whyte was a native of Shire of Galloway in the Kingdom of Scotland. He emigrated to the United States some fifty years age and settled in Virginia where his classical learning procured his appointment to the professorship of languages in the College of William and Mary. From Virginia, he removed to North Carolina where he entered upon the practice of law; thence he
removed to this State where he resided for the last forty years. Having been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, he filled that highly responsible office for eighteen years, during which time he sustained a high reputation as an able, intelligent and upright Judge. In the walks of private life he was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
He was long a member of the Baptist Church and while his course of life gave evidence of the strength and sincerity of his belief, his calm and peaceful end proved that a firm reliance upon the promises of the Bible had disarmed death of it terrors. On Sunday last, his body was conveyed to the Baptist Church where an impressive and appropriate discourse was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Howell after which he was interred in the Cemetery near this city with Masonic honors."