John White & Martha Mitchell

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Family Group Record                 0119
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Husband's Name   John White
 Born:       Abt 1781    Place: Maryland
 Died:           1860    Place: Nathan, Pike, Arkansas
 Married:    Abt 1802    Place: Tennessee
 Father:         ....... White
 Mother:         Christiana ......
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Wife's Name      Martha Mitchell
 Born:       Abt 1785    Place: Virginia
 Died:       Dec 1859    Place: Nathan, Pike, Arkansas (mortality schedule)
 Father:         
 Mother:         
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Children
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 1. Sex Name
     M  Jordan White
        Born:       Abt 1803    Place: Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place:
        Spouse:  Rebecca .......
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 2. Sex Name
     M  Hugh Lawson White
        Born:       Abt 1805    Place: Tennessee
        Died:       Bef 1860    Place: Pike County, Arkansas (census)
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Abasha (Bashaby-Bashey) .......
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 3. Sex Name
     M  Anthony White (verify)
        Born:                   Place: Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: 
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 4. Sex Name
     F  Sukie White
        Born:                   Place: Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Ervin Price
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 5. Sex Name
     M  John White
        Born:       Abt 1813    Place: Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: Walker Station, Texas
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Drusetta Barnes
        Married: 01 Aug 1855    Place: Sevier County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Sarah Seth
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 6. Sex Name
     M  Pleasant White 
        Born:    25 Jun 1818    Place: Tennessee
        Died:    21 Dec 1895    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
        Married: 28 Feb 1847    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Nancy Ann Rose
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 7. Sex Name
     F  Martha M. White   
        Born:    01 Dec 1822    Place: Tennessee
        Died:    03 Jun 1894    Place: 
        Married:    Abt 1847    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Christopher Anthony Clark
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 8. Sex Name
     F  Ann White 
        Born:       Abt 1824    Place: Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:    Abt 1849    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Stewart Clark
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 9. Sex Name
     9  Mary Agness White 
        Born:       Abt 1827    Place: Tennessee
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:    Abt 1846    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Leroy Allen Dickson
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John White (1781-1860) and his wife Martha Mitchell (1785-1859) emigrated
from Tennessee to the Nathan community of Pike County, Arkansas in 1829.
Howard County Heritage, 1988.
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Sources of Information: Census Records: Pike County, Arkansas 1840, 1850,
1860; Mortality Schedule: Pike County, Arkansas 1860; Correspondence, Mary
Jack Powell, Quanah, Texas.
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                     Pike County Arkansas Census 1840
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SCHEDULE of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to
Richard L. Wilson.

Head of Household             Males                       Females

     Brewer          00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50 60   00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50
    Township         04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59 69   04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59

Josiah Barnes         1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  1    0  1  1  1  0  0  0  1
Ervin Price           2  1  0  0  0  1             1  2  0  0  0  1
John White            0  0  0  0  1                1  0  0  0  1
Jordan White          0  1  1  1  1                2  1  1  0  1
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                     Pike County Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in White Township, in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas, enumerated by me on the 2nd day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.

 41-41    Jordan White               47   m     Farmer       Tennessee
          Rebecca                    46   f                  Tennessee     
          Isaac                      19   m                  Arkansas      
          Mary                       14   f                  Arkansas
          Rebecca                    12   f                  Arkansas
          Napoleon B.                 9   m                  Arkansas
          John Miller                20   m     Farmer       Georgia
          Martha                     17   f                  Arkansas

 42-42    Pleasant White Jr.         21   m     Farmer       Tennessee
          Nancy                      16   f                  North Carolina
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Brewer Township, in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas, enumerated by me on the 3rd day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.

 60-60    Pleasant White             32  m     Farmer        Tennessee
          Nancy A.                   19  f                   Arkansas
          Wilson Lee (Rounds)        13  m                   Arkansas
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Brewer Township, in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas, enumerated by me on the 9th day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.

137-137   John White Jr.             37  m                   Tennessee
          Drusetta                   26  f                   Arkansas
          Marion                      7  m                   Arkansas
          Lawson                      5  m                   Arkansas
          Jasper                      3  m                   Arkansas
          Joshua                      2  m                   Arkansas

152-152   John White                 69   m     Farmer       Maryland
          Martha                     66   f                  Virginia
          Anthony Clark              37   m     Farmer       Arkansas
          Martha                     25   f                  Tennessee
          Thomas Barnes              15   m                  Arkansas

154-154   Stewart Clark              28   m     Farmer       Arkansas      
          Anne                       26   f                  Tennessee     
          Martha                      1   f                  Arkansas      
                                                                           
155-155   Hugh L. White              45   m     Farmer       Tennessee     
          Bashaby                    30   f                  Tennessee     
          Isaac                      23   m     Farmer       Tennessee     
          Lacey                      16   m                  Tennessee     
          John                       15   m                  Tennessee     
          Parthena E.                 7   f                  Tennessee     
          James K.P.                  5   m                  Tennessee     
          Letha                       3   f                  Arkansas      
          Nancy A.                 1 mo   f                  Arkansas
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Thompson Township, in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas, enumerated by me on the 13th day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.

182-182   David R. Campbell          56   m     Shoemaker    South Carolina
          Sarah                      52   f                  Virginia
          Martha J.                  12   f                  Arkansas
          Elizabeth                   9   f                  Arkansas
          Christiana White           89   f                  Pennsylvania
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Missouri Township, in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas, enumerated by me on the 30th day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.

241-241   Leroy Dickson              27   m     Farmer       Tennessee
          Mary                       23   f                  Tennessee
          Alwilda                     3   f                  Arkansas
          James W.                    2   m                  Arkansas
          William T.               3 mo   m                  Arkansas

National Archives Microfilm Publication M-432, Roll 23, Pike County,
Arkansas Census, 1850.
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DIED. In this place (Washington, Arkansas) on Sunday morning the 13th
inst., (July 13, 1851) Mrs. CHRISTIANA WHITE, aged 91 years. Mrs. White
was born in York county, Penn., in the year 1760, whence she emigrated to
the West more than half a century ago. Washington Telegraph, July 26, 1851,
Volume 11, Number 28, page 3, column 4.
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               Pike County Arkansas Mortality Schedule 1860
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                 Deaths from June 1, 1859 to May 31, 1860

        Name       Age   Sex   Born       Died      Cause of Death

    Martha White    74    f     Va     Dec (1859)      Old Age

U.S. Federal Census Records, Mortality Schedule, Arkansas 1860. Microfilm,
National Archives, Washington D.C.
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Great Grandfather

Jno. White

Pleas White Grandfather
Jack White
Jordan White
Anthony White
Lawson White
Sukie White married Price
Aggie White married Leroy Dickson
Ann White married Steward (Stewart) Clark
Martha White married Anthony Clark

Transcript, list of John White and children, provided by Mary Jack Powell,
Quanah, Texas written by her "Uncle John" (no date). Letter to David Kelley
(11 May 1979).
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                                   WHITE

Then there were the Whites who settled near the Three Forks (Pike County)
... They were ... from Tennessee. Among them were John, Absalom, Moses and
Isaac ... With the exception of Moses who passed his latter days in
Montgomery county they all found a resting place beneath Pike county sod.
Isaac served as Judge of the Pike county court. The Whites have descendants
scattered through Pike, Clark, Hempstead, Howard and adjoining counties ...
Isaac White married into the Dickson family ... David Campbell married a
sister of the ... Whites ... He lived for many years in Washington
(Arkansas) ... His son Jerome Campbell had a number of sons ... (David)
Campbell died in Clarksville, Texas ...

                               S.H. Williams
                              271 Franklin St.
                                  Chicago

Washington Press, Memorabilia, No. L., 1887; Sam Williams: Printer's Devil,
Memorabilia, Mary Madearis, 1979, page 289-290.
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Update 10.15.00               David Kelley 2000                FGR-0119.HTM
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