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Jesse Witt

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Virginia
Death: February 1846 (69-70)
Rhea County TN
Immediate Family:

Son of John Witt and Elizabeth Ann Witt
Husband of Margaret Witt and Betsey Witt
Father of John B. Whitt; Anna Russell; Abner Whitt; Elizabeth Shelton; Jesse Whitt and 6 others
Brother of Elizabeth C. Luttrell; John Witt; Mary Tolbert; Sarah Hughes; Charles Wiley Witt and 3 others
Half brother of Lucy Gammon and Rhoda Patterson

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About Jesse Witt

Jesse Whitt

  • Birth: 1777 - Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
  • Death: 1846 - Rhea, Tennessee, United States
  • Parents: John Witt, Elizabeth Witt (born Luttrell)
  • Son: Jesse Whitt

Jessy Witt 1776-1846 was married 3 times, and had 23 children.
Margaret Witt, his 1st cousin, was his 3rd wife. They married in 1795 and had 9 children.

1796-1798 he was in Washington co. Tenn
1998 He gets deeded (6 acres from John Acton
1819 He gets 200 acres on Richmond Creek with a grist mill and a saw mill from Daniel Rawlings
He was in Captain William McGills' Co. 1820
He was listed as still in Mc Gills co and also on the Juror 1821
He's deeded 200 acres East and West of Richmond Creek by William Baldwin 1822
The tax list shows he now owns 640 acres 1823
He joins Capt. William Howard's co. in Rhea, Tenn 1827
He is again on the juror list and still with Capt. Howard 1830
The tax list has all free white persons at his address
1834 Jessy deeds 100 acres to John Patterson

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Jesse Witt's Timeline

1776
1776
Virginia
1796
September 10, 1796
Knox Co.,Tenn.
1798
1798
Tennessee, United States
1799
1799
1801
1801
Rhea County, Tennessee, United States
1801
Virginia, United States
1803
1803
Rhea County, Tennessee, United States
1805
1805
Rhea Co.,Tenn.