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Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5), son of Michael Whitmire (W8/1.1) and
Catherine Whitmire, was born about 1770 in Pendleton District. He was married about 1793 to Polly Holcomb
(H7/1.1). [Haskell Pruett states in
"The Families of the Sons of Christopher Columbus Whitmire" that
Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5) was married to Fannie I Dean (D7/1.1) and that they
were the parents of Samuel McDonald Whitmire (W6/5.1).] He appeared as the head of Household 770 in
the 1800 census of that district:
"Whitmire,
Samuel white male 26-45
white female 16-26
white male 10-16
white female 10-16
white female 0-10
white male 0-10
white female 0-10"
He was a witness February 12, 1801 to a deed of Stephen Whitmire
(W7/1.1) and Mary Porter Whitmire (P7/1.1) that conveyed 204 1/2 acres in two
plots to William Robbins, according to Pendleton District Deed Book H, page
508. The property was located on the
"north fork of Cain Creek of the Keowee" and adjoined the property of
Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5).
On August 25, 1802 he witnessed a deed of Stephen Whitmire (W7/1.1)
which conveyed 158 acres "on the North fork of the Keowee" to their
brother Christoher Whitmire (W7/1.6),
according to Oconee County Deed Book 9, pge 672.
Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5) reappeared as the head of a household
in the 1820 census of Pendleton District, page 86.
The family was reported as:
"Whitmire,
Samuel white male over 45
white female over 45
white female 26-45
white male 18-26
white female 16-26
white female 10-16
white female 10-16
white female 10-16
white female 10-16
white female 0-10"
He appeared as the head of a household in the 1830 census of
Jackson County, Georgia, page 316:
"Whitmire,
Samuel white male 50-60
white female 50-60
white female 20-30
white male 15-20
white female 15-20
white female 15-20
white female 10-15
white female 10-15
white female 0-5"
He apparently removed from Jackson County in 1840. He was enumerated there in the 1840 census
and also in Pickens County, South Carolina.
He appeared as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Rabun
County, Georgia.
Fourteen children were born to Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5) and
Polly Holcomb Whitmire (H7/1.1) beteen 1794 and 1822. Included were:
Christopher
Whitmire (W6/5.1) born in 1796
Cintha
Whitmire (W6/5.2) born about 1797
Alpha
Whitmire (W6/5.3) born about 1798
Stephen
Whitmire (W6/5.4) born
August 25, 1799
Delila
Whitmire (W6/5.5) born in 1802
Ginnie
Whitmire (W6/5.6) born about 1806
Hester
Whitmire (W6/5.7) born about 1809
Nancy Whitmire (W6/5.8) born about 1811
Larkin
Whitmire (W6/5.9) born in 1812
Josie
Whitmire (W6/5.10) born about 1813
Balona
Whitmire (W6/5.11) born in 1814
Pollina Whitmire (W6/5.12) born about 1817
Christopher Whitmire (W6/5.1), son of Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5)
and Polly Holcomb Whitmire (H7/1.1), was born in 1796. He was married about 1816 to Nancy Reece
(R6/1.1).
A Christopher Whitmire, possibly (W6/5.1), received a deed to
300 acres in Pendleton District in 1817.
The deed read:
"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, John Prince, Junr.
in the State and Dist. aforesaid in consideration of the just sum of Two
Hundred dollars to me paid by Chistopher Whitmire of Pendleton Dist. have
granted, bargained, sold and released unto the said Whitmire all that tract of
land lying and being in said State on the waters of Toona River, beginning . .
. containing 300 acres more or less.
Signed, sealed and delivered the 21st day of April 1817.
Witness my hand and seal in the presence of: Joseph Prince
John Prince, Zachariah Cox his X mark"
Christopher Whitmire (W6/5.1), was an early settler in Forsyth
County, Georgia which was established in 1832 from Cherokee County, according
to "They were here."
He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1850 census
of Forsyth County, 31st District, page 229:
"Whitmire,
Christopher 53, born in South
Carolina
Nancy 53, born in
South Carolina
Emily 13, born in
Georgia
William R. 11, born in
Georgia"
Children born to Christopher Whitmire (W6/5.1) and Nancy Reece
Whitmire (R6/1.1) include:
Eliza A.
Whitmire (W5/1.1) born May 21, 1826
Emily
Whitmire (W5/1.2) born about 1837
William R.
Whitmire (W5/1.3) born about 1839
Eliza A. Whitmire (W5/1.1), daughter of Christopher Whitmire
(W6/5.1) and Nancy
Reece Whitmire (R6/1.1), was born May 21, 1826, according to
"The Wallis-Wallace Family of Forsyth County, Georgia" written by Joy
L. Clark of Cumming, Georgia. She was
married about 1843 to Jesse Wallise (W5/1.5), fifth child of William Wallis
(W6/1.1) and Anna Wallis. The Wallis
family was enumerated in the 1830 and 1840 census enumerations of Forsyth
County. They were members of the
Hopewell Methodist Church there. Jesse
Wallise (W5/1.5), who became a drygoods merchants, was born March 5, 1826. He died April 13, 1896, and she died May 6,
1908. They were buried in Hopewell
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
William
Christopher Wallise (W4/5.1) born about 1844
John Wallise (W4/5.2) born November 1845
Melinda Jane
Wallise (W4/5.3) born August 11, 1848
George Lewis
"Buck" Wallise
(W4/5.4) born February 20,
1850
Davis Reeves
Wallis (W4/5.5) born September 17, 1853
Sarah
"Carrie" Wallise
(W4/5.6) born August 9,
1859
Martha Evaline
"Eva" Wallise
(W4/5.7) born March 31, 1861
Jesse Harrison
Wallace (W4/5.8) born March 1, 1863
Nancy Ann
"Nan" Wallise
(W4/5.9) born May 1, 1868
William Christopher Wallise (W4/5.1), son of Jesse Wallise
(W5/1.5) and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born about 1844. He died unmarried May 16, 1863 at Baker's
Creek, Mississippi, a Confederate casualty.
John Wallise (W4/5.2), son of Jesse Wallise (W5/1.5) and Eliza
A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born in November 1845 in Forsyth County. He was married there December 25, 1864 to
Minerva Martin (M4/1.1). He died
January 25, 1893 and was buried in Rocky Creek Cemetery, Walker County,
Georgia. Nine children were born to
them, according to Clark research.
Melinda Jane Wallise (W4/5.3), daughter of Jesse Wallise
(W5/1.5) and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born August 11, 1848 in
Forsyth County. She was married about
1866 to Lester Stripling (L4/1.1). She
died in 1901 and was buried in Alta Vista Cemetery in adjoining Hall County.
George Lewis "Buck" Wallise (W4/5.4), son of Jesse
Wallise (W5/1.5) and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born February 20,
1850 in Forsyth County. He was married
December 17, 1872 in Dawson County, Georgia to Margaret Elliott Maylock (M4/1.1). In 1880 they were enumerated in the Coal
Mountain District of Forsyth County with five children. He died February 23, 1921 in Aledo, Texas,
according to Clark research.
David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5), son of Jesse Wallise (W5/1.5) and
Eliza A. Whitmire Wallis (W5/1.1), was born September 17, 1853 in Forsyth
County.
He was married about 1870 to Martha Anmn Turner (T4/1.1),
daughter of Lemuel West Turner (T5/1.1) and Susannah A. "Susie"
Hubbard Turner (H5/1.1) who was born April 10, 1948.
He died November 30, 1920, and she died December 25, 1928. They were buried in Crossroads Baptist
Church.
Fifteen children were born to them:
Ophilia
"Ada" Wallis
(W3/5.1) born June 22, 1872
Leila Octavia
Wallis (W3/5.2)
born July 17, 1873
James Alonzo
"Lon" Wallis.
(W3/5.3) born November 22, 1874
Eula Maggie
Wallis (W3/5.4) born May 18, 1876
Charles Monroe
Wallis (W3/5.5) born December 15, 1877
Thomas F.
Wallace (W3/5.6) born February 4, 1879
Duff Wallis (W3/5.7) born November 27, 1880
Richard
Christopher "Bant" Wallis (W3/5.8)
born May 5, 1882
Claude
Wallace (W3/5.9) born November 27, 1884
Jesse E.
Wallis (W3/5.10) born
September 15, 1885
Flora
"Flo" Wallis
(W3/5.11) born October 1886
William Lee
Wallace (W3/5.12) born
November 7, 1888
Gardie E.
Wallis (W3/5.13) born
May 3, 1891
Henry David
"Dave" Wallace
(W3/5.14) born January 29, 1892
Ezra Clinton
Wallis (W3/5.15) born
November 12, 1894
Ophelia "Ada" Wallis (W3/5.1), daughter of David
Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born June 22,
1872. She was married January 11, 1894
in Dawson County, Georgia to Charles Irby Slaton (S3/1.1). She died August 23, 1954 in Texas.
Children born to them
include:
Myrtle Ruth
Slaton (S2/1.1) born about 1896
Ruby Estelle
Slaton (S2/1.2) born about 1898
Hayne Slaton (S2/1.3) born about 1900
Gertrude
Slaton
(S2/1.4) born about 1903
Reeves Robert
Pinckney Slaton (S2/1.5) born about 1905
Anita Frances
Rebecca Eliza Ann Slaton (S2/1.5) born
about 1908
Leila Octavia Wallis (W3/5.2), daughter of David Reeves Wallis
(W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born July 17, 1873. She was married September 22, 1891 in Dawson
County to Benjamin Martin Anderson (A3/1.1).
He died in 1954, and she died December 25, 1955. They were buried in Concord Baptist Church
Cemetery in Forsyth County.
Six children were born to them:
Guy Anderson (A2/1.1) born about 1893
Thelma
Anderson (A2/1.2) born October 24, 1897
Egbert
Anderson (A2/1.3) born April 21, 1900
Inez
Anderson (A2/1.4) born June 5, 1903
H. Ford
Anderson (A2/1.5) born February 8, 1905
Hoke
Anderson (A2/1.6) born September 3, 1906
James Alonzo "Lon" Wallace (W3/5.3), son of David
Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born November
22, 1874. He was married January 6,
1895 to N. Florence Clark (C3/1.1), daughter of Minor Clinton Clark (C3/1.1)
and Nancy E. Hope Clark (H3/1.1), accordijng to Clark research. She was born June 1, 1872 in Dawson County
and died April 27, 1955. He died
October 2, 1956. They were buried in Salem
Baptist Church Cemetery, Forsyth County.
Children born to them include:
Fred Hubert
Wallace (W2/3.1) born May 7, 1896
Gartha Irene
Wallace (W2/3.2) born December 20, 1897
Carrie Allene
Wallace (W2/3.3) born August 31, 1905
Harold Stripling
Wallace (W2/3.4) born March 8, 1908
Rose Vinette Wallace (W2/3.5) born July 8, 1914
Monteen
Wallace (W2/3.6) born about 1917
Jerome
Wallace (W2/3.7) born about 1920
Eula Maggie Wallis (W3/5.4), daughter of David Reeves Wallis
(W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born May 18, 1876. She was married January 21, 1894 to Alvin
Andrew Clark (C2/1.1) who was born September 25, 1871 in Dawson County. She died May 30, 1953 and was buried in
Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery in Forsyth County. He died July 31, 1962 and was buried beside
his wife.
Children born to them include:
Annie Clark (C2/1.1) born September 25, 1895
Grady Clark (C2/1.2) born September 30, 1897
Corene Clark (C2/1.3) born January 25, 1901
Vennie Clark (C2/1.4) born July 23, 1903
Electie
Clark (C2/1.5) born August 12, 1906
Lane David
Clark (C2/1.6) born April 5, 1910
Lucille
"Lucy" Clark (C2/1.7)
born October 22, 1912
Rex Cline
Clark (C2/1.8) born September 4, 1915
Charles Monroe Wallis (W3/5.5), son of David Reeves Wallis
(W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born December 15,
1877. He was married July 25, 1897 in
Dawson County to Margaret "Maggie" Howard (H3/1.1), daughter of Abram
Howard (H4/1.1) and Sarah Stancil Howard (S4/1.1). She was born February 10, 1877.
He died January 26, 1939, and she died March 26, 1958. They were buried in Concord Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Mary Ruth
Wallis (W2/5.1) born December 1, 1898
Howard H.
Wallis (W2/5.2) born July 18, 1901
William Glenn
Wallis (W2/5.3) born January 29, 1905
Namon
Wallace (W2/5.4) born May 14, 1908
Jesse Reeves
Wallace (W2/5.5) born November 20, 1910
Annie Wallis (W2/5.6) born May
9, 1914
Kathalene
Wallis (W2/5.7) born October 31, 1916
Brice Wallis (W2/5.8) born February 10, 1921
Thomas F. Wallace (W3/5.6), son of David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5)
and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born February 4, 1879. He was married October 8, 1905 in Dawson
County to Minnie McBrayer (M3/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Bonnie
Wallace (W2/6.1) born December 17, 1910
Duff Wallis (W3/5.7), son of David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5) and
Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born November 27, 1880. He was married about 1901 to Mary Ellen
"Effie" Underwood (U3/1.1), daughter of Mark Underwood (U4/1.1),
according to Clark research. They removed
to Parker County, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Maude Wallis (W2/7.1) born March 3, 1903
Edd Wallis (W2/7.2) born November 14, 1904
Pauline
Wallis (W2/7.3) born September 15, 1910
Lonnie
Wallis (W2/7.4) born February 2, 1912
Evelyn
Wallis (W2/7.5) born July 25, 1913
Ilene Wallis (W2/7.6) born February 6, 1915
Margaret
Wallis (W2/7.7) born November 26, 1918
Juanita
Wallis (W2/7.8) born March 3, 1921
Katherine
Wallis (W2/7.9) born August 6, 1923
Duffy Wallis (W2/7.10) born May 3, 1925
Herbert
Wallis (W2/7.11) born November 9, 1927
Richard Christopher "Bant" Wallis (W3/5.8), son of
David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born
May 5, 1882. He was married about 1904
to Effie Hughes (H3/1.1). Later he was
remarried to Ola Bennett (B3/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Egbert
Wallis (W2/8.1) born about 1906
Hansel
Wallis (W2/8.2) born about 1908
Edith Wallis (W2/8.3) born about 1911
Nelle Wallis (W2/8.4) born about 1914
Claude Wallace (W3/5.9), son of David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5) and
Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born November 27, 1884. He died unmarried November 31, 1964 and was
buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Forsyth County.
Jesse E. Wallis (W3/5.10), son of David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5)
and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born September 15, 1885 and died
December 9, 1885. He was buried in
Crossroad Baptist Church Cemetery.
Flora "Flo" Wallis (W3/5.11), daughter of David Reeves
Wallis (W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born in October
1886. She was married August 18, 1907
to Joseph Elliott (E3/1.1). She was
buried at Westview Cemetery.
One son was born to them:
Emmitt
Elliott (E2/1.1) born about 1910
William Lee Wallace (W3/5.12), son of David Reeves Wallis
(W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born November 7, 1888. He was married December 11, 1911 to Ollie
Pirkle (P3/1.1), daughter of Benjamin Franklin Pirkle (P4/1.1) and Ruth
"Sissy" Bannister Pirkle (B4/1.1).
She was born December 4, 1895.
She died August 20, 1933, and he died September 26, 1937. They were buried at Concord Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Lorene Amy
Wallace (W2/12.1) born October 25, 1912
Woodrow Wilson
Wallace (W2/12.2) born September 18, 1914
Geraldine Pirkle
Wallace (W2/12.3) born June 4, 1916
William Lee
Wallace (W2/12.4) born September 18, 1918
Ernest Paul
Wallace (W2/12.5) born August 27, 1920
Ben F.
Wallace (W2/12.6) born June 10, 1924
Gardie E. Wallis (W3/5.13), son of David Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5)
and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born May 3, 1891. He died February 8, 1892 and was buried in
Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery.
Henry David "Dave" Wallace (W3/5.14), son of David
Reeves Wallis (W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born January
29, 1892. He died unmarried September
2, 1951 and was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Ezra Clinton Wallace (W3/5.15), son of David Reeves Wallis
(W4/5.5) and Martha Ann Turner Wallis (T3/1.1), was born November 12,
1894. He was married about 1914 to
Altie Mahulda Corn (C3/1.1), daughter of Luther Corn (C4/1.1) and Carolina
Grogan Corn (G4/1.1). She was born July
22, 1897. He died March 21, 1960, and
she died December 17, 1973. They were
buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Elmer Hayne
Wallace (W2/15.1) born June 15, 1916
Grady Eugene
Wallace (W2/15.2) born April 17, 1918
Sarah "Carrie" Wallise (W4/5.6), daughter of Jesse
Wallise (W5/1.5) and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born August 9,
1859 in Forsyth County. She was married
there January 31, 1878 to Monroe Bennett (B4/1.1), son of Berry Bennett
(B5/1.1) and Emilie A. Martin Bennett (M5/1.1). She died in 1943 and was buried in Cross Roads Baptist Church
Cemetery. Four children were born to
them.
Martha Evaline "Eva" Wallise (W4/5.7), daughter of
Jesse Wallise (W5/1.5) and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born March
31, 1861 in Forsyth County. She was
married there February 22, 1877 to Henry A. Dooley (D4/1.1), son of Wesley S.
Dooley (D5/1.1) and Cleopatra Missouri Catheirne Phillips Dooley (P5/1.1). She died there April 18, 1892 and was buried
in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery.
After her death Henry A. Dooley (D4/1.1) and the children removed to
Bartow County, Georgia to be near his aging parents. He died November 3, 1937 and was buried in Gums Springs
Cemetery.
Jesse Harrison Wallace (W4/5.8), son of Jesse Wallise (W5/1.50
and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born March 1, 1863 in Forsyth
County. He was married there July 31,
1884 to Isabell Hughes (H4/1.1). He
died April 16, 1907 in Aledo, Texas.
Nancy Ann "Nan" Wallise (W4/5.9), daughter of Jesse
Wallise (W5/1.5) and Eliza A. Whitmire Wallise (W5/1.1), was born May 1, 1868
in Forsyth County. She was married
there February 8, 1881 to James Andrew Jackson (J4/1.1). She died March 7, 1950 in Hall County.
Emily Whitmire (W5/1.2), daughter of Christopher Whitmire (W6/5.1)
and Nancy Reece Whitmire (R6/1.1), was born about 1837 in Georgia. She appeared as a 13-year-old in the 1850
census of Forsyth County. She was
married about 1860 to James H. Henderson (H5/1.1), according to Forsyth County
marriage records.
William R. Whitmire (W5/1.3), son of Christopher Whitmire
(W6/5.1) and Nancy Reece Whitmire (R6/1.1), was born about 1839. He appeared in the 1850 cenus of Forsyth
County as a 13-year-old living in his father's household. Of this individual nothing more is known.
Cintha Whitmire (W6/5.2), daughter of Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5)
and Polly Holcomb Whitmire (H7/1.1), was born about 1795.
Alpha Whitmire (W6/5.3), son of Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5) and
Polly Holcomb Whitmire (H7/1.1), was born about 1797. "A. P. Whitmire," possibly (W6/5.3), was enumerated in
the 1850 census of Forsyth County as the head of Household 1263-1263, 31st
District, page 196:
"Whitmire,
A. P. 45, born in North Carolina
Elizabeth 50, born in South
Carolina"
Stephen Whitmire (W6/5.4), son of Samuel Whitmire (W7/1.5) and
Polly Holcomb Whitmire (H7/1.1), was born August 25, 1799 in Pendleton
District. He was married about 1820 to
Mary Robertson (R6/1.1) who was born in 1802 in Oconee County.
He appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of
Rabun County, Georgia, and he was enumerated September 26, 1850 as the head of
a household in Rabun County, 597th District, Houshold 160-160:
"Whitmire,
Stephen 52, born in South Carolina
Mary 48, born in
South Carolina, wife
Robert[son?] R. 19, born in
South Carolina, son, married
within the year
Mary
L. F. 14, born in South Carolina,
daughter, at-
tending school"
They reappeared as Household 26-26 at Clayton, Georgia in the
1860 census of Rabun County, 597th District:
"Whitmire,
Stephen 68, born in South Carolina
Mary 58, born in South
Carolina, wife"
He wrote his will in Rabun County in 1866.
Following her death about 1862 he was remarried to Patsy Mary
Cobb (C6/1.1) who was born February 18, 1802 in South Carolina. They lived in Oconee County, South
Carolina. He was buried in Clayton,
Georgia Baptist Church Cemetery. No
children were born to Patsy Mary Cobb Whitmire (C6/1.1) who was born in 1802.
Children born to Stephen Whitmire (W6/5.4) and Mary Robertson
Whitmire (R6/1.1) include:
William R.
"Billy" Whitmire (W5/4.1)
born October 30, 1822
John Warren
Whitmire (W5/4.2) born June 16, 1829
Lewis Robert
Whitmire (W5/4.3) born March 5, 1832
Mary Lucinda F.
Whitmire (W5/4.4) born in 1836
William R[obertson?] "Billy" Whitmire (W5/4.1), son of
Stephen Whitmire (W6/5.4) and Mary Robertson Whitmire (R6/1.1), was born
October 30, 1822 in South Carolina, probably in Oconee County. He moved to Rabun County, Georgia and built
a log cabin on his land one mile north of Clayton. He was married in 1845 to Hannah McCurry (M5/1.1) who was born
December 23, 1827 in North Carolina to Amos McCurry (M6/1.1) and Rachel
McCurry. Hannah McCurry Whitmire (M5/1.1)
died July 27, 1898, and William R. "Billy" Whitmire (W5/4.1) died
February 5, 1904 in Clayton, Georgia.
They were buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery there.
Children born to William R. "Billy" Whitmire (W5/4.1)
and Hannah McCurry Whitmire (M5/1.1) include:
Sarah
Whitmire (W4/1.1) born May 27, 1845
John Columbus
Whitmire (W4/1.2) born January 26, 1847
Mary Ann Morena
Whitmire (W4/1.3) born June 20, 1848
William Stephen
J. Whitmire (W4/1.4) born January 8, 1853
Rolin Logan
Whitmire (W4/1.5) born May 23, 1856
Rachel Nancy
Rosetta Whitmire (W4/1.6) born March 6, 1859
Samuel Rufus
Whitmire (W4/1.7) born
May 26, 1861
Robert Adolphus
Whitmire (W4/1.8) born January 23, 1864
Sarah Whitmire (W4/1.1), daughter of William R.
"Billy" Whitmire (W5/4.1) and Hannah McCurry Whitmire (M5/1.1), was
born May 27, 1845 at Clayton, Georgia.
She was married in 1863 to John M. Burton (B4/1.1), son of Jeremiah
Burton (B5/1.1), who was born in 1845.
He died February 13, 1922, and she died May 30, 1924. They were buried in Bethlehem Baptist Church
Cemetery.
John Columbus Whitmire (W4/1.2), son of William R.
"Billy" Whitmire (W5/4.1) and Hannah McCurry Whitmire (M5/1.1), was
born January 26, 1847 in Clayton. He
removed to Macon County, South Carolina where he was married August 1, 1867 to
Jane Elizabeth Williams (W4/1.1) who was born there July 26, 1849. They returned to Rabun County, Georgia in
1884. She died there December 17, 1922,
and he died in Walhalla, South Carolina August 6, 1929.
Ten children were born to them, including:
Sylvester
"Ves" Whitmire (W3/2.1) born July 5, 1870
Jacob B.
Whitmire (W3/2.2) born November 3, 1871
Lewis C.
Whitmire (W3/2.3) born August 19, 1873
Lydia
Whitmire (W3/2.4) born March 12, 1876
Pollie E.
Whitmire (W3/2.5) born April 1, 1878
Elbert Newton
Whitmire (W3/2.6) born August 18, 1880
Clingman
Whitmire (W3/2.7) born September 29, 1882
Rufus Melvin
Whitmire (W3/2.8) born February 21, 1884
Hannah Elizabeth
Whitmire (W3/2.9) born January 18,
1886
Steven Alexander
Whitmire (W3/2.10) born December 19,
1890
Sylvester "Ves" Whitmire (W3/2.1), son of John
Columbus Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Jane Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W4/1.1), was
born July 5, 1870 in Rabun County. He
was married February 21, 1895 to Delia Thompson (T3/1.1) and was remarried to
Mary Pitts (P3/1.1). He was killed by a
bootlegger whom he surprised transporting whiskey in Rabun County. Children born to Sylvester "Ves"
Whitmire (W3/1.9), Delia Thompson Whitmire (T3/1.1) and Mary Pitts Whitmire
(P3/1.1) are unknown.
Jacob B. Whitmire (W3/2.2), son of John Columbus Whitmire
(W4/1.2) and Jane Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born November 3,
1871 in Macon County. He was married to
Jane Garland (G3/1.2) of North Carolina about 1905. Children born to Jacob B. Whitmire (W3/2.2) and Jane Garland
Whitmire (G3/1.2) are unknown.
Lewis C. Whitmire (W3/2.3), son of John Columbus Whitmire
(W4/1.2) and Jane Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born August 19,
1873 in Macon County. He was married
about 1895 to Mary Page (P3/1.1). Later
he was remarried to Minnie Wells (W3/1.1) of Cornelia, Georgia. Children born to Lewis C. Whitmire (W3/2.3),
Mary Page Whitmire (P3/1.1) and Minnie Wells Whitmire (W3/1.1) are unknown.
Lydia Whitmire (W3/2.4), daughter of John Columbus Whitmire
(W4/1.2) and Jane Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born March 12, 1876
in Macon County. She was married to
Jonas Burrell (B3/1.1) of Towns County, Georgia March 1, 1896. She died October 25, 1965.
Pollie E. Whitmire (W3/2.5), daughter of John Columbus Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Jane Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born April 1, 1878 in Macon County. She was married February 18, 1897 to John M. Carter (C3/1.1) and lived in Orlando, Florida. She died August 2, 1941. A descendant, J. Harold Cart