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Samuel Whitney and [[Family: Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] first appear, about 1785-1786, on land records in Edgefield  County, South Carolina. Part of this area ultimately became Aiken County, South Carolina. The Whitney name was mentioned in the History of the Town of Salley (South Carolina):
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Samuel Whitney and [[Family: Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] first appear, about 1785-1786, on land records in Edgefield  County, South Carolina. Part of this area ultimately became Aiken County, South Carolina.  
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The Whitney name was mentioned in the History of the Town of Salley (South Carolina):
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"In the late 1700 and early 1800 other families began moving into this area. Namely: Able, Brodie, Boylston, Cooper, Corley, ''' Courtney ''', Clark, Caughman, Davis, Douglass, Fanning, Fergerson, Ginyard, Gleaton, Holman, Jordan, Johnson, Jones, Kitchings, Kennerly, Knotts, LeCroy, Milhous, McQueen, Mackey, O'Dowd, Porter, Prothro, Peeples, Riley, Sawyer, Stroman, Tyler, Toole, Vann, Wooley, ''' Whitney''', and Walker." {{ref|1}}
 
"In the late 1700 and early 1800 other families began moving into this area. Namely: Able, Brodie, Boylston, Cooper, Corley, ''' Courtney ''', Clark, Caughman, Davis, Douglass, Fanning, Fergerson, Ginyard, Gleaton, Holman, Jordan, Johnson, Jones, Kitchings, Kennerly, Knotts, LeCroy, Milhous, McQueen, Mackey, O'Dowd, Porter, Prothro, Peeples, Riley, Sawyer, Stroman, Tyler, Toole, Vann, Wooley, ''' Whitney''', and Walker." {{ref|1}}
  
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By the time of the 1790 South Carolina Census (actually done/completed in 1792), Samuel Whitney, Francis Whitney, Francis Whitney (Jr.) and their presumed families had relocated several miles to the east into, closely neighboring, Orangeburg County.  
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By the time of the 1790 South Carolina Census, Samuel Whitney, Francis Whitney, Francis Whitney (Jr.) and their presumed families, were found, in neighboring, Orangeburg County.  
  
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Note: A detailed and definitive history of the Whitney's found in Edgefield and Orangeburg Counties of South Carolina 1785-1840 will never be written due to the loss of records during the Civil War. The Edgefield County records were only partially destroyed; however, the Orangeburg County records are particularly problematic since they no longer exist.  Sometime in January 1864, the Orangeburg County officials, anticipating the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction, packed ALL of their records  and loaded them on a train to be shipped to the capital in Columbia, South Carolina for 'safe keeping'. These records represented the history of the huge Orangeburg District from the earliest settlement in the early 1700's to 1864. They included all land records, court records, tax records, marriage records, and slave schedules. The train arrived, in Columbia, and was sitting in the rail yard waiting to be unloaded when, on February 17,1865, General Sherman and his Union Forces arrived.  General  William Tecumseh Sherman had stated, prior to his arrival, in South Carolina, that "...when I go through South Carolina it  will be  one of the most horrible things in the history of the world. The devil himself  could'nt restrain my men in that State."  It is not surprising, therefore, that the city of Columbia was almost totally destroyed. Photographs taken that day show only standing chimney stacks and smoking rubble. The train with the Orangeburg records was burned, where it sat, in the rail yard.
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Note: A detailed and definitive history of the Whitney's found in Edgefield and Orangeburg Counties of South Carolina 1785-1840 will never be written due to the loss of records during the Civil War. The Edgefield County records were only partially destroyed; however, the Orangeburg County records are particularly problematic since they no longer exist. These records represented the history of the huge Orangeburg District from the earliest settlement in the early 1700's to 1864. They included all land records, court records, tax records, marriage records, and slave schedules.  
  
 
A few remaining land, census, church, and private family records are all that is left
 
A few remaining land, census, church, and private family records are all that is left
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15 Feb 1794 Gamalan, Andrew, Plat for 259 acres on waters of South Edisto River, Edgefield County, Ninety Six District, Surveyed by Howel Fort for Samuel Whitney on December 20, 1787 {{ref|4}}
 
15 Feb 1794 Gamalan, Andrew, Plat for 259 acres on waters of South Edisto River, Edgefield County, Ninety Six District, Surveyed by Howel Fort for Samuel Whitney on December 20, 1787 {{ref|4}}
  
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7 November 1791 Fley, Samuel, Plat for 449 acres on Edisto River Edgefield County Ninety six District Surveyed byRobert Anderson for Andrew Gomalan Names indexed: Samuel Fley/Andrew Gomalan/ Smith/ William Coursey/ Bibby Bush/ Samuel Whitney {{ref|5}}
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These surveys were done by Samuel Whitney as the initial step in a land grant process. He apparently, for whatever reason never carried any of the these surveyed lands to actual patent. He either, personally sold these surveys to another individual for their grant, or, the Land Office re-cycled the surveys into other grants.
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7 November 1791 Fley, Samuel, Plat for 449 acres on Edisto River Edgefield County Ninety six District Surveyed by Robert Anderson for Andrew Gomalan Names indexed: Samuel Fley/Andrew Gomalan/ Smith/ William Coursey/ Bibby Bush/ Samuel Whitney {{ref|5}}
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Samuel Whitney shows as an adjacent land owner for Samuel Fley. This was the same area as noted on the surveys, located about halfway in between present day Edgefield and Salley South Carolina.
  
 
Sometime, in 1790, Samuel Whitney was licensed to preach at Cloud's Creek Baptist Church. {{ref|6}} Cloud's Creek was, at that time, in the Old Ninety Six District.
 
Sometime, in 1790, Samuel Whitney was licensed to preach at Cloud's Creek Baptist Church. {{ref|6}} Cloud's Creek was, at that time, in the Old Ninety Six District.
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By the time of the 1790 South Carolina Census (actually done/completed in 1792), Samuel Whitney, Francis Whitney, Francis Whitney (Jr.) and their presumed families were located several miles to the east into, closely neighboring, Orangeburg County. They are found clustered together in the area of Shaw Creek, Hunter's Branch, and Dean Swamp off the South Edisto River. Found on adjacent lines to Samuel Whitney are Rowland Courtney, and his sons, James Courtney and Jonathan Courtney.  
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By the time of the 1790 South Carolina Census (actually done/completed in 1792), Samuel Whitney, [[Family: Whitney, Francis (b1775-a1790)|Francis Whitney]] , Francis Whitney (Jr.) and their presumed families were located several miles to the east into, closely neighboring, Orangeburg County. They are found clustered together in the area of Shaw Creek, Hunter's Branch, and Dean Swamp off the South Edisto River. Found on adjacent lines to Samuel Whitney are Rowland Courtney, and his sons, James Courtney and Jonathan Courtney, and Jeremiah Joiner. 
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Note: This is the the same Rowland 'Nawlin' Courtney found on the 1782 Tax list Washington Co. Va, Edmondsond's District, with Francis Whitney and Elijah Whitney. Rowland Courtney with his sons had purchased land on Big Creek, Edgefield District, SC in 1784. {{ref|8}}} They then relocated with the Whitney's to the South Edisto area. Both families purchased property on Dean Swamp and Hunter Branch, which  are very closely neighboring creeks, on the north side, of the South Edisto River, in South Orangeburg. Both families built mills soon after their arrival in the area. The Courtney Mill was located on the northernmost area of Dean Swamp on the Orangeburg Road. The Whitney Mill, thought to have been built by Francis Whitney, was on Hunter's Branch, located  no more than a mile, due south, of the Courtney Mill. {{ref|9}} Is this just a string of coincidences or does this information suggest a long term, time and space, relationship between these families ?
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Land purchases in Orangeburg South Carolina for Samuel Whitney:
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27 Jan 1791 Courtney, James, Jonathan Courtney, AND ''' Samuel Whitney ''', Plat for 553 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District. {{ref|10}}
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22 July 1792 ''' Whitney, Samuel ''', Plat for 420 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District. {{ref|11}}
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22 July 1793 Warner, Wettenhall and ''' Samuel Whitney ''', Plat for 428 acres on Hunters Branch, Orangeburg District.
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22 July 1793 Warner, Wettenhall AND '''Samuel Whitney''', Plat for 1,120 cres on  Dean Swamp Creek, Orangeburg District.
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Samuel Whitney is not found on the 1800 Census of South Carolina, or anywhere where else. The assumption has been that he died or disappeared, prior to 1800.  He continues to appear, as an adjacent land owner, on several more land records, but these records hardly confirm that he was actually still alive and in South Carolina until 1820.
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30 June 1806 Dubose, Henry Plat for 465 acres of Fork of Edisto River, Orangeburg district. Names indexed: Henry Dubose/Lewis B. Jernigan/ ''' Samuel Whitney '''/ William Warner/''' Francis Whitney '''/Howell Williams. {{ref|14}}
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27 November 1811  Whitney, Makion, Plat for 554 acres on Hunters Branch and South Edisto River, Orangeburg District. Names indexed: ''' Makion Whtiney'''/ Lewis B. Jernigan/ James Garner Sr./ John Smith Sr./''' Francis Whitney'''/ W. Warner/''' Samuel Whitney'''/ John Sally.
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28 December 1820  Guignard, James S. Plat for 1,000 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District. Names indexed:  James Guignard/ Joshua Evans/ John Brewer/ James Fanning/Henry Spring/ Willim Cooper/ J. Courtney/ '''Samuel Whitney'''/ John Spring. {{ref|16}}
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Note: This is the the same Rowland 'Nawlin' Courtney found on the 1782 Tax list Washington Co. Va, Edmondsond's District, with Francis Whitney and Elijah Whitney. Rowland Courtney with his sons had purchased land on Big Creek, Edgefield District, SC in 1784. They then relocated with the Whitney's to the South Edisto area. Both families purchased property on Dean Swamp and Hunter Branch, which  are very closely neighboring creeks, on the north side, of the South Edisto River, in South Orangeburg. Both families built mills soon after their arrival in the area. The Courtney Mill was located on the northernmost area of Dean Swamp on the Orangeburg Road. The Whitney Mill, thought to have been built by Francis Whitney, was on Hunter's Branch, located  no more than a mile, due south, of the Courtney Mill.  (Mill's Atlas) Is this just a string of coincidences or does this information suggest a long term, time and space, relationship between these families ?
 
  
 
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7. {{note|7}} Externral link.
 
7. {{note|7}} Externral link.
  
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8. {{note|8}} Courtney
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9. {{note|9}} Mill's Atlas
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10. {{note|10}} South Carolina Archives  Series: S213190, Volume: 0025, Page: 00343, Item: 002.
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11. {{note|11}} South Carolina Archives WHITNEY, SAMUEL,Series: S213190Volume: 0029Page: 00292Item: 002.
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12. {{note|12}} South Carolina Archives  Series: S213190, Volume: 0031, Page: 00517, Item: 002.
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13. {{note|13}} South Carolina ArchivesSeries: S213190, Volume: 0031Page: 00543, Item: 001, Record 8.
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14. {{note|14}} South Carolina Archives Series: S213192 Volume - 0039 Page - 00306 Item - 00.
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15. {{note|15}} South Carolina Archvies Series:S213192, Volume: 0043, Page: 00136, Item: 004.
  
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16. {{note|16}} South Carolina Archives  Series: S213192, Volume - 0046, Page - 00325, Item - 01.
  
  

Revision as of 20:28, 14 April 2008

Samuel's Locations

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Samuel Whitney, parentage unknown, was born before 1775, and died after 1790.


Samuel Whitney and Francis Whitney first appear, about 1785-1786, on land records in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Part of this area ultimately became Aiken County, South Carolina.

The Whitney name was mentioned in the History of the Town of Salley (South Carolina):

"In the late 1700 and early 1800 other families began moving into this area. Namely: Able, Brodie, Boylston, Cooper, Corley, Courtney , Clark, Caughman, Davis, Douglass, Fanning, Fergerson, Ginyard, Gleaton, Holman, Jordan, Johnson, Jones, Kitchings, Kennerly, Knotts, LeCroy, Milhous, McQueen, Mackey, O'Dowd, Porter, Prothro, Peeples, Riley, Sawyer, Stroman, Tyler, Toole, Vann, Wooley, Whitney, and Walker." [1]

By the time of the 1790 South Carolina Census, Samuel Whitney, Francis Whitney, Francis Whitney (Jr.) and their presumed families, were found, in neighboring, Orangeburg County.

Note: A detailed and definitive history of the Whitney's found in Edgefield and Orangeburg Counties of South Carolina 1785-1840 will never be written due to the loss of records during the Civil War. The Edgefield County records were only partially destroyed; however, the Orangeburg County records are particularly problematic since they no longer exist. These records represented the history of the huge Orangeburg District from the earliest settlement in the early 1700's to 1864. They included all land records, court records, tax records, marriage records, and slave schedules.

A few remaining land, census, church, and private family records are all that is left for research, in Orangeburg, South Carolina. These records provide brief sporatic 'snapshots' of individual Whitney's, but unfortunately, they do not provide specific documention of births, marriages, deaths or enough information to determine, even the basic family structure, of any Whitney individual.

Samuel Whitney initially appears in the archived records of Edgefield County, which at that time was a part of the Ninety Six District, with several curious survey records, the earliest of which was 6 December, 1786:

Note: Dates on the archived land records in South Carolina represent the recording dates. The actual purchase date could have been much earlier.

21 Feb 1789 Lewis, Joseph, Plat for 246 acres on waters of Turekey Creek, Ninety Six District, Surveyed by Howel Fort for Samuel Whitney. [2]

19 Jan 1791 Rottan, Tarleton Plat for 244 acres on Rockey Creek, Ninety Six District, Surveyed by Howel Fort for Samuel Whitney on December 6, 1786. [3]

15 Feb 1794 Gamalan, Andrew, Plat for 259 acres on waters of South Edisto River, Edgefield County, Ninety Six District, Surveyed by Howel Fort for Samuel Whitney on December 20, 1787 [4]

These surveys were done by Samuel Whitney as the initial step in a land grant process. He apparently, for whatever reason never carried any of the these surveyed lands to actual patent. He either, personally sold these surveys to another individual for their grant, or, the Land Office re-cycled the surveys into other grants.

7 November 1791 Fley, Samuel, Plat for 449 acres on Edisto River Edgefield County Ninety six District Surveyed by Robert Anderson for Andrew Gomalan Names indexed: Samuel Fley/Andrew Gomalan/ Smith/ William Coursey/ Bibby Bush/ Samuel Whitney [5]

Samuel Whitney shows as an adjacent land owner for Samuel Fley. This was the same area as noted on the surveys, located about halfway in between present day Edgefield and Salley South Carolina.

Sometime, in 1790, Samuel Whitney was licensed to preach at Cloud's Creek Baptist Church. [6] Cloud's Creek was, at that time, in the Old Ninety Six District. The church itself was begun in the mid 1700's as a Tunkard/Dunkard Church. By 1790, it was in decline and being used by a small congregation of Seven Day Baptist. It was one of the four Seven Day Baptist churches in South Carolina at the time. "This region, as documented in the notes of Reverend Morgan Edwards in his History of the Baptistsc1772 and sourced in Peacock's work, and was the center of four churches known as Seven Day Baptists. Coosawatchee Church..... Cloud Creek Baptist Church .... Wateree River and Edisto Creek churches." [7]


By the time of the 1790 South Carolina Census (actually done/completed in 1792), Samuel Whitney, Francis Whitney , Francis Whitney (Jr.) and their presumed families were located several miles to the east into, closely neighboring, Orangeburg County. They are found clustered together in the area of Shaw Creek, Hunter's Branch, and Dean Swamp off the South Edisto River. Found on adjacent lines to Samuel Whitney are Rowland Courtney, and his sons, James Courtney and Jonathan Courtney, and Jeremiah Joiner.

Note: This is the the same Rowland 'Nawlin' Courtney found on the 1782 Tax list Washington Co. Va, Edmondsond's District, with Francis Whitney and Elijah Whitney. Rowland Courtney with his sons had purchased land on Big Creek, Edgefield District, SC in 1784. [8]} They then relocated with the Whitney's to the South Edisto area. Both families purchased property on Dean Swamp and Hunter Branch, which are very closely neighboring creeks, on the north side, of the South Edisto River, in South Orangeburg. Both families built mills soon after their arrival in the area. The Courtney Mill was located on the northernmost area of Dean Swamp on the Orangeburg Road. The Whitney Mill, thought to have been built by Francis Whitney, was on Hunter's Branch, located no more than a mile, due south, of the Courtney Mill. [9] Is this just a string of coincidences or does this information suggest a long term, time and space, relationship between these families ?

Land purchases in Orangeburg South Carolina for Samuel Whitney:

27 Jan 1791 Courtney, James, Jonathan Courtney, AND Samuel Whitney , Plat for 553 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District. [10]

22 July 1792 Whitney, Samuel , Plat for 420 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District. [11]

22 July 1793 Warner, Wettenhall and Samuel Whitney , Plat for 428 acres on Hunters Branch, Orangeburg District. [12]

22 July 1793 Warner, Wettenhall AND Samuel Whitney, Plat for 1,120 cres on Dean Swamp Creek, Orangeburg District. [13]

Samuel Whitney is not found on the 1800 Census of South Carolina, or anywhere where else. The assumption has been that he died or disappeared, prior to 1800. He continues to appear, as an adjacent land owner, on several more land records, but these records hardly confirm that he was actually still alive and in South Carolina until 1820.

30 June 1806 Dubose, Henry Plat for 465 acres of Fork of Edisto River, Orangeburg district. Names indexed: Henry Dubose/Lewis B. Jernigan/ Samuel Whitney / William Warner/ Francis Whitney /Howell Williams. [14]

27 November 1811 Whitney, Makion, Plat for 554 acres on Hunters Branch and South Edisto River, Orangeburg District. Names indexed: Makion Whtiney/ Lewis B. Jernigan/ James Garner Sr./ John Smith Sr./ Francis Whitney/ W. Warner/ Samuel Whitney/ John Sally. [15]

28 December 1820 Guignard, James S. Plat for 1,000 acres on Dean Swamp, Orangeburg District. Names indexed: James Guignard/ Joshua Evans/ John Brewer/ James Fanning/Henry Spring/ Willim Cooper/ J. Courtney/ Samuel Whitney/ John Spring. [16]


Census

Notes

References

1. ^  History of the Town of Salley; internet link is non-functional.

2. ^  South Carolina Archives, Joseph Lewis, Series: S213190, Volume: 0024, Page: 00214, Item:002

3. ^  South Carolina Archives, Tarleton Rotan, Series: S213190, Volume: 0025, Page: 0036 Item: 001

4. ^  South Carolina Archives, Andrew Gamalan, Series: S213190, Volume: 0029, Page: 00237,Item: 001

5. ^  South Carolina Archives, Samuel Fley, Series: S213190 Volume - 0027 Page - 00387 Item - 01

6. ^  Townsend, Leah, South Carolina Baptist 1670-1805, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974, P. 367.

7. ^  Externral link.

8. ^  Courtney

9. ^  Mill's Atlas

10. ^  South Carolina Archives Series: S213190, Volume: 0025, Page: 00343, Item: 002.

11. ^  South Carolina Archives WHITNEY, SAMUEL,Series: S213190Volume: 0029Page: 00292Item: 002.

12. ^  South Carolina Archives Series: S213190, Volume: 0031, Page: 00517, Item: 002.

13. ^  South Carolina ArchivesSeries: S213190, Volume: 0031Page: 00543, Item: 001, Record 8.

14. ^  South Carolina Archives Series: S213192 Volume - 0039 Page - 00306 Item - 00.

15. ^  South Carolina Archvies Series:S213192, Volume: 0043, Page: 00136, Item: 004.

16. ^  South Carolina Archives Series: S213192, Volume - 0046, Page - 00325, Item - 01.


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