Hi Wynona, The Whitaker Wanderings article gave the following on Mahala: Mahala, twin of Nathan, born 1840 married (1) William Jasper Fletcher in 1855. Their childrenwere: (1) John Harvy married Minnie Harrie - went to Texas c. 1880 (2)Mary Elizabeth (3) infant boy After William Fletcher died Mahal married Thomas Farmer, born 1825 in Fairfield C. S.C. they married in 1870 and reared the following children: (1) Rena Ann - died at 5 years (2) James Lewis - died at 2 years (named for James Whitaker and Lewis Farmer father of Thomas (3) infant son - died at birth twin (4) Sallie - twin married John Bearden (5) Joseph 1876 - married Lela Jane Sutphin b. 1882 It leaves off there and begins on another page talking about the Fletcher Family, McKinney Family, Dilworth Family, Buford family and Ikard Family. Mahala was born in 1840 so she would be 85 years old at the time she told all this to Ida Mae Whitaker her niece. The author of this article, whoever it was, went on to say that they believed that John Whitaker's ancestors were Joshua and Jane Parker Whitaker. Glad I could be of some help. Joan Whitaker Landrum -----Original Message----- From: MR LENZA L MOON <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 1:40 PM Subject: Re: WHITAKERS NC>TENN. >Joan, Thanks for the information of William Whitaker- Mahala Whitaker is my >great grandmother. She married #1?William Jasper Fletcher-#2 Thomas Farmer >born 1825 SC? Their son Joesph E. Farmer is my grandfather. >Mahala had said that the Whitakers came from NC to Pitt co Tn and on to >Mulberry Tn on to Madison Co. Al. >Mahala Was still living abt 1929. >Wyona > >--[ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ]----------------- > >Here is some information that I received a long time >ago from a lady here in Texas. It was from the library >at Anniston, AL. and came from an article or book called >Whitaker Wanderings. This is not my line, but I thought >it might help someone researching the Tennessee Whitakers. >John Whitaker, Jr. was b. c. 1760-1770 in N.C. He >died c.1830-1840. Married three times (1) Unknown (2) >Winnie ?(3) Susan Graham. He had nineteen or more children. >By his first wife, name unknown he had seven children: >Nat, Jack, John, Crissie, Tissie, Prissie, and unknown child. > >By his second wife -Winnie - unknown children > >by his third wife- Susan Graham he had twelve children: >Nancie (m. a Craig), Polly, Tempie (m. John Guffie), Winnie, >Sallie, Betsy, John, Nat, Simon (m.a Tate), William, James, and >Elijah. > >John Whitaker III was born 1784 in Pitt Co., N.C. John >Whitaker, Jr. and 2nd wife Winnie sold land in Pitt Co. in 1801 >and moved to Rowan Co. N.C. to be near relatives. Winnie died >and he married Susan Graham. Mahala Whitaker Farmer said: >"John Jr. left N.C. after 1800 and moved to Standing Stone, >Putnam Co., Tennessee. Jonathan III settled there and reared >a large family. John, Jr., his father, lived there two years and moved >on to Madison Co. Alabama. Son William Whitaker (1810-1885) >(eldest child of John Whitaker Jr. and Susan Graham) married >Elizabeth Stapler (1814-1886) He was called "Uncle Billy" >and lived all his life at Nebo Mt. east of New Hope AL. >Children of William Whitaker and Elizabeth Stapler were" >(1) Celina b. 1831 (2) Johnny 1832-1834 (3) William 1834-1852 >(4) James 1835-1852 (5) Elizabeth 1837-1844 (6) Mahala 1840 >(7) Nathan 1840 (twins) (8) Joseph S. 1842 (9) Elijah 1843 >(10) Robert (1845) (11) Harriet 1846-1848 (12) Susan 1847-1848 >(13) Nancy 1848-c. 1898 (14) David Riley 1856 (15) Sarah 1856 >(twins) > >Hope this helps someone. Let me know if you have this >line. >Joan > > >----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE HEADER ----- >Return-Path: <[email protected]> >Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) >by pimaia3w-ext.prodigy.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA32812; >Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:43:00 -0400 >Received: (from [email protected]) >by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA09735; >Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:38:07 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:38:07 -0700 (PDT) >From: "Joan and Huie Landrum" <[email protected]> >Old-To: "Whitaker list" <[email protected]> >Subject: WHITAKERS NC>TENN. >Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:34:45 -0500 >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; >charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 >Resent-Message-ID: <"Kspg7.A.2XC.fNRM2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/480 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >