Doug Lovell <[email protected]> wrote Saturday, February 19, 2000 10:39 AM > I don't know if this will be of much help. I'll list some Montgomery > County marriage records written down while I was there a couple of years > ago. You probably have this info. > 1. Abijah Whitt (Sr.) married Elizabeth Elswick Oct. 22, 1792. John > Elswick: father. > 2. Abijah Whitt, Jr. married Polly Lorton (21 yrs. of age) Sept. 27, 1813. > Sally Lorton: mother. I do not belive that Abijah Whitt, Jr. is the son of > Abijah, Sr.; but the son of Archibald Whitt. Contacted Wayne Witt Bates; > concerning this issue & belief was that it was a uncle/nephew relationship > and not a father/son relationship in today's belief. I think that Payton L. > James will be in aggreement with this. > > In an effort to help you answer your question concerning the tie of > Abijah to the Richard Whitt who was witness in 1836 Green Co., Ky. ; this > would probably be the Richard Whitt, Jr. of the following descendancy: > 1. John Whitt (Witt)/ Ann Daux > 2. Richard Whitt (Witt)/ Elizabeth Liptrot > 3. Richard Whitt (Witt)/ Susannah Skaggs > 4. Archibald Whitt/ Hannah Low > 5. Abijah/ Polly Lorton and then Nancy Compton > > This is what I've known to be the descendancy; however, I don't claim to be > the most noted authority. Maybe to help back up a few names on the Whitt > side in Virginia: > 1. Will of Richard Whitt dated April 25, 1807 (Montgomery Co., VA) lists > children: Archiball (Archibald), Richard, and 3 daughters: Elizabeth > Cafsiday (Cassiday), Ruthy Whitt, and Susanna Creswell. Presented in court > January 1813. > > I'm e-mailing Payton L. James with some more info relating to Polly > Lorton since this is his line. My line is through second wife Nancy Compton. > Look this over; does this help at all?? Let me know what your thoughts are. > I hav the will of Abijah Whitt, Jr. & wife listed as Polly with names of > children dated October 1860; however, some of these children need to be > sorted out. Hope to hear from you soon. There is some info floating out > there that doesn't seem to jive with me at the present moment. I'm not > releasing it; because I don't have any clear documentation. Questions?? > Contact me; I'll try to help you out if possible. My attempt with the > posting was to get family contacts for more current generations; looks like > it's expanding in earlier generations, which is excellent also. I love to > see that the bible records have been preserved for all to see. It's a rare > jewel and treasure!! Thanks for the website and info. > Doug, Thank you very much for the correction for Abijah Whitt, Jr. and Sr. I had a message from Dr. Thompson, a descendant of Israel Lorton, and he confirms that Polly Lorton who m. Abijah Whitt is the d/o of Israel and Sarah Unknown Lorton. Polly Lorton and Rebecca Elswick, who m. Abijah Whitt, Sr., are granddaughters of Lydia Unknown Elswick Lorton. I'll follow-up with a message about Israel's line, compiled by Dr. Thompson. Because we're dealing with likely half the inhabitants of early Montgomery Co., and New River Valley area, I'll pull out some of the individual family lines that I do have some proof of and post them in following messages. There are two important documents that corroborate these early lines: Archibald Thompson Diary, transcript by Lula Hankins Hunter, at http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/archibald and an abstract of the Moses Skaggs Estate Suit #3871, Green Co., Ky., posted by the late Sally Heller at the Skaggs Rootsweb list archives, http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/S/SK AGGS+1998+242385348+F There's also a file at http://www.ancestry.com file #7863 (type in "John Elswick" at the World Tree to find it) that has a GEDCOM which can be downloaded. There are some excellent documentation and extensive notes that you may want to check out. I've been unable to get the person who posted this file to reply to any of the messages I've written, so I don't know who he/she is. Three researchers have good sites that include many of these early families are: Earl B Akers at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/3406/contents.html Lula Hankins Hunter at http://www.mccserv.com/genealogy/hankinsl/hankinsl.htm And, of course, as I wrote you yesterday, Cal Ingram, who has given many primary source references that tie many of our families. http://www.inficad.com/~cingram/warren/fowndx.htm#Thompson I will really appreciate any information you have for Nancy Compton, as well as further information on just anybody. I hope you can give me clues to help me in my quest to find my grandparents, John and Mary Unknown Thompson, and the maiden surname of my grandmother, Lydia Unknown Elswick Lorton. Thanks, Jemima