Edward WHITT

Male Abt 1820 -


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  • Name Edward WHITT  [1
    Born Abt 1820  Guilford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 5616 
    Person ID I5616  Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
    Last Modified 17 May 2012 

    Family Martha Ann TAYLOR,   b. Abt 1820, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 02 May 1850  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 01 Oct 1850  Guilford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 20 Jun 1860  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 13 Oct 1870  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Mary A WHITT,   b. Abt 1853
     2. Emma Eliza WHITT,   b. 28 Sep 1856,   d. 29 May 1929  (Age 72 years)
     3. Martha F. WHITT,   b. Abt 1858
     4. Nettie WHITT,   b. Abt 1861
    Family ID F1181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sessions August Term 1839

      To the worshipful justices of Guilford County,
      The petition of Cathrine Isely,
      vs.
      Peter Isely, Christian Isely, Jacob Isely, Balser
      Isely, David Isely, Phillip Isely, Jacob Cline &
      Wife Cathrine, Adam Trollinger & Wife Hannah,
      Danl Kockelreece & Wife Phillipena, Henry Whitsell
      & Wife Molly, John Cordon & Wife Polly, Cathrine
      Whitt, Patsy Whitt, John Whitt, Edward Whitt,
      Saml Whitt & Susan Whitt, by their Guardian Wm
      M. Gogan Pendenteth[?], for the last five.

      Humbly, Complaining Shewth into your worship that Balser
      Isely late of this County died intestate in February 1839,
      leaving your petitioner his widow & relict him
      surviving -- that he died seized and possessed of the tract of
      land on which he resided at the time of his death
      containing about Two Hundred Acres adjoining Wm.
      Cobb, Benjamin Ross, Conrad Shepherd & others, Which
      land decended to the following Children and Grandchildren
      his heirs at law ~ To Wit ~
      1 his Son Peter Isely
      2 ' ' Christian Isely
      3 ' ' Balser Isely
      4 ' ' Phillip Isely
      5 ' Daughter Phillipena Married to Danl Kockelreece, Orange
      6 ' Daughter Molly Married to Henry Whitsell, Orange
      7 ' ' Betseys Children, She having married Wm
      Whitt & died before the intestate leaving the following
      Children & heirs, To Wit, Polly, married John
      Cordon, Cathrine Whitt, Patsey Whitt, John
      Whitt, Edward Whitt, Saml Whitt & Susan Whitt
      the last five of them are under age and reside
      in this County. ~ His Sons - Jacob Isely
      David Isely ~ Daughters Hannah Married to
      Adam Trollinger, & Cathrine Married to Jacob Cline~
      The last Four Children reside beyond the limits
      of this State. She prays that She may have Dower
      assigned to her according to law & that all proper
      process [---?---] & order & decree be made that shall seem
      just & right and She will ever pray~

      J. M. Morchenn[?]
      atto

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      Transcribed January 6, 2001
      from NC State Archives Copy
      Guilford County Original Estates, NC 1778-1942 CR.046.508.130

      Balser Iseley 1839
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  • Sources 
    1. [S248] Daniel Carrell of Rockingham County, J. Frank Carroll, (J. Frank Carroll, Reidsville, North Carolina), pg. 65.

    2. [S283] 1850 Census Guilford Co., NC, (NARA), Edward Whitt household.

    3. [S408] North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979, Edward Whitt & Martha Ann Taylor.

    4. [S272] 1860 Census Rockingham Co., NC, (NARA), Edward Whit household.

    5. [S269] 1870 Census Rockingham Co., NC, (NARA), Edward Whit household.