Ruffin Eatmon's probate papers after his death in 1829 mention his widow Agatha, now married to Henry Wilhite. Henry Young Wilhite was born about 1836. Henry Young Wilhite's marriage record in 1870 lists his parents as Henry and Aggie Wilhite. There is a North Carolina mortality record for Agatha Wilhite, b. 1796 Virginia, d. Feb 1850 Nash County, North Carolina. Henry Young Wilhite, b. 1836 North Carolina, is on an 1850 Census in Nash County, North Carolina with a Henry Wilhite b. 1808 North Carolina. Numerous family trees list Henry Wilhite's birth as 1788.
Sources
↑ County Court Records at Nashville, NC and FHL # 0422156 item 3
↑ North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
↑ State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.
↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP7-L2D : 29 July 2017), Henry Winright, Taylors, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing 195, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 123; FHL microfilm 18,089.
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYN-Y9J : 16 August 2017), Henry Wilhite, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 62, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 366; FHL microfilm 18,096.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BD-ZJJ : 12 April 2016), Henry Willhite, Nash county, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing family 337, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
See also:
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
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