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• Gender	Male
  Died	15 Dec 1830 OR 12 Dec 1833  [1, 4, 5]
  	According to his Revolutionary War pension application #R11491, he was drowned in the Amite River about 1832.  The "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution" by Bobby Gilmer Moss, lists his death as December 12, 1833.
  Person ID	I10309	mykindred
  Last Modified	05 Jun 2008 00:00:00
  Father	Francis Whittington
  Mother	Martha Freeman
  Family ID	F18351	Group Sheet
  Father	Edward Whittington, b. Abt 1726
  Mother	Penelope Green, b. Abt 1725
  Family ID	F2431	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary "Polly" Rhodes
  Married	Mar 1798	Hancock county, Georgia   [1, 4, 5]
  Children	> 1. Nancy Whittington, b. Abt 1802, Georgia
  Family ID	F3707	Group Sheet

• Histories		Whittington, Jarratt, R.S. Revolutionary War pension
  		Whittington, Richard (et al) Pension application for Richard Whittington, R.S.

• Notes

  His parents are unproven, but his father's name may have been Francis since he and Bartholomew administered the will of a Francis Whittington in the 1780s. He served as a lieutenant with Capt Claiborne Hinson in Col. Samuel's Benton's Regiment, South Carolina Militia, during 1779 and 1780.  He was in the battle of Little Pee Dee, South Carolina, where he was shot through the right heel and crippled in a skirmish at Rouse's Ferry. On October 3rd, 1791, Jarrett Whittington is recorded to have received 188 acres of land in the Cheraw District of South Carolina, on the N.E. side of the Great Pee Dee River ("Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants in South Carolina" compiled by Tony Draine and John Skinner, pp. 55-57), Bounty Land Warranty #44808-160-5.   In sworn affidavits, he is said to be a cousin to Grief and Richard Whittington and received a pension for his service, #R11491. The book "Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District" by Norman E. Gillis, on p. 78, "Inhabitants of the Natchez District -- 1810" (except Wilkinson County, which is for 1805) Jarrett ("Garett") is listed as a family head in Wilkinson county, 1 male, 1 male over 21and 2 females under 21. Other Whittington's listed by this book in the Natchez district, 1810 are:  (Wilkinson): Cornelius & James;  (Claiborne & Warren): Grief; (Adams): Levi;  (Amite): Aaron, Gerrard, James, John, Moses & Richard. .... and 1816 are: (Adams): Levi;  (Amite): Aaron, Cornelius, Evan, Gerard, Grief, James, James, John & Moses. - 1790 census Jarrat Whittington St Thomas, Cheraws District, SC 1790 Free White males 16> (incl. HH) - 1 === Jarrotts Whittington,Amite,MS 1820 Jared Whitington, Amite, Mississippi 1830 === Series Number:S108092  Reel:0157 Frame:00338 Date: 1776 C. OR LATER Description: WHITTINGTON, JARRATT, ACCOUNT AUDITED (FILE NO. 8472) OF CLAIMS GROWING OUT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Names Indexed: WHITTINGTON, JARRATT === Source: Abstracts of Conveyances, Marlborough County, S.C. Volumes A-1 and AA Recorded from 1786 to 1796 by Gwen DeBerry Hendrix published by the Pee Dee Chapter, SC Genealogical Society: #462 AA 297 25 Aug 1792 JARRATT (spelled several ways) WHITTINGTON of Marlborough County to ELIAS HILLSON of same For 8 Pounds Sterling, 200 acres surveyed on 3 Feb 1791 joining Wm. Allston and Vacant Land Granted to Edward Whittington now Deceased 4 July 1791 Descended to sd Jerrett Whittington by Heirship  Jarrat Whittington Wit: Marthy (+) Bar. Whittington, Burril (B) Whittington (Bar Whittington also witnessed the receipt) Proved 27 Oct 1792 by Mr. Barthw. Whittington before Moses Peason, Justice Marlborough County (The names of the other witnesses are recorded as Burrel Whittington and Martha Lowe) Rec 6 Nov 1 (B) his mark. === Before me Isaiah Cain as Justice of peace for the County of Amite in the State of Mississippi Personally appeared this day Rich Whittington and Grief Whittington of said County who did severally make oath that Jarratt Whittington, by whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed, is well known to them to be the person therein described, and that he is generally Reputed and believed, to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated, and that the said declaration was made and Subscribed, by the said Jarratt Whittington in their presence and on the day of the date thereof. Which is my hand this day of December in the year 1828. S/ Rd Whittington S/ Gr Whittington Sworn to before me the fifth of December 1828 S/ Isaiah Cain, J. P. The testimony of Grief Whittington taken before me the undersigned commissioner duly and specially authorized to take evidence in support of the claim of Jared Whittington, who is desirous of being placed on the pension list of the United States of America. Grief Whittington being duly sworn saith that he is a cousin to the applicant, and also to Richard Whittington the other witness on behalf of the said applicant.  We all lived in the State of South Carolina at the commencement of the revolutionary War, and lived there until about eighteen years ago when we moved to this country and settled within six miles of Liberty in the County of Amite and State of Mississippi, where we have resided ever since and where we now reside.  I entered the service of South Carolina militia as a private when the revolution first broke out; in the course of about two or three years afterwards Jared Whittington joined the service; at first we were relieved every two months but after a while we were kept out almost constant[ly].  In a battle fought at Rouses Ferry on Little Pee Dee [River] against some British and Tories, Jared Whittington the present applicant while fighting against the common Enemy was shot in his right heel about the first fire with a ball, it disabled him & he was taken from his horse & after we whipped the British & Tories, he was carried to his father's in Cheraw District where he was confined a long time with his wound and was not able to march or ride a horse well, during the war and did not serve any more; his term of service was out long before he was able to go about.  I know that he has ever since & is now greatly disabled by said wound from walking well or working; his life has been very orderly at all times, he has always been a poor man and is not able by his labor to support himself.  The principal work that he does is at the cooper's trade.  I do not remember at what time the battle was fought in which the wound was received, but it, was not long after General Gates [Horatio Gates] & DeKalb were defeated at Camden on Wateree [River] in (1780) for after this battle the Tories were very saucy and we were obliged to be going from one swamp to another pretty constantly & whenever we could hear of a party, we just dashed upon them.  From the weather being warm & corn first beginning to get hard in the field, I think the battle must have been fought in September or early in October.  Jared Whittington & myself at the time Jared was shot belonged as privates to Captain Henson's company in Colonel Lemuel Benton's Regiment. We all had horses, who were together at the time of this battle. Colonel Murphy, who was second in command, commanded on the day of the battle on Little PeeDee where Jared was shot. S/ Grief Whittington Examined, sworn to & subscribed before me this 10 day of September 1827. S/ GabFelder, Com.

• Sources

  [S177] Family Records -- Mississippi Revolutionary Soldie, p. 332-335. [S178] Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District, pp. 78, 112. [S181] Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants in South Caro, pp., 55-57. [S182] Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American, pp. 988-989. [S1880] Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Grant Applications, Roll 865, image 231, file R11491/BLWT44808-160-55. Pension application of Jarratt Whittington, Dec. 5, 1828.  Sworn to by Grief and Richard Whittington, who said they were his cousins.  He was wounded in his right heel at the beginning of the conflict and was unable to serve after that.