MY GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN JACKSON TN AND LIVED IN BEECH BLUFF THERE IN JACKSON AND DIED OUTSIDE JACKSON IN LEXINGTON,TN. DOES THAT HELP OR COULD THEY BE RELATED. HE HAD A BROTHER AND A SISTER. THE SISTER DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN AND THE BROHTERS NAME IS GORDAN WHITAKER. HE STILL LIVES IN JACKSON, TN. TERESA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Shirleyga1@aol.com> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] re; Jesse William Whitaker 1863 Texas > I also have TN Whitaker, where in TN are your ancestors. Mine migrated there > from NC. My William Billy Whitaker died in McNairy Co., TN. in 1874 and his > wife Mary Polly Lewis died there also in 1878. They had 4 children known to > me, Wm. Burton, Elizabeth, James Martin and Caroline. Wm. Burton was my Great > Grandfather who settled in his mid life in Lauderdale Co., MS, where I live > part time. > His brother James Martin died in TN during the civil war era but he did have > four children that I am still trying to locate. Nancy William,Lewis, and > Sarah. > Shirley G. Swenson > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >