Cornelius Whittington^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1749 - Aft 1837  (> 88 years)

• Histories		Whittington, Richard (et al) Pension application for Richard Whittington, R.S.
  		Whittington, Richard, R.S. (1753-1835) Revolutionary War pension

  
  

• Name	Cornelius Whittington
  Born	Apr 24, 1749	Albemarle county, Virginia, USA   [12, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft Nov 27, 1837	Liberty, Amite county, Mississippi, USA   [13, 14, 15, 16]
  	Lottie Bell Crabb states he died March 27, 1835, but his will was probated in 1838.
  Buried	Mississippi, USA
  Notes	- Cornelius served in the Revolutionary War and is said to be descended from King Edward III, Knights of the Garter, Knights of the Bath, and from the Thirteen Sureites for the Magna Charta of A.D. 1215.     He was born in Virginia but had moved to South Carolina by the time his oldest son, James, was born in 1777.  He enlisted in the Revolutionary War in 1776 and served one year as a private in Capt. James Thompson's Company, Colonel Bull's South Carolina Regiment.  He moved to Georgia and served in Colonel James Jackson's Regiment. Then, returning to South Carolina, he served under both Colonel Hammond and General Williamson.  Afterwards, he marched into the Cherokee Nation under Colonel Picken's Regiment.     He lived for awhile in both Richmond and Hancock counties, Georgia, but came to Amite County, Mississippi circa 1800.  In 1831/33 he was granted a pension of $60 per year for his services in the Revolutionary War.  His will, of record in the Amite County Chancery Clerk's Office at Liberty, Mississippi, was probated in 1838/9.     The book "Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District" by Norman E. Gillis, notes two Cornelius Whittingtons -- on p. 78, "Inhabitants of the Natchez District -- 1810" (except Wilkinson County, which is for 1805):         ... a Cornelius is listed in Wilkinson county, 2 males, 2 males over 21 and 4 females under 21; and         ... a Cornelius is listed in Amite county, 1 male, 1 male over 21and 1 female under 21.     In the same book, p. 112, "Inhabitants of the Natchez District -- 1816", a Cornelius is listed in Amite county as a head of family.     Other Whittington's listed by this book in the Natchez district, 1810 & 1816 are: (Wilkinson): Garett & James;  (Claiborne & Warren): Grief;  (Adams): Levi;  (Amite): Aaron, Gerrard, James, John, Moses & Richard.  .... and 1816 are: (Adams): Levi;  (Amite): Aaron, Garett, Evan, Gerard, Grief, James, James, John & Moses.
  Person ID	I33531	mykindred
  Last Modified	Aug 3, 2006

  
  

  Father	John Whittington,   b. 1724, Albemarle county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Albemarle county, Va ?
  Mother	Sarah Woodroffe,   b. circa 1724, Surrey county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y
  Married	circa 1747
  Notes	Albemarle church records confirm that Cornelius, Richard and Ephraim were brothers.
  Family ID	F2318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Gilliam,   b. Nov 23, 1754 OR 1750, Albemarle county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Nov 1837, Amite county, Mississippi, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	circa 23 Nov 1774  [13, 14, 15]
  Children	1. James A. Whittington,   b. circa 1775, Cheraw District, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 1838, Amite county, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 63 years)   2. John Whittington,   b. circa 1779, SC or Georgia, USA ,   d. circa 1837, Amite or Scott county, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)   3. Mary Louisa (?Polly) Whittington,   b. circa 1781, Georgia, USA ,   d. circa 1863, Amite county, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 82 years)   4. Aaron Whittington,   b. circa 1783, Georgia, USA ,   d. Aft 1860, Leake county, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 78 years)   5. Winneford "Winnie" Whittington,   b. circa 1784, Georgia, USA ,   d. Y   6. Moses Whittington,   b. circa 1788, Georgia, USA ,   d. 1850, ? Amite county, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 62 years)   7. Sarah Whittington,   b. circa 1791, Wilkes county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Bef Sep 04, 1849, Scott county, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)   8. Susannah Whittington,   b. 1793, Richmond / Hancock county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Aft 1860, Amite county, Mississippi, USA  (Age > 68 years)   9. Rebecca Whittington,   b. circa 1795, Washington, Georgia, USA ,   d. Y   10. Elam Whittington,   b. circa 1798, Georgia, USA ,   d. Y   11. [son] Whittington,   d. Y
  Family ID	F12116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S874] Gedcom - Sherlock, Barbara. [S120] Whittingtons Here & There, ch. 6. [S177] Family Records -- Mississippi Revolutionary Soldie, pp. 332-335. [S178] Early Inhabitants of the Natchez District, pp. 78, 112. [S179] The Order of the First Families of Mississippi 169, pp. 85-86. [S182] Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American, pp. 988-989. [S251] Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families, p. 406. [S158] Whittington Family, The. [S606] Gedcom - Miley, Karell. [S605] Genealogy of Richard Whittington. [S1009] Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties Virginia 1738-1778. [S1880] Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Grant Applications, Roll 865, image 205, file S7892. Pension application of Cornelius Whittington, Nov. 20, 1833 [S140] DAR Application, Index for Patriots. [S177] Family Records -- Mississippi Revolutionary Soldie, p. 332-335. [S179] The Order of the First Families of Mississippi 169, p. 85-86. [S120] Whittingtons Here & There.