William White Jr. (1776 - 1875)

Born 16 Nov 1776 in Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Hooper) White — married [date unknown] in Surry County, North Carolina, USA

Husband of Elisabeth (Avery) White — married 31 Aug 1837 in Carroll County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1875 at age 98 in Cleburne County, Alabama, USA

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Biography

William White Jr and Nancy Hooper migrated into Carroll County, Georgia as early as 1827 along with their eleven sons and their families. Their family moved there together with the Word and Hooper Families. These families are listed on the church rolls of the Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church on Tyus Road.

Nancy Hooper White died in 1837 and is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the cemetery. William White and his eleven sons began buying up Land Lots in the West Georgia area and they settled on the GA/AL State Line all the way from Troup County, to Paulding County. At one time William owned much of the Land Lots around the square in Carrollton, GA.

WILLIAM WHITE JR. was the son of WILLIAM WHITE, SR. and MARY HOOPER His grandparents were JOHN WHITE and PHOEBE CARTER, and OBEDIAH HOOPER and MASLAVIA BROOKS NANCY HOOPER was the daughter of Capt. RICHARD BROOKS HOOPER and ELIZABETH ADAMS WORD, the widow of CHARLES WORD who died in the BATTLE of KING'S MOUNTAIN.

ELIZABETH ADAMS had eight children with CHARLES WORD and eight more with RICHARD BROOKS HOOPER. She was the granddaughter of JOHN ADAMS and ELEANOR Powell. These Families were all from Halifax County, VA.

Peggy Jackson Hughes and her friend Nora Harris were fortunate to learn about the WILLIAM WHITE BIBLE that was in the home of MISS RACHEL WHITE. They got permission to copy records from the Bible which listed the names and the dates of the eleven sons of WILLIAM WHITE JR. and NANCY HOOPER.

FROM THE BIBLE RECORDS OF WILLIAM WHITE JR.:
(1) CARTER WHITE December 1, 1801, married MARTHA SPEED DORCH
(2) OBEDIAH WHITE May 20, 1803, married JEMIMAH SPARKS,
(3) DAVID WHITE Sept. 17, 1805, married MARY H. WORD JONES
(4) JOHN ADAMS WHITE May 19, 1807, married (1) MARY, (2) NANCY.
(5) RICHARD WHITE June 4, 1811 married (1) MARY PHILLIPS, (2) CHARITY TOLLIVER.
(6) WILLIAM M WHITE Feb.18, 1812, married MARY ARMSTRONG
(7) JAMES FRANCIS WHITE July 18, 1813, married SARAH ELIZABETH "SALLY" DURRETT, dau. of JOSEPH FRANCIS DURRETT and PENELOPE COCKS. (JAMES FRANCIS WHITE was a colorful figure in and around his home district of the GA/AL STATE LINE Area. He owned land in both GA and AL, from Bowdon, GA to Ranburne, Macedonia, and Hopewell, AL. He was a schoolteacher, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, Tax Collector, and was Commissioner of Randolph County, AL from 1857-1867, before, and following, the Civil War. He served in the Creek Indian Wars alongside his father and his brothers.)
(8) MATTHEW JACKSON WHITE Jan.30, 1815, married AGNES DURRETT and (2) MARTHA WHATLEY.
(9) BENJAMIN PERRY WHITE Jan 1817 married ANN WHATLEY,
(10) JOSHUA WORD WHITE, July 18, 1819, married MARY WHATLEY, and
(11) CLARK TERRELL WHITE, Jan 1, 1823, married FRANCIS WHATLEY. Two of the sons married DURRETT SISTERS, and three of the sons married daughters of ARCHIE WHATLEY.

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