References:
(1) Webb Families of the Virginias:
(2) Kith and Kin: Vol. II, page 114.
Historical Notes:
(1) According to descendants, James P. White and his wife Mary Robinette lived
only a relatively short time in Wythe County Virginia. In about 1821 they
settled on Buffalo Creek, and remained there until sometime after 1825 when
James made application for and received a grant of land for fifty acres in what
was later to become Blair.James P. White died in about 1839, and left his widow with about nine
childred living at home. Mary White's grandchildren took delight in recounting
how she could speak Dutch, and how she would teach her children "to say their
numbers" in Dutch. They retold how their ancestors had sailed to America on
the "Mayflower" and that one was born on board the ship from the Netherlands.
Precisely when and which one has not been indentified in the re-telling. A
desire for learning was instilled in ther children, one of whom became a
physician.
References:
(1) Robinett Family Records.
References:
(1) Kith and Kin: Vol. II Page 111.
Historical Notes:
(1) Benajamin Harrison White was nicknamed "Chickasaw Ben." He served in the
Revolutionary War in the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7th, 1780, he also
served in the War of 1812.(2) Of the early nineteenth century White family progenitors in southwestern
Virginia, Benjamin Harrison "Chickasaw Ben" White left the most descendants in
what later became Boone County, West Virginia.Born before 1765, possibly the son of Wesley and Mary Harrison White,
Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War, and apparently in the War of 1812 as
well. How or when he acquired the nickname "Chicasaw Ben" is not known, but he
was so called by friends and neighbors, ostensibly to distinguish him from
others with the same name.Benjamin White's participation in the Battle of Kings Mountain on 7
October 1780 has been commemorated in the memorial record there. That he is
the same man mentioned above is vouched for by descendants. Interviewed in May
1823 by Lyman Draper, the veteran described Colonel William Campbell's roll in
that battle:"Colonel Campbell rode a bay horse. I say him receive the sword from the
British Captain - I think his name was DePeyster, and heard Colonel Campbell
order the flag to be received, and I believe it was Even Shelby that received
it. I saw Colonel Campbell very frequently during the whole action encouraging
his men, and feel confident he was not absent from his men one moment during
the whole battle. I was in the battles of Point Pleasant, Princeton,
Brandywine, Germantown, and others, and in all those battles I never saw a
braver man than Colonel William Campbell, according to my judgement."The lat sergeant in Polk's Regiment did not mention the presence of his
brother John White, but both are listed by Cox as having been at Kings Mountain
in Virginia's Washington County contingent. The brothers reputedly moved from
Amherst County to Sugar Run together after the conflict.Still a bachelor when he met Nancy Goodwin, daughter of Micajah and
Elizabeth (Burford) Goodwin, Benjamin married the 20 year old Nancy in Amerst
County, Virginia on July 10th, 1787.The name of Benjamin H. White appears on a Company Muster Roll at Fort
Powhatan during the War of 1812. He served from 29th August through 30th
October 1814 and was allowed an extra three days pay for marching the fifty
miles from place of discharge to his home, the locales of which were not
mentioned on the voucher.Between 1816 and 1819 Benjamin H. White and wife Nancy bought and sold
land on Christian's Fork on Brush Creek in what was then Giles County. Before
1820 they had settled with their growning family at the head of Buffalo Creek,
a tributary of the Guyandot River - their home within the bounds of Cabell
County until the formation of Logan County in 1824.As they advanced in years, the couple made their home with their youngest
daughter Louisa and her husband. Between 1840 and 1850 Checkasaw Ben White
died and is thought to have been buried in Boone County, at the mouth of Jasper
Workman's Branch of Pond Fork of Little Coal River. Ben's widow Nancy died
sometime after the census enumeration of 1850, at which time she was still
living with her daughter Louisa.
References:
(1) Robinett Family Records.
References:
(1) Robinett Family Records.
References:
(1) Lineage of the Lloyd Family and Carpenter Family, page 43.
(2) Genealogy of the Brownings of America, by E.F. Browning.
(3) Caswell County, North Carolina Cross Index to Wills, Book I- 1777-1908.
(4) Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America, 445-446, 449-451.
(5) Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia Vol. II,
Page 151.Historical Notes:
(1) Enos Browning served in the Revolutionary War under General William
Campbell, in the Battle of King's Mountain.