William WHITE

1752 - 1833  (81 years)

• Name	William WHITE  [1]
  Born	1752	, Antrim, Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Nov 1833	, Chester, SC, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, Chester, SC, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Plot: Row 7, to the right of his parents' markers
  Person ID	I1899	Boyd
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	John WHITE
  Mother	Ann GARNER,   b. Abt 1725,   d. 25 Jan 1818  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Family ID	F1403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane BROWN,   b. Feb 1758,   d. 23 May 1841  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	1778  [1]
  Children	1. John WHITE,   b. 22 Feb 1779,   d. 10 Jan 1839  (Age 59 years)   2. James WHITE,   b. Abt 1781,   d. 4 Jun 1822  (Age ~ 41 years)   3. Samuel WHITE,   b. 1783   4. Elizabeth WHITE,   b. 1786   5. Hugh WHITE,   b. 13 Feb 1787   6. William WHITE,   b. 4 Aug 1789 + 7. Abraham “Abram” WHITE,   b. Abt 1793,   d. 22 Apr 1846  (Age ~ 53 years) + 8. Francis “Frank” WHITE,   b. 20 Oct 1796,   d. 2 Apr 1848  (Age 51 years) + 9. W. Garner WHITE,   b. Abt Nov 1798,   d. 4 Feb 1866  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2009
  Family ID	F1404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 18 Nov 1833 - , Chester, SC, USA Buried - - Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, Chester, SC, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  Tombstone: “Sacred to the memory of William White, who departed this life on the 18th day of November 1833, in the 81st year of his age. A soldier of the Revolution who, when the British invaded South Carolina, volunteered in defense of his Country, and continued in its service a faithful and zealous friend of American Liberty, until peace was made; and until his peaceful death maintained honorably the character of a patriot, a husband, a father, and a Christian” No lore is known as to the exact location of William White's death so it is presumed that William White died at or near his home which was near the Purity church and cemetery at that time. The area is now recognized to be in or near the unincorporated area of Evans. From the White family book, a part by Dr. Garner Brown White, a dentist; and Matthew Elder "Pet" White, a farmer: "William White, 2 (s/o John, 1) was born in , Antrim, Ireland in 1753. He accompanied his parents to America in the year 1767 at the age of fourteen. About the year 1778 he was married to Jane Brown. William White was a soldier of the American Revolution and fought in the battles of Kings Mountain, Fishing Creek, Fishdam Ford, Blackstock and perhaps others. The rifle which he carried during the war is now owned by Matthew Henry White of Chester, S. C. It was on exhibition at the Centennial at Kings Mountain in the year 1880. William and Jane Brown settled about three miles south-east of Chester and one third mile west of the Chester-Great Falls highway about two hundred yards east of a large spring. A few years later he built a home a few hundred yards west of the old spring. That home is still standing and is owned by J. G. L. White. William died Nov. 18, 1833 in the eighty-first year of his age. His wife, Jane Brown died May 23, 1841. Having been born in February 1758, she died in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Both he and she are buried in Old Purity Cemetery. Children: Name........... child gen. year or date .................... no. no. .... born John White..... 1 .. 3 February 22, 1779 James White... 2 .. 3 1781 Samuel White.. 3 .. 3 1783 Elizabeth White 4 .. 3 1786 Hugh White..... 5 .. 3 February 13, 1787 William White... 6 .. 3 August 4, 1789 Abram White... 7 .. 3 1793 Frank White.... 8 .. 3 November, 1795 Garner White... 9 .. 3 November, 1797 " [2, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Heritage History of Chester County SC, Vol. I, Anne Pickens Collins & Louise Gill Knox, editors, (Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, 1982, Reprinted 2000), Library of Congress: 00-106865. [S10] Find a Grave. [S426] Roster of Names of Persons Buried in Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, SC, (Chester County Genealogical Society, 1980), p 7. [S40] Heritage History of Chester County SC, Vol. I, Anne Pickens Collins & Louise Gill Knox, editors, (Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, 1982, Reprinted 2000), Library of Congress: 00-106865., p 110.