Elizabeth's parents were Maria Catharine (Fleishman) and Hans Jacob Broyles or Broiles who was part of the Second Colony of Germanna of 1717. After completing his indentured servitude for Governor Spotswood, the Broyles family moved with most of the second colony, to Orange County, Virginia (now Madison County, Virginia, USA) to start their families and build a life in the New World. At the time, it was wilderness land, with nothing between them and the Pacific Ocean except Indian settlements.
She was born about 1735 in Orange County, Virginia [1] (now Madison County, Virginia, USA).
Elizabeth Broyles married on 03 Dec 1758 in Culpeper County, Virginia to Conrad Reuben Wilhoit or Wilhite. [2][3][4]
She and most of her siblings left Virginia for what is now Tennessee, USA. Many of the brothers had land grants in Kentucky, USA, and likely went that direction to settle in Tennessee, USA.
Her husband Conrad died on 17 Feb 1806. His last Will was proved on 02 March 1806 in Anderson County, Tennessee, USA and she was named as an executor [5] ...
At county court, Anderson County, Tennessee ... "the last will and testament of Conrite Wilhite, deceased, was proved in open court by Hugh Montgomery, Esquire and Elizabeth Wilhite, executrix, and Henry McKenney & Simon Wilhite, executors, therein were qualified as the law directs."
Later in 1806 part of Anderson County went into the formation of Campbell County, Tennessee, USA.
On 17 Feb 1809 her husband's estate sold land in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA and she was not mentioned [5] ...
"Hugh Montgomery and Simeon Willhite, executors of Conrad Wilhight, deceased, sell the above tract of 100 acres of land in Campbell County, Tennessee."
So she presumably died between 1806 and 1809 in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA. [6][7]
Children
Adam Wilhoit (1756-1815)
Soloman Wilhoit (1761-1824)
Julius Wilhoit (1764-1842)
Matthias Wilhoit (1766 -1857)
Samuel Wilhoit (1768-1842)
Reuben Wilhoit, Sr. (1768-1862)
Margaret Wilhoit (1770-1854) [uncertain]
Elizabeth Wilhoit, (1770-1842)
Frances Wilhoit (1773- 1797)
Ezekiel Wilhoit, b: 1775 (with at least 7 children in Knox Co, TN [8]
Rosanna "Rosina" Wilhoit (1777- 1850)
Elijah Wilhoit, b: 1778
Simeon Wilhoit (1780-1865).
Rosannah "Rosina" Wilhoit (1777- 1850)
Elijah Wilhoit (1778-aft.1850)
Simeon Wilhoit (1780-1865).
Timeline
1772/Mar/15 "Connard Wilhoit" purchased 139 acres of land in Culpeper County, Virginia from Mary and Adam Broyles [9]
1775/Aug/21 Conrad sold to his brother, Michael, 100 acres of land lying on the branches of Deep Run in Culpeper County, Virginia. This was probably the land that Conrad inherited from his father's Will [Will Book-A p28 & Deed Book-H p111]. This was the last record found for Conrad in Virginia.
1776/Apr/21 Elizabeth "Wilheitin" was a witness to the christening of Matheus Breil, Jr. at Hebron Lutheran Church in Culpeper County, Virginia [10]
1777/Apr/13 Conrad and Elizabeth were recorded as sponsors at the baptism of Michael Broyles, son of Michael. [11]
1780/Oct/07 Conrad may have been at the Battle of King's Mountain. [12]
1781 Conrad was the first WILHOIT to move from Virginia to Washington County, Tennessee, USA (East Tennessee). Most of Elizabeth's brothers made the same move at about this time.
1782/Apr/19 Conrad witnessed the last Will of Adam Broyles in Washington County, NC/TN, USA. [13]
1783/Apr/08 Survey Washington County, North Carolina, of 200 acres owned by Nathaniel Broyles and Conrad Willhight.[14]
1783/Jun/12 Conrad was issued Specie for one pound, fourteen shillings in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee, USA). [15]
1783/Aug/02 Conrad witnessed two deeds from Joseph Bullar to Nicholas Broyles for land on Little Limestone Creek in Washington County. [16]
1784'/Nov/10 Matheas Broils and Conrad Woolhight received North Carolina land grant #488 for 200 acres on the south side of the Nolachuka River, joining John Wadel and Samuel Sheril in Washington County, North Carolina. [17]
1786/Oct/26 Mathias Broils and Coonrad Woolhite received North Carolina land grant #706 for 200 acres in Washington County, North Carolina, USA located along the border of Washington County and Greene County, Tennessee, USA. [18]
1792 Conrad was listed on the tax list of Capt. Jones, along with Matthias Broyles, Ephraim Broyles, and others who were living on Horse Creek. This would place his land along the border of Washington and Greene Counties. [9]
1794/Nov/10 "Mathias Broils and Conrad Woohight" patented 200 acres of land on the south side of the Nolachuka River in Washington County (now Campbell County, Tennessee, USA). This land is described as adjoining the land of John Wadel.
1796/Jan/16 Conrad signed as security for the marriage of his daughter, Rosina, to Isacc Wilson in Greene County, Tennessee, USA. [19]
1796/May/1796 Conrad was named to a road committee in Greene County, Tennessee, USA. [20]
1798 Conrad and Matthias sell the above lands. [9]
1798/Jan/ Conrad was named to another road committee. [21]
1800/Mar/29 John Love sold Conright Willhight 100 acres of land lying in Powell's Valley on the headwaters of Indian Creek in Grainger County (now Campbell County, Tennessee, USA).
1801 Part of Grainger County went into the formation of Claiborne County. [9]
1802 Conright Wilhight was listed with 100 acres of land in the Early East Tennessee taxpayer list. [22]
1806/Feb/17 Conrad died in Anderson County, Tennessee, USA.
1806/Mar/02 Conrad's Will was proved in Anderson County, Tennessee, USA and his widow was named as an executor. [5] No actual Will has been found yet.
1806/late Parts of Anderson and Claiborne counties went into the formation of Campbell County, Tennessee, USA, [23] so Conrad's estate would have been finalized in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA.
1809/Feb/17 The last record found for Conrad was an indenture between Hugh Montgomery on one part and Simeon Wilhite and Henry McKinney, Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Conrad Wilhite, deceased, on the other part, selling 100 acres of land in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA for $333.33. [24]
Research Notes
She possibly also had the name of Maria or Mary. Germanna has her first name as Elizabeth. [25]
Her husband, Conrad's last Will has not yet been located. It would have begun in the probate court of Anderson County, but later in that year of 1806, the area became Campbell County, Tennessee, USA, where his estate would have concluded.
Sources
↑ "Family Data Collection - Births" compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com; b: 1737-1741 Orange County, Virginia
↑ Family Data Collection - Individual Records compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com
↑ Millennium File by Heritage Consulting on ancestry.com
↑ 5.05.15.2 Anderson County, Tennessee, Court Minutes 1801-1809 and 1810-1814 (2 books in 1) p92; WPA Transcript 1930s
↑ "Family Data Collection - Deaths" compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 September 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Broyles Wilhite (1741–1807), Find A Grave: Memorial #205422199, citing Wilhite Family Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Requiesce In Pace (contributor 50075301) .
Broyles-1377 was created on 09 Mar 2015 by Pete Broyles through the import of Nelson_Broyles Family Tree.ged
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Is her name really Maria Elizabeth? Her father's will gives her name as Elizabeth Wilhite and also names an unmarried daughter Mary Broil. Her name should be changed to Elizabeth unless there's proof to the contrary. Also, can someone please provide the sources for her birth and death? These are a surprise to me. Thanks.