Hi gang, Ok all you seasoned Whitaker researchers out there, I think I finally have me a new clue here! Now, can anyone direct me?? My John Whitaker was born late 1700's sometime. He married Catharine WRIGHT in Cumberland County, KY in 1817. Catharine Wright was born ca. 1798 in NC) In 1835 they moved from Cumberland County, KY to Montgomery County, IN. There is a William Whitaker who lived in Cumberland County, KY. Among some notes that a cousin of mine has from her now deceased grandmother : The Revolutionary War records of a William Whitaker who was born on Feb. 15, 1760 in what looks like Burvin County, North Carolina. These notes are handwritten & she doesn't say who had the information she was copying. Her note says: "The data which follows are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War Pension Claim S.31473 based upon the military service of William Whitaker in that war." Amoung the info there is that he joined up in Wilkes Co., Georgia in June 1776. After the war he lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee & then back to Kentucky. William was allowed a pension that was granted on May 26, 1834. My math says that makes him 74 years old!!! No dates are given for the various places he lived in nor were any childrens names listed or wife. Now, does anyone know of this William Whitaker or who he belonged to? Does anyone have these pension papers? I was told by another person that this William Whitaker moved to White County, TN about 1813 and might have been in Jackson County, TN prior to that (White Co. was formed from Jackson Co). He moved back to Cumberland County, KY probably around 1829. William payed taxes in White County, Tn on 30 acres of land in 1815, and he sold land in 1817 to William Hunter. In the Cumberland County, KY tax lists: 1805 July 24 - William WHITEAKER 75 acres Willis Creek 1 male over 21 1832 July 24 - William WHITEAKER 50 acres Willis Creek 1 male over 21 1836 Cumberland County surveys page 194 Cornelius m. Connor, William Whitaker, Radford and John Whitaker. My John Whitaker bought land in Montgomery County, IN on 03-Jun-1835. Is it possible that he would still be in these records in Cumberland County, KY then in 1836? Could the writing in these pension records actually have said ROWAN County, NC and not BURVIN County? I have never heard of a Burvin County, NC, did it exist? In Rowan County, NC there was a William Whitaker and his wife Abigail, they had a son named William who was born 16-Jun-1759 in Lexington, Rowan County, NC. Could this possibly be the same William as above? Does anyone out there have any information on this William born in NC, son of William and Abigail? Sorry this is rather long, but I am just hoping that one of you guys out there might pick up on one of these clues, maybe someone has more information on these William Whitakers and can tell one way or the other if these were father and son or if the William born 1759 belonged to someone else? Perhaps one of you can help point me in a direction? Thanks much, Lynn Proud [email protected]