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William Jackson Whitt 1849–1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 August 1849

Birth Location: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1936

Death Location: Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Father: Elias Whitt

Mother: Lucinda Woodson

Spouse(s): Gillie Bagwell

Children(s): Bessie Whitt, Sallie Turner, Katie Whitt, Ida Whitt, Martha Whitt, Robert Whitt

The story of William Jackson Whitt began in 1849 in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA. In 1850, William Jackson Whitt established residence. In 1860, William Jackson Whitt established residence. William Jackson Whitt married Gillie Ann Bagwell, and had children including Bessie Mae Whitt, Ida Lou Whitt, Katie Whitt, Martha Jane Whitt, Robert L Whitt, Sallie Bell Turner. William Jackson Whitt passed away in 1936 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of William Jackson Whitt began in 1849 in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA.
  • In 1850, William Jackson Whitt established residence.
  • In 1860, William Jackson Whitt established residence.
  • William Jackson Whitt married Gillie Ann Bagwell, and had children including Bessie Mae Whitt, Ida Lou Whitt, Katie Whitt, Martha Jane Whitt, Robert L Whitt, Sallie Bell Turner.
  • William Jackson Whitt passed away in 1936 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elias Whitt
1813–
Birth Location: Greenville County, South Carolina
EW
Lucinda Woodson
1821–1909
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
LW

Spouses(s)

Gillie Bagwell
1851–1932
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
GB

Children(s)

Bessie Whitt
1886–1965
Birth Location: South Carolina
BW
Sallie Turner
1890–1960
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
ST
Katie Whitt
1893–1958
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
KW
Ida Whitt
1879–1962
Birth Location: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
IW
Martha Whitt
1877–1955
Birth Location: Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America
MW
Robert Whitt
1888–1890
Birth Location: –
RW

William Whitt's Ancestors

Self
William Whitt
1849–1936
Birth Place: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Elias Whitt
1813–
Greenville County, South Carolina
Lucinda Woodson
1821–1909
South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John Whitt1
1782–1860
North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Reece1
1791–1817
Greenville District South Carolina
Murry Woodson
1790–1876
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Catherine Davis
1797–1858
Molohan Section, Newberry, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
David Reese
1735–1792
Nancy Cooley
1750–1807
Tucker Woodson
1745–1831
Elizabeth Gowen
1750–1792
Reason Davis
1755–1831
Eleanor Morgan
1767–1816
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Reese
1709–1808
Mary Groner
1716–1791
Jacob Cooley
1735–1820
Sarah Jordan
1731–1816
Tucker Woodson
1720–
Mary Hughes
1723–1775
John Cowan
–1809
Harmon Davis
1738–1803
Phoebe Nomaiden
1734–

William Whitt's Descendants

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William (Jackson) Whitt (8 August 1849–1936) m. Gillie (Ann) Bagwell (21 May 1851–27 July 1932)
  1. 1. Bessie (Mae) Whitt 1886–1965 m. Yancy (Thomas) Coker 1879–1964
    1. 1. James (Theodore) Coker 1915–1993 m. Malissa (Maybell) Dukes 1916–1996
    2. 2. Thomas (Talmadge) Coker 1906–1964 m. Helen (Jeanette) Bryant 1919–2004 m. Opal Heatherly 1910–1989
      1. 1. Annie (Lois) Hunicutt 1936–2015 m. Charles (Thomas) Honicutt 1931–1990
      2. 2. Margaret (Bagwell) Coker 1928–2019 m. Lawrence (Eugene Starnes) Sr 1925–2003
        1. 1. Lawrence (Eugene Starnes) Jr 1949–2003
      3. 3. Thomas (Wilbert) Coker 1927–2020
      4. 4. James (Ellis) Coker 1934–2012
      5. 5. Doyle (Edward) Coker 1940–2012
    3. 3. Louie (Paskell) Coker 1926–1926
    4. 4. William (Brady) Coker 1904–1967 m. Ruby Harling 1908–1966
    5. 5. Bessie (Estell) Coker 1908–1952 m. Walter (Clarence) Brooks 1905–1972
      1. 1. James (Pelham) Brooks 1925–1973 m. Lillie (Mae) Allen 1929–1981
      2. 2. William (Lawrence) Brooks 1929–1984
      3. 3. Thelma (L) Lewellyn 1931–2003
    6. 6. Elvin (Curtis) Coker 1913–1962
    7. 7. Alton (Whitt) Coker 1923–2016
    8. 8. Furman (Monroe) Coker 1911–1978 m. Mary (Ann) Phillips 1919–1995
      1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Coker 1936–2010 m. William (Arthur) Medlock 1926–1970 m. Walter (Herman) Taylor 1932–2018
    9. 9. Viola (Mae) Coker 1917–1969 m. Andrew (John) McCoy 1913–1967
      1. 1. Neville (Wayne) McCoy 1939–1998 m. Maphra (Townsend) Sheppard 1936–2011
      2. 2. Thomas (Andrew) McCoy 1948–1993
    10. 10. Fannie (L) Coker 1920–
  2. 2. Sallie (Bell) Turner 1890–1960
  3. 3. Katie Whitt 1893–1958 m. John (Henry) Davis 1892–1954
    1. 1. Infant Davis 1924–1924
    2. 2. Dorothy (Eugenia) Davis 1932–1998 m. Rex (Calvin Gambrell) Sr. 1933–1981
      1. 1. Janice (Irene) Gambrell 1951–1997
    3. 3. John (Broadus) Davis 1915–1978
    4. 4. Evelyn (Louise) Simpson 1930–1976
    5. 5. Nellie (Ruth) Watt 1925–2004
    6. 6. James (Pelham) Davis 1911–1955
    7. 7. Milton (D) Davis 1922–1989
    8. 8. Wilton (E.) Davis 1919–1976
    9. 9. William (Ray) Davis 1934–1990
    10. 10. Frances Southern 1928–2016
  4. 4. Ida (Lou) Whitt 1879–1962 m. David (Franklin) Brooks 1883–1934
    1. 1. Joseph (Edgar) Brooks 1903–1983 m. Sarah (E) Wells 1905–1989
      1. 1. Frances (Elizabeth) Brooks 1924–2014 m. Jeter (Drayton) Willis 1918–1975
      2. 2. Grace (Lucille) Brooks 1926–1996 m. John (Calvin) Slatton 1922–1989
      3. 3. Gerald (E.) Brooks 1928–1999
      4. 4. Robert (Franklin) Brooks 1931–1989
    2. 2. Walter (Clarence) Brooks 1905–1972 m. Bessie (Estell) Coker 1908–1952
    3. 3. Ollie (M) Brooks 1908–1972 m. Melvin Medlock 1906–1980 m. George (Frank) Nelson 1909–1979
      1. 1. Louie (H.) Medlock 1926–2006
      2. 2. Mary (Ruth) Kay 1924–1971 m. William (Horace) Kay 1918–
      3. 3. James (A) Medlock 1930–1971
      4. 4. Wilma (Jean) Darnell 1933–2003
    4. 4. James (H) Brooks 1911–1972 m. Vera Brooks 1919–1992
      1. 1. James (Douglas) Brooks 1940–2014
    5. 5. Sara (Blanche) Shirley 1912–1994
    6. 6. William (David) Brooks 1919–
  5. 5. Martha (Jane) Whitt 1877–1955 m. Benjamin (Hampton) Kirby 1877–1939
    1. 1. Cornelia (Blanche) Kirby 1898–1953 m. David (Nimrod) Traynham 1895–1919 m. Berry (Edward) Crawford 1881–1951
      1. 1. Helen (Agnes) Traynham 1918–1997 m. Ted (Anthony Pressley) Sr 1924–1988
      2. 2. Mary (Frances) Traynham 1914–1998 m. Luther (Wilson) Cooper 1916–1982
    2. 2. Janie (Irene) Kirby 1907–1950 m. Henry (Lee) King 1902–1977
      1. 1. James (B.) King 1925–1983 m. Jewell (Jennette) Blankenship 1925–2005
    3. 3. Clyde (Charles) Kirby 1902–1948 m. Nancy Pressley 1902–1976
      1. 1. Nancy (Clyde) Kirby 1920–2000 m. David (Fleet Rush) Jr 1918–1991
      2. 2. Evelyn Kirby 1935–2013 m. Robert (L) Heil 1931–2021
  6. 6. Robert (L.) Whitt 1888–1890

William Whitt's Timeline

11 Records

1849
8 August 1849
Birth of William Jackson Whitt in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
1850
1850
Age 1
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1860
1860
Age 11
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1870
1870
Age 21
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1880
1880
Age 31
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1900
1900
Age 51
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1910
1910
Age 61
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1920
1920
Age 71
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1930
1930
Age 81
William Jackson Whitt resided here
None
1936
26 December 1936
Age 87
Death of William Jackson Whitt in Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
1936
1936
Age 87
Burial of William Jackson Whitt in Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America
Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 August 1849
    Event Place: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Dunklin, Greenville, South Carolina; Roll: 1529; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1241529
    [2] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: 848; Page: 275a
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: 848; Page: 275a

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Record Source: Address: 42nd Regiment, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Record Source: Address: Dunklin, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source: Address: Dunklin, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Record Source: Address: Dunklin, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Record Source: Address: Dunklin, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1936
    Event Place: Greenville, South Carolina
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Greenville News - 28 Dec 1936 - Page 7, Obituary for William J. Whitt 28 Dec 1936

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 December 1936
    Event Place: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1936
    Event Place: Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America
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