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 The final disposition of Francis Whitney's property and mill, on Mill Creek, Washington County, Virginia has not yet been found.
-But yet, another Whitney Mill then appears, sometime after 1790, in South Carolina, on the Hunter's Branch (Creek) lands of [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1766-a1810)|Francis Whitney]]{{ref|31}} [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]].{{ref|32}}
+But yet, another Whitney Mill then appears, sometime after 1790, in South Carolina, on the Hunter's Branch (Creek) lands of [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1766-a1810)|Francis Whitney]]{{ref|31}} [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (c1765-a1820)|Samuel Whitney]].{{ref|32}}
-This mill was still in existence, in 1820, when it was surveyed by  B. Busby, for the Orangeburg District page of Robert Mill's Atlas of South Carolina.{{ref|33}} The Courtney Mill is also shown, several miles to the north, probably, on the 553 acres of land on Dean Swamp, originally purchased (Recorded 1791) by [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]], James, and Jonathan Courtney.{{ref|34}}
+This mill was still in existence, in 1820, when it was surveyed by  B. Busby, for the Orangeburg District page of Robert Mill's Atlas of South Carolina.{{ref|33}} The Courtney Mill is also shown, several miles to the north, probably, on the 553 acres of land on Dean Swamp, originally purchased (Recorded 1791) by [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (c1765-a1820)|Samuel Whitney]], James, and Jonathan Courtney.{{ref|34}}
 There were no known children of Francis and Rachel (-----) Whitney, though it is possible that they did have children.
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 * [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1766-a1810)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC
-* [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC
+* [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (c1765-a1820)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC
 == References ==

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 "Little is known about Francis Whitney. He and his wife, whose name was Rachael - a fact known only to us by the chance that he and she were both sued in the early courts of Fincastle County - seem to have melted away into the mist of our earliest history."{{ref|4}}
 Note: Botetourt County Virginia was formed in 1769 from Augusta County Virginia
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 On 12 Nov 1773 " On  the motion of Francis Whitney  leave  is given him to build a mill on  Mill  Creek, a branch  of the south fork of the Holston River on his own land, it appearing to the court that it  will not be to the damage of any other person."{{ref|7}}
 Note: In 1772, Fincastle County, VA was formed from Botetourt Co.
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 Dec 1774, Loyal Land Company survey, 220 acres, for Francis Whitney.{{ref|14}} Additional information on the Gordon Aronhime index card for Francis Whitney gives the location of this land on Mill Creek, South Fork of the Holston River, Plat Book 156.{{ref|15}}
 Note: In 1776/77, Fincastle Co., VA was discontinued and the land split into Montgomery Co., Washington Co., and Kentucky Co. (later to become Kentucky).
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 Francis Whitney was mentioned in the following land record "Joseph Cole, Jr., assignee of Matthew Bishopp & c - 100 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the north side of the South Fork of Holstein river - beginning in Sinclair's patent line - corner to Nathaniel McClure - September 13, 1785...Matthew Bishopp, assignee of Joseph Bishopp, assignee of Francis Whitney, assignee of Barney Kertley - 100 ac - on the south fork of Holstein - 77 ac surveyed March 12, 1774 for Matthew Bishop, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1772 - August 30, 1781...Assigned to Joseph Cole, August 6, 1784. Signed: Matthew Bishop."{{ref|28}}
 Any written records of Francis Whitney's active presence in Southwestern Virginia seem to abruptly stop about 1785. It seems that this Francis Whitney, who apparently was never too shy about leaving his name on land, tax, and court records in Southwestern Virginia, just "disappears into the mist..'" as Gordon Aronhime so colorfully wrote, or, at least, the 'mist', in Virginia. He is still mentioned later as an adjacent land owner:
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 Sept 1798 David Phillips and wife Elizabeth to Jonathan Phillips $400 100ac. Mill Creek. Adjacent: John Jones, Francis Whitney, Mrs. Rafferty, Elijah DeBusk.{{ref|30}}
 It appears that, after 1785, the only Whitney's remaining in Washington County Virginia are
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 The final disposition of Francis Whitney's property and mill, on Mill Creek, Washington County, Virginia has not yet been found.
-But yet, another Whitney Mill then appears, sometime after 1790, in South Carolina, on the Hunter's Branch (Creek) lands of [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)|Francis Whitney]]{{ref|31}} [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]].{{ref|32}}
+But yet, another Whitney Mill then appears, sometime after 1790, in South Carolina, on the Hunter's Branch (Creek) lands of [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1766-a1810)|Francis Whitney]]{{ref|31}} [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]].{{ref|32}}
 This mill was still in existence, in 1820, when it was surveyed by  B. Busby, for the Orangeburg District page of Robert Mill's Atlas of South Carolina.{{ref|33}} The Courtney Mill is also shown, several miles to the north, probably, on the 553 acres of land on Dean Swamp, originally purchased (Recorded 1791) by [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]], James, and Jonathan Courtney.{{ref|34}}
 There were no known children of Francis and Rachel (-----) Whitney, though it is possible that they did have children.
 Francis Whitney lived on Mill Creek, a branch of the South Fork of the Holston River, near "Iron Mountain". The Iron Mountains currently run through what is now the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. This range is close to the Holston River approximately between Holston Mill, VA and Sugar Grove, VA.
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 If Francis was the same person as the [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1745-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] who shows up in Orangeburg South Co., SC in 1790, then the following might have been sons or otherwise close relatives as well:
-* [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC
+* [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1766-a1810)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC
 * [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC

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 * [[Family:Whitney, Malcom (b1769-b1827)]] - of Washington Co., VA, GA, & Barnwell Co., SC
-If Francis was the same person as the [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1760-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] who shows up in Orangeburg South Co., SC in 1790, then the following might have been sons or otherwise close relatives as well:
+If Francis was the same person as the [[Family:Whitney, Francis (c1745-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] who shows up in Orangeburg South Co., SC in 1790, then the following might have been sons or otherwise close relatives as well:
 * [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC

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 * [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC
-==References==
+== References ==
-. {{note|2}}Ibid
+.{{note|1}} Purely an estimate.
-. {{note|3}}Fincastle County Court, Book 1, Page 54.
+.{{note|2}} ''Ibid.''
-. {{note|4}}Article:  Aronhime, Gordon, Holston and Clinch: Down by the old Mill, Bristol Herald Courier, 12/08/1963.
+.{{note|3}} Fincastle County Court, Book 1, Page 54.
-. {{note|5}}Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Recorded in Tithable Book, Volume 1, Page 35)
+.{{note|4}} Article:  "Aronhime, Gordon, Holston and Clinch: Down by the old Mill", ''Bristol Herald Courier'', 12/08/1963.
-. {{note|6}}Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Recorded in Tithable Book, Volume 1, page 77.
+.{{note|5}} Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Recorded in Tithable Book, Volume 1, Page 35)
-. {{note|7}}Botetourt Court Records, Annals of  Southwest Virginia by Lewis Preston Summers, p.166.
+.{{note|6}} Botetourt County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Recorded in Tithable Book, Volume 1, page 77.
-. {{note|8}}Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia 1769-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970 Vol 1, Page 132
+.{{note|7}} Botetourt Court Records, Annals of  Southwest Virginia by Lewis Preston Summers, p.166.
-. {{note|9}}Fincastle County Court Book 1, Page 54.
+.{{note|8}} Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia 1769-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970 Vol 1, Page 132
-. {{note|10}}Fincastle County Court Book 1, Page 80.
+.{{note|9}} Fincastle County Court Book 1, Page 54.
-. {{note|11}}Fincastle County Court Book, Page 26.
+.{{note|10}} Fincastle County Court Book 1, Page 80.
-. {{note|12}}[http://nefamilies.com/fam/history.aspx?x=123 CHRONOLOGY OF REVEREND THOMAS WOOLSEY & SARAH PIERCE], citing "Annals of Southwest Virginia", Book: 975.5 H2sl; 1774 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
+.{{note|11}} Fincastle County Court Book, Page 26.
-. {{note|13}}Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia 1769-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970 Vol 1, Page 628.
+.{{note|12}} [http://nefamilies.com/fam/history.aspx?x=123 CHRONOLOGY OF REVEREND THOMAS WOOLSEY & SARAH PIERCE], citing "Annals of Southwest Virginia", Book: 975.5 H2sl; 1774 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
-. {{note|14}}Library of Virginia, Land office records,Loyal Land Company
+.{{note|13}} Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia 1769-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970 Vol 1, Page 628.
-. {{note|15}}Library of Virginia, Gordon Aronhime Index Card #93 for Francis Whitney.
+.{{note|14}} Library of Virginia, Land office records,Loyal Land Company
-. {{note|16}}List of Tithables. - Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 963
+.{{note|15}} Library of Virginia, Gordon Aronhime Index Card #93 for Francis Whitney.
-. {{note|17}}Library of Virginia, Gordon Aronhime Index Card #94, Francis Whitney.
+.{{note|16}} List of Tithables. - Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 963
-. {{note|18}}Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia 1769-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970 Vol 2, Page 1006.
+.{{note|17}} Library of Virginia, Gordon Aronhime Index Card #94, Francis Whitney.
-. {{note|19}}Ibid, p. 1027.
+.{{note|18}} Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia 1769-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1970 Vol 2, Page 1006.
-. {{note|20}}Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 1041
+.{{note|19}} ''Ibid.'', p. 1027.
-. {{note|21}}Washington County Virginia, Personal Property Tax List: 1782-1800, Page 13, Colonel Edmondson's Precinct.
+.{{note|20}} Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 1041
-. {{note|22}}[[Archive:Whitney Whistler, Volume 5, Number 3|Whitney Whistler]].
+.{{note|21}} Washington County Virginia, Personal Property Tax List: 1782-1800, Page 13, Colonel Edmondson's Precinct.
-. {{note|23}}
+.{{note|22}} [[Archive:Whitney Whistler, Volume 5, Number 3|Whitney Whistler]].
-. {{note|24}}Washington County Virginia Taxables 1782-1787 p. 57
+.{{note|23}}
-. {{note|25}}Washington County Virginia, Surveys & commissioners Certificates, 1781-1797, p. 218
+.{{note|24}} Washington County Virginia Taxables 1782-1787 p. 57
-. {{note|26}}Ibid.
+.{{note|25}} Washington County Virginia, Surveys & commissioners Certificates, 1781-1797, p. 218
-. {{note|27}}Ibid.
+.{{note|26}} ''Ibid.''
-. {{note|28}}Washington County VA Surveyors Records 1781-1797, Page 297.
+.{{note|27}} ''Ibid.''
-. {{note|29}}Washington Co. VA Deed Book 1, p. 227.
+.{{note|28}} Washington County VA Surveyors Records 1781-1797, Page 297.
-. {{note|30}}Washington Co. VA: Deed Book 2: 1797-1802 p, 155.
+.{{note|29}} Washington Co. VA Deed Book 1, p. 227.
-. {{note|31}}South Carolina Archives, Series: S213190, Volume - 0027, Page - 00507 Item - 02
+.{{note|30}} Washington Co. VA: Deed Book 2: 1797-1802 p, 155.
 Date: 1791/12/08
 Description: Whitney, Francis, Plat for 285 acres on Hunter's Branch, Orangeburg District
-. {{note|32}}South Carolina Archives, Series: S213190, Volume 0031, Page 00517, Item 02,
+.{{note|32}} South Carolina Archives, Series: S213190, Volume 0031, Page 00517, Item 02,
-. {{note|33}} Mills, Robert; Busby, B.; Tanner, Henry S.,Atlas Of The State Of South Carolina, Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore (1825). Orangeburgh District Page. Available online: David Rumsey Map Collection. http://davidrumsey.com
+.{{note|33}} Mills, Robert; Busby, B.; Tanner, Henry S.,Atlas Of The State Of South Carolina, Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore (1825). Orangeburgh District Page. Available online: David Rumsey Map Collection. http://davidrumsey.com
-. {{note|34}} South Carolina Archives, Series: S213190 Volume 0025, Page 00343, Item  02
+.{{note|34}} South Carolina Archives, Series: S213190 Volume 0025, Page 00343, Item  02
 Date: 1791/01/27
 Description: Courtney, James, Jonathan Courtney, And Samuel Whitney, Plat for 553 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District
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-Copyright &copy; 2007-2008, [[User:Jeanne Neilon|Jeanne Neilon]], [[User:Tdoyle|Tim Doyle]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
+Copyright &copy; 2007-2008, [[User:Jeanne Neilon|Jeanne Neilon]], [[User:Tdoyle|Tim Doyle]], and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
 [[Category:Parentage Unknown]]
 [[Category:Virginia]]

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 * [[Family:Whitney, Malcom (b1769-b1827)]] - of Washington Co., VA, GA, & Barnwell Co., SC
-If Francis was the same person as the [[Family:Whitney, Francis 2 (b1775-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] who shows up in Orangeburg South Co., SC in 1790, then the following might have been sons or otherwise close relatives as well:
+If Francis was the same person as the [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1760-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] who shows up in Orangeburg South Co., SC in 1790, then the following might have been sons or otherwise close relatives as well:
 * [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)]] - of Orangeburg South Co., SC

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 . {{note|32}}South Carolina Archives, Series: S213190, Volume 0031, Page 00517, Item 02,
 Date: 1793/07/22
-Description: Warner, Wettenhall and Samuel Whitney, Plat for 428 acres on Hunter's Branch, Orangeburg District,
+Description: Warner, Wettenhall and Samuel Whitney, Plat for 428 acres on Hunter's Branch, Orangeburg District.
 . {{note|33}} Mills, Robert; Busby, B.; Tanner, Henry S.,Atlas Of The State Of South Carolina, Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore (1825). Orangeburgh District Page. Available online: David Rumsey Map Collection. http://davidrumsey.com

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 [[Family:Whitney, Macon (c1767-a1800)|Macon Whitney]] and [[Family:Whitney, Malcom (b1769-b1827)|Malcom Whitney]]
-It is speculated that [[Family:Whitney, Macon (c1767-a1800)|Macon Whitney]] left Virginia soon after his marriage, in 1787, and he, his wife (Rachael DeBusk) and their first baby girl are possibly 'hidden', within the family of Francis Whitney( 2-1-2), on the 1790 Census of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
+It is speculated that [[Family:Whitney, Macon (c1767-a1800)|Macon Whitney]] left Virginia soon after his marriage, in 1787. He, his wife (Rachael DeBusk) and their  baby girls  could possibly be 'hidden', within the family of Francis Whitney( 2-1-5), on the 1790 Census of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
 [[Family:Whitney, Malcom (b1769-b1827)|Malcom Whitney]] leaves only tax records, in Washington County, Virginia, from 1786-1791. There have been no other court or land records found for him, in this time frame, in Washington County. He also appears, in South Carolina, about 1815, initially showing, in the records, of Rosemary Baptist Church in Barnwell.

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 It appears that, after 1785, the only Whitney's remaining in Washington County Virginia are
-[[Family:Whitney, Macon (c1767-a1800)|Macon Whitney]] and Malcom Whitney
+[[Family:Whitney, Macon (c1767-a1800)|Macon Whitney]] and
 It is speculated that [[Family:Whitney, Macon (c1767-a1800)|Macon Whitney]] left Virginia soon after his marriage, in 1787, and he, his wife (Rachael DeBusk) and their first baby girl are possibly 'hidden', within the family of Francis Whitney( 2-1-2), on the 1790 Census of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
-Malcom Whitney leaves only tax records, in Washington County, Virginia, from 1786-1791. There have been no other court or land records found for him, in this time frame, in Washington County. He also appears, in South Carolina, about 1815, initially showing, in the records, of Rosemary Baptist Church in Barnwell.
+[[Family:Whitney, Malcom (b1767-b1827)|Malcom Whitney]] leaves only tax records, in Washington County, Virginia, from 1786-1791. There have been no other court or land records found for him, in this time frame, in Washington County. He also appears, in South Carolina, about 1815, initially showing, in the records, of Rosemary Baptist Church in Barnwell.
 The final disposition of Francis Whitney's property and mill, on Mill Creek, Washington County, Virginia has not yet been found.
-But yet, another Whitney Mill then appears, sometime after 1790, in South Carolina, on the Hunter's Branch (Creek) lands of Francis Whitney {{ref|31}} and Samuel Whitney. {{ref|32}}
+But yet, another Whitney Mill then appears, sometime after 1790, in South Carolina, on the Hunter's Branch (Creek) lands of [[Family:Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] {{ref|31}} [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]]. {{ref|32}}
-This mill was still in existence, in 1820, when it was surveyed by  B. Busby, for the Orangeburg page of Robert Mill's Atlas of South Carolina. {{ref|33}} The Courtney Mill is also shown, several miles to the north, probably, on the 553 acres of land on Dean Swamp, originally purchased (Recorded 1791) by Samuel Whitney, James, and Jonathan Courtney.
+This mill was still in existence, in 1820, when it was surveyed by  B. Busby, for the Orangeburg District page of Robert Mill's Atlas of South Carolina. {{ref|33}} The Courtney Mill is also shown, several miles to the north, probably, on the 553 acres of land on Dean Swamp, originally purchased (Recorded 1791) by [[Family:Whitney, Samuel (b1775-a1790)|Samuel Whitney]]., James, and Jonathan Courtney.
 {{ref|34}}
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 Date: 1793/07/22
 Description: Warner, Wettenhall and Samuel Whitney, Plat for 428 acres on Hunter's Branch, Orangeburg District,
 . {{note|33}} Mills, Robert; Busby, B.; Tanner, Henry S.,Atlas Of The State Of South Carolina, Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore (1825). Orangeburgh District Page. Available online: David Rumsey Map Collection. http://davidrumsey.com