Nancy* Ann White

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Catholic

Notes:

White Ana of N. Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m David Armand of SM (SM Ch)

Car, Guillaume (Joseph of Jamaca (Hugo & Marguerite Halfan) m 24 Feb 1794 Ane Wit, a widow. Fr. Carolina (SM ct hse OA - 15-75)
White, Ana, wid of Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 24 Feb 1794 Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-15-75)
White, Ane a widow; from Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambel) m 24 Feb 1794 Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ct. Hse: OA-15-75)

(NOTE: Widow of David Harmon? He was in TX in 1829)

White, Ana of N Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambie of Virginia) m Joseph Car of Jamaica (SM Ch)
White, Nancy, wid of Joseph Carr m George Burrell, In Succ. of Joseph Carr dated 16 Aug 1816 (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ #242)

White, Ana of N.Carolina (Jean & Sara Gambil of Virginia) m George Borel of England (SM Ch)
White, Anna, widow of Joseph Car; from North Carolina; a Catholic (John & Sarah Gambil) m 1 Apr 1801 Georges Borrel, English, born in Hardfordshire; an Anglican (Robert & Elizabeth Tompkins from Ireland) * not entered in SM registers (NI Ch.: OA-#8)

White, Anne of North Carolina, widow of Joseph Carr (John & Sara Gambil, natives of North Carolina) "Informacione de Solteria Producida" - (Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry) dated 1 Apr 1801 George Borrel, Church of England, of Harfondchire, England and in this parish for 18 years (Robert & Elizabeth Tomkins native of Ireland and England) Signed: Frederic Tenholt, Louis Chemin, Peter O'Reilly, James Dunman. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #33)
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NANCY WHITE'S LEGACY LIVES by Gwendolyn Wingate, staff correspondent. (Top of page is cut off but believe it appeared in an Orange, TX newspaper. (Sent by Barbara Vernon)

Lusty, lovely Nancy White was four times married, and her offspring were among Texas' first settlers. Today's descendants may number in the thousands.
There is no known picture of the enigmatic Nancy, but even from the dry, precise legal documents that record her actions, she emerges full-bodied and alluring. Desiring and desirable, strong-willed and physically hardy, she steps out faded pages and takes possession of the imagination.
Nancy, or Ann, as her name is often recorded, was born to John White and Sarah Gambel a few years before the Am. Revolution. White is said to have descended from emigrants from the Isle of Wight on the southern coast of England. The ear in early records as householders in Virginia, but in the 1770's they were involved in the Regulator troubles in Burke Co., NC that preceded the revolution. Planters in the Carolina uplands rebelled against extortionate tax collectors of Gov. William Tyron, and two of the White brothers were beaten nearly to death during a riot. One was shot in the arm during the foray and lost the use of that arm, says an old court record. Six Regulators were hung and others killed by the governor's militia.
Nancy could barely have remembered these bloody troubles, but it may have been because of them that the Whites moved on for a brief stay in Mississippi and then in the 1780's to the Attakapas dist. of Louisiana. That district, then undh rule, was made up of scattered settlements of Arcadians who had been expelled from Nova Scotia; Spanish from the Canary Islands who settled near present day New Iberia; a few Indians, some of the Attakapas tribe from which the district took its name; and trappers, traders and ranchers, some from the United States.
Life was not easy in that pioneer land, Nancy's mother was a midwife assisting at the birthing of children. She bore nine of her own. John White was probably a farmer and cattleman, perhaps branding his own wild cattle of the coastal p, remnants of stock introduced by the Avoyelles Indians trading with the Spanish in Mexico. John White registered brands for himself and his son William in 1790.
It was here in 1787 that the young Nancy fell in love with David Harmon and was married. The 1792 Spanish militia census for that post shows that Harmon, then 35, was a fusilier or infantryman. He was one of the few Americans listed amoles, Acadians and Europeans.
Nancy and David Harmon had three children, Ann, John and Sarah. Their youngest daughter was born in 1792, the same year St. Martin's Parish records list an inventory of David Harmon's estate after his death. Those precisely written documents voice neither joy nor pain, but Nancy must have remembered her first love throughout her long life. She named a later son David.
The young widow may have returned to her father's home with her children. She must have had some education, uncommon in that day for a woman, and she must have given her children some schooling, for both she and they signed their name on nts rather than making a mark. In 1804 she or her father registered brands for her children at St. Martinville.
But by that time Nancy was no longer the widow Harmon. A marriage contract penned carefully in Spanish proclaims the union on Feb 24 1794, at the Attakapas Post of "the Widow Ane Wit, elder and ligitimate daughter of Jean Wit and Sara Gamative of Carolina…and, Joseph Carr of Jamaica, elder and legitimate son of Hugo Carr and Mrs. Marguerite Halfair of Jamaica." Officiating officer was the post commandant, Francisco Cago y Luongo, and the bride's brothers, William and Jesse White were witnesses.
According to the contract the groom, who was probably of Scottish descent, brought to his marriage 1000 piastres (worth about $1 each) in notes, belongings consisting of 275 piastres, and other property commensurate with Nancy's half of thunity division from her marriage to Harmon.
Nancy bore a son, William, and a daughter, Lucy, to Joseph Carr. But perhaps it was too soon after the loss of her first love, or maybe Carr had an insatiable wanderlust. He disappeared from the scene, and subsequent documents never ro Nancy as the widow Carr. Stories passed down through the generation's hint that Carr was a freebooter and adventurer. A man by that name took part in the 1812 Gutierrez expedition that attempted to wrest Texas from Spain. The expedition failed and if indeed Carr was with them, there is no clue to what happened to him.
A few years later Nancy married George Burrell, or Borel as he sometimes appears. He and his family had been in the district as early as 1782 and were probably neighbors of the Whites. He and Maria Dunman were baptismal sponsors of Nancnger sister Sarah in 1801.
Nancy's life with George Burrell may have lacked the ecstasy she knew with David Harman, but in maturity they must have brought warmth and understanding to the marriage that lasted nearly 20 years. She named her oldest son Robert, and the younger, David.
The children of Nancy White's three marriages would play an important part of the history of Jefferson, Orange and Chambers counties. In 1830 John Harmon veteran of the War of 1812 and son of her first love David, settled near Adams Bayouat is now Orange. John's son David had come to Texas a year earlier, and Nancy's daughter Sarah, who married Absalom Gray came in 1833.
One of John Harmon's son Joshua, was the ancestor of the Harmon saddlemakers of Hankamer. His other children married Pevitos, Patillos, Blands, Coles and Means most of who were also early settlers.
William Carr was a part of Stephen F. Austin's third colony, claiming the William Carr League along Taylor's Bayou near LaBelle. He may have gotten additional land for furnishing horses to the TX. Revolutionists.
David Burrell settled near Taylors Bayou in 1828, claiming the league of land that bears his name. His nephew, George, his brother Robert's son, married Nancy French, daughter of John J. French of the trading post. Their son, J.J. Burrelrried a cousin, Alzena Carr, daughter of Nancy White's son, William Carr.
Probably all of Nancy's brothers and sisters except Jesse also settled in Texas. Her brother, James Taylor White, was in Chambers Co. before the TX Revolution and it was at his ranch that the Turtle Bayou resolutions were drawn up, an earlyfrontation of Texans and Mexicans. Nancy White Burrell herself claimed land in McLennan Co. which was later lost by her heirs in a lawsuit.
By 1824 when Nancy made a settlement with her dau. Sarah Harmon for her share of her father's estate, Nancy was again a widow. But her love life was not over. Opelousas marriage records reveal that on June 8 1828, she married Jacob Hamshire
Nancy was now past childbearing age, but Hamshire's descendants from an earlier marriage would also leave their mark on area history. His son John was one of High Island's early settlers and the town of Hamshire would take its name from the surname of his grandson, Lovan. An early Jefferson co. sheriff, David Garner married a Matilda Hamshire in 1839, who was a granddaughter of Jacob's.
Other descendants of Nancy's, to name a few, are Clubbs, Moors, Dugars (Dugats), Jetts, Abshiers, Walles, Norwoods, Harrises, Pruetts, Wilcoxes, Gatlins, Hayes, Aubeys, Hargraves, Wingates, Alexanders, Van Wormers, Hoffpauirs, Heimans, Boused many others.
When did Nancy die? And where is she buried? Some say in a half-forgotten cemetry near Duncan Woods in Orange Co. No one knows for sure.

Died:
The date of her death, or the place seems to be only conjecture, no actual records of her death appear to have been found. However, if her husband died in 1850 in St. Landry it doesn't seem likely she would be in Orange, unless his date/place of death is not accurate. Her son James Harmon settled in Orange, but have not been able to find her in his household.

Nancy* married David (Levy) Harmon on 21 May 1787 in Louisiana. David (son of John Harmon and Mrs. Mary (..) Harmon) was born in 1757 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Harmon was born on 21 May 1788 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; died after 1810.
2. John Aarmand Harmon, Sr was born on 28 Apr 1790 in St.Martin Parish, Louisiana; was christened on 17 Jul 1800 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 22 Feb 1871 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas.
3. Sarah Margaret Harmon was born on 19 May 1792; died after 1833.

Nancy* married Joseph Carr on 24 Feb 1794 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Joseph (son of Hugh (Hugo) Carr and Marguerite Halfan) was born on 6 Aug 1752 in Kingston, Jamaica; died before 16 Aug 1816 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Car, Guillaume (Joseph of Jamaca (Hugo & Marguerite Halfan) m24 Feb 1794 Ane Wit, a widow.


When Nancy White married Joseph Carr, she brought three children from her first marriage.

The following was translated from French and must be one of the earliest pre-nuptial agreements ever written. It is dated February 24, 1794 and concerns the marriage of Joseph Carr and Nancy White.

At the army post of Atakupas, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of February of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, before us Don Francisco Cajo y Luogo, lieutenant in the permanent regiment of Louisiana and civil and military commander of the said place, in the presence of two witnesses to help us in the absence of a notary public, there being none in this territory, have appeared on the one hand Mr. Joseph Carr, native of Jamaica, of age and legitimate son of Hugo Carr and Marguerite Halfas, and the widow Ann (Nancy) Wit (White), or age and legitimate daughter of Jean (John) Wit (White) and Sara (Sarah) Cambel, native of Carolina, thus authorized by consent of the said father, on the other hand. And the said parties, of their own free will and choice, and in the best possible form, also in presence of their witnesses, that in on the side of the bridegroom, Mr. Louis Dantilly Bertin and Antoine Martinez, and on the side of the bride, Mr. Guillaume White and Mr. Jesse White, her brothers, - also present and residing at this place; being intent on taking each other by law, by name and by the sacrament of marriage according to the Protestant rite, both contracting parties make the following solemn agreements and covenants.

The community property of the said husband and wife will be drawn up according to the law and customs of Spain ; even though this territory would change dominion or that the parties would go and reside in other lands with their customs.

The said husband and wife are not responsible for each other?s debts incurred before the marriage. If there are any, they will be settled by the one who will have contracted them and from his or her property.

In case of legal separation each party will take back that which he or she will have brought into the marriage. If there has been an increase it will be divided by common consent.

The said husband and wife take each other and their estate duties, real estate and personal estate, which are to befall them or to be forfeited by them. The husband with the property of one thousand (illegible) in bank notes which belong to him, according to the knowledge of his friends. As to the property of the said bride it consist in an amount of two hundred and seventy-five pintos and two great reals as her half of her community property with Mr. David Herman (Harman), her first husband, which is indicated in the deeds of apportionment dated the second day of the month of November of the year one thousand seven hundred ninety-two. And because of the good and sincere affection that said husband and wife have for each other, they decide and consent this day that incase of death without legitimate child of this marriage, the surviving one of the two and his heirs will possess in perpetuity the estate of the deceased, with the clause and condition that if the survivor marries again that agreement will be cancelled and that the estate of the deceased will go to the blood line after an inventory made by the authority of this army post who, without any opposition from anyone, will have the right to bring the estate of the first deceased back to the blood line, for the profit of his heirs, renouncing anything contrary to this disposition.

Written and agreed in the commander?s residence, in good faith, with the consent of said parties, parents and friends, which parties and parents, having signed after us, here above mentioned commander, as also Mr. Ramon de Cordoval and Charles Potier, legal witnesses to this matrimonial contract.

Francisco Cajo y Luongo Joseph Carr
Nancy White William White
John White Ramon de Cordoval
Louis Dantilly Bertin Antonio Martinez

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1. William Carr was born on 10 Feb 1795 in Louisiana; was christened on 17 Jul 1800 in St. Martin Catholic Ch, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 17 Mar 1874; was buried in Burrell Cem, Taylor Bayou, Labelle/Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. Marie Lucinda Carr was born on 16 Apr 1797 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died after 1850 in Liberty Co (probably), Texas.

Nancy* married George* Burrell, (immigrant) on 1 Apr 1801 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. George* (son of Robert* Borrel (Burrell), (Immigrant) and Elizabeth* Tomkins, (immigrant)) was born before 1765 in Hartfordshire, England; died before 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert* Burrell was born on 31 Oct 1801 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died on 18 Feb 1858 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. David Burrell was born in 1804 in Louisiana; died after 1850.

Nancy* married Jacob Hamshire on 8 Jun 1828 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Jacob was born about 1775; died in 1850 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1766, Cheraws Dist, South Carolina
• Other-Begin: Between 1772 and 1778, Burke Co, North Carolina
• Residence: Between 1780 and 1781, Washington Co, North Carolina; tax rolls
• Residence: May 1782, Natchez, Mississippi
• Possessions: 17 May 1782, Natchez, Mississippi

Notes:

Said to have descended from emigrants from the Isle of Wight on the southern coast of England. Registered a cattle brand for himself and son William in 1790.

White, Jean (Jacques & Elizabeth Pou) m Sara Gambel (SM Ch.)
Possibly sons George (1801) & Henry (1805) but Sarah would be too old if b 1745.
The family moved from North Carolina to Natchez, Mississippi, somewhere between 1780 and 1784. They then moved to Louisiana, probably St.Martinville, before 1787.

living on Bayou Vermillion in 1810

Other-Begin:
1772-78 - John White and James White received land grants in Burke Co., NC but they did not stay long. [Gifford White]


Residence:
1780-81 - John White and James White appeared on the property tax rolls of Washington Co., NC, now part of Tenneessee.
White, James 5 horses, 8 neat cattle 447.10.0
White, John 3 horses, 5 cattle 107.10.0"



Residence:
1782, May - John White and James White arrived with their families in Natchez Terr. on the lower Mississippi River. James dies here c1783. The Spanish record here lists the families that arrived in May, 1782 in Natchez. [Natchez Court Records 1767-1805]

Relacion de familias americanas, signed Carlos de Grand-Pré, Natchez, July 6, 1782 AGI, PC, leg. 193-b.
13 familias como sigue:
Individuos Esclavos (slaves)
Thomas Green, wife & children 11 32
Thomas Marston Green, wife & son 11 3
Cato West, wife and son 8 3
Guillaume Duelt, wife and children 3 23
David Smith, wife & children 5 7 Guillermo David & wife & children 4 2
Juan White, wife & children 8 1
Tiago White, wife & children 11 1
Ricardo Gooden, wife & children 5 2
Thomas Ethridge, wife & children 4 -
Xphal Ryer & wife 2 -
Guillermo Barland 1 -
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Pasageros y enganchados: 7 72 88
Total: 79

note: Guillame Duelt is probably William Dewitt who had married Catherine White, the daughter of William White, just before the voyage.
Juan White is John White.
Guillaume White is William White brother to both Juan and Tiago (James) White.


Possessions:
17 May 1782
... appeared John White, who sells to Widow Anne McIntosh, here present and accepting, a negro woman named Jane, aged 18, native of Virginia, for $440 which seller acknowledges to have recived in cattle from purchaser, in the presence of Daveid Smith and Richard Gooding, who signed with seller.
1 June 1782
... appeared James White who sold to Widow Anne McIntosh, resident of the post, a negro woman "Bretha", native fo Barbadoes, aged 40; consideration $300, which sd. purchaser has paid in cows and horses. Witnesses: Francois Farrell and Silas Crane. Signed James White." [Mc Bee]
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John* married Sarah Davenport "Sally"* Gambill about 1765 in Virginia or South Carolina . Sarah (daughter of Henry* (John) Gambill and Mary* (Sarah) Davenport) was born about 1748 in Culpeper Co, or Hanover Co, Virginia; died on 20 Feb 1828 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah was a midwife. According to article, there were nine children.
Sarah Gambil - parents listed as John Gambil & Sarah Dempot, all of Virginia, as mats in bt. of grandson James White in 1801.

Gary Barr (gbarr@compuserve.com)
Davenport, Gambill, White, Comstock

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 23 Feb 1743, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Other-Begin: 24 Feb 1743, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Other-Begin: 24 Nov 1743, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Other-Begin: 26 Apr 1744, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Other-Begin: 27 Mar 1746, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Other-Begin: 23 Mar 1748, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Property: 1749, Culpeper Co, Virginia
• Property: 29 Mar 1757, PeeDee River area, Craven Co, South Carolina
• Property: 14 Jan 1758, Craven Co, South Carolina
• Other-Begin: 25 Oct 1760, Cashaway Baptist Church, Craven Co, South Carolina
• Other-Begin: 20 Jul 1762, Culpeper Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 20 Jun 1767, Cashaway Baptist Church, Craven Co, South Carolina
• Other-Begin: 15 Aug 1768, PeeDee River, Mars Bluff, Craven Co, South Carolina; The Regulators
• Other-Begin: 15 Aug 1770, Craven Co, South Carolina; re Mars Bluff incident
• Residence: 1777, Burke Co, North Carolina

Notes:

White, Jacques Telleurs m Elizabeth Pou (SM Ch)

George Hume Jr. of Culpeper Co. 220 A. on throughfare of Beaver Dam, Hazle R. in said Co. Surv. George Hume Sr. Adj. James Taylor Whyte, on Rich Mt., George Roberts, James Whyte. 15 july 1760.

- Norther Neck Land Grants.

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2206 John St.
Pasadena, Texas 77502-3328
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JAMES TAYLOR WHITE OF VIRGINIA, by Gifford White" James Taylor White" is first recorded in Orange County, Virginia when he and William White made bond for Rebecca Chissum to be administratrix of John Chissum, deceased. William White was a constable for Orange County in 1740. On January 23, 1745 James Taylor White was appointed one of the overseers of road gangs from Hazle Rivers upwards to the Great Mountains`. Culpeper County was formed from Orange County in 1748. The following year James Taylor White was paid 154 pounds of tobacco for attending court as a witness in Orange County for coming nine miles here from Culpeper County`. Two land records from Lord Fairfax are recorded on June 26, 1749 for 217 acres on Gourd Vine Fork and Hazel River. The second was on October 8, 1750 also on Gourd Vine Fork in the County of Culpeper. Indian trouble in western Virginia in the 1750`s caused many settlers to leave. This may be the reason James Taylor White moved to Craven County, South Carolina. Land records dated March 29, 1757 gives James Taylor White 300 acres in the Welch Tract, Craven County. Another record records 300 acres in Craven County dated November 8, 1757. November 18, 1761 James and his wife, Elizabeth Powe sold 200 acres to Malachi Saunders.From the Cashaway Baptist Church Record Book 1756-1778` at Furman University Library, Greenville, South Carolina: Sat 25 Oct 1760 . . . Mr. James White for excess drinking be suspended from this church until satisfaction be given . . . 20 June 1767 . . . on Cashaway Neck on Pee Dee in Craven County. The names of all the members . . . Elizabeth White . . . gone`
Prior to the Revolutionary War, trouble with the British caused many people to leave South Carolina. The White family moved to Burke County, North Carolina. All of the Whites appear on lists of witnesses against Tories in trials that were held in North Carolina about 1782."
Marriage 1 Elizabeth POU b: 1710
Children:
William WHITE b: 1730
Reuben WHITE b: 1734
James WHITE b: 1736
John WHITE b: 1744 in VA
Elizabeth WHITE b: 1745

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Very closely related to the Davenport family. James Taylor White's sons William and James were married to Davenport sisters, Sophia and Jerusa, respectively,
daughters of Thomas Davenport. John* White's wife Sarah* Gambell's mother was the sisters' aunt Mary "Sarah" Davenport Gambill.


Other-Begin:
23 February 1743, O.S. p. 51
Ordered that James Taylor White be Appointed Overseer of the Road from Bever Dam to Thorntons Mill in the Roome of Jonas Jenkins & that the former work under him on said Road.

Other-Begin:
24 February 1743, O.S. p. 56 On the Motion of Robt Eastham Gent Ordered that Laurence Broadley James Taylor White & John Strother or any two of them Do view & Lay off the Road from Thorntons Mill to Bradley.s former Plantation & Ret to next Court.


Other-Begin:
24 November 1743, O.S. p. 25We Present the Overseer of the Road from the Devils Run to Thorns mill by the Information (?) of James Taylour White being the Road that goes Between Daniel Browns and Samuel Fargussons, Francis Brown Overseer.

Other-Begin:
26 April 1744, O.S. p. 100 On the Motion of Robert Eastham Gent That a Road formerly layd off from Thorntons Mill to Bradleys Plantation by Lawrence Bradley & James Taylor White Its Ordered That the said James Taylor White & Francis Brown & their Gangs do Clear & repayr said Road & that they be exempt of four Miles Labour below sd. Precincts, which the adjacent Overseers below them are Ordered to repayr instead of the sd. White and Brown.

Other-Begin:
27 March 1746, O.S. p. 461 Ordered that the Road from FT to the Great Mountains be Divided into two Precincts and thatthe Gangs on the said Road from the said FT to Hazle River do Attend James White who is by the Court appointed Overseer of that Part of the said Road and obey his Directions in clearing and keeping the same in repair and that the Gang on the Road from Hazle River upwards to the Great Mountains do attend James Taylor White their former Overseer who is continued in his said Office and obey their Directions in clearing and keeping the same in Repair and that the said Overseers cause Posts of Directions to be set up where Necessary.

Other-Begin:
23 March 1748, O.S. p. 176Robert Traurick Coleman Brown Robert Stuart & Lawrance Bradly are exempted from workingon the Road whereof James Cotton is Overseer & it is ordered that they work on the Road whereof James White is Overseer.
The establishment and maintenance of public roads was one of the most important functions of the County Court during the colonial period in Virginia. Each road was opened and maintained by an Overseer of Highways appointed by the Gentlemen Justices yearly. He was usually assigned all the Labouring Male Titheables living on or near the road for this purpose. These individuals then furnished all their own tools, wagons, and teams and were required to labour for six days each year on the roads.

Property:
1749- "Lord Fairfax to James Taylor White of the County of Culpeper...land in the Gourd Vine Fork in the said county ... corner of a former survey of said White's ...corner Joseph Collins... 220 acres... 8 Oct 1750".
[ book G, Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives. ]

Gourd Vine Fork, Hazel River of Thornton's line, 217 acres, 26 June 1749, in Culpepper Co. Virginia. [Book G, Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives] [White, Gifford. James Taylor White of Virginia, p.3]


Property:
c1750's Indian trouble caused many to leave Virginia for the Carolinas. A land grant exists for James Taylor White in 1757, Craven Co. South Carolina by the colonial government. [White, Gifford. James Taylor White of Virginia, p.3]

1757- Land grants were given by the colonial governments to family members in Craven Co., South Carolina, an old but extinct county with it records in many places. Sometimes records of the PeeDee River area can be found in conjunction with St David's Parish. [Land grant records are in the Archives at Columbia, South Carolina]

29 March 1757 "To James Taylor White, 300 acres in the Welch Tract, Craven Co., pursuant to an order dated 1 March 1757" [Pre-Revolutionary Plats, vol. 6, pp 256]

Property:
14 Jan. 1758. "To James Taylor White, 300 acres in the Welch Tract, Craven Co., [Memorial Book No. 7, p 163]


Other-Begin:
1760, - The Records of the Cashaway Baptist Church show that On "Sat 25 Oct 1760 ... Mr. James White for excess drinking be suspended from this church until satisfaction be given..


Other-Begin:
1762 -July 20- James Taylor White, father of Elizabeth, settles his debts in Culpepper Co. Virginia before leaving for South Carolina. Elizabeth's brothers may have stopped in North Carolina due to marrying into families of that state. [White, Gifford. James Taylor White of Virginia, p.4]


Other-Begin:
20 June 1767 .. on Cashaway Neck on Pee Dee in Craven County. The names of all the members... Elizabeth White .. gone." [Cashaway Batpist Curch Record Book 1756-1778]


Other-Begin:
1768- August 15 -reported an incident near Marr's Bluff, on Pedee River. An armed company of Regulators, "headed by one Gideon Gibson, on the 25th past, near Marr's Bluff, surrounded a constable and twelve men, who were sent to bring one of the villans before a Magistrate, and after a short skirmish, where two of the Constable's Party were mortally wounded, and one shot thro the shoulder, took the Rest Prisoners, whom he discharged, after ordering them 50 lashes each." [South Carolina Gazette, August 15, 1768]


Other-Begin:
1770- Aug. 15 - William White and James Taylor White submit their cases to the Commons House of Assembly for South Carolina based on the Marr's Bluff incident reported above. William had been a constable in South Carolina for years before this and took his job very seriously although he was a "cooper", barrel maker, by trade.
(see attached pdf)


Residence:
by 1777 - The entire White family had moved to Burke Co., North Carolina. [Gifford White]

James* married Elizabeth* Powe (Poe) (Pou) in 1730 in Orange Co, Virginia. Elizabeth* was born about 1710 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died before 20 Jun 1767 in Craven Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

referred to as Elizabeth Spars in bt of her gandchild Marie (dau of John).
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1772 -Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, So. Caro. Archives Dept.
There are a several land records for Craven county that list members of the White family. Another interesting connection my be with the District Surveyor on several of these is Thomas Powe. We still do not know if this person is related to Elizabeth above.
21-424 James White, 200a Craven County Polk swamp, adj. John Baxter, John Hollowy, 10 Oct. 1772. Thos. Powe, D. S.
21-431 Reuben White, 600a Craven in fork of Little Pee Dee Drownding Creek on Bell Swam, 10 Dec. 1772. John McCall, D. S.
Same page, Reuben White, 500a Craven N. side of Little Pedee adj. Hugh Thomapson. Thos. Powe, D. S. 14 June 1773.

21-433 Reuben White, 300a Craven on the Beaveer dam, waters of Jeffereys Creek adj. John Ward, Connels land, Reuben White and vacant land. 9 Oct 1881 Thos. Powe, D. S.


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Notes:

Information provided by Helen Roche, Correspondence Secretary for Wilkes Co. NC Genealogy Society, 1997

Henry Gambrell (Ca 1700 - By 1768) married Mary Davenport around 1735. Legal records indicate that Henry resided in Louisa, Spotsylvania, Albemarle, Hanover, and Culpeper Counties in Virginia. He was a legal witness for Martin Davenport, his wife's father, in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1735, and purchased 175 acres of land on Little Rocky Creek in Hanover County, Virginia during the same year.
In 1753, Henry purchased 900 acres of land in Culpeper County from Thomas Kennerly of South Carolina. John Minor of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in his will executed in 1754, even refers to "land lately bough of Henry Gambrell in Culpeper".
Henry and Mary had at least seven children - six sons and a daughter. Their children were: William, Benjamin, Henry, John, Thomas, Martin, and Sarah.
This family probably lived in an area known as Gambrell's Mountain in Culpeper County, Virginia. Various court and service-connected records were recorded for Gambrells in the Culpeper region during the 1750-1780's era.
Benjamin, Henry, John, and William are listed as witnesses in the 1764 Culpeper Court minutes, which was the only book preserved before 1798. Henry and John were sergeants in the Culpeper Militia under Colonel Thomas Slaugher. This group orgaed in August, 1755. For their service of approximately one year, Henry and John were each paid 1,710 pounds of tobacco in April, 1756. A David Gambrell also received pay on 5 Oct 1775,for service under Lord Dunmore. A payment was made to Thomas Gambrell, aninfantry soldier, on 24 July 1786. James and William were listed as Virginians in the Revolution. Matthew and Henry were noted living adjacent to the Albemarle Barracks in 1781. In fact, there were numerous Gambrells in Albemarle County, Virginia, in the mid to late 1700's. The Gambrells in the Albemarle County, Virginia area were even listed in the historical aspect when the county was formed in 1745. Richard was a long time Tobacco Inspector at the Henderson's Tobacco Warehouse. John was listed as a member of the Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church Congregation who hired Rev. Samuel Black on 29 March 1747. Henry (maybe Jr.) built the second jail in the county around 1783, and was on the 1785 Virginia Taxpayer List as a head of a family of 10. As late as 1796, Matthew Gambrell received a land grant of 25,798 acres of land in Albemarle, Orange, and Rockingham Counties. Hence, the Gambrells appeared to migrate to western Virginia or to western Carolina during the late 1700's.
(Researched by Karen Paramore, November 1, 1995 in Claiborne County Library, Tazewell, Tennessee.)

Henry* married Mary* (Sarah) Davenport in Oct 1735 in Hanover Co, Virginia (probably). Mary* (daughter of Martin* Davenport, Sr and Mrs. (1st wife of Martin)* Davenport) was born about 1706 in King William Co, Virginia; died before 1775 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The identity of the Mary who later married Henry Gambill as a Davenport is clear from the baptismal record of a grandchild, Susanna White, in St. Martin's Church, St. Martinsville LA, dated 2 Nov 1791. That record identifies the child's mother as "Sarah Gambill, daughter of Henry Gambill and Marie Davenport, Virginians.

Excerpt from "Pioneer Lewis Families, rev Jul 5, 1992"
MARY DAVENPORT, m c 1735 Henry Gambill (Gamble), b early 1700s d between 1762 and 1775. Lived the last part of his life in Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County Virginia. Of their sons was William Gambill (father of Mary Gambill who married Fielding Lewis)
Children of Henry Gambill and Mary Davenport are:
William Gambill, Sr., born 1740 in Louisa County, VA; died 1779 in Wilkes Co, NC; married mary Johnson Wash; Benjamin Gambill; Henry Gambill; John Gambill;Thomas Gambill; Martin Gambill; Sarah Gambill.

Notes:

I recently found a inheritance to James Taylor White from James Whyte in Culpeper Co., VA dated 1742. The file was found on a trip to the University of Virginia. So, it appears that James Whyte died in Culpeper County about that time. It is believed, but not verified. that James Whyte was born in Isle of Whyte County, Virginia and that his father arrived there from Glorchestershire, England.
-James White, Aug 22, 2007

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I29
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land deal involving a White who may or may not be related, though these connections show up in Orange County with James Taylor White in the Road Orders.

A collection of P. 79: DEED
RICHARD AND ADRIA WHITE to ROBERT TALIAFERRO, 1666 Richard (Witnesses) Richd X White John Catlett Adria X White
Tho: Goodrich Tho: Hawkins _________

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Bef 1701, Middlesex Co, Virginia (possibly)
• Immigration: Bef 1701

Notes:

Information from Helen Roche (correspondence secretary, Wilkes Co. NC Genealogical Society, 1997)

The simplest explanations would be that a Thomas Gambrell arrived on the coast of Virginia in 1701, then possibly worked for someone to pay his passage for three years. Then in 1704, he rented 450 acres of land from Major L in King and Queen County, Virginia. However, another Thomas Gambrell was also transported on 24 Oct 1701, to New Kent County, Virginia, by John Saxon who had received a Virginia Land Grant for 1,024 acres. Furthermore, a William Gambrell was also transferred there in 1704, and a Mary and Margaret Gambrell were cared for in the same area. Records indicate that some members of all of these families may be connected through the use of common family names, residing in the same counties during the same time frames, similar occupations, etc. Hence, additional research needs to be conducted in the early history of this Gambrell line.

Thomas and Ann Gambrell first appeared in the Middlesex County, Virginia records in 1701. Then, they were in St. Margaret's Parrish in King William County, Virginia by 1729, because court records show that they sold land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. A John Gambrell also appeared as a legal witness in 1724, and in 1729, in the same county. If one analyzes land records, Thomas and Ann owned land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on the north side of the North Anna River. Across the river in the same vicinity, Martin Davenport owned property in Hanover County, Virginia. Hence, some believe that Thomas and Ann were the parents of Henry Gambrell.

Thomas* married Ann* (..) Gambill before 1701 in of, Middlesex Co, Virginia. Ann* was born about 1680; died after 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 30 Mar 1704, King William Co, Virginia
• Residence: 8 Nov 1721, St. Margaret Parish, King William Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 24 Mar 1724, North Anna River, Hanover Co, Virginia
• Property: 7 Feb 1726, North Anna River, Hanover Co, Virginia
• Will: 2 Oct 1735, Hanover Co, Virginia

Notes:

Researched by Karen Paramore, Nov 1, 1995 in Claiborne Co Library, Tazewell, TN.

THE DAVENPORTS (Deavenports)
Leased 100 acres of land in King William Co, VA in 1704.
Martin Davenport, Sr. (16__ - 1735), a landowner in Virginia, and his wife, Dorothy Harralson, had several children. They were: Martin, Jr., William, David, John, James, Mary, and maybe more since no daughters were listed in Martin, Sr.'s . Legal records can be found for this family in various Virginia Counties-Hanover, Louisa, King William, New Kent, and Spotsylvania. Either Martin Jr. or Sr. obtained a 400 acre land grant in Hanover County, Virginia on 7 Feb 1727.

Residence:
Martin Davenport was on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls list for King William County, assessed for 100 acres

Residence:
On 8 Nov 1721, Martin Davenport Sr. lived at St. Margaret's Parish, King William County, VA. Fragments of a lease and release executed by Martin Davenport identify his residence as of 1721. (Source: John Scott Davenport, 'The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles').

Other-Begin:
A survey of land at this time for one Captain Thomas Carr located that tract by reference to land of Martin Davenport along the North Anna River in Hanover County. That land wasn't patented to Davenport at the time but must have been surveyed and marked in order to be used as a benchmark for someone else's survey. (Source: John Scott Davenport's 'Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles').

Property:
On 7 Feb 1726/27, Martin Davenport Sr. lived at Hanover County, VA. Martin Davenport's patent for 400 acres along the south side of the North Anna River was issued. (Source: John Scott Davenport's 'Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles').

Will:
He left a will on 24 May 1735 at St. Martin's Parish, Hanover County, VA. Martin Davenport executed his will in Hanover County. (Source: John Scott Davenport's 'Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles') The will only named five sons and did not leave property to all of them (several were contingent beneficiaries only). This strongly suggests that other arrangements had been made during Martin's lifetime for other older children and the children benefiting from the will were only his youngest.

Martin, Sr.'s will was written on 24 May 1735 and proved on 2 October 1735 in Hanover County, Virginia. The provisions were:
I Martin Deavenport of Hanover Co., St. Martains Par. being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind and memory do made this my Last will and Testament. I give my soul into the hands of God and my body I recommend to the Earth to be bud in a Christain like and Decent manner at the descretion of my Exors.: I give to my well beloved sons David Deavenport and James Deavenport 150 acres whereon I now live to be equally divided between them as follows: David Deavenport the plantation whereon I now live and 75 acres thereto joyning and remainder to my son James; in case my son, David dies without heir then his part to my son Martin Deavenport; if son James dies without heirs then his part to my son, John Deavenport; to my well-beloved son Wm. Deavenport 20 acres of land in King William Co., part of 100 acres left me by my Davis Deavenport and I do appoint my well belov'd wife, Dorothy Deavenport and my well belov'd son Wm. Davenport, my Exors.
Martin (X) Deavenport

Wit: Garrott Connor, John (I) Sersay, Henry Gambill
2 Oct. 1735 proved by oaths of witnesses hereto

ADMIN.BOND We Dorothy Deavenport. Paul Harralson are farmly bound unto Nicholas Meriwether Gent. Justice in the Commission of the Peace for Hanover Co. in the sum of L50 sterling. 2 Oct. 1735 Condition: if above bound Dorothy Davenport Execx. of the last will and Testament of Martin Deavenport dec'd. do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all the goods, Chattels and Credits of the sd. Dec'd obligation to be void.
Dorothy (D) Deavenport
Paul Harralson
2 Oct. 1735 ack. by Dorothy Deavenport and Paul Harralson

Martin* married Mrs. (1st wife of Martin)* Davenport before 1706 in King William Co, Virginia. (1st was born about 1682 in of, King William Co, Virginia; died before 1716 in King William Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]