Taylor Family Genealogy

Joseph WHITSON

Male Abt 1732 - Abt 1790  (~ 58 years)


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  • Name Joseph WHITSON 
    Born Abt 1732  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1790  Washington Co, N.C. (Now Tenn.) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I122  Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2019 

    Father William WHITSON,   b. Abt 1706, Stafford or possibly Surry Co. Va. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1783, Washington County, N.C. (Now Tenn.) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother MARGARET 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1730 
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Left a will dated or probated in 1790. He seems to have been unmarried as he left everything to his brothers and sisters:
      "Washington County, Tenn. Will book 1, page 161, Will of Joseph Whitson. Nov. 1, 1790. My sister's son Joseph Peton [Payton] plantation whereon I now live. My brother Thomas Whitson, a Negro. My brother Will Whitson, a Negro. My brother John Whitson, a Negro. My four brothers and three sisters. Sisters Sarah Nelson, Susannah Eagan, and Lydia McCoy [McKay]. Appoints brothers Thomas and Jesse Executors. Signed by mark, Joseph Whitson" --- Whitley, Edythe R.

  • Sources 
    1. [S162] Whitsons; 350 years in America, Allenbaugh, JoAnn Whitson, p. 25.