I too am researching the Whitaker line. My grandmother was Lina Whitaker, (b.???, d.1953). Unfortunately, this is as far back as I can go. Anyone with info about the Whitaker line from Southeastern Ky? Darrell Terrell, Hamilton Ohio [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: William J Bonner <[email protected]> To: JLKB <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 09, 1998 11:49 AM Subject: Re: >It's interesting to see another Bonner researching the Whitaker line. >Unfortunately, I don't see any connections to my own line of Whitakers, that came >from Canada, into Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and thence to Michigan and then, >Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas, before dying off without sons, leaving the surname >to be swallowed by Williams, Cross, and many others. > >Bill Bonner, in Anchorage. > >JLKB wrote: > >> PLEASANT CLARK WHITAKER, grandson of Abraham Whitaker of VA and son of Issac >> Whitaker & 3rd wife Charity Hardin [(1767-1851) widow of Edward G. Clarke & >> mother of Gen. Bradley Clarke] was born in SC about 1818. Major in the Army of >> the Republic of TXexas 18 May 1843. Married Rebecca Jane Hinton [(1818 SC - >> 1871 TX) widow of William Capps] 9 November 1841 in Robertson Co., TX. >> Children: James Lewis Whitaker (1842-1862); Eliza Jane Whitaker (1844-1901); >> Mary Worth Whitaker (1846-1920); Martha Elizabeth Whitaker (1849-1929); Thomas >> Clarke Whitaker (1851-1855); Olive Whitaker (1853-1855); Annie Whitaker >> (1856-1942); Henry McKenzie Whitaker (1858-1890). Pleasant Clarke Whitaker was >> shot & killed by his brother-in-law Bill Hinton on 27 december 1859. Serving >> as Sheriff of Falls Co., TX at time of death. Known siblings of Pleasant C. >> Whitaker: Thomas J. Whitaker (b. ca. 1810); James M. Whitaker (1812 SC - 1872 >> Smith Co., TX); Peace Hardin Whitaker (1815-1856 Savannah, GA); Elizabeth G. >> Whitaker (b. 1820). Want to contact other descendants of this family. Please >> E-mail [email protected] Thanks! Mike Bonner > >