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About Phillip Marion Whisenant
https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-29c4343f5538dc6c9fc09cb0c... Philip Whisenhunt came to North Carolina with his father John Adam and host of new American Germans down the Great Wagon road from Pennsylvania.
According to his will, he was a black smith.
He married Mary Bohelier before 1762.He married again Ann Helms on April 10 1788 in Lincoln Co., NC.
He, his son Conrad, and nephew Peter are listed in Colonel Samuel Campbell’s Loyalist Militia stationed on James Island near Charleston on May 5th, 1782. The loyalist in N. C. During Revolutionary War- DeMont; Duke University Press 1940, PP 217-218 Sergeant - Conrad Whisenhunt Private - Peter Whisenhunt Private - Philip Whisenhunt
Charleston was occupied by the British for thirty months when they left December 14th 1782. Though Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington in Oct.19, 1781 at Yorktown, it was not until September 3, 1783, that the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain's war with the United States was officially at an end. The Whisenhunts were in the North Carolina Militia from November 14, 1781 through April 1782, barely six months so it was after Yorktown that they were in service and essentially the war was already over. Details surrounding this are incomplete. Why they would have chosen this direction while other members of their family chose the patriot side can only be speculated upon. Their strong German heritage making them still somewhat “Old World” has been offered as a possible reason, also the possibility that “impressment” or some strong outside motivation was used to secure their service as a possibility. Apparently they did not fight against American patriots as they were sent to East Florida presumably to reinforce the British Troops there after the fall of West Florida to the Spanish in May 1781. It does not appear from this information that they should be considered "loyalist" during the American Revolution at all. However, one of the loyalist leaders that they were under, Col. David Fanning claimed to have been originally a Patriot, however, he said that mistreatment by Patriots caused him to change sides. The Revolutionary war was a "civil war" in many respects sometimes in more ways than our "Civil War" for it pitted not just state against state, but neighbor against neighbor, family members against family members. Philips son Conrad also was listed as Johan Conrad Wiesenant in Rev. Arends' diary (Pastor of this church) and was buried in Daniel's Reformed Church Cemetery. As both father and son died within five years of each other, were close from their military service, and Conrad was buried at Daniel's, it is a reasonable to assume that Philip was buried there also. Neither Conrad or Philip have discernible markers. If anyone has any other contributing information please let us all know.
Sincerely,
Rev. Jonny L. Whisenant* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 20 2021, 22:22:13 UTC
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Phillip Marion Whisenant's Timeline
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1736
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Muddy Creek, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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1755
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Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
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1758
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Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
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1760
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Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
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1762
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Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
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1762
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Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
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1764
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North Carolina, United States
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1766
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Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
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1766
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Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
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