Hezekiah WHITT

Birth:
Mar 1761
Surrey, South Carolina
Death:
27 May 1846
(wp)Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia
Marriage:
1782
Montgomery, Virginia
Sources:
Ancestral File v4.19
Main Archive Record
Internet IGI 2004, (Dec)
Notes:
                        AF has Archibald, abt 1761, Montgomery, VA, spouse Francis, abt 1765.
     Wp = will proven? 27 May 1846.
     Sources: Rev. War Pension Rec., copy in poss of patron (Macel Josephine JONES, 44 N Jackson Ave., Apt 14 A, San Jose, CA.); wills of husb & child # 1 & 2; 1850 census, Grundy co., MO. dist 35; 1850 census of Tazwell co., VA F Va 24 pt 9 (7129); Fam rec of Griffith WHITT in poss of Mrs. Betty FULLER, 915 Dartmouth Ave., Mosdesto, CA.

     Could not find a Surrey, South Carolina, but did a Surry county in North Carolina along the Virginia border.
     Was Justice of the Peace and Sheriff of Tazwell county Virginia from 1809 till his death in Mar 1846.
     Revolutionary War pension application # 12,776. Record # S7885.
Rachel SKAGGS
Birth:
Abt 1760
of Tazewell, Virginia
Notes:
                        AF had Frances, born abt. 1765.
     Said to be an Indian squaw.
Children
Marriage
1
James WHITT
Birth:
1782
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
26 Sep 1855
(wp)
Notes:
                        Age 68 in 1850. Wp 26 Sep 1855.

     *Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From1800 to 1922 in two volumes, by John Newton Harman, Sr., 1922, W. C. Hill Publishing Company, Richmond, Virginia, BYU, F 232 .T2 H28, Section II, pg 146, Will. "James Whitt. Will probated September, 1855. Will Book No.3, p. 193. Devises his property to his wife, Nancy; to his father, Hezekiah Whitt."
2
Rebecca WHITT
Birth:
1786
Montgomery, Virginia
Death:
3
Griffith WHITT
Birth:
1787
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
28 Aug 1853
Grundy, Missouri
Martha SKAGGS 
Marr:
21 Mar 1807
Tazewell, Virginia 
Notes:
                        Age 63 in 1850.
     Sources: 1850 Census and Family Record.

     A source says born in Montgomery county, Virginia 
     A source said to be a Civil War veteran, but how many 75 year olds fought in the Civil War? Said to be pension records. More than likely for his son Griffith Jr. born 1836.
     Buried at Coon Creek.
     Sources: 1840 U. S. Census, Virginia, Tazewell, Unknown Township, Roll M704 579, page 60, Line 14, Griffith WHITT.
4
Richard WHITT
Birth:
1791
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
Rebecca Ann WHITT 
Marr:
18 Nov 1820
Tazewell, Virginia 
Notes:
                        *Whitt - Johnson Family History, by J. B. Whitt, 1094 Fagins Run Road, New Richmond, Ohio 45157-9734, c. 1998, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHLC # US/CAN 929.273 W617wb.
Parents, spouse and marriage page 26.

     *Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From1800 to 1922 in two volumes, by John Newton Harman, Sr., 1922, W. C. Hill Publishing Company, Richmond, Virginia, BYU, F 232 .T2 H28, Section I, pg 69, marriage.
5
Susannah WHITT
Birth:
1793
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
John Bunyan WHITT
Birth:
1795
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
Jonas WHITT
Birth:
1 Jan 1797
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
2 Jul 1865
Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky
Mildred TRUITT 
Marr:
8 Feb 1848
Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky 
8
Jonathan WHITT
Birth:
1799
Tazewell, Virginia
Death:
Polly EARNHART OR LOCKHART 
Marr:
28 Jun 1824
Tazewell, Virginia 
FCID:5928:815
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Hezekiah Whitt - Rachel Skaggs

Hezekiah Whitt was born at Surrey, South Carolina Mar 1761. His parents were Richard Price Whitt and Susanna Skaggs.

He married Rachel Skaggs 1782 at Montgomery, Virginia . Rachel Skaggs was born at of Tazewell, Virginia Abt 1760 daughter of John Skaggs and Ruth Elkins Bishop .

They were the parents of 8 children:
James Whitt born 1782.
Rebecca Whitt born 1786.
Griffith Whitt born 1787.
Richard Whitt born 1791.
Susannah Whitt born 1793.
John Bunyan Whitt born 1795.
Jonas Whitt born 1 Jan 1797.
Jonathan Whitt born 1799.

Hezekiah Whitt died 27 May 1846 at (wp)Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia .