This is what I have based on "Transylvania Beginnings: A History" and a few other scraps here and there. I also have his will. There is a little discrepancy about which wife was first. According to his will - Kids Susan through Elizabeth were born to his "First wife" and the twins Christina and christopher were born to his "former wife". But looking at the birth dates I have it would appear these sisters were married in the other order - and that is the way I am lising them. Wife number 1 - Betty Mauldin - dtr of John G. Mauldin (I hope) 1. Christopher Whitmire b. 01NOV1794 2. Christine Whitmire b. 01NOV1794 Betty appears to have died in childbirth Wife number 2 - one of Betty's sisters 3. Susan Whitmire b. 1796 married a COX 4. Catherine Whitmire b. 1798 married a FINLEY 5. Nancy Whitmire b. 1800 married a MORE (I suspect that's MOORE) 6. Mary Whitmire b. 1803 married an ELLET 7. Richard "Uncle Dicky" Whitmire b. 1805 married Judah 8. Eleaner Whitmire b. 1807 m. an ADEAN 9. Andrew Whitmire b. 1809 10. Rebecca Whitmire b. 1811 11. Jane Whitmire b. 03OCT1812 d. 02MAR1891 m. William J. Galloway (s/o John C. Galloway) 12 Elizabeth Whitmire b. 1816 m. a TRAMMEL Wife Number 3 - Sally Elizabeth Galloway (d/o William Galloway & Sarah Essary) b. 1801 note - Elizabeth is younger than some of her step children. 13. William Whitmire b. 1824 14. Sarah H. Whitmire b. 08AUG1826 d. 1894 m. William Baxter OWEN Sr. 15. John C. "Honest John" Whitmire b. 26MAR1828 d. 09MAY1917 m. Betsy OWEN (Wm's sister if memory serves me correctly) 16. George Washington Whitmire b. 1830 17. Patsy Caroline Whitmire b.1832 18. Salley Whitmire b. 1834 19 Marion Whitmire b. 1838 20 Henry Dee Whitmire b. 1838 m. Hariet Sarah H. Whitmire who married Wm. Owen is a little unsure. She is not listed in the "Transylvania Beginnings" article. This is the version I got From Elizabeth Barton which she found in the Whitmire Book by Doris Owen. (Haskell Pruitt is the official author). I have also seen information from Elizabeth Tinsley which says Sarah is the dtr of Flem Whitmire & Singingbird. This should be enough confusion for the moment -- Linda Hoxit Raxter lraxter@citcom.net See Indexed Western North Carolina Cemetery Surveys http://www.geocities.com/~alextreehouse related to at least half the county - at least once ; )