Hi everyone, A new book has just become available for researchers "The Family of John & Mary "Polly" White, 1790-2000" by Josephine Willis Pickard. The book can be purchased from the Lawrence County Archives, 218 N. Military Ave., Suite B-1, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464. The check should be made to Josephine Pickard in the amount of $30 plus $3.95 shipping. John White was born around 1790 in NC, while Mary (last name unknown) was born around 1800 in TN. They are found in the Giles County, TN 1820 census with two children under the age of 10. A few years later they have moved to Lawrence Co., TN where they raised twelve children. John purchased several pieces of property in southeast Lawrence Co. and was a prosperous farmer. Their children were: 1) Mahala White m. Coffee Garner; 2) Henry White m. 1st Elizabeth McMasters, 2nd Mary (Susie Ann) Doggett; 3) Elender Jane White m. Raford F. Pearce; 4) Albert Jackson White m. Mariah Scholes; 5) William Bethel White m. Susan Hardiman; 6) Sarah A. E. White m. Thomas Jefferson Frazier; 7) James Marion White m. Amanda Scholes; 8) John Franklin White m. 1st Ann G. Durrett, 2nd Cynthia Caroline Shelton; 9) Emily C. White m. Thomas H. Alsup; 10) George Washington White m. Parthenia Shelton; 11) Mary Louisa White m. Joseph Rose Durrett; 12) Cyrenius White m. 1st Martha Malissa Crowder, 2nd Alice Della Williams Oliver. Most of these twelve children stayed in Lawrence Co. and had large families who intermarried with many other families in the area. Kathy Niedergeses, Director Lawrence County Archives