Spouse: Levina Searcy
Married 9 September 1852 in Gilmer County, Georgia[2]
1860 U.S. Census, Gilmer County, Georgia, p. 28, Subdivision No. 33, dwelling 212, family 202[3]
Philip Whitner age 26 born North Carolina
Levina J. Whitner age 30 born North Carolina
Henry H. Whitner age 6 born Georgia
William E. Whitner age 4 born Georgia
Laura Whitner age 1 born Georgia
On 7/3/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. GA 11th Infantry
Wounded 8/28/1862 Rappahannock, VA
Hospitalized 10/2/1862 Confederate Hospl, Culpeper, VA
POW 7/5/1863 Gettysburg, PA
Paroled 2/15/1865 Point Lookout, MD (Estimated day)
Exchanged 2/21/1865 James River, VA (No further record)
Sources
↑Find A Grave memorial for Philip Whitener (1833–1865) created 29 May 2011 by Busy Bee; citing unknown burial site: “Philip Whitener's burial site is unknown but is believed to have been on Whitener property in the Boardtown Community of Gilmer County, or in one of the nearby church cemeteries - either Mt. Pleasant Baptist (old Buckhorn), or Salem Baptist.”
↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," digital image, FamilySearch, Philip Whitener and Levina Sercy (9 Sep 1852); FHL microfilm 219,505; citing Gilmer County, Georgia, courthouse.
↑ 1860 U.S. Census, Gilmer County, Georgia, p. 28, Subdivision No. 33, dwelling 212, family 202, Philip Whitner household; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 124.
1850 U.S. Census, population schedule, p. 134 (penned), Subdivision No. 33, Gilmer County, Georgia, dwelling/family 937, Phillip Whitener age 17 in household of John Whitener; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publication M432, roll 70.
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