What proof is cited for the Mathias-Mary Ballenger connection. I know Ballenger had a daughter who married a Wilhoite per his will. But I've also seen it disputed that he was Mathias, instead that it was a cousing. Does the Germana Record nail this down. I also had access to a GEDCOM which gave a purported set of children of Mathias, again no proof. This included John as a soon.

According to THE GERMANNA RECORD #13; John Wilhoite was the son Matthias and Mary BALLENGER WILHOIT. Mary BALLENGER was the daughter of Edward BALLENGER who died prior to 1779 in Culpepper, VA.. The book; The GERMANNA RECORD #13 does not have an index; but I would try to do look ups for early Wilhoits. John Hamilton

Hope this is helpful to someone: _______________________ : : The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 72 : DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION : page 88 : Mrs. Yula Donna Glass Burkhead. : 71241 : : Born in Freeman, Mo. : Descendant of John Wilhoite. : Daughter of James Glass (b. 1857) and Ensebia Willhoite (b. 1863), his : wife, m. 1883. : Granddaughter of Alexander Willhoite (1820-68) and Sarah Gossette : (1818-93), his wife, m. 1839. : Gr-granddaughter on Joshua Willhoite (d. 1855) and Mary Sparks (d. 1855), : his wife. : Gr-gr-granddaughter of John Wilhoite and Lucy Stapp, his 2nd wife. : John Wilhoite (1745-1837) was placed on the pension roll of Owen County, : Ky., 1833, for service as private, Virginia militia. He was born in : Culpeper County, Va.; died in Owen County : :

Thanks! I'm descended from John and Lucy -- and don't have too much information on them yet. Kay Harrison Taber San Jose, CA

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Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Ok, my problem, I am descended from Moses WILHOIT the son of John WILHOIT and Mary FISHBACK. He married Ann HUME on 25 Dec 1789 in Culpepper, VA. Moses died in dec of 1791 a few months before his son Moses Wilhoit was born on 15 Feb 1792. Ann HUME WILHOIT is believe to have remarried on 27 Nov 1797 to Joseph ROBINSON. I would like to know who Ann HUME parents were....and if my Moses has any 1/2 brothers or sisters!! Take Care, Thank you, Missy

At 08:55 PM 12/29/97 EST, you wrote: > who is this??? GEORGE??? Yup, it's George, AKA SgtGeorge. I run the BROYLES, WILHITE, and GERMANNA_COLONIES Lists at RootsWeb, as well as several others. Also run the BROYLES/BRILES Family History web site, which has info on WILHITE/WILHOIT and other Germanna families. I have corresponded with you before, mainly through the discussion group you run. I am a descendant of several Germanna families: BROYLES, WILHOIT, BLANKENBAKER, YAGER, MAUK, etc. SgtGeorge Knoxville, TN (Born in Limestone, Washington Co., TN)

who is this??? GEORGE???

Hello John. Haven't heard from you in a while and am glad to see that you are still monitoring the List. I have a question that may seem stupid. I notice that you mention the name, Isaac "Newton" WILHITE. I have a BROYLES line that has had me stumped for a couple of years. It seems that this line used the middle name "Newton" in almost all the male children. Some branches even giving all male offspring the same middle name. This branch/line is now concentrated in Loudon and Monroe Counties of Tennessee. I have interviewed members of the families and they know next to nothing about their heritage. All I have been able to find out is that the branch originated in Washington County, TN, (or so they think), some members moving to VA and WV, then back again to TN. What interests me is that, since the WILHITE/WILHOIT families so often intermarried with the BROYLES family, is it possible that Newton is a family name from a female line that happened to have members marry into both the WILHITE/WILHOIT and BROYLES families? Or could one such marriage between a WILHITE and NEWTON, or between a BROYLES and a NEWTON, have been the start of the "Newton" middle name? If we could find out where the name NEWTON came from, maybe we could find a new starting point for this research. Tracing one BROYLES line, I have found at least one male in every generation with that middle name, back for 4 generations. I may be "catching the wind in a net", but what else is there to do when the research has reached a dead end? If I could find a "Newton" connec- tion, maybe I could tie in these particular BROYLES branches to the main GERMANNA tree. Yer Cuz, SgtGeorge WILHITE List Administrator At 22:46 12/28/97 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >>Hi Gary, > >Been gone most of Christmas Holidays. Will give you a quick answer as I have it. >Isaac Newton Wilhite b. 12 Feb 1842 Roane County, TN d. 17 Feb 1921 the son >of Isaac and Susanna Harris Wilhite md 24 Feb 1866 Franklin County, IL Eliza >Ann Dorris b. 1851 TN In 1880 they were living in Cave Township Franklin >County, IL. >Isaac married 2nd Elizabeth J. Deering but they apparently had no children. > >Thank's for all the additional information concering Isaac. > >Now trying to get caught up. Hope everone had a very Merry Christmas. > >Happy New Year! > > John

At 06:39 PM 12/25/97 EST, GWilho6262 wrote: >Hello one and all; > >I have a couple more persons I am seeking ancestors on. > > >Thomas Philip WILHOITE, born 10 Oct 1828 Tn. died 12 Jan 1891 Shelbyville Tn. >married Virginia MOORE, they had 3 children. > > >And the followinh I.N WILHITE > >Captain I.N. Wilhite, aged 84 years, died from the effects of the flu and old >age at 5 o'clock >yesterday afternoon at his home in Thompsonville. He was the last of five >survivors of the 500 >passengers on the steamer "General Lyon" which burned off Cape Hatteras during >the Civil War. > Few men had experienced a more romantic and tempestous early manhood than had >Captain I.N. Wilhite, Civil War veteran of the union Army. By birth Wilhite >was a southerner, >having been born in Roan County, Tennessee. In 1850 the Wilhites moved to >Illinois, and when >the call for volunteers came in 1861, young Wilhite, a boy of twenty years, >walked forty miles to >Shawneetown to enlist in Company E 56 IL. Vols. under Captain Massie. > The first years's service brought many hard struggles, among which were those >of >Corinth and Iuka. Following the battle of Milligan's Bend the rebels were >driven from Port Gibson >and the company proceeded to Vicksburg where they spent 47 days ending with >General >Pemberton's surrender with 33,000 men to General Grant. > Chattanooga and Mission Ridge followed. Then came the pursuit of General Hood >into >Georgia and later Sherman's triumphant march to the sea. At Fayetteville, the >company was >relieved and Wilhite and 215 of his own company, with 235 parolled men and a >horde of >refugees, boarded the steamer General Lyon for New York. Off Cape Hatteras, >the steamer ran >into a terrific storm. > The ship rolled and flames broke out. Wilhite was in the hold at the time, >but succeeded >in reaching the deck and aided in lowering the boats. In jumping from the >boat, the young >adventurer fell short and was forced to cling to a small door to which five >men were hanging and >joined them. In the course of two or three hours a second hatch door floated >by and the men >took hold of it. The General Sedgewick ap-----(part of clipping missing). >Later a three mast >schooner came near. Wilhite came close to it and was pulled under it in the >rolling_______. >When he finally reappeared, a line was thrown him, and after five hours in the >water he again >set foot on deck. The schooner was bound for Morehead, N.C. From there he >again embarked >over the same route to__________(rest is missing). > >Hi Gary, Been gone most of Christmas Holidays. Will give you a quick answer as I have it. Isaac Newton Wilhite b. 12 Feb 1842 Roane County, TN d. 17 Feb 1921 the son of Isaac and Susanna Harris Wilhite md 24 Feb 1866 Franklin County, IL Eliza Ann Dorris b. 1851 TN In 1880 they were living in Cave Township Franklin County, IL. Isaac married 2nd Elizabeth J. Deering but they apparently had no children. Thank's for all the additional information concering Isaac. Now trying to get caught up. Hope everone had a very Merry Christmas. Happy New Year! John John C. Wilhite, Jr. 2509 Locksley Drive Grang Prairie, Texas 75050 Phone 972/641-4389 FAX 972/623-0430 Email [email protected]

Hello one and all; I have a couple more persons I am seeking ancestors on. Thomas Philip WILHOITE, born 10 Oct 1828 Tn. died 12 Jan 1891 Shelbyville Tn. married Virginia MOORE, they had 3 children. And the followinh I.N WILHITE Captain I.N. Wilhite, aged 84 years, died from the effects of the flu and old age at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Thompsonville. He was the last of five survivors of the 500 passengers on the steamer "General Lyon" which burned off Cape Hatteras during the Civil War. Few men had experienced a more romantic and tempestous early manhood than had Captain I.N. Wilhite, Civil War veteran of the union Army. By birth Wilhite was a southerner, having been born in Roan County, Tennessee. In 1850 the Wilhites moved to Illinois, and when the call for volunteers came in 1861, young Wilhite, a boy of twenty years, walked forty miles to Shawneetown to enlist in Company E 56 IL. Vols. under Captain Massie. The first years's service brought many hard struggles, among which were those of Corinth and Iuka. Following the battle of Milligan's Bend the rebels were driven from Port Gibson and the company proceeded to Vicksburg where they spent 47 days ending with General Pemberton's surrender with 33,000 men to General Grant. Chattanooga and Mission Ridge followed. Then came the pursuit of General Hood into Georgia and later Sherman's triumphant march to the sea. At Fayetteville, the company was relieved and Wilhite and 215 of his own company, with 235 parolled men and a horde of refugees, boarded the steamer General Lyon for New York. Off Cape Hatteras, the steamer ran into a terrific storm. The ship rolled and flames broke out. Wilhite was in the hold at the time, but succeeded in reaching the deck and aided in lowering the boats. In jumping from the boat, the young adventurer fell short and was forced to cling to a small door to which five men were hanging and joined them. In the course of two or three hours a second hatch door floated by and the men took hold of it. The General Sedgewick ap-----(part of clipping missing). Later a three mast schooner came near. Wilhite came close to it and was pulled under it in the rolling_______. When he finally reappeared, a line was thrown him, and after five hours in the water he again set foot on deck. The schooner was bound for Morehead, N.C. From there he again embarked over the same route to__________(rest is missing).

I just read a post from Karen at RootsWeb and she says Brian now has the Subscription Page changed to permit contributions via credit cards. That is great news !!!!! All you subscribers who enjoy these Lists and would like to do a little to help RootWeb should consider a "Christmas Donation" to RootsWeb. Some of you new subscribers may not be aware, but Karen and Brian run RootsWeb as a non-profit operation. They do not require that any subscriber pay anything to be able to use this wonderful genealogy service. We Listowners do pay a yearly pittance for the privilege of having RootsWeb host our Lists. Believe me, what we pay is merely a drop in the bucket compared to the enormous costs that RootsWeb has every year. So, we hope that some day enough subscribers will find it in their heart to contribute something, even if only a few dollars. Just for your informa- tion, as of November, Brian and Karen had already spent over $60,000 out of their own pockets for new equipment, software, etc. They run the service with no compensation, that is they don't get paid a red cent. Now they are having to buy new hard drives because of the newly added Archives, which are eating up disk space rapidly. Here is the URL for becoming a Contributor to RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Near the bottom of the page you will find a link to a place where you may make your contributions via credit card. It is a secure site, so you don't have to be worried about anyone else gaining access to your credit card number. It's absolutely safe!!!!! Looking forward to seeing many of you making small contributions for a good cause. Regards, SgtGeorge Listowner of Several Lists at RootsWeb

Hello, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a properous New Year. May all your wishes and dreams come true. Yvonne

Recently, there has been much discussion about the problems that users have with their servers (ISP's) and thought that you might be interested in some recent ratings. Rather than send you the entire report, you can go to this URL and read the results: http://www.pcworld.com/workstyles/online/articles/jan98/1601p146.html You will find that the ISP that I, and others, have been recommending, is the forerunner in the country: Concentric Net, the server that I use. I have been a Concentric user since it first started, and, with the exception of some "growing pains" in the beginning, I can attest that my service with this ISP has been virtually perfect. I haven't received a busy signal when using the server for over two years. I have NEVER been dropped off line because of the fault of the server. Forgive me for sending this obvious "plug" for the server I use, but so many have so much trouble that I think everyone deserves to be made aware of the good servers that are available. Concentric is not the only one that gets good ratings -- check out the URL above and see what PCWorld has to say about them all. SgtGeorge

I have just been informed that the ATT WorldNet service has been down for six days. I don't know if this was country-wide, or just part of the country. In any case, if any of you have had problems corresponding with anyone that uses ATT WorldNet, this is the reason. To you WorldNet users that were unsubscribed and have just resub- scribed, welcome back. WorldNet is a bummer right now. We List- owners have been having problems with List subscribers from WorldNet for several weeks. Regards, SgtGeorge Listowner at RootsWeb

Gary, ThANK YOU that information!!!! Good job Sandi

Hello One and All; Apparently I received some misleading information. Year before last I was at a family reunion at Henry Horton State Park, and Jacob William Wilhoite, Sr. , he co-compiled the book The Ancestors & Descendants of Jabob Wilhoit, 1751-1821, was talking about the ships bell and that it had finally made its way to Thomas Mackk Wilhoit's mother and that she was going to donate it to H.H. State Park to be put on display, there is a bell on display, but it IS NOT the bell from the USS Wilhoit. Following is a reply I received from Thomas Mack Williams who is a nephew of Thomas Mack Wilhoit. Hello Gary Wilhoite: Re your question, the whereabouts of the Wilhoite bell is a very big and yet unanswered question. The bell at Henry Horton is not the Wilhoite ship's bell. The Navy in Washington claims that the Wilhoite ship's bell is missing from inventory (Naval Historical Center) due to a loan to some group in either North or South Carolina. I would appreciate more information regarding your question. My mother has tried to recover the bell for display in either the Henry Horton State Park or in a veterans's exhibit in the State of Kentucky. My mother's family resided in Kentucky at the time of my uncle's death in World War Two. He went to high school in Guthrie, Ky., where today there is a small memorial to him in a Baptist church, and, I believe, a plaque at Guthrie High School memorializing the graduates who fell in WWII. There is (or was, when I attended, 1958-1964) a plaque at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennesse, where my uncle was a two-year student in 1940-41(in those days it was only a two-year college). According to my grandmother, he received the highest grades in math ever received by any student at the time. Sadly, I did not inherit his talent for math. Please stay in touch and let me know more about your questions concerning the bell. All the best, etc. Tom Williams. /// PS: I am still on overseas travel and unable to access my notes in the US. Gary A Wilhoite ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] (for individual messages) [email protected] (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)

John Robertson has provided a web site where he gives help on learning how to use the Search Engine for the Archives at RootsWeb. There has been some discussion lately as to what exactly must be typed in to get the results you want. John's page is a fantastic aid for saving time and for finding just those messages that contain what you want. For instance, some users have been discussing how to find messages containing a specific name, say John Smith. If not done properly, the search engine will find all messages containing BOTH the word John AND the word Smith. John shows how to find John Smith. Either of these searches will turn up only John Smith: "John Smith" or John+Smith All searches are case insensitive, that is, it doesn't matter whether words are capitalized, in all caps, or in all lowercase. Check out his web page and find out how easy it is use RootsWeb's Search Engine for the Archives. The URL is: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm SgtGeorge ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] (for individual messages) [email protected] (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)

There has been some confusion as to how to research the Archives and exactly which URL to use for doing so. Actually, there are two addresses, and each connects you to a different page which serves a specific purpose. Let's start with the "original" page and see what it offers. You can log on to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ Here you can navigate to any of the 1000+ RootsWeb Lists by clicking in the appropriate places. I'm going to use one of my Lists as an example: The BROYLES List. Once you have connected to the above URL, you will see an "ftp-type" page, no frills, no graphics, just an index of all the Lists available. Scroll down the page until you come to BROYLES-L. Click on that link. You will then get a page that shows all the Archives for the BROYLES-L List. In this case, the only option is for the year 1997. When all the old Archives from MAISER are added, you will have a choice of 1997, 1996, or 1995. Anyway, click on 1997. Then you will have a choice of the "month" of 1997 that you want to look at for Archives. Again, since not all of the RootsWeb files have been archived yet, the only choices are November and December. When all the files have been added, you will have a choice of any month in the year. Let's click on December. Now you get a "real" web page, showing all the email for the BROYLES-L List that has been processed this month. Each message is listed, showing the Subject, the # of followups, and the name of the sender. Now let's click on a message with the Subject of "BROYLES/ WILLIAMS", that shows 1 followup. You then get a page containing the original message and the followup. Each message is shown exactly as it was when it was sent to the List, including the headers, and all the body. At the bottom of each page, you will find links to: Email Archives (All Lists) Email Archives (This List, This Month) Email Archives (This List, This Year) Email Archives (This List, All Years) From here you should be able to look through the Archives at your leisure and see what has gone before. NOW, TO THE SECOND URL: This page at RootsWeb does not give you the opportunity to see Archives, categorized by Year, Month, etc. It gives you the opportunity to SEARCH through ALL the email for any given List for a specific word or phrase. Go to this URL: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl You will get a web page where you type in the name of the List and then click on Submit. IMPORTANT !!!!! When you type in the name of the List, you DON'T type in the "-L" or the complete address. You type in JUST the NAME of the List. Let's go on with our example of BROYLES. In the space provided, you type in BROYLES. Not BROYLES-L or [email protected] Once you type in the name of the List and click on Submit, you will again find a place to type something in. This time you type in the WORD or PHRASE that you want to search for. Then you click which year, in this case 1997 or 1996, then click on Submit. Let's type in the word JACOB. (When you type in your search word or phrase, OR when you type in the name of the List, case doesn't matter. You can type in Broyles or bROYLES, or BrOyLeS, or Jacob or jACOB; the search is case insensitive.) Click on 1997, then Submit. You'll get a page showing every message in the Archives from 1997 that contains the word JACOB, either in the Subject OR in the body of the message. From there you are on your own, just look at each message to see if it's what you're looking for. To search for a phrase, let's say JACOB BROYLES, you would type the following in the space provided: Jacob and Broyles To see all messages that contain EITHER of these words. To see all the messages that contain ONLY the words JACOB BROYLES, type in: Jacob Broyles If you want to search for JACOB BROYLES or WILLIAM BROYLES, type the following: (Jacob Broyles) or (William Broyles). That's all there is to it. You don't have to be worried that a "search worm" from some unscrupulous entrepreneur will be able to look through these Archives and get your email address or any other information. As you should be able to see from the above, there are just too many things that a searcher has to be able to do for an automatic program to plunder the Archives. We can forget having to use "X-Commands" to retrieve past messages. This way is much better. You can read a message, highlight all of it, copy, and paste to get it on your harddrive. OR, a much better way is, once you have clicked on a specific message and it shows up, click on File, then Save As, and navigate to the drive and directory where you wish is stored and it will be there just as if you had "Saved" it from your email program. If anyone has any questions, PLEASE send them to me privately at: [email protected] And do not send back to the List. Merry Christmas SgtGeorge ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] (for individual messages) [email protected] (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)