WHITAKER
Parents
Mark M WHITAKER {M} = Martha {F}
Married BEF 1794
Mark M WHITAKER:
Born ABT 1770
Died ABT 1814, VA
Much of the information from "Some Notes on the Whitaker Family" by C. E. Shepard, pub. in The Journal of the Magoffin County Historical Society, Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 1990, pg. 74.
Russell County Court Orders show that Mark M Whitaker presented papers to show his ordination into the Ministry at the May 1803 term of the Court and was granted the right to perform the rites of marriage in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and he posted the necessary bond.
He was not on the Russell County personal tax list of Russell County in 1802 or before.
Mark purchased 100 acres of land on the south side of the Clinch River in Russell Co, VA in October 1805.
Death: Mark apparently died prior to February 1815 because his 100 acre property is listed as "the estate of Mark Whitaker" on the Federal tax list of land for Russell Co, VA for 1815.
Martha :
Alias Patsy
Occupation: teacher
Martha "Patsy" WHITAKER, was a teacher and is buried at the mouth of Puncheon in a lost cemetery with the early ARNETTs and HOWARDs of that area.
Occupation Place: Magoffin Co, KY
Children
Francis A WHITAKER {M} = Margaret {F} > Family
Francis A WHITAKER:
Alias Frank WHITAKER
Born ABT 1794, VA
Margaret :
Johnson\Johnston WHITAKER {M} = Susanna Howard ARNETT1 {F} > Family
Married 27 February 1842, Floyd Co, KY
Johnson\Johnston WHITAKER:
Born BET 1800 AND 1802, Scott Co, VA
Died 14 February 1871, KY
Children of Johnson WHITAKER and Susan HOWARD are:
2. i. Eliza WHITAKER, b. January 10, 1818; d. March 04, 1915, Long Creek, Magoffin, KY
3. ii. Wiley WHITAKER, b. 1826.
4. iii. William R. WHITAKER, b. 1827; d. Bef. 1865.
5. iv. Mary "Polly" / "Pop" WHITAKER, b. 1830.
6. v. David WHITAKER, b. 1832.
7. vi. Elizabeth "Betty" / "Betsy" WHITAKER, b. April 1832, , Floyd, KY, d. Aft. 1910.
8. vii. Morgan WHITAKER, b. 1834, ,Magoffin, KY d. 1918.
9. viii. Elijah WHITAKER, b. 1836.
10. ix. Celia WHITAKER, b. 1837.
11. x. Elmore Smith WHITAKER, b. 1841.
12. xi. Cynthia "Cythia" Ann WHITAKER, b. April 1841.
These two children are their grandchildren, children of their daughter Mary "Polly/Pop"
13. xii. Wesley "Wes" C WHITAKER, b. 1848.
14. xiii. Lark C WHITAKER, b. 1852; m. Amanda J, b. 1855.
Another letter came from Russell Wireman, 116 So. Broad St., Hellam, PA 17406 about Elmore Smith Whitaker who was born in 1844 and his 2nd wife Martha Rebecca Hurt. They were the parents of Forest Rose Mae Whitaker who married Jake Wireman.
Smith was first married to Nancy Howard, the dau of Samuel Howard and Delana Jones. We have his second wife listed as a Mary Risner which is erroneous. Those of you who have volume 5 of the Legends in Blue and Gray Civil War book need to use some "white-out" on page 1823. This Mary Risner did marry a Smith Whitaker but he was the son of Morgan Whitaker and Susan Hale.
Martha Rebecca Hurt b. 1869 first married Eli Allen. She was the dau of Creed F. Hurt b. 1837 and married in 1861 to Sarah Williamson b. 1842, dau of Harmon Williamson, Jr. b. 1816. Harmon Jr. m. in 1830 to Ann Bevins b. 1817, dau of Thomas Bevins. Harmon was the son of John Williamson, all found in Pike Co. KY.
Creed Hurt was the son of Absolem Hurt b. 1813 Washington Co. VA and m. 2nd to Elizabeth Bevins b. 1815, dau of John Bevins. He m. 1. to Ann Samples in 1823, the dau of William Samples and Nancy Wilson. Absolem was the son of Garland Hurt and Marteshia Thurston.
Elmore Smith Whitaker was the son of Johnson Whitaker b. 1792 and Susanna Howard/Arnett, a dau of Celia Howard.
Todd's Column - 14 Jan 1999
Birth: 1792 per Todd Preston, his column of 14 Jan 1999
Census Date: 1850
1850 Census/Kentucky/Floyd/family #475: Johnson Whitaker, 58, male, farmer, value of real estate $800, born VA. Susanna Whitaker, 54, female, born KY. William Whitaker, 23, male, farmer, born KY. Mary Whitaker, 20, female, born KY. David Whitaker, 18, male, farmer, born KY. Morgan Whitaker, 16, male, farmer, born KY. Elijah Whitaker, 14, male, born KY. Selia Whitaker, 13, female, born KY. Cynthia Whitaker, 12, female, born KY. Elinore (Elmore?) Whitaker, 9, male, born KY. Wesly Whitaker, 2, male, born KY. Lazanis Liford, 23, male, born KY.
Census Date: 1860
1860 Census: Magoffin Co., Ky. 43-48. Johnson Whittaker, age 58, farmer, $800/400, born Tenn; Susannah Whittaker, age 5, born Ky; Smith Whittaker, age 16; Westly Whittaker, age 10; Lark Whittaker, age 8. (Wes and Lark are their daughter Mary's children.)
Susanna Howard ARNETT:
Born 1796
Died 26 October 1881
Birth: The source for the date and Susanna's mother is Todd Preston's column - 13 Aug 1998. In this column Todd states that Celia and Stephen Arnett were Susanna's parents. They did not marry.
James O WHITAKER {M} = Lurana Marshall Fletcher {F} > Family
Married ABT 1829, VA
James O WHITAKER:
Born BET 1804 AND 1806, VA
Census Date: 1850
Census Place: Floyd Co, KY
Family #513: (In the household of John Patrick) James O. Whitaker, 46, male, farmer, value of real estate $800, born VA. Lurana Whitaker, 40, female, born VA. William Whitaker, 20, male, farmer, born KY. Francis Whitaker, 19, male, farmer, born KY. Martin Whitaker, 18, male, farmer, born KY. Malinda Whitaker, 15, female, born KY. Thomas Whitaker, 11, male, born KY. Johnson Whitaker, 5, male, born KY. George Whitaker, 2, male, born KY.
Census Date: 1860
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
Family #30: James O. Whittaker, 53, male, born VA. Lurana Whittaker, 50, female, born VA. Thomas Whittaker, 21, male, school teacher, born KY. Matilda Whittaker, 23, female, born KY. Johnson Whittaker, 15, male, born KY. George Whittaker, 11, male, born KY. Jane Row, 9, female, bound girl, born KY.
Census Date: 1870
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
Pct. 5/household 50: James O. Whitaker, 64, male, white, farmer, value of real estate $1200, value of personal property $585, born VA. Luranna Whitaker, 44, female, white, keeping house, born VA. Polly Puckett, 35, female, white, domestic servant, value of personal property $250, born KY. Manerva Puckett, 15, female, white, domestic servant, born KY. Rebecca Puckett, 13, female, white, domestic servant, born KY. Nancy Puckett, 11, female, white, domestic servant, born KY. Andrew Puckett, 8, male, white, at home, born KY. Mildabell Puckett, 3, female, white, at home, born KY.
Lurana Marshall Fletcher:
Susannah WHITAKER {F} = Morgan PUCKETT {M} > Family
Susannah WHITAKER:
Morgan PUCKETT:
William P WHITAKER {M}
Mary WHITAKER {F} = SMITH {M} > Family
Matilda WHITAKER {F} = James MAYS {M} > Family
Married 1830
Matilda WHITAKER:
Sources
1 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page Vol. 2, p. 442
Superscripted numbers are references to source citations at the bottom of this page.
{M} = Male; {F} = Female.
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