Benjamin White 35
Birth Date: Sep 1864
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1900: Bear Creek, Lawrence, Kentucky
Father's Name: John White
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's name: Julyan White
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 White
Name: Benjamin F. White
Death Date: 23 Jan 1939
Death Place: Lincoln, West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Father Name: John Sr. White
Mother Name: Judy Ann Clay

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Judyan Clay
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Lawrence, Kentucky
Gender: Female
Family Number: 834
Household Members: Name Age
Bartly Clay 50
Nancy Clay 45

Kentucky Births and Christenings
Name: Mary F. White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1859
Birthplace: Bear Creek, Lawrence, Kentucky
Father's Name: John White
Mother's Name: July Ann Clay

Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
Name: Bartley Clay
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Nancy Prince
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Name: Nancy Clay
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
Birth Place: Virginia
Age: 71
Death Date: Sep 1879
Cause of Death: Asthma
Census Year: 1880
Census Place: Precinct 1, Lawrence, Kentucky
Enumeration District: 48
LINE: 11

Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1822
County: Giles
State: Virginia

Evan Clay 25
John Clay 17
Geo Clay 15
Jane M Clay 13
Judyan Clay 11

Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924
Grantee: Bartley Clay
Number of Acres: 100
Survey Date: 12 Mar 1849
County: Lawrence
Watercourse: Bear Cr
Book Number: 31


Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: John White
Gender: Male
Spouse: Judah Clay
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 12 Oct 1856
County: Lawrence
State: Kentucky
Spouse Name: Drusia White
FHL Film Number: 1983337

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: John White
Age in 1870: 36
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1870: Precinct 1, Lawrence, Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Louisa

John White 36
Julia A White 29
Mary F White 12
Clarinda White 8
Benjamin F White 5
William White 3
John White 6/12


Home in 1880: Twin Branches, Lawrence, Kentucky
Drusie P White 36
Ella White 13
Frederick White 11
Orbra White 4
Henee White 2
Deveottea White 4/12

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas Belomy
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Twin Branches, Lawrence, Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law
Find A Grave Memorial# 19251776, sister to Ben. F, Clarinda

brother of Drusia Find A Grave Memorial# 127329943?

http://eakycivilwar.blogspot.com/2010/10/louisa-during-civil-war.html

1900 Law.Co.Ky Census:Bear Creek, Voting precinct # 12
White John H May 1834 65 M 12 Ky Ky Ky
Matilda W Apr 1856 44 M 12 3 3 Va Va Va
Rosa D Oct 1888 11 S Ky Ky Va
Susan D May 1890 10 S Ky Ky Va
Denver S Apr 1894 6 S Ky Ky Va
Clay James F.in L.Jan 1829 71 Wd. Va Va Va
George U Apr 1840 60 S Va Va Va
1880 Law. Co. Ky. Census, precinct # 1
White John W M 46 Farmer Ky Va Va
Julyan W F 38 Wife Va Va Va
Clarinda{Marr} W F 19 Daughter Ky Ky Va
Benjamin F. W M 15 son Laborer Ky KY Va
William W M 13 Son Laborer Ky Ky Va
John W M 9 Son Ky Ky Va
Perry W M 7 Son Ky Ky Va
Barbary W M 5 Daughter Ky Ky Va
Elijah W M 1 Son Ky Ky Va
Belomy,Thomas W M 26 Son-in-Law Laborer Va Va Ky
Oliver W M 1 Grandson Ky Va Ky
Florence W M 3/12 Granddaughter Ky Va Ky

One thing I do know, the Whites and Van Horns were Unionists during the Civil War and were part of a mass migration of Louisa area Unionist families to Lincoln County, West Virginia (9-mile creek, Midkiff area) around 1900-1905 time. The migration was due to both economic hardships and feuds with some ex-Confederates. My great-grandfather was a road builder and gave some (many?) of these families work due to connections made during the Civil War. Per Van Gale 1/9/2015

Subject: Re: Julia or Judy Clay?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:42:03 EST

In a message dated 2/15/99 8:15:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]
writes:

> I am copying this "as told".
> "My great-grandmother, on my mother's side, had a brother whose children
> were named "Barthy" [Bartley] and "Bithy" [Tabitha].

I copied this from a web page, hope it's OK to post for our information:

Clay Family

SOURCE: The Georgia Branch Of The Virginia CLAYs And Their Celebrated Cousins by L.W. Rigsby, 1926./ Virginia Rahal- Descendant of Mitchell CLAY & Phoebe BELCHER through their daughter Sarah/Sally who married John PETERS, Jr./ " A
History of the Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory by David E. Johnston, 1906.

The Indians appear to have become angered at CLAY & his family by reason of the aid given by them to the scouts & militia during the Revolution. In August 1783, after CLAY had harvested his crops, & while he was absent from home on a hunting expedition to secure game for the family larder, a party of Indians crept in & attacked the family. At the time, Bartley & Ezekiel were building a fence around some stacks of grain. The older sons had not returned from the
Revolution. Tabitha & some of the girls were at the river washing, while Mrs. CLAY & the smaller children seem to have been in the house.( Sarah, also known as Sally, presumably was born in 1783, so she would have been an infant, or her mother was still pregnant at the time of this massacre.)

" The first they knew of the Indians was when one of them shot Bartley from ambush. This frightened the girls, but Tabitha, seeing an Indian about to scalp her brother, rushed to his assistance & engaged the Indian in a hand to hand conflict, she being without any weapon. It seemed for awhile that she might be victorious, but the Indian resorted to his hunting knife & literally cut her into pieces. Mrs. CLAY undertook to secure the aid of one BLANKENSHIP at this time, but he being a coward ran off & left the family to it's fate. After killing Tabitha & Bartley, the Indians captured Ezekiel CLAY & for some cause left the premises with him, perhaps in search of the elder
Mitchell CLAY. Mrs. CLAY with her small children, secured the bodies of Bartley & Tabitha & placed them on the bed, when she & her small children left home, going to the New River Settlements.

Mitchell CLAY wounded a deer, which he followed for sometime & late in returning home, when he found the bodies of his 2 children on the bed & his wife & small children gone. Imagine his horror & grief, not only for the dead children, but for those members of his family whose fate
was at yet known to him. There being nothing he could do at home, he made his way to the New River Settlements, pusued by the Indians into the settlements. Here, the settlers appearing too strong, the Indians stole some horses & made their way back to the Ohio River.

A party was soon made up to follow them, consisting of Charles CLAY, Mitchell CLAY, Jr., James BAILEY, William WILEY, Edward HALE, Isaac HARE, John FRENCH & Capt. James MOORE. They first went to the CLAY cabin & buried the CLAY children. The Indians had divided, which fact was not discovered by the pursuers until after they had come up with
the party that had the horses. In the ensuing battle between the whites & the Indians, several Indians were killed. Charles CLAY, only a mere boy, killing one of the Indians himself in the encounter. Mitchell CLAY Jr. was at the time too small to handle a gun well, but shot at one of the Indians, but missed him, the Indian being killed by
another member of the party.

The party of Indians carrying Ezekiel CLAY was not overtaken. They took him down the West fork of the river to their own town Chillicothe, where he was burned at the stake. The whites were so incensed at this conduct of the Indians that Edward HALE & William WILEY stripped the skin from the backs of 2 of the Indians & took the hide home & made razor straps from it, which were kept in the family
for many years as a souvenir of the battle.
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1. Judy Ann CLAY was born about 1839. She was married to John WHITE in OCT 1856. John WHITE was born about 1835.

SECOND GENERATION

2. Bartley CLAY was born on 27 JUL 1799 in Giles Co., VA. He died after 1870. He was married to Nancy PRINCE on 30 MAR 1822 in Giles Co., VA.

3. Nancy PRINCE was born about 1804 in Virginia. She died about 1880.

THIRD GENERATION

4. Mitchell CLAY Jr. was born in 1770 in Blackwater River, Bedford Co., VA. He died in FEB 1851 in Raleigh Co., WV. He was married to Judith (Judah) CLAY in 1794 in Montgomery Co., WV.

5. Judith (Judah) CLAY was born about 1770. She died after 1830.

FOURTH GENERATION

8. Mitchell CLAY Sr. was born in 1735 in Henrico Co., VA. He died about 1811 in Pearisburg, Giles Co., VA. He was married to Phebe BELCHER in APR 1760 in Franklin Co., VA.

9. Phebe BELCHER was born about 1740 in Franklin Co., VA. She died about 1809 in Giles Co., VA.

10. William CLAY Jr. was born about 1733 in Henrico Co., VA. He died in 1810 in Franklin Co., VA. He was married to _____ MILLIE.

11. _____ MILLIE.
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John White
Jane Edwards Rankin (View posts)
Posted: 7 Feb 2000 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: White, Rankin
1870 Law.Co.Ky. Census: John White, 36, M,Farmer,Ky.,Julia A.,29,F,Keeping House,Va.Mary F.,12,F,Ky.,Clarinda,8,F,Ky.,Benjamin F.5,M Ky.,William,3,M,Ky.,John,Dec.6/12,M,Ky.
1860 Law.Co.Ky.Census: John White, 23,M,W,Farmer, Ky.,Juda,22,F,W,House wife,Va.Mary F.{born 25 July 1859} Ky.Nancy,1,F,W,Ky.
1850 Law.Co. Ky. census:Living in house of parents.Daniel White,48,{born 1802 Ky.,died 31 Dec.1854 Law.Co.Ky.Married 22 Feb.1829 Law.Co.Ky.},M,Farmer,Ky.,Mary,48 {Mary Polly Stewart,born abt.1802 Tazewell Co. Va.parents,Ralph J. Stewart and Elizabeth Elliott},F House Wife,Va.Ephraim,19,M,Ky.John,16,M,Ky.,Barbara,12,F,Ky.,Frances M.,8,M,Ky.,Alvin,5,M,Ky.,William Peterman,23,M, Laborer,Ky.
Daniel White is the son of Solomon White.
Solomon White is the son of David and Nancy White
Hope this helps some.
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