David Witt (abt. 1725 - aft. 1808)

Born about 1725 in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Harbour) Witt — married 1744 in Henry County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1808 after about age 83 in Henry County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

David Witt performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

David Witt was a Virginia colonist.

David Witt was born about 1725 in Charles City County, Virginia Colony, the son of John Witt III and Elizabeth (surname unknown)^[1] Per the same source, David married Sarah Harbour.

Per the research of Robert Baird^[2]:

David Witt (c1720? – 1810) He first appears on the 1746 tax list of Goochland County with an unknown Witt listed first in the household. He was clearly living at the time on the 1715 land of his grandfather. He next appears patenting land near Thomas Harbour in 1756, which he sold in 1772 to David Harbour. He surveyed land on Falls Creek next to Thomas Harbour with Palatiah Shelton in 1765 and patented the land two years later. In a deposition taken in a suit between William Murray and Adonijah Harbour in 1779, the record states that David Witt is “aged about sixty-five years”. That seems to have been overestimated, but can’t be discounted. The same suit contains a deposition by his wife Sarah Witt, aged 47, which identifies her as the daughter of Thomas Harbour.

Children

The following children have been attributed to David and Sarah^[3]:

1. Mildred: Died before 1820; married Benjamin Moore ca 1770.
2. John: Born ca 1745; died after 1826 in White Co., Tennessee; married Elizabeth ?.
3. Hannah (Witt) Dodson (abt.1749-aft.1850)
4. Sarah (Witt) Smith: Born ca 1760.

Patriotic Service

David Witt is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A206602.

David Witt made his oath of allegiance in Henry Co., Virginia Colony, and provided supplies to the Revolutionary War per Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #A206602^[4].

Death

David likely died about 1808 in Henry County, Virginia^[5]. His DAR application gives his death as after 29 March 1807^[6].

Ancestry.com Notes

Birth: Date: 1715^[7]; Date: 1720^[8]; Date: 1720, Place: Charles City, Charles, Virginia, United States^[9]; 1725, Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA. ^{[10][11][12][13][14]}; 1724, Goochland, Virginia, USA. ^{[15][16][17][18][19][20]}.

Death: Date: 27 JUN 1808, Place: Henry, Virginia, United States^[21][22]. 27 JUN 1808; Henry, Virginia, United States. ^[23][24]. 27 JUN 1808: Henry, Virginia, USA. ^[25][26].

Buried: 27 JUN 1808: Bassett, Henry, Virginia, USA. ^[27][28].

Residence: Date: 1783; Place: Amherst County, VA^[29]. 1783: Amherst, Virginia, USA. ^[30]. He surveyed land on Falls Creek next to Thomas Harbour with Palatiah Shelton in 1765 and patented the land two years later. BET 1765 AND 1767: Falls Creek, Virginia, USA. He next appears patenting land near Thomas Harbour in 1756, which he sold in 1772 to David Harbour. 1756: Falls Creek, Virginia, USA. He first appears on the 1746 tax list of Goochland County with an unknown Witt listed first in the household. He was clearly living at the time on the 1715 land of his grandfather.

Marriage: Date: 1744; Place: Henry, Virginia, United States^[31][32]

Sources

1. ↑ Witt, Robert W. 2006. Descendants of John Witt, the Virginia immigrant. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books. Page 15.
2. ↑ John Witt III
3. ↑ Witt, Robert W. 2006. Descendants of John Witt, the Virginia immigrant. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books. Page 15.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 Sept. 2019), "Record of David Witt", Ancestor # A206602.
5. ↑ Witt, Robert W. 2006. Descendants of John Witt, the Virginia immigrant. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books. Page 15.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 Sept. 2019), "Record of David Witt", Ancestor # A206602.
7. ↑ Source: #S257 Page: Source number: 3081.041; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Data: Text: Record for Sarah Harbour
8. ↑ Source: #S286 Page: Volume: 197; SAR Membership Number: 39391 Data: Text: Record for Sarah Witt Object: @M940@
9. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Harbour
10. ↑ Source: #S57 Volume: 197 File @M3077@
11. ↑ Source: #S45 Source number: 8822.509; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
12. ↑ Source: #S4
13. ↑ Source: #S144
14. ↑ Source: #S50
15. ↑ Source: #S57 Volume: 197 File @M3077@
16. ↑ Source: #S45 Source number: 8822.509; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
17. ↑ Source: #S4
18. ↑ Source: #S54
19. ↑ Source: #S50
20. ↑ Source: #S157
21. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Harbour
22. ↑ Source: #S286 Page: Volume: 197; SAR Membership Number: 39391 Data: Text: Record for Sarah Witt Object: @M940@
23. ↑ Source: #S57 Volume: 197 File @M3077@
24. ↑ Source: #S50
25. ↑ Source: #S57 Volume: 197 File @M3077@
26. ↑ Source: #S50
27. ↑ Source: #S4
28. ↑ Source: #S157
29. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Harbour
30. ↑ Source: #S149
31. ↑ Source: #S257 Page: Source number: 3081.041; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Data: Text: Record for Sarah Harbour
32. ↑ Source: #S229 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Harbour