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Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Moses McWhorter
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 19:43:43 EDT


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<< Descendants of Moses McWhorter

1 MCWHORTER, Moses b: 1700 Ireland d: Abt. 1756
. +MARLIN?, ? b: Abt. 1700 >>

Hello, Jim and Wanda!

I'm sending information from "Old Southern Bible Records, Transcriptions of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages from Family Bibles, Chiefly of the 18th and
19th Centuries," Compiled by Memory Aldridge Lester, published by
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1974; Library of
Congress Catalogue Card Number 75-136456; International Standard book Number
0-8063-0617-3. Some of this relates to Moses McWHORTER.

Peggy in Tulsa
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Pages 205-206:

DR. ABBOTT MILTON McWHORTER

Dr. Abbott M. McWhorter b. 1828, d. in Myasville [Maysville ?], Calif., m.
Mahala Jane Davis b. in S.C., d. in Gaylesville, Ala.

Dr. Robert Lee, son of Dr. Abbott M. McWhorter, b. 12 July 1864, d. 5 Apr
1936 in Gaylesville, Ala., m. 1st to Effie Leona McConnell b. 25 Sep 1869, d.
19 Dec 1904, m. 2nd to Gussie Wheeler b. 17 Oct 1873. Children:

Abbott Milton b. 17 Aug 1890, d. 25 July 1892;
Della Estelle b. 25 May 1892, d. 30 June 1893;
Rachel Louise b. 22 Mar 1894, d. 4 Nov 1909;
Horace Lawrence b. 7 Jan 1896, d. same day;
Hobart Amory b. 19 Dec 1896, d. ca. 1950 in auto wreck, Birmingham, Ala.;
Paul Kerr b. 27 Aug 1900; and
Haynie Margarette b. 15 Jan 1903.

[From Mrs. Hobart Amory McWhorter, Birmingham, Ala.]
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These appear to be connected to your line.

Page 206:

REV. ALLEN MARLIN McWHORTER

Alan Marlin McWhorter b. 16 May 1795 in Abbeville Dist., S.C. (son of Moses
McWhorter, son of Henry McWhorter, a native of Ireland) brought over as a
boy, m. 17 Jan 1819 in the 24th yr. of his age in Abbeville Dist., S.C. to
Eliz. Ann Baker b. 14 Feb 1798. Children:

Elijah Harvey b. 15 Mar 1820, m. 1st to Narcissa Williamson d. 7 Sep 1843, m.
2nd on 30 Mar 1847 to Milly Burnett;
Bersheba Eliz. b. 14 May 1822, m. 2 June [or Jan] 1838 to Michael Aderhold,
to Ga.; ***must mean they went to live in Georgia***
James Alcorn b. 8 Oct 1824, m. Charlotte Goodson [He d. young & his widow
remarried & took her two McWhorter children to Ill., lost sight of.];
Egbert Beall b. 28 May 1826, m. Lydia Tanner, to Ga.;
Abbott Milton b. 11 May 1828, m. 13 July 1851 to Mahala June Davis, to Ala.;
Dionishus Wesley b. 31 Mar 1830, m. 1846 to Mary Truett, to Ark.

[From Mr. Davis L. McWhorter, Bethel, N.C. 1960. He adds, "The will of Moses
McWhorter (father of Alan M.) is dated and probated in 1797 in Edgefield,
S.C. & names 3 sons by his 1st wife (name unknown): Moses; Lowden of Cowden;
John and 5 children by his 2nd wife, Eliz. Puckett: Geo. Allen; Sarah
Douglass; Danl. Puckett; Allen Marlin; Jane Allen. Bible records of son John
have been given. Those of his half brother, Allen Marlin, were sent me in
1932 by a grandson, Valentine Burnett of Bowden, Ga. then aged 78 yrs. The
death of Allen McWhorter is not known. He was away from home & supposedly
lost his life trying to escape Yankee soldiers in 1864. His wife died in
1863. The oldest dau. of Harvey McWhorter, Drusilla b. 1841, lived past 90
yrs. & gave much family data to the writer. When her mother d. she and her
sister were reared by their grandparents. When her mother d. she and her
sister were reared by their grandparents. Later she married, as his 2nd
wife, Michael Aderhold who had been the husband of her Aunt Bersheba. He was
b. in 1809 & many yrs. her senior." Rev. Allen McWhorter was a Methodist
preacher, Villa Rica, Ga.]
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Page 207:

DAVID McWHORTER

David McWhorter [m. 31 Mar 1766 from Lancaster Co., Pa. marriage records] to
Mary Posten b. 11 July 1750. Children:

John b. 30 Oct 1768 [m. Eliz. Anderson];
Robert b. 22 Oct 1770 [m. Eliz. Cherry];
David b. 12 Oct 1773 [m. Eliz. C., dau. of Jeremiah McWhorter];
Saml. b. 30 Sep 1775 [m. Margaret Cherry];
Solomon b. 2 Oct 1777;
Mary b. 27 Nov 1779 [m. John, son of Moses McWhorter];
William b. 14 May 1782 [m. Susanna Sigmon of Ga.];
Isaac b. 10 Nov 1785 [moved to Ky., Ill.]; and
Sarah b. 5 Sep 1787.

[This record sent by Davis McWhorter, Bethel, N.C., who adds that "David
McWhorter or McWhirter - the Bible uses McWhirter but they all used the o
later - is listed in the Chester Co., Pa. tax lists in the 1760's. The
family removed to Rutherford Co., N.C. about 1770. In the Rev. War David
performed patriotic service as a blacksmith & desc. claim that as a result of
serious wounds received in the militia which caused his early death after the
Rev. After the Rev. he removed to Abbeville, S.C. where his estate was
administered in 1789 by his widow Mary. Some pages of his Bible are missing
that would have had other dates. The marriages given after the children's
names are from family records. The name of Dvid McWhorter occurs on one of
the pages of the Bible, indicating ownership. This was sent me by Mrs.
Shelly McWhorter Wright, Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1953."]
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Pages 206-207:

JOHN McWHORTER

John McWhorter b. 11 July 1774, d. 4 Feb 1839, m. 16 Dec 1800 to Mary
McWhorter (dau. of Mary McWhorter, Sr. b. 11 July 1750) b. 27 Nov 1779, d. 17
Feb 1863 [They were cousins.]. Children:

David Washington b. 6 Nov 1801, m. Eliz. Nichols;
Moses Edward b. 19 Sep 1803 [lived in Athens, Ga.], m. Hannah Nichols [sister
of Eliz. above];
Sarah Love b. 5 Apr 1807, d. 12 Nov 1890, unmarried;
John N. [for Newton] b. 28 May 1809, m. 14 June 1838 to Caroline Brock;
Mary Matilda b. 9 Aug 1811; Mary Matilda Myers d. 27 Jan 1892; Henry Myers,
her husband, d. 31 Mar 1897;
Isaac A. b. 12 Oct 1815, m. Dec 1838 to Eliza Hill;
Andrew P. [for Poston] b. 25 Sep. 1817;
Belinda Adeline b. 23 Aug 1820, d. 23 June 1848, unmarried; and
Eliza Ann b. 5 Feb 1823.

[Record sent by Davis L. McWhorter, Bethel, N.C. He adds, "John McWhorter
was a school master in Pickens Co., S.C. He is descended as follows: John
McWhorter (4), Moses McWhorter (3), Henry McWhorter (2), Moses McWhorter (1).
John is named as a son in his father's will (Moses) in 1797 in Edgefield,
S.C. The family 1st located in Lancaster Co., Pa. in 1750's. Later went to
Mecklenberg Co., N.C. & thence to Abbeville Co., S.C. John married his
distant cousin, Mary McWhorter, dau. of David & Mary {Poston} McWhorter of
upper S.C. This Bible record was sent me in 1937 by the owner, & a desc.,
Mrs. Lillian {Myers} Blackwell, Seneca, S.C. From John McWhorter's will in
1839 in Pickens Co., S.C. it is learned that Eliza Ann, dau. of John, m.
Robert M. Beaty."]
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Page 208:

REV. LEROY McWHORTER

Leroy McWhorter [Baptist preacher, Carroll Co., Ga.] b. 1797, d. [5 Apr]
1875, m. Mary Eliz. Thompson who d. 9 Oct 1875. Children:

Moses [Allen] b. 25 Nov 1820;
Sarah M. b. 11 May 1822;
Mary Ann b. 11 May 1822;
Johnson b. 3 Jan 1826;
Laura b. 30 Nov 1827;
Thos. Benson b. 27 July 1829;
Elizabeth b. 5 July 1831;
Newton Alex. b. 20 Apr 1833; and
Frank b. 4 Oct 1836.

[Mr. Davis L. McWhorter gives the father of Henry McWhorter who was the
immigrant from Ireland as Moses but doesn't give the source of this
information; however, he has done work for years on this family and has much
authentic data.]
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I'll be on the lookout for your Sarah's family and marriage to Shipley. Our
library has Early Tennessee marriages, divided by East, Middle and West
Tennessee.

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