Jonas WHITT

Male 1797 - 1865  (68 years)


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  • Name Jonas WHITT 
    Born 1 Jan 1797  Wythe County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 18B533371D984004B8D64B04F31728D918E2 
    Died 2 Jul 1865  Truittsville, Big White Oak Creek, Greenup Co. KY. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Jonas married his first cousin Susannah Whitt, daughter of Archibald Whitt. Archibald was the brother of Hezekiah Whitt, father of Jonas. Jonas Followed his father Hezekiah Whitt to Tazewell county after David Crockett Whitt was born, around 1837.
      After Susannah died about 1839, (probably in child birth with Hannah) Jonas took his son David Crockett, and Moved to Greenup County Kentucky. This trip of about 200 miles had to be hard. Jonas went to KY. to build a grist mill on Big White Oak Creek Farm, for Dr.Samuel Truitt, The Post Master of Truittsville. How this Job and move come about I have not found out.(Most likely through Richard Nelson "Devil Dick" Whitt, his brother who lived the next county over from Greenup, Carter County Kentucky) Samuel Truitt had a daughter named Milred who Married Jonas on 08 Feb.1848.
      I visited the cemetery on a bluff overlooking Big White Oak Creek where Jonas is buried. I was shown the trace where Jonas dug for the mill. It is grown up with brush and briars now. David Crockett Whitt son of Jonas and Susannah was a young boy when he went to Ky. with his father Jonas. Crockett was born in 1836 and Jonas remarried in 1848, makeing David Crockett about 12 at the time.
      David Crockett Whitt moved back to Virigina sometime between 1848 and 1859 where He married Arminda Robinett. D.C. Whitt's family lived in Tazewell and Russell County VA.
    Person ID I4695  Master File
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2009 

    Father Hezekiah WHITT,   b. 29 Mar 1761, SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1846, Baptist Valley, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Rachel SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1761, Shawnee Nation, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1846, Indian Creek Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Married 1782  Montgomery Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: Hezekiah Whitt
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: SC
      Birth Year: 1760
      Spouse Name: Rachel Skaggs
      Marriage Year: 1782
      Marriage State: VA
      Number Pages: 1
    Family ID F3425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susannah WHITT,   b. Abt 1794, Montgomery Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1839, Tazewell Co VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Bunyan WHITT,   b. 1818, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1860, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Rachel WHITT,   b. Abt 1820
     3. Rhoda WHITT,   b. Abt 1820
     4. James Griffith WHITT,   b. 10 Jul 1822,   d. 8 Jun 1899  (Age 76 years)
     5. Emilia L. (Emma) WHITT,   b. 13 Jul 1822,   d. 15 Jun 1895  (Age 72 years)
     6. Elizabeth (Betsy) WHITT,   b. Abt 1827
     7. David Crockett WHITT,   b. 13 Dec 1836,   d. 28 Nov 1909  (Age 72 years)
     8. Henrietta (Hannah) WHITT,   b. 1838,   d. 1861  (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F3438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mildred (Millie) TRUITT,   b. 20 Mar 1824, Truittville, Greenup Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1907, Greenup Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. William Randolph WHITT,   b. 21 Dec 1851,   d. Abt 1913  (Age 61 years)
     2. Jesse Monroe WHITT,   b. 18 Jul 1855,   d. 1910  (Age 54 years)
     3. Alfred Jackson WHITT,   b. 27 Apr 1858,   d. 18 Mar 1918  (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F3452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart