Hezekiah WHITT
Noted events in his life were: • Biography. Hezekiah Whitt appeared in court at age eighty four to state that he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. That he was born in the State of South Carolina in the year 1760, that from there his father moved to Stewart Creek, North Carolina and afterwards to Montgomery County, Virginia. In June of 1776 or 1777 he went to the relief of Island Creek Fort against the Indians. An expedition was sent to inform Col. William Preston of the damage. He, Hezekiah, marched under the command of_________ and Izrael Gortow and entered the fort which was then under the command of Captain Henry Patton. He served there for one month. In 1779, in March volunteered under Capt. Thomas Masters upon the expedition to Tennessee called then the "Chickamauga expedition" against the Cherokee Indians. Served under various commanders fighting Indians. Also served in the Revolutionary War. (The above information is from the files of Hope Smith - no source is listed) • Land: other possible land acquisitions, 1792-1844, Tazewell County, VA. don't know which Hezekiah this is... • Deed: Deed book 9, 1848, Tazewell County, VA. pages 473-474 - August 9, 1848: James Whitt, Rebekah Low, Richard Whitt, and Susannah Webb to Thomas Brown for twenty dollars each two tracts of land, one for two hundred and forty acres and the other for ninety eight acres. • Deed: Deed book 9, 1849, Tazewell County, VA. pages 585-586 - August 17, 1849: John B Whitt and Jonas Whitt to Thomas Brown for twenty five dollars three hundred and forty three acres. • Deed: Deed book 10, 1851, Tazewell County, VA. page 179 - February 25, 1851: George W. Deskins to Thomas Brown for one hundred dollars two hundred and forty five acres. Hezekiah married Rachel SKAGGS, daughter of Charles SKAGGS and Lucinda "Lucy" THOMPSON. (Rachel SKAGGS was born on 31 Aug 1761.) |