Benjamin Wilhite (1805 - 1862)

Born 5 Aug 1805 in Washington, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy C (Pistole) Wilhite — married 14 Dec 1826 in White county, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1862 at age 57 in White County, Tennessee

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1805. He was the son of Reuben Wilhite and Mary Yeager.

In 1850, Benjamin and Nancy are living in White County, Tennessee. There are seven children listed in the census: James, Patsey, Stephen, Catherine, Daniel, Benjamin and Vance. Benjamin gives his occupation as farming, and the value of his real estate is $2000.^[1]

He passed away in 1862.

Benjamin had one of the first mills in White County, on Cherry Creek. In his will he left the mill to his sons John and Stephen Wilhite:^[2]

"I Benjamin Willhite give to my two sons to wit my son John Willhite and my son Stephen Willhite my mill and land belonging to the mill seat "

Benjamin is buried on what is now the Walter Stone Farm. Land had been the Wilhite Families. Large Headstone was erected and fenced in the field that had been Cemetery. Junction of Cherry Creek Rd and Walter Stone Rd.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6Q-XYB : 4 April 2020), Benjamin Wilhite, White county, White, Tennessee, United States; citing family 931, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ White County Tennessee wills, Will of Benjamin Willhite, son of Reuben and Mary Yager Willhite, of White County ,Tennessee. From microfilm, copied in 1997, and transcribed by Sandra Vines. No corrections were made and several words could not be read.

See also:

• http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/white/wills/Willhite.txt

• The Germanna Record, No. 13 - The Blankenbaker, Weaver, and Wilhoit Families, The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Publishers, 2006

• Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey

• History of White county Tennessee, by Rev Monroe Seals, reproduced from a 1935 edition in the White County high School library, The reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, S. C. 1974,1982,1988