John Wesley White Jr. (aft. 1770 - abt. 1860)

Born after 1770 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Marcum) White — married 29 Jul 1796 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died about 1860 before about age 90 in Pecks Mill, Logan, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

JOHN WHITE, JR. was born in or about the year 1770 in Virginia. He was the first son, child, and namesake of his father John White, who published accounts say served in the War of the Revolution, along with aiding in driving off the local Indians. John is sometimes referred to as Jack in order to distinguish himself from his father.

He took for his wife one miss Susannah Marcum, a daughter of John Marcum of Franklin County. John and Susannah were married in Montgomery County on July 29, 1796.^[1] Of John's published brothers, Ben married Anna Stuart, of Montgomery County; James married Lucretia Elkins, a daughter of Richard Elkins; and William married Mary Sansom, a daughter of John Sansom. His sister Nancy married Robert Whitt.^[2]

Jack and Susan had all of twelve children over the years and named them William (b. 1794), James (b. 1796), John (b. 1800), Thomas (b. 1801), Charles (b. 1803), Isaac (b. 1807), Major (b. 1807), Reuben (b. 1808), Hiram (b. 1810), Elijah (b. 1812), Masten (b. 1814), and Judith (b. 1817).^[3][4]

John Sr., Jack, James, Benjamin and Arthur White were listed as owning land in Giles County, Virginia in 1806. ^[5]

Thomas, James, and Reuben stayed in Giles County,^[6] where James died in 1827. Major moved on to Indiana. The rest of the family moved to Logan County.

By 1830 his parents had moved the family, including their adult children, from Giles County to Logan County. They bought land on the waters of the Guyandotte River, from brothers James Workman, Joseph Workman, and Nimrod Workman.^[7]

In 1838, three of their sons bought up land in Logan County. Hiram purchased 1,200 acres of Mill Creek,^[8] Maston purchased 700 acres of Guyandotte River,^[9] and Charles purchased 600 acres at the head of Mill Creek of Big Creek.^[10] In 1839, Maston White built a 2-story log cabin on the Long Fork of Mill Creek near Pecks Mill. It is there among the family of their son Maston that Jack is presumed to have lived, for there appears in the 1840 Federal Census a man in his 70s residing in the household of Maston White. Susannah appears to be missing from this household, indicating that she has passed away previously.

In the Federal Census enumerated August 8, 1850, John can be found living in Logan County with the family of his son Maston. The same with the Federal Census enumerated June 7, 1860, where he and the family of his son Maston are residing at Whites Mills.

It is unclear whether John died before, during, or after the War.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8J-R7G : 29 January 2020), John White or Whitt, 1796.
2. ↑ A History of Logan County, West Virginia by Henry Clay Ragland. "...That other pioneer was John WHITE, who came with a family of grown men and one daughter. John WHITE had not only served his country in the War of the Revolution, but several of his sons had served with him and also engaged with him in fighting the Indians. His sons were Jack, who married Susannah Marcum, of Franklin; Ben who married Anna Stuart, of Montgomery; James, who married Lucretia Elkins, a daughter of the old pioneer, Richard Elkins; and William, who married a daughter of John Sansom, another old pioneer of whom more will be said. His daughter, Nancy married Robert Whitt, who afterwards moved to Ohio."
3. ↑ A History of Logan County, West Virginia by Henry Clay Ragland. "The oldest son, Jack, was the father of twelve children, William, who married Editha White; John who married Susannah Elkins; Thomas, James, Reuben, Isaac, Charles, Major, Elijah, Hiram, Masten and Judith, who married James Thompson. Thomas, James and Reuben went back to Giles County and Major went to Indiana. All the others remained here and raised large families."
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #148056132 as burial unknown for John "Jack" Wesley White, b" 1770 Giles Co, VA; d: 1860 Logan Co, WV.
5. ↑ "Giles County Personal Property Tax List and Land Tax List of 1806" by Charley Davis.
6. ↑ A History of Logan County, West Virginia by Henry Clay Ragland. "Thomas, James and Reuben went back to Giles County and Major went to Indiana. All the others remained here and raised large families."
7. ↑ A History of Logan County, West Virginia by Henry Clay Ragland.
8. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia, Deed Book B, pp. 107.
9. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia, Deed Book B, pp. 115.
10. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia, Deed Book B, pp. 116.

• 1850 Census of Logan County, Virginia @80yrs.

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