He graduated from Erskine College, June of 1890 and in September of 1890 he was received as a student of theology by the First Presbytery at Welford, SC, and studied theology at Erskine Seminary. He is was licensed by the First Presbytery at Charlotte, NC, April 6, 1892. He was supply preacher at New Hope and Mt. Olivet, Kentucky from July, 1892 until October 1893. He was ordained at Charlotte, NC on Nov. 6, 1893 by the First Presbytery. He supplied the churches at Russellville, Little Rock and Zion, Arkansas from Nov. 1893 until Oct. 1894. Then he went to Hopewell and Head Springs, Tennessee. In the fall of 1895 he was installed over Hopewell and Head Springs, Tennessee. He remained pastor here for several years, demitting Head Springs in May 1898 and Hopewell in Sept. 1899.
In Oct. 1900, he was called to the united charge of Unity, Gills Creek, and Pleasant Hill, in Lancaster County, South Carolina and was installed over the united charge at Unity on April 9, 1901. He was still there in 1903. He married on July 6, 1892, Mary Eliza Scott, of York County, South Carolina. They had four children. Mrs. White is the daughter of Samuel Martin Scott and Isabelle Gilfillan of Sharon, SC. She was born on Dec. 13, 1868. Source-The Centennial History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1803-1903.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TS-WZ8 : 29 May 2021), White in entry for Moses White, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M63S-FS7 : 20 February 2021), Meek J White in household of Moses White, Broad River, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 163, sheet 381C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,243.
"South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R8-W781 : Wed Oct 04 19:03:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Paul Scott White and James Meek White, 1894.
"South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RD-BCLL : Wed Oct 04 01:05:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Lois Isabel White Spaulding and Rev J Meek White, 1895.
"South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RD-8C6S : Thu Oct 05 18:20:02 UTC 2023), Entry for James McElwee White and Rev J Meek White, 1897.
"South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RD-KXHY : Thu Oct 05 02:29:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Robt Grier White and James Meek White, 1899.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TW-4FM : accessed 10 October 2021), James M White, Gills Creek Township (north part), Lancaster, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 26A, family 466, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,533.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9L-WSH : accessed 10 October 2021), James M White, Shiloh, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 13B, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1118; FHL microfilm 1,375,131.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRC-TVX : 3 February 2021), James M White, 1920.
"North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8XV-CZR : 14 February 2020), J. M. White Rev. in entry for Paul Scott White, 1927.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37H-1F6 : accessed 10 October 2021), James M White, Charleston, Swain, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 11B, line 65, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1723; FHL microfilm 2,341,457.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9N5-BSM : 23 February 2021), J. Meek White, 02 Feb 1934; citing , White, J. Meek, 1934, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,943,805.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q594-3BC4 : 18 July 2020), Rev James Meek White, 1934.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK15-D8QV : 16 December 2021), James Meek White, ; Burial, Sharon, York, South Carolina, United States of America, Sharon Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churchyard; citing record ID 147165050, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SK-S6T4 : Sat Oct 14 03:26:15 UTC 2023), Entry for James McElwee White and J Meek White, 27 Feb 1960.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57W-J2BH : Fri Oct 20 18:32:13 UTC 2023), Entry for James Mcelwee Whit White and Dr B L Hamilton, 27 Feb 1960.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGRX-HZL : 29 September 2022), Joe Meek White in entry for Paul Scott White, 1978.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGR-BSSM : accessed 3 March 2024), James Meek White in entry for Miss Martha Edith White, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 28 Mar 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing State, The, born-digital text.
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