DESCENDANTS OF HENRY MCWHORTER

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                           Don Norman

 

1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Henry McWhorter was born in New Jersey November 13, 1760 and died in

Harrison County VA February 4, 1818.  He served in the Virginia

Continental Line in the American Revolution.  He married Mary Fields in

Bucks County PA August 1, 1873.  The family moved from Bucks County PA

to Hampshire County VA in 1786. They move to Harrison County VA (WV) in

1790.

 

Known children of Henry and Mary (Fields) McWhorter.

 

  2.  (1). John                    b.Apr  8 1784   d.       1878

 

  3.  (2). Thomas                  b.Jul 15 1785   d.Dec 28 1816

         m.Delilah Stalnaker 1807

 

  4.  (3). Walter Fields           b.Oct 31 1787   d.Aug 12 1860

         m.Margaret Hurst Jan 16 1806

 

 

3.THOMAS MCWHORTER      1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Thomas McWhorter, a son of Henry and Mary (Fields) McWhorter, was born in Harrison County VA July 15, 1785 and died from rattlesnake bites December 28, 1816.  He married Delilah Stalnaker March 25, 1807. Delilah, a daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Radcliff) Stalnaker, was born in Harrison County February 13, 1789 and died February 26, 1872 in Lewis County WV.

 

Children of Thomas and Delilah (Stalnaker) McWhorter.

 

  5.  (1). Talitha                  b. Apr 13 1808

 

  6.  (2). Henry                    b. Oct  8 1809

 

  7.  (3). Celina                   b. Oct 22 1811

 

  8.  (4). Rulina                   b. Nov 21 1813

 

  9.  (5). Mary                    b.Feb 17 1816

         m. Jesse Hamilton Gosse Nutter Sep 20 1838

 

 10.  (6). Margaret                 b. Apr 18 1816

         m.L.S. Ward

 

 11.  (7). Susanna                  b. Sep 17 1817

 

4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Walter Fields McWhorter, a son of Henry and Mary (Fields)

McWhorter, was born in Harrison County VA (WV) October 31, 1787

and died there August 12, 1860.  He married Margaret Hurst in Harrison

County VA May 15, 1809. Margaret, a daughter of William and Elizabeth

(Sims) Hurst, was born February 28, 1791 and died December 27, 1853.

 

Children of Walter Fields and Margaret (Hurst) McWhorter.

 

 12.  (1). Fields                  b.       1807   d.       1892

         m.Margaret Kester 1827

 

 13.  (2). Mary                    b.Dec  5 1809   d.May 16 1899

         m.Benjamin Morris Sep 25 1828

 

 14.  (3). Elizabeth               b.       1811   d.       1886

         m.Samuel Stalnaker

 

 15.  (4). Eli                     b.       1812   d.       1860

         m.Jane Morris 1837

 

 16.  (5). John Minion             b.Jan 22 1822   d.       1901

         m.Rosetta Marple 1848

         m.Phoebe (Hardman) Cunningham

 

 17.  (6). Walter Fields Jr.       b.       1824   d.       1901

         m.Ailcey Lawson

 

 18.  (7). Mansfield               b.       1826   d.       1915

         m.Sarah A. Francis 1851

 

9.MARY MCWHORTER   3.THOMAS MCWHORTER      1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

      Mary McWhorter, a daughter of Thomas and Delilah (Stalnaker) McWhorter, was born in Harrison County VA February 17, 1816. She married Jesse Hamilton Gosse Nutter in Harrison County September 20, 1838. Jesse, a son of Thomas Christopher and Lois (Parks) Nutter, was born in Harrison County VA (WV) December 1, 1818 and died at Logan Ohio in 1895.

    Judging by the ages of their children, as reported in the 1860 Gilmer

County VA (WV) census, the family lived in Harrison County before about 1844, when they had a child born in Pocohontas County VA (WV). Children were born in 1847 and 1849 in Hocking County Ohio and in 1853, 1855 and 1860 in Gilmer County VA (WV).  Jesse allegedly returned to Hocking county in 1862 and joined the 8th Ohio Volunteers.

 

Children of Jesse Hamilton Gosse and Mary (McWhorter) Nutter.

 

  19.  (1). Thomas Sanson          b.Sep  4 1839

           m.Magdalene Zinn Dec 24 1864

           m.Annette Mitchell  1878

 

  20.  (2). Lloyd                  b.       1841

           m.Rachel Hoffman  1865

 

  21.  (3). Olive                  b.       1844

           m.Ephriam Blaine or Blake  1865

 

  22.  (4). George B.              b.Jan    1847

 

  23.  (5). Rulina "Runa"          b.Jan    1849

           m.David (Davis)

 

  24.  (6). Martha                 b.       1850

 

  25.  (7). John Scott             b.Aug 30 1852

           m.Anna Babb

 

  26.  (8). Eliza (Lydia)          b.Jan    1855

 

  27.  (9). Victoria               b.Nov    1859

           m.Pharley Phelps  Jan 27 1891

 

 

12.FIELDS MCWHORTER   4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Fields McWhorter, a son of Walter Fields and Margaret (Hurst)

McWhorter, was born in Harrison County VA in 1807 and died in 1892. He

married Margaret Kester in 1827. Margaret was born in VA about 1801.

 

Known children of Fields and Margaret (Kester) McWhorter.

 

 28.  (1). Joseph                  b.c.     1828

 

 29.  (2). Marl L.                 b.c.     1830

 

 30.  (3). Margaret E.             b.c.     1834

 

 31.  (4). Henry C.                b.c.     1836

 

 32.  (5). John D.W.               b.c.     1838

 

 33.  (6). Walter F.               b.c.     1841

 

 34.  (7). Sarah                   b.c.     1845

 

13.MARY MCWHORTER    4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Mary McWhorter, a daughter of Walter Fields and Margaret (Hurst)

McWhorter, was born December 5, 1809 and died May 16, 1899. She married

Benjamin Morris in Lewis County VA (WV) September 25, 1828. Benjamin, a

son of Samuel Morris, was born in NJ January 30, 1799 and died in Lewis

County VA (WV) June 17, 1886.

 

Children of Benjamin and Mary (McWhorter) Morris.

 

 35.  (1). Sarah Ann               b.Aug 29 1830   d.Oct 23 1908

         m.Abram Gaston 1852

 

 36.  (2). John                    b.Nov 10 1831   d.May 21 1914

         m.Sarah V. McQuain

 

 37.  (3). Thomas                  b.Apr 23 1832   d.       1925

         m.Clara Lawson Feb 1863

 

 38.  (4). Eli                     b.Dec 12 1833   d.Aug 13 1867

         m.Hannah Powers 1851

 

 39.  (5). Rebecca V.              b.Nov 10 1835   d.Oct 16 1877

         m.Robert Windle 1854

 

 40.  (6). Fields L.               b.Nov 20 1837   d.Feb 24 1912

         m.Catharine Powers Apr 24 1864

 

 41.  (7). Granville               b.Feb  7 1839   d.May  7 1911

         m.Sarah "Sally" Staats Feb 12 1863

 

 42.  (8). William H.              b.Apr  4 1841   d.Oct  8 1893

         m.Olive J. Gaston 1866

 

 43.  (9). Walter McWhorter        b.May  2 1843   d.       1926

         m.Melissa Williams  Oct 3 1865

 

 44. (10). Margaret Jane           b.May 27 1845   d.Mar 22 1875

         m.William H.H. Davis

 

 45. (11). Mary Elizabeth          b.Apr  9 1847

         m.Judson F. Randolph Nov 1865

 

 46. (12). Cassie Adaline          b.Aug 27 1850

         m.C.C.F. McWhorter  1877

 

15.ELIZABETH MCWHORTER   4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Elizabeth "Betsey" McWhorter, a daughter of Walter Fields and

Margaret (Hurst) McWhorter, was born January 15, 1811. She married

Samuel Stalnaker October 1, 1827. Samuel, a son of Samuel and Susanna

(Radcliff) Stalnaker, was born August 20, 1800 and died March 28, 1845.

 

Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (McWhorter) Stalnaker.

 

 47.  (1). John                    b.c.     1829

 

 48.  (2). Charles                 b.Aug  5 1830   d.Oct 18 1901

         m.Julia Henderson Sleeth Oct 14 1854

 

 49.  (3). Andrew

         m.Eunice Brown Nov 25 1852

 

 50.  (4). Julia Ann               b.       1832   d.Aug 26 1869

         m.----- McWhorter

 

 51.  (5). Walter

         m.Ruelina L. Waggoner Dec 23 1861

 

 52.  (6). Levi                    b.       1835   d.       1915

         m.Dorinda Davis

 

 53.  (7). Samuel Marion           b.       1836   d.       1891

         m.Sarah Ann Davisson 1860

 

 54.  (8). Amanda

 

 55.  (9). Sobisca                 b.Jan  8 1839   d.Jan 15 1923

         m.Christina Waggoner Sep 20 1860

 

 56. (10). George                  b.c.     1841

 

 57. (11). Margaret

 

 58. (12). Adam

 

 59. (13). Elizabeth               b.c.     1845

 

 

15.ELI MCWHORTER    4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Eli McWhorter, a son of Walter Fields and Margaret (Hurst)

McWhorter, was born in Harrison County VA in 1812 and died there in

1860. He married Jane Morris in 1837. Jane, a daughter of Samuel Morris,

was born in NJ about 1815.

 

Children of Eli and Jane (Morris) McWhorter.

 

 60.  (1). Thomas                  b.c.     1838

 

 61.  (2). John                    b.c.     1839

 

 62.  (3). Ervin                   b.c.     1841

 

 63.  (4). Eliza                   b.c.     1843

 

 64.  (5). Rebecca                 b.c.     1846

 

 65.  (6). Margaret                b.c.     1849

 

 66.  (7). Mansfield               b.c.     1852

 

 67.  (8). Sarah E.                b.c.     1854

 

 68.  (9). Eli B.                  b.c.     1857

 

 

16.JOHN MINION MCWHORTER  4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY

MCWHORTER

 

    John Minion McWhorter, a son of Walter Fields and Margaret (Hurst)

McWhorter, was born in Lewis County Va January 22, 1822 and died in

1901. He married Rosetta Marple in 1848. Rosetta was born in VA November

17, 1828.

    John's second wife was Phoebe (Hardman) Cunningham

 

Children of John Minion and Rosetta (Marple) McWhorter.

 

 69.  (1). Hyrcanus                b.Dec 15 1848

 

 70.  (2). Flavius Josephus        b.Nov 26 1849

 

 71.  (3). Augustus Onslow         b.Jul 24 1851

 

 72.  (4). Lycurgus Diogenes       b.Aug  4 1855

 

 73.  (5). Cyrus Socrates          b.Oct  1 1855

 

 74.  (6). Sabinus Bruce           b.Sep  5. 185-

 

 75.  (7). Lucullus Virgil         b.Jan 29 1860   d.       1942

         m. Ardelia Swisher 1883

         m. Annie Bowman

 

 76.  (8). Flora Mede              b.Sep 29 1861

 

 77.  (9). Lora Lee                b.Mar 23 1864

 

 78. (10). John Camillus            b.Jul  5 1866

 

17.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER JR.  4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY

MCWHORTER

 

    Walter Fields McWhorter Jr., a son of Walter Fields and Margaret

(Hurst) McWhorter, was born in Harrison County Va in 1824 and died in

1901. He married Alicey Lawson. Alicey was born in Va about 1832.

 

Known children of Walter Fields Jr. and Alicey (Lawson) McWhorter.

 

 79.  (1). Achilles M.             b.c.     1853

 

 80.  (2). Margaret R.             b.c.     1855

 

 81.  (3). Mary S.                 b.c.     1858

 

 82.  (4). Elias S.                b.       1860

 

 

18.MANSFIELD MCWHORTER   4.WALTER FIELDS MCWHORTER     1.HENRY MCWHORTER

 

    Mansfield McWhorter, a son of Walter Fields and Margaret (Hurst)

McWhorter, was born in VA in 1826 and died in 1915. He married Sarah A.

Francis in 1851. Sarah was born in VA about 1819.

 

Children of Mansfield and Sarah A. (Francis) McWhorter.

 

 83.  (1). Philomena               b.c.     1858

 

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Calhoun County Lines and Links, Jan 1998

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“Hacker's Creek Journal" Vol. XIX, Issue 1, 2001, pp.2-6

"Hacker's Creek Journal" Vol. XVIII, Issue 2, 2001, pp.57-58

Karabogias, Pauline, and Don Norman, "Descendants of Christopher Nutter"

"Lewis County WV, Her People and Places", 2000, p. 119, 146

Norman, Don, "The Descendants of Samuel Stalnaker", "Descendants of

Samuel Morris"

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1850, 1860, 1870 Lewis County VA (WV) census

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