All Surnames in the Family Trees of
Thomas Samuel Vance and
Patricia Douglas Vance
Most of our families come from Scotland, Ireland and England to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Middle Tennessee
The information on these pages came from long research comprised of interviews with family members, famly bibles, correspondence, extensive research in libraries and on line searches. I have tried to keep up with my sources.
If you find a source with a .ftw extension, that means I imported it from a famly file in my research. As a general rule, I put my sources on "notes" for the individual. Be sure to check them. If you find what you think may be of help in your search, contact me and I will furnish any further information I can.
Notes for John Whittaker
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John III is believed to have moved to Tennessee between 1800 and 1808, and settled in the area now known as Monterey.
His land was platted June 9, 1893, by the Cumberland Mountain Coal and Lumber Co., with permission granted by Wilbert Whitaker's "Uncle Jesse" {Thomas Jefferson, son of John III}. The lumber company started selling the land, and eventually Whittaker lost it. "Whole country around here for miles belonged to John III. Uncle Jack (sic) loved music ... needed a piano ... swapped 600 acre tract (of timberland) in Stamps Holler for a second-hand piano." {Hollow is pronounced "holler" by most of the local folks, especially of Wilbert's generation. A hollow is a ravine like depression that is formed by the slopes of two or more mountains or range of mountains.}
Spelling with "double t" is based on his mother, Vina, and brother, T.J.'s, tombstone, which read "WHITTAKER". Wilbert Whitaker records YOB as 1781.
Higdon records the YOD as 1867 and Wilbert Whitaker recalled the YOD as 1869.
PROBATE RECORD, File 2842 - September 3, 1869
Heirs of John Whitaker, deceased, listed in estate settlement - Probate Court of Madison County, Alabama, Sept. and Oct. 1869, Administrator, Wherry Whitaker, son of John's sister, Priscilla.
Heirs - Anna Sarah, Nathaniel, Thomas Jefferson, and Permelia Emmaline. All seven (7) of James and Nancy's children were mentioned in his estate settlement. His 2nd wife, Delilah/Delila and daughters, Hannan and Minerva were not mentioned. They must have preceded him in death.
He was drafted and served as a Private. in the 3rd Regiment of the West Tennessee Militia. Captain David Williams was the Company Commander and Colonel Steven Copeland was the Regiment Commander. His place of residence was listed as Overton County, Tennessee. Dillard records discharge date as 4 JUN 1814.
War of 1812 Bounty-land Application and Records sent to Livingston, Tennessee cite;
residency in Overton County, Tennessee, on 24 June 1851; residency in Madison County, Alabama, between 1855 - 1856.
He purchased this land from Henry W. Sibley.
He sold this property to his son, Thomas Jefferson Whittaker.
The 1850 census reads: Whitecar, John 67, farmer, b. NC; Whitecar, Delila 46, b. TN; Tudor, Henderson 16, b. TN; Whitecar, Nancy 16, b. TN.
Dwelling house #81. Census reads: "Whitaker, John, 75 MW b. NC; Whitaker, Delila, 52 FW b. TN; Whitaker, Minerva, 9 FW b. TN". Compare this to the 1850 census to see the surname spelling changes. Also note that John only aged 8 years in 10 years; Delila aged just 6 years in 10 years and Minerva appeared on the record.
{If Minerva a product of this marriage, why wasn't she mentioned in the estate settlement? Possibly she died before John died in 1869.}
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