Martha (Campbell) Whinery (1766 - abt. 1820)

Born 17 Feb 1766 in Orange, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Whinery — married 17 Feb 1786 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1820 at about age 53 in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Children of Abraham Whinery and Martha Campbell Whinery as shown at Ancestry:

Nellie Whinery 1786– , Joseph Whinery 1787– , Mary Whinery 1789–1842, * currently added Abraham Whinery 1795–1866, * currently added Martha Whinery 1797–1873, * currently added William Whinery 1800–1839, * currently added Joshua H Whinery 1806–1855^[1]

Notes

excerpts are quoted from History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Her People, Greensboro, N. C., by Rev. S. M. Rankin; published by Jos. J. Stone & Co., Greensboro, NC, (publication date not specified, but apparently during the 1920’s), pages 22 -__.

James Campbell was living at the Court House in 1777. He may have located there earlier. He married Mary Dent in 1777 and died in 1781. He may have been killed in the War. He had at least one son, John. He may have received a grant of land in Tennessee for war service, for in 1795 John sells to John Smith 1,000 acres on Duck River there.

Major John Campbell was living at the Court House at the same time. James and John were no doubt brothers. These [end of page 46] families moved away before 1800 and we have not been able to trace them.

General Andrew Jackson was admitted to the bar in Guilford County in 1787. He lived in the home of Francis McNairy, a member of Buffalo, and must have attended the preaching of Dr. Caldwell. He joined the Presbyterian Church later in life. He and John McNairy went to Tennessee in 1788; McNairy as the judge in the western district, and Jackson as the prosecuting attorney. He was president of the United States two terms, 1829-1837.

Martha may have been the daughter of John Campbell and Mary Edwards, from, at one point, Orange County, North Carolina

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: Abraham Whinery Spouse: Martha Campbell

Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1786 Marriage County: Orange Marriage State: North Carolina Bondsman: James Homes

Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0823664 and 0418148 Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT --- For further research:

The act which established Guilford provided for court to be held in the home of Robert Lindsay until a court house could be built. In 1774, the county commissioners bought land from John Campbell for a court house site and the county seat was simply and aptly named Guilford Court House.^[2]

MARY6 EDWARDS (JOHN5, THOMAS NATHANIEL4, JOHN E.3, WILLIAM2, JOSHUA1) was born Abt. 1748 in (ca.1741) Brunswick Co., Va., and died Bet. 1805 - 1806.She married Major JOHN CAMPBELL.He died Abt. 1793 in Guilford County, NC.

Children of MARY EDWARDS and JOHN CAMPBELL are:

i. ARCHIBALD7 CAMPBELL, b. Abt. 1784.

ii. JAMES CAMPBELL.^[3]

Martha was born about 1770.

Martha Campbell was born about 1750.

She married Abraham Whinery in 1786. ^[4]

She passed away about 1820 in Tennessee.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/202992/person/46584925179/facts
2. ↑ http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/guilford_county_nc.html
3. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/r/e/Nanalee-C-Wrenn/GENE6-0006.html
4. ↑ North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: Abraham Whinery Spouse: Martha Campbell Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1786 Marriage County: Orange Marriage State: North Carolina Bondsman: James Homes

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• Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0823664 North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004