Polly (Cline) Whitener lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina. See Appalachia Project.
Mary married Joseph Whitener on 27 Apr 1824 in Lincoln County, NC.[1] Joseph and Mary Whitener had the following children:
Benjamin Marcus Whitener (1825 - 1864)
Hosea Humphrey Whitener (1826 - 1902) married Sarah Ann Reese.
John A Whitener (1828 - 1906)
The following child was raised by Joseph and Mary Whitener and not born to them, she could be of course Mary's child but given the Whitener surname. She is mentioned in Joseph's will written Feb 12, 1866 as the child we raised:
Mary Emeline Whitener born 1838 and can be seen on the 1860 United States Census.[2] On the 1850 United States Census she is Emeline Belm.[3]
Mary (Cline) Whitener died 11 Dec 1874 in Catawba County, North Carolina.[4]
↑United States Census, 1860database with images, FamilySearch, Mary Whitener in entry for Joseph Whitener, 1860.
↑United States Census, 1850database with images, FamilySearch, Emeline Belm in household of Joseph Whitener, Catawba county, part of, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing family 614, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑Find A GraveMary (Cline) Whitener. Memorial# 132211412,
See Also:
United States Census, 1870database with images, FamilySearch, Mary Whitner in household of Joseph Whitner, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 6, family 36, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,627.
Petition of Rachel Cline for Dower and Years Provisions,
Estate of John Cline, intestate, January 1835,
Lincoln County, North Carolina; "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77T6-9H9X-L?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WR-L7B%3A183208801%2C183222301%2C188397601 : 20 November 2015), Lincoln County > C > Cline, John (1835) > images 1-2 of 89; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. [John's seven children are named: Mary Cline alias Whitener, John Cline, Joseph Cline, Catherine Cline alias Hudson, Elkanel Cline, Annah Cline, and Amon Cline - transcribed by McGee-1611 19:04, 21 October 2017 (EDT)]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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