Charles Whitten Jr. (1769 - abt. 1840)

Born 18 Jan 1769 in Botetourt, Virginia

Husband of Millicent (Reagan) Whitten — married 1788 in Rockingham, Guilford, N.C.

Descendants

Died about 1840 at about age 70 in Wayne Co., TN

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Biography

Whitten to Whitten

State of Alabama, Lauderdale County, December 3rd, 1827

Know all men by these presents That I Charles Whitten, Senr. of the State and County aforesaid do this day give to my granddaughter Harriet Meranday Whitten. Six head of Cattle. vis. one red cow & calf marked with two crops & Two slits in teh right ear. One brindle cow & calf. Two red heifers marked with a crop on the left ear and a upper bit & a hunder bit of the right. Also one feather bed and furniture. The sd. property I give to the said Harriet M. Whitten my granddaughter as my last will and testament

To have and to hold from this time forever with their increase from the date above written which I warrant & defend from the claim of all other persons whatsoever my executor, administrator or assigns forever To which I set my hand and seal the day and date above written.

//s// Charles Whitten {seal}

Signed and sealed in the presense of us

Test. John X(his mark) Welch. George Whitten

The State of Alabama, Lauderdale County.

Be it remembered that George Whitten one of teh subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument this day personally appeared before me William W. Garrard Clerk of the County Court for said County and made oath in due form of law that he heard Charles Whiten the marker thereof acknowledge the signing, sealing & delivery of the same to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.

Lauderdale County, Alabama Deed Book 4, page 158

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Name

Name: Charles /Whitten/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: BET 1750 AND 1760

Place: SC^[2]

Imported only 1750 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Death

Death:

Date: BET 1840 AND 1850

Place: Wayne Co., TN^[3]

Imported only 1840 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Whitten's Chapel Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN^[4]

Military Service

Military Service: Revolutionary War Soldier from South Carolina^[5]

Charles Whitten Jr. was born on January 18, 1769 in south-west Virginia (either Botentourt or Amherst counties). He was the son of Charles Whitten Sr. and his wife Nancy (Smith) Whitten.

In 1784, after the American Revolution, he moved with his parents & siblings to north-central South Carolina, settling on land that his father bought there and that was later put in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. There, in 1786, he married Mary C. Whitten, whose maiden name may have been Reagan.^[6]

The couple moved to the 96th District of South Carolina (later Anderson County) and had the following children:^[7]

1. George Whitten b: 22 JAN 1787 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
2. Un-named Daughter, b. ca. 1788 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
3. Un-named Daughter, b. ca. 1789 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
4. Mason Whitten b: 1791 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA, d. 1865 in Texas
5. Joel Whitten b: 13 JAN 1792 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
6. Jonathan Whitten b: 1793 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA, d. 1872 Lauderdale Co., AL
7. Cynthia A. Whitten b: ABT 1795 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
8. Charles Whitten III b: ABT 1800 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
9. Nicolas Whitten b: 2 FEB 1802 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA
10. Un-named Daughter b. ca. 1803 in Ninety-six District, SC, USA

Charles Whitten Jr. left South Carolina in the early part of the 19th Century. He has been associated both with Lauderdale & Cherokee Counties in Alabama and Wayne County, Tennessee. By the 1830 Federal census he was living in Wayne Co., Tennessee. He also appears there on the 1840 Census but the 1850 Census lists his wife as "widow". Family genealogies state that he died around 1845 and is buried in Wayne County, Tennessee, USA.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2094
2. ↑ Source: #S2094
3. ↑ Source: #S2094
4. ↑ Source: #S2094
5. ↑ Source: #S2094
6. ↑ Charles Whitten on Geni.com; has correct birth information but marriage, children & death data seem to be for a different Charles Whitten. It mentions a "Mary Reagan Whitten" but gives no other data for her.
7. ↑ Connections by Nancy Clower on RootsWeb - Charles Whitten Jr. Another, longer list comes from: WHITTEN-L Archives on Ancestry.com: Edgar D. Byler, III, Editor, Wayne County Historian, Wayne Co., TN; msg. Sun, 16 Mar 1997. Apparently many of his daughters' names were lost.
8. ↑ Causey, Cossey, Henry, Jarriel, Coe, Gilbreath, Kerr, Bowman, Bolton & Associated Families on RootsWeb - Charles Whitten Jr.

• Source: S2094 Author: David Montgomery, dmont1734@comcast.net Title: Whitten's Chapel Cemetery Abbreviation: Cemetery Census, Wayne Co., TN Publication: Wayne Co., Historical Society, Inc.,/Feb 16, 2004 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David England for creating WikiTree profile Whitten-522 through the import of lamar.ged on Sep 15, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.

See also:

• Charles Whitten on Geni.com; has correct birth information but marriage, children & death data seem to be for a different Charles Whitten.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Whitten-730 was created from first-hand information as remembered by Chet Snow, Friday, February 21, 2014. He also wrote the biographical sketch and added Sources on August 24, 2016.