My Whitakers connect up with the NC and AL lines by way of TN. Here's some of what I have: My earliest Whitaker is John, b. 1732 in Pitt Co., NC, (m. ? Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams). Their children: John Whitaker. Jr, b. 1760 Pitt Co, NC, d. 1830 Madison , AL buried at Whitaker Plantation Daniel, who settled in White Co. TN William, b. 1764, lived in White Co. in 1820s, settled in Jackson Co., TN There may be other children, but these are all I know of. My line descends from John Jr, who had 3 wives and the following children: 1) with Priscilla ? : Nathaniel, b. 1781 in NC John, III , b 1783 in NC, d. 1869 in AL Priscilla, b. 1784 in NC, m. Jesse Keell Letitia, b. 1795 in NC, d. 1830 in AL Jack Christina b 1800, d, 1840 in AL 2) with Winniford or Winnifred John Jack 3) with Susan Graham William b. 1810 in NC, m. Elizabeth Stapler Nathan b. 1818 in TN Mary b. 1820 in TN or AL Elijah b. 1823 in AL, m. Susan Stapler Elizabeth b. 4/1824, m. / Fletcher Temperance, m. John Griffith Winnie Nancy b. 1828 in AL Cape Simon b.1829 in AL, d. 1870, m. Caldonia Tate, 1848 (2nd) Sarah, b. 1830 in AL, m. ? Craig John, b. 1830 (twins?) Angeline, b. 1833 in AL John Whitaker, III married Vina J. and had the following children: Ana Sarah, b. 1810 James Madison b. 1811 in TN, d. 1855, buried Whitaker Plantation, Madison, AL, m. Nancy Henry, 9/2/1839 Nathaniel, b. 1813 in AL Thomas Jefferson, b. 12/18/1818, d. 1900, buried in Whitaker cemetery, Monterey, TN (formerly Standing Stone) Hannah, b. 1824, m. Benjamin Buckner, 3/10/1839 in TN Permelia, b. 5/10/1826, d. 3/12/1881, buried Henry cemetary, Calfkiller, TN My line descends from Thomas Jefferson Whitaker in TN. The predominant names I'm working on are: Whitaker Buckner Poteet Verble Blaylock I'm very excited to be finding out more about the AL connections through this group and would appreciate any help that might be out there, especially in tracing the line further back. Lisa Poteet Chapel Hill, NC Princessa