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William White, Jr., of Lincoln Co., TN
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 6, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
White, William - born 1/10/1753 [s/b 1755] in Fauquier County, Virginia [then Prince William County*], where entered service 1775 in Virginia Regiment; later went to visit his brother John at Alexandria, Virginia, where John was member of Revolutionary War Virginia Company & substitute for John for time in that company; moved after Revolutionary War to Rowan County, North Carolina, for abt. 30 years, thence to Lincoln County, Tennessee, where granted Pension in 1832; soldier served in same Virginia Regiment with John Marshall, who was later Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court. F-S1735, R2560.
- - Note: Fauquier County, Virginia was formed from part of Prince William County, Virginia in 1759.
References
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WILLIAM WHITE, JR.
WILLIAM WHITE, JR. was born 10 January 1755 in Prince William County
Virginia. (This part of Prince William County was formed into Fauquier
County 1 May 1759)
On 17 October 1832 WILLIAM WHITE "appeared before the Justices of the
County Court of Lincoln County Tennessee" where he was a resident and
under oath made a "declaration in order to attain the benefit of a
provision made by act of Congress passed June 7, 1832" to provide
pensions for Revolutionary Service. (The record of his petition is
recorded in the National Archives # S1735). WILLIAM recalls "That he
volunteered in Colonel Stephen's Regiment of Minutemen in Fauquier
County, Virginia some time in the month of September in the year 1775."
His company "was commanded by Captain John Shelton � and also by
Lieutenant John Marshall, son of Major Thomas Marshall, and now Chief
Justice of the United States."
WILLIAM WHITE describes some of the skirmishes that he was in during his
7 to 8 months of service. In the middle of May he went to Alexandria,
Virginia where he found his brother John White "so unwell as to be
unable to do service" and became a substitute for his brother for three
months. When John recovered and resumed his place WILLIAM returned home.
"In the latter part of 1780" WILLIAM "enlisted in the service of the
United States for the term of 18 months." He was "attached to the
regiment of regulars commanded by Colonel Gaskins and Major John Willis,
in Fauquier County, Virginia." He was appointed Orderly Sergeant and
continued in that capacity for the remainder of his service.
WILLIAM WHITE recounts his Revolutionary War experiences telling of
battles, places, dates and names. He wrote: "I was acquainted with
General Washington, Col. Hamilton, his aid, � Generals Wayne, Green,
Lee, Scott, Woodford, Sumpter, Morgan and others."
He was at Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis surrendered. In the latter part
of April, he "being very unwell," was discharged and went home. "I
think," WILLIAM recalled, "the term of my service�was about 14 or 15
months."
In his pension application WILLIAM WHITE said: "After the Revolutionary
War, I moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, where I lived about 30
years, then came to this county where I now live." He was on the 1787
Fauquier County Virginia tax list. The 1790 federal census for Rowan
County has a William White who may be our WILLIAM. However, he is
mentioned in 1795 Fauquier County court minutes which may mean that he
had returned briefly or was still living there at that time.
Rowan County was formed in 1753 from Anson County and originally
included the entire northwestern sector of North Carolina, with an
indefinite western boundary. In 1771 Surry County was created out of the
northern part of Rowan, followed by the formation of other counties,
which made Rowan much smaller by the time of WILLIAM'S arrival.
At the turn of the century WILLIAM WHITE was living on Reedy Creek north
of the Yadkin River on 105 acres purchased 13 June 1797 from Isaac White
of Wilkes County N. C. (Deed Book 15, page 162) The 1799 Rowan County N.
C. Tax List gives WILLIAM WHITE as owning 108 acres. On 24 December 1801
WILLIAM deeded this land to John Zimmerman. (Deed Book 20, page 533-34)
May 1803 WILLIAM paid Frederick Miller $300 for 150 acres on Muddy
Creek. (D.B. 18, p. 523) This land was sold 21 March 1807, for the same
amount, to Charles Frederic Bagge of Rowan County. (D.B. 18, p. 562)
WILLIAM WHITE is on the 1815 Tax List for Rowan County N.C. as owning 78
acres. In a Rowan County deed dated 27 December 1818 WILLIAM WHITE
conveyed 78 acres on Cedar Creek to James Tomlinson. This was just
before he began his migration to Lincoln County Tennessee.
(In the above transfer of property by WILLIAM WHITE to Bagge, WILLIAM is
said to be of Stokes County North Carolina. Other documents place him in
Stokes County from 1813-1818. In 1789 the eastern half of Surry County
became Stokes County. In 1822 part of Rowan County south of Stokes
County became Davidson County. In 1849 the southern half of Stokes
County became Forsyth County. Apparently, when WILLIAM lived in Rowan
County he was then in what is now the northernmost part of Davidson
County, and when he lived in Stokes County it was the southernmost part
of what is now Forsyth County. The obituary of his son CARR BAILEY WHITE
published 26 August 1775 in the Pulaski Citizen says that he was born in
Stokes County North Carolina).
It is believed that WILLIAM WHITE, JR. was married in Virginia and
perhaps had some children before and after migrating to North Carolina.
This unknown wife probably died in North Carolina in the first decade of
the 19th century. At least two children, and perhaps three, of WILLIAM
WHITE and his unknown first wife seem to be:
1. Edith Chapman White: born 10 July 1792 in North Carolina,
married James Tucker 14 August 1814 in Stokes Co. N.C. died after 1870
in Lincoln County Tennessee.
2. Hannah White: born about 1790-1795 probably in North Carolina,
married William Ledford 30 Aug. 1812 in Stokes Co. N.C. where she
remained.
3. Thomas J White: born abt 1801 in North Carolina, married Malinda
(Unknown) abt 1821, he died abt 1850 in Lincoln County Tennessee or
Limestone County Alabama. (It is not certain that this was a son of
William White).
WILLIAM WHITE, JR. married ELIZABETH Unknown in 1813 or earlier. She was
born in 1775 in Rowan County North Carolina. Children of WILLIAM WHITE,
JR. and ELIZABETH were:
1. Martha White: born 1814 in North Carolina, married Samuel C.
Miles 26 March 1840 in Lincoln County Tennessee, died after 1880 LCT,
buried in White Cemetery Mulberry, Tenn.
2. James Franklin White: born 10 August 1816 in North Carolina,
married Martha V. Payne in Lincoln County Tenn., died 2 August 1852 LCT,
buried in White Cemetery Mulberry, Tenn.
3. CARR BAILEY WHITE: born 18 January 1818 in Stokes County North
Carolina, married 1. MARTHA WARREN 18 February 1836, 2. Mary Elizabeth
Watson 16 October 1859, (both in Lincoln County Tenn.), died 16 August
1875 in Giles Co. Tenn., buried probably Oxford Cemetery.
4. William Clark White: born 8 August 1820 in Lincoln County Tenn.,
married 1. Polly M. Nixon 12 December 1839, 2. Elizabeth K.Wilkerson 20
May 1843, died 24 December 1864, buried in White Cemetery on Shoal
Bluff, Giles County Tenn.
Early 1819 WILLIAM WHITE, JR and his family began their migration toward
Tennessee. Family tradition says that they stopped in Cumberland Gap,
Kentucky where they planted and harvested a corn crop before continuing
their journey. Late 1819 or early 1820 they reached Lincoln County
Tennessee where they settled on Mulberry Creek in the northeast section
of the county. Ten years earlier David Crockett had lived and hunted in
this same area. WILLIAM arrived in his new country in time to be
included in the 1820 federal census for the county. This census showed a
population of 14,963 for the ten-year-old county.
On the 5th day of December 1825 David Ewing "in consideration of five
hundred dollars" deeded to WILLIAM WHITE 50 acres of land in Lincoln
County Tennessee situated "on the west fork of Mulberry Creek a north
branch of Elk river � beginning at the northwest corner of Thomas
Eastland's 5000 acre survey being the corner of the section." On the 6th
day of March 1829 WILLIAM WHITE deeded this same tract of land to
Benjamin Boone, a neighbor, for the sum of "three hundred fifty
dollars." Unless there were other considerations not stated it seems
that WILLIAM suffered a huge loss in this transaction.
WILLIAM WHITE, JR. died 6 May 1833 in Lincoln County Tennessee. The
location of his burial plot is unknown at this time.
On 26 June 1837 James F. White and CARR B. WHITE, acting as
administrators of their father WILLIAM WHITE's estate, deeded 100 acres
of land on Stephens Creek in Lincoln County Tennessee to G. W. Martin
for the sum of $100. James was now almost 21 and CARR was past 19. The
sale was to be completed "so soon as we obtain a grant from the State of
Tennessee." The deed was finalized 4 December 1837 and recorded 27
December 1837. (Deed Book K1, page 558.)
The 1840 census gives ELIZABETH WHITE as head of household consisting of
three females: one age 10-15, one age 20-30, and one 50-60. The 1850
census lists ELIZABETH WHITE, age 75, as living with Samuel Miles, his
wife Martha (her daughter), and their 7 children. ELIZABETH died 7
August 1852. The following report is from the Fayetteville Observer 19
August 1852: "Old Mrs. White, her son James, and two of her
grandchildren, died on Mulberry, in this county, a few days since, of
flux. A heavy bereavement to surviving friends." One grandchild was
reported as the son of CARR BAILEY WHITE, about 13, (more likely 5), and
the other a one-year-old child of James White.
https://gilestn.genealogyvillage.com/charts/white5.htm
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension application of William White S1735 fn19VA
Transcribed by Will Graves last rev'd 6/3/11
State of Tennessee Lincoln County: County Court: October term, 1832
On this 17th day of October, 1832, personally appeared before the justices of the County Court
of Lincoln County, Tennessee, William White, a resident of said county and state, aged about 78 years the 10th of January next, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of a provision made by act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as
herein stated, viz.: That he volunteered in Colonel Stephen’s Regiment of Minutemen in Fauquier
County, Virginia some time in the month of September in the year 1775 (as he thinks), Major Thomas Marshall also commanded in said regiment. The company to which I belonged was commanded by Captain John Shelton who was afterwards killed at the Battle of Brandywine or Germantown [ I now forget which] and also by Lieutenant John Marshall, son of Major Thomas Marshall, and now Chief Justice of the United States. In the same month we marched from our county to Culpepper Courthouse in Virginia, where we commenced building barracks, but before we completed them an express arrived for us to go to the lower country where Gov. Dunmore was raising a disturbance. We immediately marched to Williamsburg, and were there stationed in the Capitol three or four weeks during the time our regiment was stationed at Williamsburg. I volunteered and went with a rifle company commanded by a Capt. Bluford [Abraham or Henry Buford?] to Hampton Road and at Hampton we had an action with five small British vessels called “tenders” lying in a creek a small distance away from the bay, one of which we took and drove the others off. From Hampton we marched back to Williamsburg and I joined my regiment. We then started towards Norfolk, where Gov. Dunmore had established himself, and came to a bridge about 14 or 15 miles from Norfolk, called at that time “ the long bridge” at which place was a British fort about 5 miles below the bridge at a ferry which was guarded by some Tories and Negroes. Genl. Scott, being with our army at his time, beat up for volunteers to storm the lower fort, and I and several of my company besides others went and stormed the forts dung the night. We completely routed them and took several Negroes and one white man prisoner. We marched back to the long bridge and raised breastworks against the fort where Fordyce [Charles Fordyce] commanded. In 3 or 4 days afterwards, Fordyce marched out of the fort to storm our breastworks, and we killed, wounded and took prisoner his whole company except one Ensign who made his escape. Capt. Fordyce was shot through the body with ten balls. We then marched to Norfolk against Dunmore who retreated to his vessels and set fire to the town. We lay at Norfolk a few weeks and were then marched back home where we were discharged about the middle of April, having been in service between 7 and 8 months. In the middle of May following, I went to Alexandria, now in the District of Columbia, to see my brother, John White, who had enlisted in a company commanded by the same Capt. Shelton, and who was so unwell as to be unable to do service. I then became a substitute for my brother for three months, after which he returned and took his place. During the time I was a substitute, we lay the greater part of that time at Alexandria, but 3 or 4 weeks before I left that service, we marched over to the Washington side of the Potomac River, and after remaining there 2 or 3 weeks, we started towards Philadelphia, but before we had gone far, my brother came and I returned home.
Sometime in the latter part of 1780, I enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of 18 months, in the company commanded by Capt. Warman (or some such name) attached to the
regiment of regulars commanded by Colonel Gaskins and Major John Willis, in Fauquier County,
Virginia. We assembled at Fredericksburg, where, as soon as the different companies arrived, they were sent to Powhatan Courthouse to be disciplined by Genl. Steuben. As soon as I arrived at Fredericksburg, I was appointed Orderly Sergeant in which capacity I continued to act during the time I was in service. Part of the company to which I belonged, under Capt. Field, and the other under a Lieut. whose name I now forget, were on our way to Powhatan Courthouse for the purpose before stated.
When we had proceeded some distance, an express arrived, informing us that the British had burnt
Manchester, and us to cut across the country to Point of Forks in order to avoid them as we had not yet received any arms, and to guard that place as our arms and public stores were there. Here we joined Genl. Steuben and drew our arms. We remained there 3 or 3 days when an express arrived that they British, under Col. Tarleton were marching upon us. Steuben became alarmed and ordered us cross over James River and remove our stores, but before we had entirely succeeded, Tarleton came up and took some of the stores, 2 of the baggage wagons, and made prisoners of the guard. On that night Steuben ordered a large quantity of rails to be produced to made fires and ordered the army to retreat leaving one Ensign and a small company to keep up the fires in order to deceive the British. He had sent up and down the river 4 or 5 miles to destroy all the boats to prevent the enemy from crossing to pursue us. We retreated to Halifax Old Town, marching 3 days and nights without provision and without rest. We stayed there a few days and nights and were ordered to return to James River and join Genl. Wayne [Anthony Wayne] and Lafayette who were then pursuing Lord Cornwallis. We crossed the River at Carter’s Ferry and joined Genl. Wayne at headquarters and our regiment was attached to his forces as light infantry. Cornwallis and his army retreated down the river and our army under Genl Wayne continued to maneuver so as to harass them very much in their march, especially at Green Springs where they crossed the river, we attacked their rear and did them considerable injury. After crossing the river, which was near Old Jamestown, they marched to Williamsburg and proceeded to Yorktown, and all which route we followed them and finally besieged and took them all prisoner at that place. After the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, our regiment was marched back to Powhatan Courthouse where we remained until the latter part of the succeeding April, our regiment being then ordered to Savannah and I being very unwell, I procured a substitute to go in my place and I returned home, and was not in service any more during the war. I had a written discharge, but it is now lost. I think the term of my service was from the time I enlisted until the time I left the service was about 14 or 15 months, during all which time I acted as Orderly Sergeant in our regiment. In addition to the officers before mentioned, I was acquainted with Genl. Washington, Col Hamilton, his aid, (who commanded us at the time we were drawing in the entrenchments at the siege of Yorktown) also with Genls Wayne, Green [sic, Nathanael Greene], Lee [presumably, Henry Lee, “Light Horse Harry”], Scott, Woodford
[William Woodford], Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter], Morgan [presumably, Daniel Morgan] and others.
I was born in Fauquier County, Virginia on the 10th day of January, 1755. I have a record of my
age now in my possession. I lived there when I entered service. After the Revolutionary War, I moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, where I lived about 30 years, then came to this county where I now live. At the time I left the service, a new Colonel had just been appointed to the command of our regiment from whom I secured my discharge, but whose name I now forget. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. In court with me I now have no evidence of my service, nor do I know of any person whose testimony I can procure to testify to the service unless it be Chief Justice Marshall, with whom I served in a regiment of what was then called “Minutemen” at the beginning of the war. As to my character for veracity and my revolutionary services, I would refer to the Rev. Cumberland Wilson, Col. Wm. Moore, and Col. Isaac Holman, and to Mr. James Bright.
S/ William White, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Test: Robert Binge [?], Clerk
[Cumberland Wilson, a clergyman, William Moore, Isaac Holman and James Bright gave the standard
supporting affidavit.]
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State of Tennessee Lincoln County: Personally appeared before me Thomas S Stovall an acting justice of the peace in & for said County William White who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For 7 months I served as a private & volunteer in Colonel Stephens' Regiment of minute man. For 3 months I served as a private, a substitute for my brother. For 14 months I served as an orderly Sergeant in the 18 months service of Regulars commanded by Colonel Gaskins & Major Willis & for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn to & subscribed this 18th of April 1833 before me
S/ T. S. Stovall, Justice
S/ William White, X his mark
C. Leon Harris notes:
A size roll of noncommissioned officers and privates compiled at Chesterfield Courthouse VA lists the following:
William White, age 24, height 6' 1", dark hair, dark eyes, dark complexion, planter, born and residing in Fauquier County where he enlisted as a substitute on 5 March 1781 for 18 months. Sized on 27 April 1781.
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $80 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for two-year service as a private in the Virginia militia and Continental line].
http://revwarapps.org/s1735.pdf
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