John WHETSTONE may have had the middle name James. He was killed by lightning in 1843.
John's parentage and actual date of birth is still unproven, but the 1840 Warrick County, Indiana, Census is the only one in which John appears as head of his own household, and he lists the decade of 1810-1820 as the time of birth for himself and his wife. John WHETSTONE and Nancy McCARTY were married in Warrick Co., IN, on 8 Apr 1834, by Rev. Moses P. Condict, a Methodist minister---although John is said to have been a member of the Presbyterian Church in an 1883 biography of his son James W. WHETSTONE. Both were apparently of age, which places their births probably in the early half of the 1810's. Every census record that John and Nancy's children were in from 1880 onward uniformly lists their parents' birthplaces as Indiana (for John) and Kentucky (for Nancy). This is in keeping with most all other records or evidence or family stories. There is only one exception:
John WHETSTONE's oldest son James W. WHETSTONE is featured in a biographical sketch in the 1883 History of White County, Illinois, in the section for Burnt Prairie Township. In it, James states that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Kentucky. These are true statements to an extent. It confirms that the WHETSTONE family of Vanderburgh and Warrick County, Indiana---from whence John stems---was originally from Pennsylvania. But John himself was almost assuredly born in Indiana (present Vanderburgh Co.) if his birth was after circa 1801, and probably in Kentucky (Madison Co.?) if before 1801. In fact, in the 1880 and 1900 censuses, James himself states his father's birthplace as Indiana. Local Indiana county histories indicate that the Whetstones all came to the Indiana Territory in about 1801, having previously been with the Daniel Boone settlement and so forth, in Kentucky. Matthias Whetstone is on the 1790 [reconstructed] Madison County, KY, Census; Madison County was indeed the site of Fort Boonesborough.
James was about 5 or 6 when his dad died, and about 6 or 7 when his mom died, and he and his siblings were raised by his maternal grandparents, Abner and Sarah (MOORE) McCARTY, who never lived around the greater WHETSTONE family in southwest Indiana. The McCARTY's were Kentuckians at such an early time, that they were actually Virginians; Abner and Sarah B. MOORE married on 22 Aug 1807 in Jefferson Co., KY; by the time of their daughter Nancy's birth in about 1814, the family seems to be in Ohio County, KY. By 1820, they have crossed over to Crawford County, IN, and Abner is driving a stagecoach and delivering the mail from Brookline, IN, to Cincinnati, OH, to Richmond, IN, and back again. They remained in Crawford Co., IN, past 1828; but by 1830, they are back in Ohio Co., KY. By 1834, at least daughter Nancy is in Warrick Co., IN, as she marries John WHETSTONE there in April. Abner and Sarah McCARTY and their oldest son William and daughter Nancy and most of the rest of their children moved to White County, IL, by 1836, when they buy land.
Doubtless in the 8 years that John WHETSTONE was Abner and Sarah McCARTY's son-in-law, they heard him say that his family was originally from Pennsylvania...and it's entirely possible that John himself actually WAS born there, and was merely a cousin of the southeast Indiana group, they having perhaps taken him in as a son. But all other known records declare or suggest that John was born in Indiana.
At this point, due to county land records, U.S. census records, and a few other circumstantial considerations, it seems Matthias WHETSTONE, Jr. (1779-1851) is the most likely candidate for being the father of our John WHETSTONE, but at this point, any one of the WHETSTONE men of that generation could be the father of our John. We do have a hint of some of John's possible siblings, but we know as much of their exact parentage as of John's. We do believe with a certainty that John's grandfather was one of the three WHETSTONE brothers---Mathias, David, and Henry (all born in the 1761-63 era, according to the 1820 Indiana Enumeration of Males)---who came through Kentucky with the Boones and then to Warrick Co., IN, circa 1801.
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John's parentage and actual date of birth is still unproven, but the 1840 Warrick County, Indiana, Census is the only one in which John appears as head of his own household, and he lists the decade of 1810-1820 as the time of birth for himself and his wife. John WHETSTONE and Nancy McCARTY were married in Warrick Co., IN, on 8 Apr 1834, by Rev. Moses P. Condict, a Methodist minister---although John is said to have been a member of the Presbyterian Church in an 1883 biography of his son James W. WHETSTONE. Both were apparently of age, which places their births probably in the early half of the 1810's. Every census record that John and Nancy's children were in from 1880 onward uniformly lists their parents' birthplaces as Indiana (for John) and Kentucky (for Nancy). This is in keeping with most all other records or evidence or family stories. There is only one exception:
John WHETSTONE's oldest son James W. WHETSTONE is featured in a biographical sketch in the 1883 History of White County, Illinois, in the section for Burnt Prairie Township. In it, James states that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Kentucky. These are true statements to an extent. It confirms that the WHETSTONE family of Vanderburgh and Warrick County, Indiana---from whence John stems---was originally from Pennsylvania. But John himself was almost assuredly born in Indiana (present Vanderburgh Co.) if his birth was after circa 1801, and probably in Kentucky (Madison Co.?) if before 1801. In fact, in the 1880 and 1900 censuses, James himself states his father's birthplace as Indiana. Local Indiana county histories indicate that the Whetstones all came to the Indiana Territory in about 1801, having previously been with the Daniel Boone settlement and so forth, in Kentucky. Matthias Whetstone is on the 1790 [reconstructed] Madison County, KY, Census; Madison County was indeed the site of Fort Boonesborough.
James was about 5 or 6 when his dad died, and about 6 or 7 when his mom died, and he and his siblings were raised by his maternal grandparents, Abner and Sarah (MOORE) McCARTY, who never lived around the greater WHETSTONE family in southwest Indiana. The McCARTY's were Kentuckians at such an early time, that they were actually Virginians; Abner and Sarah B. MOORE married on 22 Aug 1807 in Jefferson Co., KY; by the time of their daughter Nancy's birth in about 1814, the family seems to be in Ohio County, KY. By 1820, they have crossed over to Crawford County, IN, and Abner is driving a stagecoach and delivering the mail from Brookline, IN, to Cincinnati, OH, to Richmond, IN, and back again. They remained in Crawford Co., IN, past 1828; but by 1830, they are back in Ohio Co., KY. By 1834, at least daughter Nancy is in Warrick Co., IN, as she marries John WHETSTONE there in April. Abner and Sarah McCARTY and their oldest son William and daughter Nancy and most of the rest of their children moved to White County, IL, by 1836, when they buy land.
Doubtless in the 8 years that John WHETSTONE was Abner and Sarah McCARTY's son-in-law, they heard him say that his family was originally from Pennsylvania...and it's entirely possible that John himself actually WAS born there, and was merely a cousin of the southeast Indiana group, they having perhaps taken him in as a son. But all other known records declare or suggest that John was born in Indiana.
At this point, due to county land records, U.S. census records, and a few other circumstantial considerations, it seems Matthias WHETSTONE, Jr. (1779-1851) is the most likely candidate for being the father of our John WHETSTONE, but at this point, any one of the WHETSTONE men of that generation could be the father of our John. We do have a hint of some of John's possible siblings, but we know as much of their exact parentage as of John's. We do believe with a certainty that John's grandfather was one of the three WHETSTONE brothers---Mathias, David, and Henry (all born in the 1761-63 era, according to the 1820 Indiana Enumeration of Males)---who came through Kentucky with the Boones and then to Warrick Co., IN, circa 1801.
[to be continued]
John WHETSTONE may have had the middle name James. He was killed by lightning in 1843.
John's parentage and actual date of birth is still unproven, but the 1840 Warrick County, Indiana, Census is the only one in which John appears as head of his own household, and he lists the decade of 1810-1820 as the time of birth for himself and his wife. John WHETSTONE and Nancy McCARTY were married in Warrick Co., IN, on 8 Apr 1834, by Rev. Moses P. Condict, a Methodist minister---although John is said to have been a member of the Presbyterian Church in an 1883 biography of his son James W. WHETSTONE. Both were apparently of age, which places their births probably in the early half of the 1810's. Every census record that John and Nancy's children were in from 1880 onward uniformly lists their parents' birthplaces as Indiana (for John) and Kentucky (for Nancy). This is in keeping with most all other records or evidence or family stories. There is only one exception:
John WHETSTONE's oldest son James W. WHETSTONE is featured in a biographical sketch in the 1883 History of White County, Illinois, in the section for Burnt Prairie Township. In it, James states that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Kentucky. These are true statements to an extent. It confirms that the WHETSTONE family of Vanderburgh and Warrick County, Indiana---from whence John stems---was originally from Pennsylvania. But John himself was almost assuredly born in Indiana (present Vanderburgh Co.) if his birth was after circa 1801, and probably in Kentucky (Madison Co.?) if before 1801. In fact, in the 1880 and 1900 censuses, James himself states his father's birthplace as Indiana. Local Indiana county histories indicate that the Whetstones all came to the Indiana Territory in about 1801, having previously been with the Daniel Boone settlement and so forth, in Kentucky. Matthias Whetstone is on the 1790 [reconstructed] Madison County, KY, Census; Madison County was indeed the site of Fort Boonesborough.
James was about 5 or 6 when his dad died, and about 6 or 7 when his mom died, and he and his siblings were raised by his maternal grandparents, Abner and Sarah (MOORE) McCARTY, who never lived around the greater WHETSTONE family in southwest Indiana. The McCARTY's were Kentuckians at such an early time, that they were actually Virginians; Abner and Sarah B. MOORE married on 22 Aug 1807 in Jefferson Co., KY; by the time of their daughter Nancy's birth in about 1814, the family seems to be in Ohio County, KY. By 1820, they have crossed over to Crawford County, IN, and Abner is driving a stagecoach and delivering the mail from Brookline, IN, to Cincinnati, OH, to Richmond, IN, and back again. They remained in Crawford Co., IN, past 1828; but by 1830, they are back in Ohio Co., KY. By 1834, at least daughter Nancy is in Warrick Co., IN, as she marries John WHETSTONE there in April. Abner and Sarah McCARTY and their oldest son William and daughter Nancy and most of the rest of their children moved to White County, IL, by 1836, when they buy land.
Doubtless in the 8 years that John WHETSTONE was Abner and Sarah McCARTY's son-in-law, they heard him say that his family was originally from Pennsylvania...and it's entirely possible that John himself actually WAS born there, and was merely a cousin of the southeast Indiana group, they having perhaps taken him in as a son. But all other known records declare or suggest that John was born in Indiana.
At this point, due to county land records, U.S. census records, and a few other circumstantial considerations, it seems Matthias WHETSTONE, Jr. (1779-1851) is the most likely candidate for being the father of our John WHETSTONE, but at this point, any one of the WHETSTONE men of that generation could be the father of our John. We do have a hint of some of John's possible siblings, but we know as much of their exact parentage as of John's. We do believe with a certainty that John's grandfather was one of the three WHETSTONE brothers---Mathias, David, and Henry (all born in the 1761-63 era, according to the 1820 Indiana Enumeration of Males)---who came through Kentucky with the Boones and then to Warrick Co., IN, circa 1801.
[to be continued]
John's parentage and actual date of birth is still unproven, but the 1840 Warrick County, Indiana, Census is the only one in which John appears as head of his own household, and he lists the decade of 1810-1820 as the time of birth for himself and his wife. John WHETSTONE and Nancy McCARTY were married in Warrick Co., IN, on 8 Apr 1834, by Rev. Moses P. Condict, a Methodist minister---although John is said to have been a member of the Presbyterian Church in an 1883 biography of his son James W. WHETSTONE. Both were apparently of age, which places their births probably in the early half of the 1810's. Every census record that John and Nancy's children were in from 1880 onward uniformly lists their parents' birthplaces as Indiana (for John) and Kentucky (for Nancy). This is in keeping with most all other records or evidence or family stories. There is only one exception:
John WHETSTONE's oldest son James W. WHETSTONE is featured in a biographical sketch in the 1883 History of White County, Illinois, in the section for Burnt Prairie Township. In it, James states that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Kentucky. These are true statements to an extent. It confirms that the WHETSTONE family of Vanderburgh and Warrick County, Indiana---from whence John stems---was originally from Pennsylvania. But John himself was almost assuredly born in Indiana (present Vanderburgh Co.) if his birth was after circa 1801, and probably in Kentucky (Madison Co.?) if before 1801. In fact, in the 1880 and 1900 censuses, James himself states his father's birthplace as Indiana. Local Indiana county histories indicate that the Whetstones all came to the Indiana Territory in about 1801, having previously been with the Daniel Boone settlement and so forth, in Kentucky. Matthias Whetstone is on the 1790 [reconstructed] Madison County, KY, Census; Madison County was indeed the site of Fort Boonesborough.
James was about 5 or 6 when his dad died, and about 6 or 7 when his mom died, and he and his siblings were raised by his maternal grandparents, Abner and Sarah (MOORE) McCARTY, who never lived around the greater WHETSTONE family in southwest Indiana. The McCARTY's were Kentuckians at such an early time, that they were actually Virginians; Abner and Sarah B. MOORE married on 22 Aug 1807 in Jefferson Co., KY; by the time of their daughter Nancy's birth in about 1814, the family seems to be in Ohio County, KY. By 1820, they have crossed over to Crawford County, IN, and Abner is driving a stagecoach and delivering the mail from Brookline, IN, to Cincinnati, OH, to Richmond, IN, and back again. They remained in Crawford Co., IN, past 1828; but by 1830, they are back in Ohio Co., KY. By 1834, at least daughter Nancy is in Warrick Co., IN, as she marries John WHETSTONE there in April. Abner and Sarah McCARTY and their oldest son William and daughter Nancy and most of the rest of their children moved to White County, IL, by 1836, when they buy land.
Doubtless in the 8 years that John WHETSTONE was Abner and Sarah McCARTY's son-in-law, they heard him say that his family was originally from Pennsylvania...and it's entirely possible that John himself actually WAS born there, and was merely a cousin of the southeast Indiana group, they having perhaps taken him in as a son. But all other known records declare or suggest that John was born in Indiana.
At this point, due to county land records, U.S. census records, and a few other circumstantial considerations, it seems Matthias WHETSTONE, Jr. (1779-1851) is the most likely candidate for being the father of our John WHETSTONE, but at this point, any one of the WHETSTONE men of that generation could be the father of our John. We do have a hint of some of John's possible siblings, but we know as much of their exact parentage as of John's. We do believe with a certainty that John's grandfather was one of the three WHETSTONE brothers---Mathias, David, and Henry (all born in the 1761-63 era, according to the 1820 Indiana Enumeration of Males)---who came through Kentucky with the Boones and then to Warrick Co., IN, circa 1801.
[to be continued]
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