I've been searching the wheres for 4 or 5 years to no avail. I haven't asked for help before because I thought I could find what I was looking for with help from the cousins. So far, no luck. I've responded to your suggestions in red when I had something to say, but I guess the red won't show in transmission. @@@DAR Patriot Index cites Jeremiah's wife as Jane (Steinmetz?). Paul Drake wrote: > Hi, Mignon. See my scattered notes: > > JEREMIAH WHITE d. 1788, Pittsylvania Co., VA > Hi all, > > My brick wall is the above. I'm looking for his parents and > for his > wife of at least some of his 10 children.***This means that > he was married to her for probably 25 years plus 3 years for > each of the statistical 3 kids who probably died at birth or > as infants. So, he should have been married near > 1760....... where, where, where will be the key? > > I have a copy of his will signed 22 April 1788 and proved 19 > May 1788 > all in Pittsylvania Co. It was also proved at Albemarle Co. > May Court, > 1788.*** This reveals that he owned some land, subsrantial > personalty, or another residencxe in Albemarle. Check both > deeds records? > > I have a copy of a marriage bond signed by both Jeremiah > White and Henry > Shelton in Albemarle Co. for a marriage to take place > between Jeremiah > White and Jane Shelton...signed in 1784. ***You seem sure > this is a second marriage for the same man; again, could > this be a Jerry, Jr.? If not, then you may be near certain > that Jane lived there and they met near there. > > @@@It might mean it's a 1st marriage for somebody else named > Jeremiah ("Jere") White. But since Jeremiah died in > 1788, I'm looking for the mother of at least some of his > children. *** as said, I would check any church or marriage > records in all the counties listed, and surely check the > Tithables lists. They were somewhere taxed, and somewhere > went to church. > He owned 2108 acres of land in Pittsy. Co. though it is said > he came in > 1778 from Dinwiddie Co. *** "...it is said...."????? How > so - the source? > @@@Jere White conveyed 412 acres of land in Dinwiddie Co. > sometime between 1790 and 1796 to Ludy Gordon. > In the Antrim Parish Register, then Halifax Co./now Pittsy. > Co. in 1756 > processioners went to procession Jeremiah White's land but > "there was no > one to shew the lines." That means only that he had no > concern that someone was trying to move their property line > into his land, and that he had no dispute with anyone about > his boundaries. He bought that land sometime from someone, > and if there is no recoprd, then he may have gotten it > through primogeniture. Then too, if he does not show up in > that parish church activities, it may be a clue that he did > not reside there - only owned land. But he lived somewhere. > > @@@He sure had a heck of a lot of land to be unconcerned > about. > > Five or six grants were made to Jeremiah White from 1756 > through about > 1780 by Royal Governors as well and American governors such > as Thomas > Jefferson and Benjamin Harrison. > > A Jeremiah White was 1st Lt. in the Revolution. > mustered. Notice that if he was in the Militia, then that > was his county of residence at least at that date. > > @@@At a Court held at Chatham, County seat of Pittsylvania > Co., VA, Oct. 18, 1780: Jeremiah White produced his > commission and took the oath as First Lieutenant of County > Militia. Judgment Book #4, p. 345, > > > Are all these the same guy or can somebody please tell me > how to > untangle them. If you want to work on it I could send you > my file. *** I truly believe that the "wheres" will come > close to solving your problems and should be your first > searches. > > Paul >