Descendants of Robert Whytt/Witt

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Generation No. 1

1. ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT

Notes for ROBERT WHYTT/WITT:

The first mention of a Witt (Whytt) that I have found is from Virginia Colonial Abstract 18 re William Claiborne. Robert Whytt Accomack County, Virginia 1636. Robert Whytt, Mariner on September 5, 1636 at Court of Acchowmacke. "I William Claiborne being Secretary of State, Phillip Taylor planter of Acchowmacke complained against Robert Whytt, mariner 2,000 lbs. tobacco, lost by casualty, Isle of Kentry 6 & 20 1636 William Clayborne on September 5, 1636."

The first mention of the name is in Sterling, Kilseth near Edinburgh, a port in Scotland is 1643. Thomas Whitt father of infants Archibald and Bessie in the 1660s.

Child of ROBERT WHYTT/WITT is:

2. i. JOHN² WITT I, b. 1645, Herefordshire, England; d. Abt. 1715, Charles City County, Virginia.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² WITT I (ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1645 in Herefordshire, England, and died Abt. 1715 in Charles City County, Virginia. He married ANN DAUX 1669 in Albermarle County, Virginia. She was born 1647 in Albermarle County, Virginia.

Notes for JOHN WITT I:

John Witt emigrated to the Virginia Colony in 1659.

John Witt received a Land Patent on Novermber 20, 1670, in Charles City County, Virginia. In 1677, he served as a juror in Charles City, Virginia.

Children of JOHN WITT and ANN DAUX are:

3. i. WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³ WITT, b. 1675, Virginia; d. June 13, 1754, St. Ann Parish, Albermarle County, Virginia.

4. ii. JOHN WITT II, b. Abt. 1676, Charles City County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1751, Goochland County, Virginia.

5. iii. EDWARD WITT, b. Abt. 1685, Bristol Parish, Virginia; d. Aft. 1752, Virginia.

6. iv. RICHARD WITT I, b. Abt. 1690, Virginia; d. Abt. 1764, Bute County, North Carolina.

Generation No. 3

3. WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³ WITT (JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1675 in Virginia, and died June 13, 1754 in St. Ann Parish, Albermarle County, Virginia. He married MARY MILDRED DAUX 1710 in Virginia. She was born Abt. 1679 in Virginia, and died August 10, 1741 in Albermarl County, Virginia.

Notes for WILLIAM GUILLAUNE WITT:

The Will of William Witt

Albermarle County, Virginia, Will Book 1, April 25, 1754, Probated June 13, 1754

In the name of God, Amen. I William Witt of the Parish of St. Anne and County of Albermarle being in perfect health and sound memory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same. I do think fit to constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in manner and form followeth.

First, I commit my Spirit into the Hands of Almighty God that first gave it. Secondly, my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian manner.

In primis I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Benjamin Witt a Grey mare, a great Bible, one Pewter Bason, one plate and half of my wearing Cloaths. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Canidey one Feather Bed and Furniture and all the Meat and Corn on my Plantation for the use of her and her Children this ensuing Year. Likewise, I lend to my said Daughter my negro Tom till such time her husband John Cannady comes in takes care of her and her Children as a husband ought to do. In the Case the said Canidey should not return the said Negro to remain in her possession during her Natural Life and after to be divided among my children except my Son Benjamin Witt, Sarah Caniday and Agness Key.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Agness Key my Negro fellow Ned all the rest of my Estate household Furniture, Cattle, Horses, Hoggs, etc. I desire it may be equally divided among my Children except Benjamin Witt, Sarah Canidey and Agness Key. I do appoint my son John Witt and Peter Chasteen Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking all former Wills by me made as Witness Whereof.

I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 25 Day of April 1754.

William Witt L. T.

Witnesses: Henry Martin, Samuel Hopkins, and John Barnet

He is buried in St. Ammis Parish Churchyard beside his wife.

The Witt home was in Albemarle County on the north side of the Rivanna in the neck cut off by Ballenger Creek. In 1738 he purchased 200 acres of land when it was still in Goochland. In 1741 he gave the land to his son John.

The old Witt homestead at Roseland, now in Nelson County, remained in the possession of Witt descendants for over two hundrec years.

Notes for MARY MILDRED DAUX:

Mary Mildred Daux Witt is buried at St. Anne's Parish where the old church of Rev. Robert Rose is located. There is said to be a very interesting transcription on her tombstone.

Children of WILLIAM WITT and MARY DAUX are:

7. i. JOHN⁴ WITT, b. 1710, Manakin Town, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. March 04, 1782, Amherst County, Virginia.

ii. MADELINE MIDDY WITT, b. 1718, Albermarl County, Virginia; m. PETER CHASTAIN.

iii. SARAH WITT, b. 1716, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. April 25, 1754, Bedford County, Virginia; m. JOHN CANADEY.

8. iv. BENJAMIN WITT, SR., b. 1712, Virginia; d. 1774, Rockingham County, Virginia.

9. v. AGNES WITT, b. 1714, Albermarle County, Virginia; d. 1788.

vi. RICHARD WILLIAM WITT, b. 1726, Albermarl County, Virginia.

4. JOHN³ WITT II (JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born Abt. 1676 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1751 in Goochland County, Virginia. He married ANN ROGERS.

Children of JOHN WITT and ANN ROGERS are:

i. SILVANUS SILAS⁴ WITT.

10. ii. SARAH WITT, b. 1695, Virginia; d. Aft. 1769, Halifax, Virginia.

iii. FEMALE WITT, m. DAVID BARNET.

iv. FEMALE WITT, m. JOHN FARRAR.

11. v. JOHN WITT III, b. 1693, Charles City County, Virginia; d. 1779, Halifax, Virginia.

5. EDWARD³ WITT (JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born Abt. 1685 in Bristol Parish, Virginia, and died Aft. 1752 in Virginia. He married MARY ELIZA PETTIPOOLE.

Children of EDWARD WITT and MARY PETTIPOOLE are:

i. ANN⁴ WITT, b. December 11, 1730.

ii. JOHN WITT, b. July 10, 1734.

iii. WILLIAM WITT, b. 1742.

iv. MARY WITT, b. 1745.

6. RICHARD³ WITT I (JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born Abt. 1690 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1764 in Bute County, North Carolina. He married (1) ELIZABETH LIPTROT. He married (2) MARY KIMBROW.

Children of RICHARD WITT and ELIZABETH LIPTROT are:

i. RICHARD⁴ WITT II.

ii. HEZEKIAH WITT.

iii. JOHN WITT.

iv. ROBERT WITT.

Child of RICHARD WITT and MARY KIMBROW is:

v. EDMUND⁴ WITT.

Generation No. 4

7. JOHN⁴ WITT (WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1710 in Manakin Town, Albermarl County, Virginia, and died March 04, 1782 in Amherst County, Virginia. He married LUCY LITTLEBURY 1740 in Virginia. She was born 1713 in Manakin Town, Henrico County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1782 in Virginia.

Notes for JOHN WITT:

John Witt has seven sons that served in the Recvolutionary War.

Children of JOHN WITT and LUCY LITTLEBURY are:

12. i. ABNER⁵ WITT I, b. 1754, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1813, Knox County, Tennessee.

13. ii. DAVID WITT, SR., b. 1752, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. September 28, 1818, Nelson County, Virginia.

14. iii. JOHN WITT, b. 1753, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. August 25, 1825, Knox County, Tennessee.

15. iv. LITTLEBURY WITT, b. 1746, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. 1796, Amherst County, Virginia.

v. LUCY WITT, m. BENJAMIN CARPENTER.

vi. AIRES WITT, b. 1745, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. 1820, Knox County, Tennessee.

vii. CHARLES WITT, b. 1756, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. 1796, Knox County, Tennessee.

Notes for CHARLES WITT:

Charles Witt died in service during the Revolutionary War.

viii. GEORGE WITT, b. 1758, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. 1830, Knox County, Tennessee; m. BETTY UNKNOWN.

Notes for GEORGE WITT:

George Witt served in the Revolutionary War.

16. ix. ELISHA WITT, SR., b. September 18, 1759, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. December 16, 1835, Estill County, Kentucky.

17. x. WILLIAM E. WITT, SR., b. December 11, 1762, Powhattan County, Virginia; d. December 26, 1827, Howard County, Missouri.

8. BENJAMIN⁴ WITT, SR. (WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1712 in Virginia, and died 1774 in Rockingham County, Virginia. He married MARRIANNE CHASTAIN.

Children of BENJAMIN WITT and MARRIANNE CHASTAIN are:

i. MARIANNE⁵ WITT, b. March 19, 1731/32.

ii. BENJAMIN WITT II.

iii. JOHN WITT.

iv. CHARLES WITT, b. Abt. 1730.

v. LEWIS WITT, b. Abt. 1734.

9. AGNES⁴ WITT (WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1714 in Albermarle County, Virginia, and died 1788. She married JOHN KEY, JR. December 27, 1750 in Virginia. He was born 1731 in Virginia, and died 1789.

Children of AGNES WITT and JOHN KEY are:

i. ELIZABETH⁵ KEY.

ii. BARBARY KEY.

iii. JUDITH KEY.

iv. WINNEY KEY.

v. WILLIAM KEY, b. Abt. 1751.

vi. JOHN WALLER KEY, b. May 11, 1752.

vii. GEORGE KEY, b. 1753.

viii. JOSEPH KEY, b. 1764.

10. SARAH⁴ WITT (JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1695 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1769 in Halifax, Virginia. She married THOMAS HARBOUR 1715 in Charles City County, Virginia. He was born 1675 in Wales, and died 1770 in Henry County, Virginia.

Children of SARAH WITT and THOMAS HARBOUR are:

18. i. LAMINIA⁵ HARBOUR, b. 1720, Virginia; d. Aft. 1782, Halifax, Virginia.

ii. TALMON HARBOUR, b. 1718, Virginia; d. 1820, Patrick, Virginia; m. MARY WRIGHT; b. 1726, Virginia.

iii. ABNER HARBOUR, b. 1730, Hanover County, Virginia.

iv. ELISHA HARBOUR, b. 1733, Halifax, Virginia; m. MARGARET UNKNOWN; b. 1737, Virginia.

v. ELIJAH HARBOUR, b. 1735, Hanover County, Virginia; d. 1769, Virginia; m. PRUDENCE PUSEY, Abt. 1758, Virginia.

vi. ADONIJAH HARBOUR, b. 1748, Goochland County, Virginia; m. NANCY ANN DALTON; b. 1752, Virginia.

vii. MARY HARBOUR, b. 1726, Virginia; m. PALATIAH SHELTON; b. 1722, Virginia.

viii. JANE HARBOUR.

19. ix. SARAH HARBOUR, b. 1732, Virginia; d. 1814.

x. DAVID HARBOUR.

xi. THOMAS HARBOUR.

11. JOHN⁴ WITT III (JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1693 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died 1779 in Halifax, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH P. PARRISH Abt. 1723 in Virginia.

Children of JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH PARRISH are:

20. i. JOHN⁵ WITT IV.

21. ii. MARY WITT.

22. iii. HANNAH WITT, d. Aft. 1805, Georgia.

iv. JUDAH WITT, m. JOHN MATLOCK, November 22, 1756, Goochland County, Virginia.

v. JESSE WITT, d. 1807, Henry County, Virginia.

vi. JOYCE WITT.

23. vii. CHARLES C. WITT, b. 1712, Henry County, Virginia; d. January 20, 1791, Halifax, Virginia.

24. viii. DAVID WITT, b. 1725, Charles City County, Virginia; d. 1808, Henry County, Virginia.

ix. ELIZABETH WITT, d. 1810.

Generation No. 5

12. ABNER⁵ WITT I (JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1754 in Albermarl County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1813 in Knox County, Tennessee. He married RHODA ANN CHURCHILL.

Notes for ABNER WITT I:

Abner Witt was a soldier of the Americsn Revolution.

Chattanooga Free Press Feb. 25, 1996 page F 10

WHITT FAMILY CAME TO AMERICA IN SEARCH OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Abner Witt, a native of Amherst County, Va., and a descendant of Huguenots (French Protesrants) was one of the pioneers of uper East Tennessee. He finally made his way to Sale Creek, where he lived below the Indian boundary near his sons-in-law, Robert Patterson and Robert Gamble.

He was the grandson of Guillaume (William) Witt, who was born in France in 1675 and made his way to Albemarle County, Va., Guillaume Witt's father was John Witt and his mother was Ann Daux, daughter of a London merchant, Walter Daux. Guillaume Witt married Mary Daux.

To escape religious persecution in France, the Witts sailed in 1699 from Southampton, England, for the Virginia Conony. Guillaume Witt was one of the founders of Manakintowne, bout 15 miles from Richmond. His estate at St. Ann's Parish at Mankin County was known as Roseland. In his wwill in 1754, he left one son a gray mare, a "great Bible", a pewter basin, one plate and"half my wearing clothes." Several slaves were parceled out to the children.

They were Charles who married Lavinia Harbour, Benjamin who married Marianna Chastain, Lewis, Abner who married Anna Churchill, David who married John Key, III, Satah who married John Canaday, and Caleb. The Harbour sisters were children of Thomas Harbour and Sarah Witt.

Another son of Guillaume Witt, John, was born in 1710. His first wife was Elizabeth and the second was Lucy Littlebury. His children, in addition to the Abner who came to Sale Creek were john, littlebury, who married Jane Bennett, Charles, George, Eliisha who married Phoebe Dodd Williams, David and Lucy who married Ben Carpenter. John Witt died at Amherst County, Va., in 1782. He left 10 shillings to be divided seven of his sons,William, was given "all of the landsand personal estate goods, chattles I die possessed with."

Abner Witt left Virginia several years after his father's death and venutred into the frontier of the future Tennessee. A store account receipt from May 27, 1787, from the state of Franklin bears the name Abner Witt. In 1790, he bought 200 acres in Greene County from Abednego Inman. This section was later formed into Knox County.

In the Knoxville Gazette in 1797 there was notice that "Abner Witt offered the reward of $15 for the return of a runaway negro felloq named Jack."

In November 1806, Abner Witt went alone into the Caney Fork region of Cumberland in Middle Tennessee. He remained there until August of 1897 when he returned to his family and made plans to join the Pattersons and Gambles to the future Hamilton County. They had moved there December 1806.

Richard Waterhouse in his diary has this entry for July 3, 1813: "Left home down Tennessee Vally crossing Sale Creek, to Abner Witt's, 24 miles."

Abner Witt's daughter Elizabeth had married Robert Gamble. Another daughter, Rhoda, who was born in the Revolutionary year of 1776, married Robert Patterson in Knox County about 1794. Other children of Abner Witt were Jesse, John, Charles Wiley, Abner, Jr., and Delphia who married Robert Patterson.

In 1823, in a deposition given by Robert Patterson after the death of Abner Witt, Patterson said he had been acquainted with Abner Witt "since 1787 or 1788, with Soloman Reed since about the time of Blount's Treaty with the Cherokee Indians where Knoxville now stand."

An Abner Witt was an early purchaser of property at Dallas when it was the county seat and was listed as one of the first 53 citizens of Chattanooga. This apparently was Abner Witt, Jr.

Charles Wyley Witt, who was born in 1780, married Alabama Gibson about 1800, and they made their home at Sale Creek. The eldest son was named Gibson Witt. A daughter, Ann, married Jesse Pendergrass from a neighboring farm, and they moved to Cookeville. Other children of Charles Wylie Witt included James H. who married Jane Bryant, Abner Lewis who married Elizabeth Nolen, Almira, John P. who married Celia Moore, and Mary who married John Hodges. Two of the children married children of James Varner. Rhoda married George Varner and Samuel H. married Jane Varner. The two youngest sons married Yeager sisters of Sparta. Charles Wylie Jr., married Phoebe Emiline Yeager and Allenson married Ann Yeager.

Charles Wylie Witt died in 1815. His children sold the 100 acre homeplace for $400 in 1846 to Lewis Patterson, a grandson of Abner Witt.

Some of the descendants of John Witt, older brother of Abner Witt, also made their way to Hamilton County. He had married Elizabeth Luttrell about 1769. Their children were Elizabeth who married William Lutrell, Jesse who married Alice Brown, John, Mary who married John Jarnigan, Sarah, Margaret, Charles, William and Abner.

Some Witts who resided at Georgetown traced back to Charles Witt, son of Guillaume Witt. William Hopkins Witt was born just before the Civil War near Georgetown, the son of Joseph N. Witt, a great grandson of that Charles Witt. Joseph N. Witt was the son of Nathaniel Witt and Mary Cate and grandson of Joseph Witt and Sarah Kinbrough.

Joseph N. Witt was a schoolteacher, farmer, and postmaster at Meigs County. Fighting for the Union side, he was captain of Company G of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry. He married Charity Agnes Gamble and then Mary Whitmore.

W.H. Witt lived the last 32 years of his life at Kennewick, Wash. after settling there in 1906. His wife was Caroline Brooks. A son, William Owen Witt, remained in Georgetown. Owne Witt operated the Witt Barber Shop on Runyan Road off Highway 58. He married Grace Allen. Their children were listed as Mrs. Claire Saulters, Mrs. G.F. Cope, Jr., Mrs. George Hixson, Mrs. Noel Scaffa, W.O., Jr., J. Eugene, R.M. Mike, Barney, Walter, Douglas, James (Tony) and Harry H.

Children of ABNER WITT and RHODA CHURCHILL are:

25. i. RHODA⁶ WITT, b. November 11, 1776, Virginia; d. June 23, 1853, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

ii. ABNER WITT II.

iii. DELPHY WITT, m. RICHARD ROSEYGRANTS, January 01, 1801, Knox County, Tennessee.

iv. ELIZABETH WITT, m. JAMES CHURCHWELL LUTTRELL.

v. JESSE WITT.

vi. JOHN P. WITT, m. REBECCA WEAR.

vii. POLLY WITT, m. WILLIAM MCNAMEE, November 28, 1797, Knox County, Tennessee.

viii. THOMAS WITT, m. POLLY WRIGHT, December 19, 1807, Knox County, Tennessee.

26. ix. CHARLES WYLEY WITT, SR., b. 1780, North Carolina; d. 1835, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

13. DAVID⁵ WITT, SR. (JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1752 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died September 28, 1818 in Nelson County, Virginia. He married SARAH ABNEY.

Notes for DAVID WITT, SR.:

David served in the Revolutionary War.

Children of DAVID WITT and SARAH ABNEY are:

i. SALLY⁶ WITT, b. November 21, 1810, Nelson County, Virginia; m. WILLIAM WITT, November 21, 1810, Nelson County, Virginia.

ii. DENNIS ABNEY WITT.

iii. ANN SPARKS WITT.

iv. DAVID WITT, JR..

v. CECELIA WITT.

vi. LINNIE WITT.

vii. DICEY CANDICY WITT.

viii. BURGESS WITT.

ix. WILLIAM WITT.

14. JOHN⁵ WITT (JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1753 in Albermarl County, Virginia, and died August 25, 1825 in Knox County, Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH LUTTRELL Abt. 1770 in Virginia.

Notes for JOHN WITT:

John Witt served in The Revolutionary War. He enlisted at Amherst County, Virginia under Captain John Woodson and Colonel George Matthews. He served in the 9th Virginia Regiment. He enlisted a second time under Colonel Daniel Gaines and General Lafayette as a minuteman and served at the rank of Private.

Children of JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH LUTTRELL are:

i. ELIZABETH⁶ WITT, b. August 05, 1771, Virginia; d. February 1863; m. WILLIAM LUTTRELL, June 30, 1787, Amherst County, Virginia.

27. ii. JESSE WITT, b. Abt. 1776, Virginia; d. 1846.

iii. MARY WITT.

iv. SARAH WITT.

v. MARGARET WITT.

vi. CHARLES WITT, b. 1780; d. 1835.

vii. WILLIAM WITT, m. SALLY WITT, November 21, 1810, Nelson County, Virginia; b. November 21, 1810, Nelson County, Virginia.

viii. ABNER WITT.

ix. JOHN WITT.

15. LITTLEBURY⁵ WITT (JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1746 in Albermarl County, Virginia, and died 1796 in Amherst County, Virginia. He married JENNY BURNETT September 30, 1777 in Amherst County, Virginia.

Notes for LITTLEBURY WITT:

Littlebury Witt served in the Revolutionary War.

Children of LITTLEBURY WITT and JENNY BURNETT are:

i. MILLIE⁶ WITT.

ii. POLLY WITT.

iii. ELIZABETH WITT.

16. ELISHA⁵ WITT, SR. (JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born September 18, 1759 in Albermarl County, Virginia, and died December 16, 1835 in Estill County, Kentucky. He married PHOEBE DODD July 17, 1781 in Virginia.

Notes for ELISHA WITT, SR.:

Elisha Witt served in the Revolutionary War.

Children of ELISHA WITT and PHOEBE DODD are:

28. i. WILLIAM⁶ WITT, b. September 05, 1782, Estill County, Kentucky; d. January 30, 1844, Estill County, Kentucky.

ii. ANNE WITT, b. August 29, 1784, Estill County, Kentucky.

iii. CHARLES WITT, b. December 21, 1786, Estill County, Kentucky; d. March 09, 1871, Estill County, Kentucky.

iv. ABNER WITT, b. February 20, 1789, Estill County, Kentucky.

v. ELISHA WITT, JR., b. February 01, 1792, Estill County, Kentucky; d. 1858.

vi. NATHAN WITT, b. October 20, 1794, Estill County, Kentucky.

vii. RACHEL WITT, b. April 19, 1797, Estill County, Kentucky.

viii. DAVID WITT, b. October 27, 1799, Estill County, Kentucky.

ix. JOHN WITT, b. January 27, 1801, Estill County, Kentucky; d. May 02, 1826.

x. SILAS WITT, b. September 09, 1803, Estill County, Kentucky; d. August 31, 1898; m. LUCINDA DARCE DANIELS, May 28, 1824.

17. WILLIAM E.⁵ WITT, SR. (JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born December 11, 1762 in Powhattan County, Virginia, and died December 26, 1827 in Howard County, Missouri. He married MILDRED BABER December 26, 1782 in Virginia.

Notes for WILLIAM E. WITT, SR.:

William Witt served in the Revolutionary War.

Children of WILLIAM WITT and MILDRED BABER are:

i. LUCY⁶ WITT, b. February 10, 1788, Albermarl County, Virginia; d. July 1859, Estill County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM WITT, May 20, 1806, Madison County, Kentucky; b. September 05, 1782, Estill County, Kentucky; d. January 30, 1844, Estill County, Kentucky.

ii. ELIZABETH WITT, b. November 25, 1783.

iii. JOHN WITT, b. November 05, 1785.

iv. LITTLEBURY WITT, b. December 10, 1789.

v. ELISHA BERRY WITT, b. August 24, 1791.

vi. WILLIAM E. WITT, JR., b. January 20, 1794.

vii. OBEDIAH WITT, b. May 01, 1796.

viii. MILDRED WITT, b. June 14, 1798.

ix. MARGARET WITT, b. December 19, 1800.

x. NELSON WITT, b. December 27, 1802.

xi. MARY WITT, b. January 15, 1805.

18. LAMINIA⁵ HARBOUR (SARAH⁴ WITT, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1720 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1782 in Halifax, Virginia. She married CHARLES C. WITT 1740 in Goochland County, Virginia, son of JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH PARRISH. He was born 1712 in Henry County, Virginia, and died January 20, 1791 in Halifax, Virginia.

Children of LAMINIA HARBOUR and CHARLES WITT are:

i. SARAH⁶ WITT, b. 1740, Virginia; m. HENRY KIRBY.

29. ii. LAVINA WITT, b. 1742, Virginia; d. December 31, 1773, Halifax, Virginia.

30. iii. MARY WITT, b. April 04, 1753, Virginia; d. December 14, 1829, Witt's Foundry, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

31. iv. ELIJAH WITT, b. 1756, Virginia; d. 1806, Hamblen County, Tennessee.

v. CHARITY WITT, m. DUNCAN CARMICHAEL.

vi. NELLY WITT.

vii. RHODA WITT, b. 1747, Virginia; m. THOMAS STAMPS, SR..

viii. SUSANNAH WITT, b. Virginia; m. DAVID COSBY, September 24, 1791, Goochland County, Virginia.

32. ix. CALEB WITT, b. September 02, 1762, Halifax, Virginia; d. January 20, 1827, Russellville, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

33. x. JOSEPH WITT, b. 1750, Virginia; d. 1824, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

34. xi. LYDIA WITT, b. 1745.

19. SARAH⁵ HARBOUR (SARAH⁴ WITT, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1732 in Virginia, and died 1814. She married DAVID WITT, son of JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH PARRISH. He was born 1725 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died 1808 in Henry County, Virginia.

Children of SARAH HARBOUR and DAVID WITT are:

i. MILDRED⁶ WITT, d. Bef. 1820.

ii. JOHN WITT, b. 1745, Virginia; d. Aft. 1826, White County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.

iii. HANNAH WITT.

iv. SARAH WITT.

20. JOHN⁵ WITT IV (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) He married MARY BULLINGTON Abt. 1753 in Virginia.

Children of JOHN WITT and MARY BULLINGTON are:

i. ANN⁶ WITT, b. August 30, 1753.

ii. JOHN WITT V, b. December 25, 1756.

iii. MARY WITT, b. November 18, 1760.

iv. JEANIE WITT, b. March 07, 1763.

v. JESSE WITT, b. January 15, 1766.

21. MARY⁵ WITT (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) She married JOHN BULLINGTON, SR. 1756 in Virginia.

Child of MARY WITT and JOHN BULLINGTON is:

i. JOHN⁶ BULLINGTON, JR., b. September 04, 1757.

22. HANNAH⁵ WITT (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) died Aft. 1805 in Georgia. She married CHARLES HUDDLESLY 1756 in Virginia.

Children of HANNAH WITT and CHARLES HUDDLESLY are:

i. JAMES JENNIUS⁶ HUDDLESLY.

ii. CHARLES HUDDLESLY.

iii. PARTHENIA HUDDLESLY.

iv. JESSE HUDDLESLY.

v. ADONIJAH HUDDLESLY.

vi. ADLER HUDDLESLY.

vii. ELIZABETH HUDDLESLY.

23. CHARLES C.⁵ WITT (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1712 in Henry County, Virginia, and died January 20, 1791 in Halifax, Virginia. He married LAMINIA HARBOUR 1740 in Goochland County, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS HARBOUR and SARAH WITT. She was born 1720 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1782 in Halifax, Virginia.

Children are listed above under (18) Laminia Harbour.

24. DAVID⁵ WITT (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1725 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died 1808 in Henry County, Virginia. He married SARAH HARBOUR, daughter of THOMAS HARBOUR and SARAH WITT. She was born 1732 in Virginia, and died 1814.

Children are listed above under (19) Sarah Harbour.

Generation No. 6

25. RHODA⁶ WITT (ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born November 11, 1776 in Virginia, and died June 23, 1853 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She married ROBERT PATTERSON 1794 in North Carolina. He was born December 17, 1763 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and died November 17, 1848 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Notes for ROBERT PATTERSON:

Robert Patterson was a soldier of the American Revolytion. He enlisted in the Milita at age sixteen because of an emergency call up from Colonel John Sevier. He fought bravely under the command of General Campbell led by Sevier and Shelby at the Battle of King's Mountain. He also fought in subsequent skirmishes and some Indian Battles.

Robert Patterson was in the Chattanooga area as early as 1807. He traveled by boat down the Tennessee River from Knoxville. He was the first of the original fifty three citizens of what is now Hamilton County, Tennessee. He built and operated the first mill and blacksmith shop at Sales Creek which was the first white settlement. He was appointed Chairman of the first County Commission and was instrumental in planning and lying out the county. He built and taught in the first school for white children in the state of Tennessee and he founded and built the first Presbyterian church in at Sales Creek. He realized the value of transportation on the the Tennessee River and established logging and tanning businesses.

First Will of Robert Patterson

I Robert Patterson being of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following.

First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Rhody Patterson the sole and Entire use and benefit of all my personal property during her natural life Except such as is other wise herein after directed and as my oldest son John has had what I consider to be his full share of my Estate. I therefore give and bequeath unto my two sons Lewis and Alfred Patterson the tract of land whereon I now live with all its appurtenances which I have estimated to be worth Twelve Hundred dollars by their paying to each of my daughters one Hundred dollars whitch will be giving to each of my two above named sons Three Hundred dollars in the price of any land and my six daughters one Hundred dollars and I give to Each of my Children that is married and left me the negros the (sic) now have in their posecion and as my dauter Rhodey has not yet received her Negro I therefore give and intende her to have the Boy named Charles and shoulde my Negro wommen have another Childe I intende that for my daughter Luvicey if not her to have the full value of one of the others in (sic) one of the negroes not devised in this will if she should not receive her share before my death and I wish my grandson Robert Joans to have a good Horse and saddle if so mutch there should be after all my just debts is paid and the balance if any should be after my wifes death to be equally divided amongst my Children and I do hereby declare this my Last Will and Testiment and do Revoke all other or former wills by me written with my own hand and signed by me this 2nd Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two.

Robert Patterson

Appendage. The plantation I now live on is intended to be and remain in the intire possesion of my wife should she oute live me during her natural life then to be disposed of as abouve dereckted. Written and signed with my own hand and seal this Fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty four.

Robert Patterson

Codicile

It is my wish and desire that my son Alfred N. Patterson shall be the Sole Executer of this my last will and that no one of my heirs shall have a preferance above another in the division of my land and that each shall have what is allowed in the will whitch this is intended as an appendeg and if my Executer thinks proper to sell and make devision in that way agreeabel the intent of this will he can do so as that Each shall have what is intended.

This apprndeg is written with my hand and signed with my proper signature this 21st of May 1845.

Robert Patterson

Second Will of Robert Patterson March 2 1847

I Robert Patterson being of sound and perfect mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following.

First, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Rhody the full and entire use and benefit of all my personal property during her natural life, except such as is otherwise hereinafter directed.

Second, and whereas my eldest son John has had from me what I consider his full share of my estate.

Third, I give and bequeath to my two sons Lewis and Alfred Patterson the tract or parcel of land on which I now reside with all the appurtenances which I estimate to be worth twelve hundred dollars upon the following conditions, that is, that my two sons is to pay to my daughters or their heirs six in number one hundred dollars each before my hereinafter named executor shall make to them or either of them a deed to the same or before they shall have full and entire possession of said land and whereas my son Lewis is now living on the place with me annd has made some improvements on said land and my other son Alfred is living in Alabama it is my desire that if my first named son Lewis shall pay or cause to be paid to my beloved daughters the sum above named that is, one hundred dollars each and also three hundred dollars to my youngest son Alfred than the said Lewis is to have the land except so much as I shall set apart hereafter for the support and comfort of my beloved wife and if the above named Lewis shall fail or refuse to comply with the above conditions then my son Alfred shall have the same preference that is to pay to each of my daughters or their heirs one hundred dollars each which will amount to six hundred dollars and also pay my son Lewis the sum of three hundred dollars he shall have the land with the same exceptions and if they shall both of them fail or refuse to comply with the above with the above (sic) conditions, then my daughters shall proceed to sell the land and divide the price amongst the within named children in the same ration as was named and as I have give to all my children except my youngest daughter Luvicy a negro or its equivalent I do by this my last will confirm said gift and whereas my youngest daughter Louvicy has not received her negro or an equivalent it is my wish if I should not be able to procure her one before my death that she shall have the full value of one of the others in the negros not devised by this will.

Fourth, I wish my grandson Israel Elonzo Condry shall have a good horse and saddle if so much there should be after all my just debts is paid.

Fifth, it is my wish that my beloved wife Rhoda should she live after I am no more that she have the entire use and benefit of my dwelling houses together with the cleared land also use of any timber which she may need for repairs or her comfort required during her natural life at her death to revert as before devised and if there should be any personal belonging to my wife at her death it is my wish that it be equally divided amongst my children.

Lastly, it is my wish and desire that my beloved wife Rhoda and Lewis Patterson shall be the sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby declare this my last will and Testament and I do hereby revoke all others previously by me made signed with my own hand and seal and dated the second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty seven.

Robert Patterson

Signed in presence of Attest

David McGill

William M. McGill

FAMILY TREE AND BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT PATTERSON

BY J.A.N. Patterson

Robert Patterson and Rhoda Witt Patterson were natives of North Carolina and of Scotch-Irish descent. They came into Tennessee and settled in the early settlement on the Watauga, and Robert Patterson was one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain. He was under command of the Brigadier General Campbell, whose forces were led by Cols. Shelby and John Sevier. After the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the Tories were settled and quieted, and general peace was restored, the forces under Shelby and Sevier returned to Wautauga and resumed their peaceful avocations and in due time Robert Patterson, when in his middle teens, having reached manhood, met with Miss Rhoda Witt, living in the same settlement. They were married and entered upon their life work, and as civilization was extended down the Holston and French Broad Rivers stoping at Knoxville, Campbell Station, Kingston, Post Oak Springs, Richland (Sale Creek) where Graysville is now located, which was the Indian boundry line at the time. In due course of time, after Roane, McMinn and Bledsoe Counties were organized, there was a Commission appointed, consisting of Messre. Richard Waterhouse, John Lock and Robert Patterson, by whom, in about 1807, Rhea County was organized, locating the County Site at the big springs three miles above Dayton at General Coulter's home, which was removed in about 1811 by the same Commission to a point near Lock's Ferry on the Tennessee River and christened it Washington. They layed out the principle streets and named them, and the Dead Man's Cave, which are there until this day. When the Capitol was moved from Knoxville, Washington came within one vote of being the State Capitol, but Murfreesboro got it.

Then in due course of time Robert Patterson was granted the privilege of entering the territory of the Indians, South of the Indian Line, for the benefit of the Indians, and settled on Opossum Creek at or near Bakeville now, and built a large two story log house upon whose foundation Mr. Gilbert Vandergriff afterwards built the house which his widow now lives in at Bakewell. He built a mill on Opossum Creek at or near rhe old Gresham Ford, where Jack Hickman's farm is - the mud sills of which are to be seen at this day.

Robert Patterson was the Pioneer of what was afterwards called Hamilton County, for in due course of time the Government purchased all the territory lying below the Indian boundary line of Rhea County on the North, Tennessee River on the East, and Bledsoe County on the West and the Georgia State line on the South, which being opened for settlement was soon ready to be organized. And in due course of time a Commission was selected consistint of Col. Charles Gamble, William Lauderdale and Robert Patterson, which preceeded at once to perform their duty, and called it Hamilton, and located the Court House at Poe's Cross Roads in the House of Hasten Poe. Then in due course of time as the territory was being more settled and the river territory increasing to such an extent, the Commission removed the County site East to a large spring near the Tennessee River and built a Court House and Jail and other necessary buildings, and located a splendid set of race tracks and called the town Dallas in honor of George M. Dallas, Who was afterward elected Vice President with James K. Polk as President of the United States. Old Dallas was a very famous town in its day, justice being meted out to those criminally inclined, according to the then Court's idea of it. The River then being the dividing line between the Cherokee Indians and the Whites, there was more or less violation of the law which gave rise to many amusing things, one of which was the return made by the famous Sheriff Mat Anderson to the Court when the law-violator beat him to the only canoe and pushed out into the stream and refused to be arrested - hence he made his return "Seeable, conversable, but not takeable".

Horse racing was a popular sport in that day, and those tracks were famous, being known throughout the country, and there were many fine blooded horses, some from Georgia and Middle Tennessee and even Kentucky, and the day of the races was an event which bodied the people together far and near with some of the finest bloods, and old "Lucy Walker" was there with her wonderful record as a racer, and never failed to take the prize.

Deposition of Robert Patterson, Aged 56 years, Taken at his own house in Hambleton County, Before James Riddle, Esquire, Commissioner. On Friday and Saturday the 25th & 26th of April, 1823.

To be read in evidence on the trial of each and akk causesnow pending in the Circuit Court of Anderson County, Wherein James G. Martin et al are Plaintiff & 32 Citizens of Rhea County jointly with Richard G. Waterhouse are Defendants.

Q-1 Was you an acting Justice of the Peace of Rhea County, Tennessee, and was you on the bench and one of the Court when a deed from Stockley Donelson to Josiah Danforth for 39,000 acres of land was presented to the Court for Probate?

A-1 I was.

Q-21 How lomg since your first acquaintance with Abner Witt, deceased; John Anderson, of Knox County?

A-21 With Abner Witt since 1787 or 1788; with Soloman Reed since about the time of Blount's Tready with the Cherokee Indians where Knoxville is now situated.

Q-23 Have you not long heard Abner Witt say that he was a subscribing witness with Soloman Reed to a power of attorney or Ratification to some instrument of writing concerning land between Stockley Donelson & Josiah Danforth?

A-23 Yes

Q-5 When did you move into the bounds of what is now Rhea County?

A-5 In December, 1806, to the best of my recollection.

Q-30 Where did Abner Witt, deceased, live in the years 1807 and 1808?

A-30 From about the last of November 1806 until sometime in August, 1807, he lived principally himself in what was Jackson County on the Caney Fork of the Cumberland. He left Jackson County in August, 1807, to the best of my recollection & lived near Knoxville.

Q-18 Are you not a son in law of Abnet Witt's?

A-18 I am.

And further this deponent saith not. Signed Robert Patterson

Deposition of Daniel Walker, Aged 39 years, of Rhea County.

Question - Are not R. Gamble & R. Rosey Grant, now of Hamilton County, Sons in law of A. Witt, deceased?

Ans. They are

Deposition of Richard Rosey Grants

Taken at Robert Patterson's in Hambleton County, on Saturday the 26th of April, 1825, before James Riddle, Commissioner.

Q-1 When did you first come to Knoxville, ad with whom did you live?

A-1 I came to Knoxville in 1795. I first boarded with Carmikle, next with Stone. The next with Haines & next with Abner Witt.

A-2 I saw Josiah Danforth at Abner Witts sometime in the year 1798, to the best of my recollection, and They produced a power of attorney signed by Stockley Donelson to Jugh Dunlap - and Abner Witt and some other one (I do not recollect) as witnesses - There was no person but the family present as I recollect, at the time Witt or Danforth gave me the power to read which I did.

From the Chattanooga Free Press, March 9, 1955

Travelers' Refuge' Second Home Built In Pioneer Period by Zella Armstrong, Hamilton County Historian

Robert Patterson was the first white citizen in what was later Hamilton County.

He was the first white man to bring a family into the new county. Many traders were living in the section but they were married to Cherokee and Chickamauga women and in many cases were adopted into the tribe and some were named chiefs. In more cases their sons became chiefs.

Like all pioneer homes the Patterson house, erected for the convenience of his family, the first house of planks and beams and with an elaborate chimney of Williamsburg type became necessarily a refuge for travelers when night overtook them. It was involuntarily an inn. A sign remains on one of the walls to this day, "Lodging 25 cents, Horses extra."\\I happens that I have seen enough references to the price of lodging in the period to realize that 25 cents was the standard price. Valentine Sevier, brother to Gov. John Sevier, his house being near a crossroads, asked for permission to charge more as he was "pestered" with travelers. That was when he lived in Virginia.

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER

Robert Patterson, solier of the Revolution and Indian Wars, was born in North Carolina in 1763. He died in Hamilton County in 1848. He served in the Battle of King's Mountain when he was 16 years of age. He was appointed lieutenant of militia in Knox County, Tenn. to which county he had moved, Nov. 16, 1795. He moved from Knox County to Rhea County in 1795 and to what is now Hamilton County in 1807.

He secured from Charles McClung a part of his grant, North Carolina Grant No. 23, establishing himself on Opossum Creek, called Deep River and from his occupancy called Mill Creek. When he settled there the county was part of the Cherokee Nation. He had special permission from the United States government and the Cherokee Nation to operate a mill for the benefit of the Indians. He was the first citizen and the first man to establish an industry within its future boundaries. In addition to the mill, which was of great benefit to the Indians, he erected and conducted a school for white children, his own and a few others, as they moved into the section. His school was only preceded by Gideon Blackburn's School for Indian children at Sale Creek in 1806, and the ///daniel Ross School for Ross children in Ross' Landing.

Robert Patterson's log house (the first in which he lived) was also used as a church and in it Able Pearson organized the first church in the area, the Soddy Presbyterian Church, Dec. 1, 1828.

The heirs of Charles McClung claimed a flaw in Robert Patterson's title to his land and won the suit. He moved futher north in 1814.

Robert Patterson had married Rhoda Witt Patterson and survived her husband. She died in 1853.

Robert Patterson died in his Sale Creek home and is said to be buried in the family cemetery.

Scores of Chattanooga and Hamilton County citizens are descended from the Patterson, many Thatchers, the John L. Hutchenson families, Mrs. Estes Kefauver, the Lady Stephen Pigott and many others.

Chattanooga Free Press August 17, 1963 by Hugh Moore

Patterson Set Up County's First School for White

Robert Patterson was born in North Carolina on December 17, 1763, and served in Col. John Sevier's emergency militia during the battle of King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780. Mr. Patterson also saw action in other Revolutionary War skirmishes and Indian Battles.

Mr. Patterson moved to Hamilton County in 1807, with his wife, Rhoda Witt Patterson. They purchased part of North Carolina Grant No. 23, 300 acres on Opossum Creek, in north Hamilton County. He obtained permission from the United States government and the Cherokee Indian Nation to build a mill on the creek in 1807. This mill was the first industry established within the boundaries of Hamilton County.

In 1819 Mr. Patterson erected the first school for white children in the area. In this building in 1828 the Rev. Abel Pearson organized the Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church which later became the Soddy Presbyterian Church. Lewis Patterson, son of Robert Patterson, was a charter member and one of the first four ruling elders of the church.

In 1892 the Presbyterian Church was moved to a new location, near Soddy, which had at that time become a coal mining center. The present building, housing the First Presbyterian Church in Soddy, dates from this time. It is reported that this church is planning to move to a new building at the old location, about two miles south of Soddy. The land for the original church was donated by Robert Patterson..

FIRST SQUIRE

In 1821, Mr. Patterson was appointed as the first justice of the piece in Hamilton County, a position he held for several years. In 1822 Patterson moved from his original homestead to a new site several miles north. It is this house, now more than 140 years old which is still standing.

Children of RHODA WITT and ROBERT PATTERSON are:

35. i. LOUVICIE⁷ PATTERSON, b. June 22, 1815, Sale Creek, Rhea County, Tennessee; d. February 11, 1892, Calhoun County, Alabama.

36. ii. JOHN ANDERSON PATTERSON, b. April 05, 1795, Knox County, Tennessee; d. July 13, 1838, Tennessee.

37. iii. LEWIS PATTERSON, b. December 05, 1796, Knox County, Tennessee; d. June 16, 1867, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

38. iv. ELIZABETH PATTERSON, b. November 26, 1798, Knox County, Tennessee; d. April 07, 1875, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

39. v. ANNA PATTERSON, b. January 01, 1801, Knox County, Tennessee; d. December 10, 1869, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

40. vi. MARY POLLY PATTERSON, b. October 07, 1803, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1842, Benton County, Alabama.

vii. ALFRED NEWTON PATTERSON, b. October 13, 1805, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Missouri; m. MARY GAMBLE, April 01, 1828, Rhea County, Tennessee.

Notes for ALFRED NEWTON PATTERSON:

Alfred Newton Patterson was born in 1805 and married Miss Polly Gamble, daughter of Robert Gamble, brother of Charles W. Gamble, imigrated to Alabama in the earlyhistory of that state, and located near the town of Gainesville. And from there he imigrated in 1848 to Missouri and located in Newton County in the southwest corner of the state, had a large family of children, 3 boys, Robert, Cowan and John. Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Rhoda and Luvicie.

41. viii. DELPHIA PATTERSON, b. February 21, 1809, Rhea County, Tennessee; d. September 24, 1878, Chosea Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama.

42. ix. RHODA ANN JANE PATTERSON, b. May 19, 1812, Sale Creek, Rhea County, Tennessee.

26. CHARLES WYLEY⁶ WITT, SR. (ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1780 in North Carolina, and died 1835 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married ALABAMA GIBSON March 08, 1800 in Knox County, Tennessee.

Children of CHARLES WITT and ALABAMA GIBSON are:

43. i. ANN⁷ WITT, b. August 05, 1803, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. December 03, 1881, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.

ii. ABNER LEWIS WITT, b. February 15, 1814, Blount County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH NOLEN.

iii. GIBSON WITT, b. 1801.

iv. JAMES H. WITT, m. JANE BRYANT.

v. RHODA G. WITT, b. November 18, 1818; d. March 28, 1888.

vi. ELNORA WITT, m. DAVID MAYER.

vii. JOHN P. WITT, m. CELIA MOORE.

viii. SAMUEL H. WITT, m. JANE VANN.

ix. MARY POLLY WITT, m. JOHN HODGES.

x. CHARLES WYLEY WITT, JR., b. July 19, 1823; m. PHOEBE EMILINE YEAGER, November 10, 1843, Sparta, Tennessee.

xi. ALLENSON WITT, m. ANN YEAGER.

27. JESSE⁶ WITT (JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born Abt. 1776 in Virginia, and died 1846. He married BETSY MARTIN September 10, 1798 in Goochland County, Virginia.

Children of JESSE WITT and BETSY MARTIN are:

i. NANCY⁷ WITT.

ii. MARY WITT.

iii. JOHN P. WITT.

28. WILLIAM⁶ WITT (ELISHA⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born September 05, 1782 in Estill County, Kentucky, and died January 30, 1844 in Estill County, Kentucky. He married (1) LUCY WITT May 20, 1806 in Madison County, Kentucky. She was born February 10, 1778 in Albermarl County, Virginia, and died July 1859 in Estill County, Kentucky. He married (2) LUCY WITT May 20, 1806 in Madison County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM WITT and MILDRED BABER. She was born February 10, 1788 in Albermarl County, Virginia, and died July 1859 in Estill County, Kentucky.

Children of WILLIAM WITT and LUCY WITT are:

i. MARTHA⁷ WITT.

ii. GEORGE WITT.

iii. ALLEN WITT.

iv. LOUISA J. WITT.

v. EMALIN WITT.

vi. JAMES WITT.

vii. MAY WITT.

viii. GARLAND WITT.

ix. LOUSINDA WITT.

x. DELANEY WITT.

xi. MALRINDA WITT.

29. LAVINA⁶ WITT (CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1742 in Virginia, and died December 31, 1773 in Halifax, Virginia. She married JOSIAH SULLINS Abt. 1767 in Virginia.

Children of LAVINA WITT and JOSIAH SULLINS are:

i. ZACHARIAH⁷ SULLINS.

ii. JESSE SULLINS.

iii. JOSEPH SULLINS.

30. MARY⁶ WITT (CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born April 04, 1753 in Virginia, and died December 14, 1829 in Witt's Foundry, Jefferson County, Tennessee. She married THOMAS JARNIGAN.

Child of MARY WITT and THOMAS JARNIGAN is:

i. JEREMIDE⁷ JARNIGAN.

31. ELIJAH⁶ WITT (CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1756 in Virginia, and died 1806 in Hamblen County, Tennessee. He married (1) NINA JARNIGAN HUTCHINSON. He married (2) SALLY BOTTOM.

Children of ELIJAH WITT and NINA HUTCHINSON are:

i. NOAH⁷ WITT, b. March 16, 1776, Virginia; m. MILLIE MAZE, May 03, 1794, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

ii. WILLIAM WITT, b. Abt. 1778, Virginia; d. 1780, Virginia.

iii. JOHN WITT, b. April 18, 1780, Virginia; m. ELEANOR PENNY.

iv. ELI WITT, b. August 10, 1785, Virginia; m. NANCY MCNEALY, July 13, 1806, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

44. v. HARMON WITT, b. October 16, 1789, Jefferson County, Tennessee; d. December 21, 1830, Polk County, Illinois.

vi. DANIEL WITT, b. June 22, 1790, Jefferson County, Tennessee; m. INJABO SKEEN, April 03, 1813, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

vii. POLLY WITT, b. 1792, Jefferson County, Tennessee; m. WILLIAM BOTTOM, July 15, 1806, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

viii. MARTHA WITT, b. 1794, Jefferson County, Tennessee; m. MARTIN GENTRY.

Children of ELIJAH WITT and SALLY BOTTOM are:

ix. PIETY⁷ WITT, m. SILAS GENTRY, April 18, 1814, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

x. SILAS WITT.

xi. YOUNG WITT.

32. CALEB⁶ WITT (CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born September 02, 1762 in Halifax, Virginia, and died January 20, 1827 in Russellville, Jefferson County, Tennessee. He married MIRIAM HORNER September 02, 1784 in Washington County, Tennessee. She was born November 13, 1768, and died June 10, 1845 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Children of CALEB WITT and MIRIAM HORNER are:

i. WILLIAM⁷ WITT, b. July 26, 1785; m. JANE WYATT, February 23, 1806.

ii. ENOCH WITT, b. December 05, 1787.

iii. ELIZABETH WITT, b. April 19, 1790; m. BENJAMIN CATCHINGS, August 25, 1803.

iv. JAMES WITT, b. February 19, 1794.

v. CHARLES HORNER WITT, b. June 05, 1797.

vi. PLEASANT ALFRED WITT, b. February 14, 1800.

vii. SAMUEL HORNER WITT, b. June 04, 1804.

viii. MERRILL WITT, b. April 19, 1807.

ix. DEADRICK WITT, b. November 14, 1809.

x. LAMINA WITT, b. October 16, 1811.

xi. COLEMAN MURRY WITT, b. February 26, 1814; m. (1) J.B. ALEXANDER; m. (2) RACHEL TAYLOR, December 18, 1832, Grainger County, Tennessee.

33. JOSEPH⁶ WITT (CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1750 in Virginia, and died 1824 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. He married SARAH KIMBROUGH.

Children of JOSEPH WITT and SARAH KIMBROUGH are:

i. JOSEPH⁷ WITT, m. SARAH EARLE.

ii. NATHANIEL WITT, m. MARY CATE, 1804.

iii. MOURNING WITT.

iv. PATSY ELIZABETH WITT, m. CHARLES ROBERT SEVIER.

v. JOHN WITT.

vi. JAMES WITT.

vii. RES WITT.

viii. SILAS WITT.

ix. SALLY WITT, m. EDWARD SELLERS.

34. LYDIA⁶ WITT (CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born 1745. She married WILLIAM MAZE.

Child of LYDIA WITT and WILLIAM MAZE is:

i. MILLIE⁷ MAZE, m. NOAH WITT, May 03, 1794, Jefferson County, Tennessee; b. March 16, 1776, Virginia.

Generation No. 7

35. LOUVICIE⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born June 22, 1815 in Sale Creek, Rhea County, Tennessee, and died February 11, 1892 in Calhoun County, Alabama. She met (1) STERLING S. CONDRAY. He was born 1811 in Virginia. She married (2) VALENTINE BICE. He was born September 29, 1815 in Tennessee, and died February 16, 1894 in Calhoun County, Alabama.

Notes for LOUVICIE PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography of Robert Patterson by J.A.N. Patterson

Louvicie Patterson was born in 1815 and married Valentine Bice, son of Wm. Bice, a pioneer settler, and imigrated to Georgia and settled in the town of Layfayette, to whom were born Wm. Wallace Bice, Ann and Mary Bice. Wm. W. Bice died in St. Elmo, had no children, Miss Mary and Ann are living in Oklahoma when last heard from, their parents having died in the 70s.

Child of LOUVICIE PATTERSON and STERLING CONDRAY is:

45. i. ISRAEL ALONZO⁸ CONDRAY, b. March 05, 1833, Tennessee; d. August 06, 1872, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Children of LOUVICIE PATTERSON and VALENTINE BICE are:

ii. WILLIAM WALLACE⁸ BICE, b. 1840, Alabama.

iii. NANCY ANN BICE, b. 1838, Alabama.

iv. MARY E. BICE, b. 1844, Alabama.

v. RHODA BICE, b. 1838, Alabama.

36. JOHN ANDERSON⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born April 05, 1795 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died July 13, 1838 in Tennessee. He married CATHERINE CRAIG.

Child of JOHN PATTERSON and CATHERINE CRAIG is:

46. i. SATIRA⁸ PATTERSON.

37. LEWIS⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born December 05, 1796 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died June 16, 1867 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married MARY YOUNG PEARSON May 29, 1822 in Philadelphia, Tennessee. She was born August 08, 1806 in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died May 14, 1872 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Children of LEWIS PATTERSON and MARY PEARSON are:

i. JOHN ANDERSON⁸ PATTERSON, b. November 30, 1830, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. 1890, Missouri; m. SARAH CATHERINE HEISKELL, February 08, 1853, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; b. September 25, 1834, Tennessee; d. June 16, 1916, Missouri.

ii. ISABELLA MCKELVET PATTERSON, b. April 07, 1833, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. 1900, Greene County, Missouri; m. JOHN G. PARKS, 1855, Tennessee.

iii. ROBERT PATTERSON, b. March 12, 1835, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. October 21, 1856, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Notes for ROBERT PATTERSON:

Cause of death was malaria.

47. iv. JACOB ALFRED NEWTON PATTERSON, b. June 17, 1838, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. November 06, 1927, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

v. WILLIAM DOUGLAS PATTERSON, b. July 24, 1840, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. (1) KATHERINE KAINEY LEWIS THATCHER; b. December 05, 1845; d. 1872; m. (2) ELIZA UNKNOWN.

vi. JAMES LEWIS PATTERSON, b. March 24, 1843, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Bozeman, Montana; m. ELLA WADSWORTH, January 29, 1868, Tennessee; b. February 09, 1848, Tennessee; d. August 15, 1910.

vii. LEONIDAS AMERICUS PATTERSON, b. January 28, 1845, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. 1922, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Notes for LEONIDAS AMERICUS PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography of Robert Patterson

Leonidas Patterson was born Jan. 28, 1844 and lived with his parents until their death, and then was taken into the care of J.A.N. Patterson with whom he is still living.

48. viii. MARY ELIZABETH AUGUSTA PATTERSON, b. December 24, 1846, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

ix. DANIEL WEBSTER PATTERSON, b. February 12, 1848, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. August 19, 1852, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Notes for DANIEL WEBSTER PATTERSON:

Cause of death was croup.

49. x. GEORGE WASHINGTON PATTERSON, b. March 07, 1850, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

xi. RHODA JANE PATTERSON, b. June 24, 1824, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

xii. DELPHIA ANN PATTERSON, b. June 12, 1826, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

50. xiii. NANCY YOUNG PATTERSON, b. September 22, 1828, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. December 29, 1918.

38. ELIZABETH⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born November 26, 1798 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died April 07, 1875 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She married JOHN MCGILL.

Notes for ELIZABETH PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography of Robert Patterson by J.A.N. Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of Robert and Rhoda Witt Patterson, was born November 25, 1798, and married John McGill, a pioneer and member of the old Soddy Presbyterian Church, Soddy, Tenn. and to whom were born 4 children: Wm. M. McGill, who married Miss Sarah Hunter, daughter of Mr. Robert Hunter a pioneer settler and lived on the Tennessee River near the bluff which is called Hunter's Bluff, and to whom were born Wm. Newton, John, Robert, David, and Edna.

Children of ELIZABETH PATTERSON and JOHN MCGILL are:

51. i. WILLIAM M.⁸ MCGILL.

ii. RHODA ANN MCGILL.

iii. DAVID N. MCGILL.

39. ANNA⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born January 01, 1801 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died December 10, 1869 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. She married JOHN JONES August 16, 1821 in Rhea County, Tennessee. He was born November 26, 1792 in Baltimore, Maryland, and died October 07, 1830 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Notes for ANNA PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography by J.A.N. Patterson

Anna Patterson was born in 1801 and married Mr. John Jones, a son of Mr. Benjamin Janes, a pioneer settler from Baltimore Maryland. Came into Sale Creek settlement, now Graysville, about 1820, and to whom were born four children, 3 sons and a daughter. Benjamin F. Jones married Miss Elizabeth Ford, daughter of Menjamin Ford, who lives in theDry Valley at what is now called the Ford Farm, had 1 son, James and 3 daughters and live on Sale Creek. Robert Jones, married a Miss Julia Ingersol, said to be a near relative of Bob Ingersol, to whom was born Robert Lee Jones and was living near Victoria in Secuatechie Valley. Mary Jones married Mr. Daniel Hamel and lived in South Chattanooga and their children Robert Hamil married a Miss Scholtz and are living in that section. Johnnmarried a Miss Scholtz and are living in that section. John unreadable. Wm. Anderson Jones married Miss Elizabeth Pendergrass, a daughter of Hiram Pendergrass and Mary Hanna, to whom were born John A., Robert, Hiram P., L.A., Jas. B., Wm. A.L. John A. Jones married Miss sarah Jones to whom were born 2 daughters, Delphia and Inez, Benjamin, Paul, Frank, and Elmer, H.P. Jones married Miss Tennie Quinn. Robert Jones married Miss Hattie Morgan, daughter of G.T. Morgan and Catherine Pearson. L.A. Jones married Miss Willie Pendergrass daughter of Mr. John Pendergrass and Louvicie Riddle, daughter of Terry Riddle and Polly Patterson, daughter of Robt. and Rhoda Patterson. W.A.L. Jones married Miss Florence Gentry. Ann Jones married John Glenn had one son Guy. Ann died. He married Adelia Jones and are in Texas. J.B. Jones married Miss Lillie Lewis by whom he had 2 sons Roy and Jessee. She died and then in due time married Miss Lettie Burns, granddaughter of Gideon Lovelady, by whom were born Gladys, Graham, Glenn, Clarence, and Lawrence. All living in Chattanooga.

Children of ANNA PATTERSON and JOHN JONES are:

i. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN⁸ JONES, b. September 28, 1822, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. September 19, 1870, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH ANN FORD.

ii. ROBERT JONES, m. JULIA INGERSOL.

iii. MARY JONES, m. D. HAMIL.

52. iv. WILLIAM ANDERSON JONES, b. 1828, Tennessee.

40. MARY POLLY⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born October 07, 1803 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died Bef. 1842 in Benton County, Alabama. She married TERRY RIDDLE September 15, 1819 in Rhea County, Tennessee. He was born 1802 in Tennessee, and died February 09, 1844 in Benton County, Alabama.

Notes for MARY POLLY PATTERSON:

Polly Patterson was born in 1803 and married Mr. Terry Riddle to whom were were born 3 sons and 4 daughters. They moved to Alabama in the early history of the state. Terry and wife died. James, Robert, Luvicie and Frances were left orphans. Robert came to his grandfathers and in due time married Miss Satira Jane Brown, daughter of Jack Brown of Soddy, and whose children and grandchildren are living in or near Soddy. Pat Riddle remained in Alabama, Francis died and Louvicie Riddle married Mr. John Pendergrass, son of Hiram Pendergrass and Polly Hanna, and were in Alabama near Anniston. James Patrick Robert, Mary, Rhoda, Elizabeth, Delphia Luvicie.

Children of MARY PATTERSON and TERRY RIDDLE are:

i. ELIZA T.⁸ RIDDLE, b. Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ANDREW J. HAYNES, January 14, 1841, Benton County, Alabama.

Notes for ELIZA T. RIDDLE:

This couple was married by Woodford R. Hanna, Justice of the Peace in Benton County, Alabama. Eliza was in Texas in 1853 during the administration of her father's estate.

ii. FRANCES RIDDLE.

iii. MARY RIDDLE, b. Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. DAVID DAVIDSON, January 07, 1836, Benton County, Alabama.

Notes for MARY RIDDLE:

Mary was in Mississippi in 1847 when her father's estate was administered by Woodford R. Hanna in Benton County, Alabama.

iv. NANCY RIDDLE, b. Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. JAMES DONAHO.

Notes for NANCY RIDDLE:

In Mississippi in 1853.

v. RHODA RIDDLE, b. Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. WILLIAM W. MITCHELL, Benton County, Alabama.

Notes for RHODA RIDDLE:

In Missouri in 1853.

vi. JAMES RIDDLE, b. 1826, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1856.

53. vii. PATRICK P. RIDDLE, b. 1828, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

viii. ADITHA J. RIDDLE, b. 1830, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1853.

ix. ROBERT M. RIDDLE, b. 1830, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

x. DELPHIA LOUISA RIDDLE, b. December 1835, Benton County, Alabama; d. December 17, 1899, St. Clair County, Alabama; m. JOHN HOUSTON PENDERGRASS, April 18, 1855, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; b. May 07, 1837, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. January 21, 1921, Calhoun County, Alabama.

More About JOHN HOUSTON PENDERGRASS:

Burial: Eulaton Methodist Cemetery

54. xi. DELPHIA LUVICIE RIDDLE, b. December 18, 1835, Benton County, Alabama; d. December 17, 1899, St. Clair County, Alabama.

41. DELPHIA⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born February 21, 1809 in Rhea County, Tennessee, and died September 24, 1878 in Chosea Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama. She married WOODFORD ROBERT HANNA in Hamilton County, Tennessee, son of MARY ADARENE. He was born September 25, 1805 in Tennessee, and died October 15, 1878 in Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

Notes for DELPHIA PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography Of Robert Patterson

Delphia Patterson was born in 1807, married Mr. Woodford R. Hanna, a pioneer, to whom were born 7 children, Rhoda Ann, John, Mary, Robert M., Alexander, Alfred T. and W.V. Grandchildren of Woodford Hanna: Rhoda Ann's children - Jane, Milo, Cordelia, Will, Brincie, Delphia, Wood, Rhoda, Tom and Bob. John's children - Wood, Wiley, John, Will, Fannie, Luvicie, Bettie. Mary's Children - Jeff, Isa, William, Alexander, Harv. Alexander had no children. Alfred T. had Bertha, Fannie, Lula, Newton, Charles, Nora, Alisha and Terry. W.V.'s children were Joe, Mabry and John.

Notes for WOODFORD ROBERT HANNA:

He served in the CSA Army as a Captain in the 10th Infantry. The 10th Infantry was formed June 4, 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama. He fought in the Battles of Manasses, Williamsburg, Gettysburg, in Company H. He was also Captain of the Militia in Benton County. He was wounded at the Battle of Williamsburg during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. He resigned on July 26, 1862. He was elected to the Alabama Legislature in 1848 where he served a two year term. He was Justice of the Peace in Benton later Calhoun Caunty starting January 24, 1834, August 17, 1836, July 16, 1838, April 2 1841, April 29 1847.

According to the 1840 Benton County, Alabama, census he was in manufacturing and agriculture with one slave. 1850 census he was a farmer with a wealth of $5,000. In 1870 he was a farmer with worth of $6,000 and $11,000.

From Hamilton County, Tennessee, Entry Taker's Book, 1824 - 1897, page 173.

State of Tennessee, Woodford R. Hanna enters one hundred acres of land in said County on the South East side of Waldens Ridge beginning Hamilton County on a pine on a Bench of said Mountain below Little Sandy Creek mark W.H. thence southwardly thence Eastwardly thence Northwardly thence westwardly to the beginning so as to include one hundred acres of land as afors said Febury 25 Day 1832.

Woodford R. Hanna

Locator

Page 207, No. 113. Woodford R. Hanna enters 100 acres of land. Location received and this entry made this 5 March 1834. Fees of office paid 75 cents.

State of Tennessee Woodford R. Hanna enters one hundred acres of land in said Hamilton County.

The Gadsden Times October 25, 1878

Woodford R. Hanna died very suddenly at his farm in Calhoun County on Thursday last.

Jacksonville Republic, October 19, 1878

DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN

We were much pained Wednesday to learn of the death of Woodford R. Hanna of this county, who died suddenly Tuesday near his home in Chocolocco Valley. He had complained of light pain in the side the morning of his death, but was going about his farm as usual, when he suddenly fell to the ground and expired by the time help reached him. He was among the oldest citizens of Calhoun, and once represented the count in the legislature and was much respected.

A good man is gone! We tender the stricken family our most heartfelt sympothy in this the hour of their great bereavement.

Children of DELPHIA PATTERSON and WOODFORD HANNA are:

55. i. RHODA ANN⁸ HANNA, b. January 25, 1831, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. March 30, 1903, Calhoun County, Alabama.

56. ii. ALFRED TERRY HANNA, b. January 04, 1844, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. June 12, 1916, Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.

57. iii. ROBERT M. HANNA, b. June 1834, Benton County, Alabama; d. November 09, 1910, Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama.

58. iv. JOHN WILEY HANNA, b. January 08, 1832, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. December 12, 1880, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

59. v. MARYANN ELIZABETH HANNA, b. December 10, 1837, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. August 02, 1910, Iredell, Bosque County, Texas.

vi. ALEXANDER H. HANNA, b. February 09, 1840, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. December 21, 1861, Dranesville, Virginia.

Notes for ALEXANDER H. HANNA:

Alexander Hanna served as a private in Company H, 10th Alabama Regiment. His father was Captain of the Company. He was killed during the Battle of Dranesville, Vrginia. There is a marker in the Hanna Family Cemetery in Chosea Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama. It is not known if he is buried there or in Virginia.

vii. SARAH L. HANNA, b. March 19, 1841, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. September 26, 1841, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

viii. POLLY J. HANNA, b. June 25, 1842, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. November 18, 1842, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

60. ix. WOODFORD VALENTINE HANNA, b. March 1845, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. 1883, White Plains, Calhoun County, Alabama.

x. DELPHIA H. HANNA, b. July 17, 1849, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. September 26, 1849, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

42. RHODA ANN JANE⁷ PATTERSON (RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born May 19, 1812 in Sale Creek, Rhea County, Tennessee. She married JOHN CRAIG, M.D..

Notes for RHODA ANN JANE PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography and Family Tree ob Robert Patterson by J.A.N. Patterson

Rhoda Patterson was born in 1812, married Dr. John Craig, son of David Craig of Revolutionary fame - imigrated to Mississippi in the early histry of the state and practiced medicine, to whom were born 1 son and 3 daughters. Hugh, Meleena, Ann, and Catherine and these descendants are in that section of the South.

Notes for JOHN CRAIG, M.D.:

This family moved to southern Mississippi.

Children of RHODA PATTERSON and JOHN CRAIG are:

i. HUGH⁸ CRAIG.

ii. MELEENA CRAIG.

iii. ANN CRAIG.

iv. CATHERINE CRAIG.

43. ANN⁷ WITT (CHARLES WYLEY⁶, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born August 05, 1803 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died December 03, 1881 in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee. She married JESSE W. PENDERGRASS I 1826 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was born December 07, 1805 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, and died October 22, 1882 in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.

More About ANN WITT:

Burial: West Cemetery

More About JESSE W. PENDERGRASS I:

Burial: West Cemetery

Children of ANN WITT and JESSE PENDERGRASS are:

61. i. TRAVIS WITT⁸ PENDERGRASS, b. October 23, 1827, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. November 15, 1893, San Jose, California.

62. ii. ARMINDA PENDERGRASS, b. August 18, 1829, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. November 28, 1890, Overton, California.

63. iii. JAMES MONROE PENDERGRASS, b. January 29, 1831, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. December 30, 1861, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

64. iv. JOHN T. PENDERGRASS, b. April 09, 1833, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. May 28, 1921, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.

65. v. LEWIS PORTER PENDERGRASS, b. March 24, 1837, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. June 10, 1900, Putnam County, Tennessee.

66. vi. ALMIRA JANE PENDERGRASS, b. February 12, 1841, White County, Tennessee; d. January 30, 1920, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.

vii. JESSE W. PENDERGRASS II, b. April 06, 1842, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee; d. December 04, 1864, Civil War.

Notes for JESSE W. PENDERGRASS II:

Served in the Civil War as a Lieutenant in the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, Gore's Unit.

viii. MARTHA PENDERGRASS, b. February 10, 1835, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. JOHN KNIGHT.

67. ix. RHODA ADELINE PENDERGRASS, b. March 26, 1839, White County, Tennessee; d. June 26, 1893, Cookville, Tennessee.

44. HARMON⁷ WITT (ELIJAH⁶, CHARLES C.⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born October 16, 1789 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and died December 21, 1830 in Polk County, Illinois. He married MERIAM SKEEN December 23, 1807.

Child of HARMON WITT and MERIAM SKEEN is:

i. ANDERSON⁸ WITT.

Generation No. 8

45. ISRAEL ALONZO⁸ CONDRAY (LOUVICIE⁷ PATTERSON, RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born March 05, 1833 in Tennessee, and died August 06, 1872 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married AMANDA JANE PENDERGRASS Abt. 1854 in Tennessee. She was born November 1830 in Tennessee, and died 1905 in Etowah County, Alabama (Gum Springs)(Hopewell Cemetery).

Notes for ISRAEL ALONZO CONDRAY:

He was called Alonzo. His occupation was cabinet maker. He served in the Civil War and did not live many years after his return home. The Yankees burned the home of he and his family during the Civil War.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, National Archives Microfilm M268

Israel A. Condray

M268, Roll 261

Pvt., Capt. Thomas R. Mitchell's Co., 5 Regt. TN Volunteers. Enlisted Dec. 11, 1862 at Chattanooga, by Capt. Mitchell, for three years of the war. Age 29, blue eyes, black hair, dark complexion. Born Hamilton County, TN, residence the same. Farmer. Present Oct-Dec. 1862. Absent Mar-Apr 1863, detailed as a carpenter at Tullahoma Mar 26,1863 by Brig. Gen. Johnson. Absent on Muster roll Dec. 1863 shows "absent sick (wounded) at residence of L. Gardenshire since Sept. 20/63." Same on rolls of Jan-Feb, 1864, Mar-Apr. 1864. No other entries.

Notes for AMANDA JANE PENDERGRASS:

I have a note that says that she was 84 when she died. That would make he death 1914 or 1915.

Children of ISRAEL CONDRAY and AMANDA PENDERGRASS are:

68. i. JOHN WOODFORD⁹ CONDRAY, b. January 18, 1867, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. April 06, 1930, Etowah County, Alabama ( Hokes Bluff Cemetery).

69. ii. STERLING STEPHEN CONDRAY, b. June 1862, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. November 01, 1928, Etowah County, Alabama.

70. iii. WILLIAM ASA CONDRAY, b. May 1872, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Etowah County, Alabama.

iv. THOMAS CONDRAY, b. 1857.

71. v. MARY L.(MOLLIE) CONDRAY, b. 1858, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

vi. ANNA E. CONDRAY, b. 1855, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. R.B. GOODEN, November 22, 1880, Calhoun County, Alabama.

Notes for ANNA E. CONDRAY:

Married by Rev. W.W. Coleman.

vii. PERLOMA CONDRAY, b. 1863.

72. viii. ELLEN RHODA CONDRAY, b. March 03, 1868, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. February 15, 1918, St. Clair County, Alabama (Palmeto Creek Buried at Hopewell Cemetery.

46. SATIRA⁸ PATTERSON (JOHN ANDERSON⁷, RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) She married HENRY HICKMAN.

Children of SATIRA PATTERSON and HENRY HICKMAN are:

i. BOB⁹ HICKMAN.

ii. JIM HICKMAN.

iii. JANE HICKMAN.

iv. MOLLY HICKMAN.

73. v. JOHN HICKMAN.

74. vi. MELCENA HICKMAN.

vii. ELIZABETH HICKMAN.

viii. MCDOWELL HICKMAN.

ix. SIMYRA HICKMAN.

47. JACOB ALFRED NEWTON⁸ PATTERSON (LEWIS⁷, RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born June 17, 1838 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died November 06, 1927 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married (1) ELIZABETH SAMANTHA COULTER July 26, 1860 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She was born March 25, 1842 in Soddy Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died December 29, 1877 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married (2) MARGARET HANNA WALLACE March 13, 1879 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Notes for JACOB ALFRED NEWTON PATTERSON:

Found in notes of Katherine Sanders, granddaughter of J.A.N. Patterson.

"Article"

We the undersigned subscribers agree and promise to pay J.A.N. Patterson for services as a teacher of a school to be opened at Old Sale Creek Academy on Monday, the 19th of September, 1870, for the term of 5 months according to the following rates of tuition.

Spelling, reading, writing, $5.00

English grammer, arithmetic and geography, $6.50

Natural philosphy, algebra $9.00

Geormetry, trigonometry and surveying, $10.00.

Terms - one half of the middle of the session, the other at the expiration of the term.

The list of subscribers were: L. Gothard, H. James, A. Jones, Creed Hunley, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Moore, P. Bolton, John Thomas, Louis Gothard, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Joseph, Mrs. Lloyd, D.R. Griggith, Rees, Dan Bean, Sam Jones, John Lee, John Elsea, Alfred Lea, Robert David, Ruben Gibson, E.A. Coulter, John Gothard, Chris Carpenter, J.W. Patterson, Thomas Thatcher, and Thomas Holt.

Obituary of J.A.N. Patterson, November 6, 1927

J.A.N. Patterson, pioneer in the development of Hamilton County, died Sunday, at 7:45 p.m. at his home in sale creek, where he resided all of his life. He was 90 years old, and one of the most beloved and respected citizens of the county.

During his entire lifetime, Mr. Patterson was actively interested in the development and affairs of Sale Creek and Hamilton County. For a number of years, he was a school-teacher. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was a prominent figure in the political affairs of his earlier days as a Democratic "wheelhorse".

He was one of the oldest living members of the Masonic order, having been affiliated with the organization for more than 68 years.

Mr. Patterson is survived by four sons, Dr. William Patterson, a physician in Springfield, Missouri; the Rev. Louis Patterson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Savannah, Georgia, R.J. Patterson of Chattanooga, real estate broker, and John Patterson, farmer and fruit grower of Sale creek.

The following is a letter that J.A.N. Patterson wrote to his niece, Mrs. Frances Thatcher Moses

CRESENT VIEW

Sale Creek, Tennessee, March 21, 1921

My Dear Niece:

Yours of the 17th received and contents duly noted. In answer, I will say that you have asked me a question that is hard for me to snawer as you would like for me to ordinarily. There are some things you know, and you don't know. That is, you can't prove it by any living witness or by a codicil of will. We find that only the prominent actors of mention or men of mature age. My grandfather was a youth in his teens, and entered the militia, it being an emergency call, of Col. John Seviere's, with whom Robert Patterson was personally acquainted. Men of that day were men of deeds and not of wordsonly. History was repeated from Father to Son, and there were so many of the pioneers and heros of the Revolution that came along with my grandfather and settled, and I never heard it questioned. I have no book, but have Haywood's early history - Ramsey's - Shin's history of the early history of the Pioneers of Tennessee, and I had from my father's library Brazeale's Narrative of the early settlements of the Tennessee, but it was lost in the floods of Sixties or Eighties, so I don't remember whether it gave any account of him or not - all I know is that he was said to be from North Carolina into Watauga in the state of Franklin, which after became Tennessee, was with John Seviere at the Battle of King's Mountain, and after,came back to Watauga, and as the country opened up came along with the Craigheads, the Gambles, the Craigs, the Hendersons, and others, among whom were Jesse Witt and Charles Witt, who brothers to my Grandmother, Rhoda Witt Patterson, and settled on upper Sale Creek where in about 1807, he with Richard Waterhouse and John Lock organized Rhea County, all coming into this section about the same time. Now I don't know what more I can say. I have no other knowledge than that Robert Patterson was recognized as a Revolutionary solldier whose uniform was a coonskin cap, hunting shirt, and leather breeches, and whose arms were a Field Rifle, Shot Pouch, and Butcher-knife.

I was so glad to have you all with us that day and hope you will repeat it. Now, if I get anything further I will let you know. It has been a long time and may be that I may refresh my mind. I would like so much for you to be able to join.

I will close for this time.

Yours truly

J.A.N. Patterson

My Dear Niece:

Since closing my letter yesterday, I find by searching the pages of the History of Tennessee, in Chapter 14 on page 455, that Col Seviere, colonel of the Washington County Militia, on a call for service had for Captains of his regiment were: McNab, Sebiere, Haskins, Bean, Brown, Isbell, Trimble, Wilson, Gish, Stinson, Davis, Patterson, and Williams. This call was for the relief of the forces under Gen. Greer at Catawaba just before the battle at King's Mountain.

This is recorded in the History of Tennessee as written by the Historian. Now I am satisfied that there is more written, or should be written, for he was a valoorous man.

Hoping that this will lead to successful results, and that you will reach the Goal. With best wishes, I am as ever yours devotedly,

J.A.N. Patterson

Notes for ELIZABETH SAMANTHA COULTER:

From the Chattanooga Free Press 9-21-38

Elizabeth Patterson

During the time of the War Between the States, Elizabeth Coulter Patterson, pictured at right, grandmother to Mrs. Troxel, married J.A.N. Patterson, a Confederate soldier, who was the grandson of Robert Patterson. It was not an unusual thing to see Mrs. Elizabeth and her husbamd ride three miles to church on horseback, she on her sidesaddle holding one of their little boys and he holding another. After the war, her husband was appointed teacher of the old Sale Creek Academy and taught there for several years. Some of the old records are still kept by the family.

After the slaves were given their freedom, they didn't want to leave and faithfully remained in their cabins. One of the pickaninnies, appropritely named "Free", fought many a childish scrap for her "white Folks chillun," and even when grown Aunt Free and Uncle George could always be counted on for their loyality.

Elizabeth died at the age of 32, leaving a family of 4 boys, the youngest only 6 years old at the time of her death. He is John Thomas Patterson who with Mrs. Patterson is still living on the old homeplace at Sale Creek. J.A.N. Patterson lived on until 1927, dying at the age of 90 years. He rode horseback up until almost a year before his death.

Although a new house was later built built on the place, the original homeplace is still standing, its chimney of mountain stone bravely holding their own against the ravages of time, and the cavernous fireplaces sadly reminiscent of happy family groups gathered there long ago.

The farm where they lived and long toiled is also now their resting place, as they are buried side by side in the old Patterson graveyard.

Children of JACOB PATTERSON and ELIZABETH COULTER are:

i. WILLIAM PRESTON⁹ PATTERSON.

ii. ROBERT JEFFERSON PATTERSON.

iii. ALFRED LEWIS PATTERSON.

75. iv. JOHN THOMAS PATTERSON, b. June 26, 1871, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. 1953.

v. JACOB NEWTON PATTERSON.

48. MARY ELIZABETH AUGUSTA⁸ PATTERSON (LEWIS⁷, RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born December 24, 1846 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She married ROBERT C. ARMOUR November 03, 1868 in Tennessee.

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH AUGUSTA PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography of Robert Patterson by J.A.N. Patterson

Miss Mary Elizabeth A. Patterson was born Dec. 24, 1846 and married Robert C. Armour to whom were born James Lewis, Robert, Effie, Martha, John, George, Wm. A. and Walter. James Lewis Armour married Miss Dorris Hicks to whom were born Lola, Hicks, Gussie, Mary, Virginia, and Robert. Robert Armour married Miss Sallie Smith to whom were born Thelma, Lometa, Stancil, Deena Lee, James Vance. Miss Effie Armour married Zachary Martin, to whom were born Hallie, Robert, Ruby, Harry and Margaret. Mr. John Armour married Miss Sallie Coleman, daughter of Benjamin Coleman, to whom were born Dewitt, Hayden, Pat and Margaret, and are living near Bakewell. Martha Armour married Lucius Hale, to whom were born Roy, Zora, Maggie, Alma (Floyd and Theola are dead). George Armour married Miss Nora Hickman, daughter of Mr. McDowell Hickman, to whom were born Orville and Maxine. Wm. Alfred Armour married a Miss Fannie Hickman, also a daughter of Mr. McDowell Hickman near Bakewell. Walter Armour is single and living with his brother, J.L. Armour, Soddy.

Children of MARY PATTERSON and ROBERT ARMOUR are:

76. i. JAMES LEWIS⁹ ARMOUR.

ii. ROBERT ARMOUR.

77. iii. EFFIE ARMOUR.

78. iv. MARTHA ARMOUR.

79. v. JOHN ARMOUR.

80. vi. GEORGE ARMOUR.

vii. WILLIAM A. ARMOUR, m. FANNIE HICKMAN.

viii. WALTER ARMOUR.

49. GEORGE WASHINGTON⁸ PATTERSON (LEWIS⁷, RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born March 07, 1850 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married NANCY GARRANTHE.

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography of Robert Patterson

George W. Patterson was born March 7th 1850, studied medicine, finished the medical course at University of Tennessee, went West in 1876. Married Miss Nancy Garranthe to who were born 2 sons, Lewis and G.W. and 2 daughters, Maud and ( ) George W., mother and sister are in California, National City, San Diego. Lewis and Maud married and living in Missouri last heard from.

Children of GEORGE PATTERSON and NANCY GARRANTHE are:

i. LEWIS⁹ PATTERSON.

ii. GEORGE W. PATTERSON.

iii. MAUD PATTERSON.

iv. FEMALE PATTERSON.

50. NANCY YOUNG⁸ PATTERSON (LEWIS⁷, RHODA⁶ WITT, ABNER⁵, JOHN⁴, WILLIAM GUILLAUNE³, JOHN², ROBERT¹ WHYTT/WITT) was born September 22, 1828 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died December 29, 1918. She married WILLIAM CRAIGHEAD THATCHER, SR. April 18, 1850 in Tennessee. He was born April 13, 1829 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died October 10, 1901.