John Wesley White, Jr

John Wesley White (Wesley White2, William White1) was born ABT 1738 in Virginia, and died 1840 in Mercer County, [Logan County], West Virginia

Family

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=poki00&id=I142096

He married

1. Patience 'Biddy' Mills.
2. He married Frances Mills 17 AUG 1792 in Montgomery County, Virginia.

	  Children of John Wesley White and Patience 'Biddy' Mills are:

• + 6 i. Benjamin 'Chicasaw Ben' White was born ABT 1765 in Montgomery County, Virginia, and died ABT 1836 in Logan County, (West) Virginia.
• 7 ii. Nancy White was born ABT 1774. She married Robert Whitt 22 OCT 1792. He was born 1755 in Amelia County, Virginia.
• + 8 iii. John 'Jack' White was born ABT 1
• iv. James White was born 1785, and died BEF 1860.
• + 10 v. William White was born 1790.

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148057340/john-wesley-white

John Wesley White II, was the son of John Wesley White I and Mary Elizabeth Harrison. His date of birth is usually given around 1758. I believe, it was earlier.

It has been documented by Henry Ragland, founder and editor of the “Logan Banner” newspaper, that this John White, an Indian fighter (and Revolutionary soldier), arrived in Logan County, West Virginia, after 1824, after county was opened up for settlement. John’s family settled in the area of the present town of Aracoma (now an unincorporated community of Logan). Indian hostilities had ceased in the area around 1780, when Shawnee Chief Cornstalk’s daughter, then leader of the tribe, was captured and mortally wounded by General William Madison’s troops on Midelburg Island in 1780. (Princess) Aracoma had been married to Bolling Kikpelathy "Long Hunter” Baker, a Revolutionary soldier that had died about 1812.

have settled Sugar Run, the waters of Walker's Creek, when they came from Amherst. At one time, this was Giles County. Benjamin went to Logan….

John Wesley was married twice. The first time to “Biddy”. This was a 17th and 18th century nickname for “Patience”. I recently came across a website that gave her last name as Miller. It could have also been Mills. She was the mother of his first 9 children. Biddy died near the age of 35 before 1792; probably in Montgomery, VA. He then married a widow, Frances Mills on August 19, 1792. Thomas Copley served surety bond. Sureties were often posted by a relative, as a brother or uncle. Thomas was old enough to be her father or uncle…. In some family trees, he is listed as coming from England. Frances was also mentioned as being from England.

John served as a soldier sporadically during the Revolutionary War between the years of 1778-1781. He then resumed his life as a farmer.

Notes

Notes taken from: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2716851...

Marriage performed by Alexander Ross, Minister. John was married twice. His first wife has been recorded as Patience or Biddy. John and his first wife had six children. He married Franes Mills on August 17, 1792 in Montgomery County, Virginia in a ceremony performed by Alexander Ross, Minister. Thomas Copley served as surety for the marriage and Frances was recorded as a widow. There is some question as to whether John, Sr. was married other than to Frances. According to Henry Clay Ragland, author of "History of Logan County, West Virginia," if John White, Sr. were himself a widower at the time of his marriage to Frances, he could have been the Indian Fighter who migrated to Logan County with a family of grown men and one daughter to become pioneer settler there.

Ragland identifies only four sons (John "Jack" is one) and a daughter of the Logan pioneer, John White and wife, identified by Descendants as "Biddy." Frances could have been referred to as Biddy according to this report.

Links

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=poki00&id=I018219

Not born in Amherst County. Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County.

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John Wesley White II, was the son of John Wesley White I and Mary Elizabeth Harrison. His date of birth is usually given around 1758. I believe, it was earlier.

It has been documented by Henry Ragland, founder and editor of the “Logan Banner” newspaper, that this John White, an Indian fighter (and Revolutionary soldier), arrived in Logan County, West Virginia, after 1824, after county was opened up for settlement. John’s family settled in the area of the present town of Aracoma (now an unincorporated community of Logan).

Indian hostilities had ceased in the area around 1780, when Shawnee Chief Cornstalk’s daughter, then leader of the tribe, was captured and mortally wounded by General William Madison’s troops on Midelburg Island in 1780. (Princess) Aracoma had been married to Bolling Kikpelathy "Long Hunter” Baker, a Revolutionary soldier that had died about 1812.

The land in Aracoma is watered by the Guyandotte River. Corn was the main crop for many years. Coal mining in the 1840’s.

To understand where the Whites came from and went, you have to know about the name changes of those counties.

Orange County, VA, was formed in 1724, from Spotsylvania. This is where our patriarch's father was born. Amhurst/Amherst County was formed in 1761 from Albemarle, where the family was recorded as living before their arrival in Logan.

They also resided in: Montgomery, 620 acres (from Fincastle, Botetourt, Pulaski, 1776), and Giles counties (from Montgomery, Craig, Monroe, Tazewell, Mercer, and Wythe, 1806), as well as Mercer County (from Giles and Tazewell, 1837). Logan County, WV, was formed from Giles, Kanawha, and Cabell. Sometimes they didn’t have to move. The counties were moved instead. It is also the reason, plus the Civil War, why finding definitive documents can be so hard.

John and his brother Benjamin were said to have settled Sugar Run, the waters of Walker's Creek, when they came from Amherst. At one time, this was Giles County. Benjamin went to Logan….

John Wesley was married twice. The first time to “Biddy”. This was a 17th and 18th century nickname for “Patience”. I recently came across a website that gave her last name as Miller. It could have also been Mills. She was the mother of his first 9 children. Biddy died near the age of 35 before 1792; probably in Montgomery, VA.

He then married a widow, Frances Mills on August 19, 1792. Thomas Copley served surety bond. Sureties were often posted by a relative, as a brother or uncle. Thomas was old enough to be her father or uncle…. In some family trees, he is listed as coming from England. Frances was also mentioned as being from England.

John served as a soldier sporadically during the Revolutionary War between the years of 1778-1781. He then resumed his life as a farmer.

Children attributed to John, number 12. Some, appear to be born in the 1770’s. Are they verified? No. However, I will present them in the interest of hearing from other relatives. The first 6 are commonly attributed to John.

1. John “Jack” White 2. Nancy White 3. Benjamin White 4. James White 5. Thomas White 6. William White 7. Arthur White 8. Peter White 9. Mary White 10. Sarah White 11. Samuel White 12. Charles White

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Two dates and locations of birth are found for John Wesley White, II. 1750 in Amhurst County, Virginia and 1755 in Egerton, Kent, England. It has bee documented by Henry Ragland, founder and editor of the "Logan Banner", that this John White, an Indiana fighter and Revolutionary solder, arrived in Logan County, West Virginia, after 1824, after the county was opened up for settlement. John served as a soldier sporadically during the Revolutionary War between the years of 1778-1781. He then resumed his life as a farmer.

John served in an early militia company known as "No.5". He served under Captain Scholl under Colonel Beverly. This unit has been recorded in Virginia County Records, Colonial Militia, by Wm. A. Crozier, Vol. 1, page 93.

He settled in Logan County with his grown sons and a daughter. It is noted that many of his sons served with him in the Revolutionary War and fighting Indians. His children as reported by "The History of Logan County, WV" are: John Jack Jr. White who married Susannah Marcum, Nancy White who married Robert Whitt, James who married Lucrecia Elkins, Benjamin who married Anna Stuart and William.