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James* Taylor White

Male 1710 - Bef 1785  (< 75 years)


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  1. 1.  James* Taylor White was born in 1710 in Orange Co, Virginia (son of James Taylor* White (Whyte)); died before 1785 in Natchez, Spanish Louisiana.

    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.
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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]

    Children:
    1. William White, Esq. was born about 1730; died on 7 Nov 1818 in Burke Co, North Carolina.
    2. Capt Ruben White was born about 1733 in Orange Co, Virginia; died in Oct 1776 in Burke Co, North Carolina.
    3. James White was born about 1736 in Orange Co, Virginia; died in 1784 in Natchez District, Mississippi.
    4. John* White was born in 1744 in Orange Co, Virginia; died on 8 Jan 1807 in Attakapas Co, Orleans Territory, Louisiana.
    5. Elizabeth White was born about 1745 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died on 31 Aug 1817 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
    6. Jane White was born about 1747; died in Sep 1821 in Burke Co, North Carolina.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Taylor* White (Whyte) was born about 1680 in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia; died in 1747 in Culpeper Co, Virginia.

    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

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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 _________

    Children:
    1. 1. James* Taylor White was born in 1710 in Orange Co, Virginia; died before 1785 in Natchez, Spanish Louisiana.