Ancestors and Descendants of William Whitt, (1775-1850)
Portrait of an American Family - David Whitt.
The goal of this book is to prove the origin and history of the Whitt family
from Etowah County , Alabama
. Research by William Whitt's descendants determined William had
lived in South Carolina as early
as 1798, migrated to Franklin County, Tennessee, as early as 1811, and
pioneered into Alabama
some time before 1824. William Whitt was a great-grandson of the
emigrant, John Witt-Whitt, who emigrated from
England
to Virginia
circa 1666. The four consensus sons of John Witt-Whitt have been
identified as John Witt II, William Witt, Edward Whitt, and Richard Whitt
Sr.-the Witt-Whitt family of old Virginia. In 2002, a DNA study confirmed that
the four consensus sons of John Witt-Whitt were related. This book presents a
thorough, complete, and accurate history of the ancestors and descendants of
William Whitt from 1621 to the present day. A look at the origin of the
surname Whitt precedes the history of the first Whitt in America, followed by
an examination of John Witt-Whitt and the four foundational Witt-Whitt
families of old Virginia. Individual chapters are devoted to the descendants
of Edward Whitt, William Whitt, Shadrach M. Whitt, William P. Whitt, William
Middleton Whitt, and David Harvey Whitt. Many of John Witt-Whitt's descendants
patriotically and honorably served their country in all of
America
's wars from the Revolutionary War up to and including the
Persian Gulf War, and are identified here. An abundance of photographs,
facsimile reprints of original documents, and maps; along with appendices, a
bibliography, and a full name index add to the value of this extensive work
2004, 8½x11, paper, index, 624 pp. $71.00
W3352 ISBN: 0788433520 - at printer