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John Young Whitt 1888 – 1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Oct 1888

Birth Location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 11 Jun 1974

Death Location: Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Father: Paul Whitt

Mother: Sarah Asbury

Spouse(s): Mary Boothe

Children(s): Carl Whitt, Bessie Whitt, Margaret Whitt, Jeannettie Whitt, Jeannettie Whitt, Thomas Whitt, Virginia Whitt, John Whitt

John Young Whitt Sr was born in 1888 in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA, the child of Paul Milburn Whitt and Sarah Margarette Asbury. In 1900, John Young Whitt Sr resided in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA. In 1910, John Young Whitt Sr resided in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA. John Young Whitt Sr married Mary Marilda Boothe, and had children including Carl Otis Whitt, Bessie Jane Whitt, Margaret Delphine Whitt, Jeannettie Whitt, Jeannettie Rose Whitt, Thomas Milburn Whitt, Virginia Rebecca Whitt, John Young Whitt. John Young Whitt Sr passed away in 1974 in Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • John Young Whitt Sr was born in 1888 in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA, the child of Paul Milburn Whitt and Sarah Margarette Asbury.
  • In 1900, John Young Whitt Sr resided in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1910, John Young Whitt Sr resided in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.
  • John Young Whitt Sr married Mary Marilda Boothe, and had children including Carl Otis Whitt, Bessie Jane Whitt, Margaret Delphine Whitt, Jeannettie Whitt, Jeannettie Rose Whitt, Thomas Milburn Whitt, Virginia Rebecca Whitt, John Young Whitt.
  • John Young Whitt Sr passed away in 1974 in Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Paul Whitt
1853 – 1938
Birth Location: Cedar Bluff,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
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Sarah Asbury
1856 – 1924
Birth Location: ,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Boothe
1890 – 1973
Birth Location: Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
MB

Children(s)

Carl Whitt
1910 – 1970
Birth Location: Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
CW
Bessie Whitt
1912 – 1976
Birth Location: Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
BW
Margaret Whitt
1914 – 1992
Birth Location: Bandy, Tazewell Co., VA
MW
Jeannettie Whitt
1916 – 1992
Birth Location: –
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Jeannettie Whitt
1916 – 2002
Birth Location: Cedar Bluff, Virginia
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Thomas Whitt
1919 – 2003
Birth Location: Bandy Tazewe, Virginia
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Virginia Whitt
1923 – 2017
Birth Location: Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
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John Whitt
1928 – 2001
Birth Location: Virginia
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John Whitt's Ancestors

Self
John Whitt
1888 – 1974
Birth Place: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Parents
Paul Milburn Whitt
1853 – 1938
Cedar Bluff,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
Sarah (Margarette) Asbury
1856 – 1924
,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
Grandparents
Archibald Whitt
1830 – 1917
,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
Hannah (D) Brewster
1829 – 1915
Clynch Valley, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Fielding (Kirk) Asbury
1825 – 1899
,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
Martha (Patsy) Harrison
1838 – 1874
Tazewell,,Virginia,USA
Great-Grandparents
Milburn Whitt
1805 – 1863
Mahala Hankins
1807 – 1880
Andrew Brewster
1808 – 1883
Mary Prewitt
1807 – 1894
Thomas Asbury
1798 – 1858
Louisa
George HARRISON
1817 – 1901
Lucinda Hankins
1811 – 1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Whitt
1763 – 1831
Hannah Lowe
1765 – 1826
Mathias Harmon
1783 – 1850
Lucinda Hankins
1785 –
Ebenezer Brewster
1773 – 1848
Elizabeth Peery
1775 – 1840

John Whitt's Descendants

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John (Young) Whitt (12 Oct 1888 – 11 Jun 1974) m. Mary (Marilda) Boothe (14 Nov 1890 – 25 Jan 1973)
  1. 1. Carl (Otis) Whitt (25 Jul 1910 – 6 Nov 1970) m. Vergie (Faye) Pruett (1913 – 17 FEB 1996)
    1. 1. Douglas (Lee) Whitt (abt 1933 – )
    2. 2. Donald Whitt (abt 1935 – )
  2. 2. Bessie (Jane) Whitt (15 JUL 1912 – 13 NOV 1976) m. Walter (McKinley) BLANKENSHIP (16 Jul 1912 – 27 Jan 1977)
    1. 1. James (Calvin) Blankenship (1834 – 1909)
    2. 2. Darliane Blankenship (abt 1934 – )
    3. 3. Walter (C) Blankenship (abt 1935 – )
    4. 4. John (Young) Blankenship (10 Jun 1937 – 03 Jun 1999)
    5. 5. Bobbie (J) Blankenship (abt 1939 – )
    6. 6. Mary (Frances) Blankenship (13 Mar 1942 – 13 Sep 1984)
    7. 7. Buford (Wayne) Blankenship (01 Feb 1950 – 7 Oct 1955)
    8. 8. Judy Blankenship
  3. 3. Margaret (Delphine) Whitt (28 Aug 1914 – 18 Feb 1992) m. James (Giles) Cox (abt 1914 – 6 Jun 1983)
    1. 1. James (Giles) Cox (5 Mar 1938 – )
    2. 2. Paul (Dinwiddie) Cox (23 September 1943 – 12 November 1956)
  4. 4. Jeannettie Whitt (7 Mar 1916 – 4 September 1992)
  5. 5. Jeannettie (Rose) Whitt (9 Dec 1916 – 5 Dec 2002) m. Dewey Baldwin (abt 1910 – BEF DEC 2002)
    1. 1. Jerry Baldwin (abt 1938 – BEF DEC 2002)
    2. 2. Charles (Thomas) Baldwin (26 Sep 1943 – )
    3. 3. Melvin (Dewey) Baldwin ( – BEF DEC 2002)
    4. 4. Virginia (Carol) Baldwin ( – BEF DEC 2002)
  6. 6. Thomas (Milburn) Whitt (7 Oct 1919 – 25 May 2003) m. Vella Dye (abt 1919 – 22 Oct 2001)
    1. 1. Ronnie (Edwin) Whitt (13 Nov 1948 – 20 Dec 1996)
  7. 7. Virginia (Rebecca) Whitt (2 Jan 1923 – 29 November 2017) m. Oscar (Lee) Pruett (8 Sep 1918 – 19 Oct 1996)
    1. 1. Janis (Elaine) Pruett (11 Nov 1941 – 11 Jan 2018) m. George (Douglas) Day (15 Feb 1942 – 20 Dec 2021) m. Lloyd (Eugene) Dye (12 Sep 1932 – 16 Feb 2022) m. Danny (Ray) Nichols (28 Dec 1944 – 15 Feb 2007)
      1. 1. Melissa Day m. Chris Alley
      2. 2. Diane Day m. Kenny Brown
    2. 2. Sara (Virginia) Pruett (1945 – )
    3. 3. John (Allen) Pruett (5 Dec 1946 – )
  8. 8. John (Young) Whitt (7 Sep 1928 – 23 Dec 2001)

John Whitt's Timeline

8 Records

1888
12 Oct 1888
Birth of John Young Whitt Sr in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1900
1900
Age 12
John Young Whitt Sr resided here in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1910
1910
Age 22
John Young Whitt Sr resided here in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1920
1920
Age 32
John Young Whitt Sr resided here in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1930
1930
Age 42
John Young Whitt Sr resided here in Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1940
1940
Age 52
John Young Whitt Sr resided here in Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1942
1942
Age 54
John Young Whitt Sr resided here in Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1974
11 Jun 1974
Age 86
Death of John Young Whitt Sr in Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1888
    Event Place: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147
    [2] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04298; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 93-18
    [3] Social Security Death Index, Number: 231-62-1158; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: 1963
    [4] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: T625_1917; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 134
    [5] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0015
    [6] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Virginia; Registration County: Tazewell; Roll: 1991282
    [7] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 1730; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1241730
    [8] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: T624_1650; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1375663
    [9] Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia
    [10] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 1730; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1241730

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: T624_1650; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1375663

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: T625_1917; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 134

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0015

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04298; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 93-18

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04298; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 93-18

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Virginia; Registration County: Tazewell; Roll: 1991282

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jun 1974
    Event Place: Bandy, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Social Security Death Index, Number: 231-62-1158; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: 1963
    [2] Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
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