Difference between revisions of "Family:Whitney, William O. (b1775-1826)"
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"Shelbyville, the capital of Bedford County, ... was incorporated October 7, 1819, and has continued as an incorporated town up to the present. At the first municipal election, held on the first Monday in November, 1819, Thomas Davis, David McKissack, James A. McClure, Giles Burdett. William 0. Whitney, John H. Anderson and Jacob Morton were elected aldermen, and by them Thomas Davis was chosen mayor and James Brittain recorder."{{ref|3}} | "Shelbyville, the capital of Bedford County, ... was incorporated October 7, 1819, and has continued as an incorporated town up to the present. At the first municipal election, held on the first Monday in November, 1819, Thomas Davis, David McKissack, James A. McClure, Giles Burdett. William 0. Whitney, John H. Anderson and Jacob Morton were elected aldermen, and by them Thomas Davis was chosen mayor and James Brittain recorder."{{ref|3}} | ||
| − | He may have been the "Whitney" from Bedford County involved in the court case of "Donnelley vs. Whitney" in 1829 and 1830.{{ref|4}} | + | He may have been the "Whitney" from Bedford County involved in the court case of "Donnelley vs. Whitney" in 1829 and 1830.{{ref|4}} However, if this Whitney was in fact the husband of Ruth, it seems unlikely that he would have been in court over insolvency while at about the same time Ruth had 5 slaves. |
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Revision as of 14:57, 15 December 2009
William O. Whitney, parentage unknown, birthdate unknown, died after 1819 when he was appointed an Alderman in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN.[1]
He is perhaps the man who left widow Ruth Whitney and a family, listed in the 1830 census of Bedford Co., TN.
Ruth -----, born 1780-1790, died after 1830.
"Upon the formation of Bedford County, in 1807, ... the other early settlers were ..., Whitneys, ..."[2]
"Shelbyville, the capital of Bedford County, ... was incorporated October 7, 1819, and has continued as an incorporated town up to the present. At the first municipal election, held on the first Monday in November, 1819, Thomas Davis, David McKissack, James A. McClure, Giles Burdett. William 0. Whitney, John H. Anderson and Jacob Morton were elected aldermen, and by them Thomas Davis was chosen mayor and James Brittain recorder."[3]
He may have been the "Whitney" from Bedford County involved in the court case of "Donnelley vs. Whitney" in 1829 and 1830.[4] However, if this Whitney was in fact the husband of Ruth, it seems unlikely that he would have been in court over insolvency while at about the same time Ruth had 5 slaves.
Notes
Were two of the young men listed in the 1830 census with Ruth Whitney the William Whitney and John Whitney, both born in Tennessee, who resided next to each other in Washington Twp, Independence Co., AR in 1850?
Census
- 1830, Bedford Co., TN: Ruth Whitney, 3 males 20-30, 1 male 5-9, 1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50, 1 male slave 24-35, 1 male slave under 10, 1 female slave 36-54, 1 female slave 24-35, 1 female slave 10-23, 13 people total.
References
- Census records
1. ^ BEDFORD COUNTY, HISTORY OF TENNESSEE ILLUSTRATED, Nashville, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887.
2. ^ BEDFORD COUNTY, HISTORY OF TENNESSEE ILLUSTRATED, Nashville, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887.
3. ^ BEDFORD COUNTY, HISTORY OF TENNESSEE ILLUSTRATED, Nashville, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887.
4. ^ Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 4, By Tennessee. Supreme Court, George Shall Yerger.
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