William Whiteside, born c.1710 and died in 1777 or 1778

William Whiteside (born c.1710 and died in 1777 or 1778) married Elizabeth Stockton, a daughter of Davis Stockton of Albemarle County, Virginia. William was born about 1710, probably in England. His will is dated October 24, 1777, and was proved and filed in the 1778 January Court in Tryon (now Rutherford) County, North Carolina. William died between those two dates.

William is sometimes shown as William Whiteside, Sr., but it does not appear that he ever used that name and his father might also have been a William.

Children of William and Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Whiteside:
Davis Whiteside m. Elizabeth Johnson
Robert Whiteside m. Elizabeth Coffey
James Whiteside m. Sarah Elizabeth McLafferty
John Whiteside m. 1. Judith Tolly, m. 2. Catherine Moore
William Whiteside (Jr.?) m. Mary Booth
Thomas Whiteside m. Isabella Elizabeth Chitwood
Margaret Whiteside m. William Monroe
Samuel Whiteside m. Elizabeth Brackett
Adam Whiteside m. 1. ___?___ , m. 2. Elizabeth Spruell
Ann Whiteside m. Richard Singleton
Francis Whiteside m. Mary Ann Clark
Sarah Whiteside m. Lewis Nolan
Elizabeth Whiteside m. Davis Stockton, a son of Samuel and Prudence Stockton

Virginia Land Office Patent Book No. 20, 1741-1743, pp. 162-164.
March 15, 1741.
"George the second [. . .] in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and Lawful Money [. . .] do Give Grant and Confirm unto William Whiteside One Certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on both sides the South fork Mechums River [. . .] said William Whiteside ... the Fifteenth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and forty one In the Fifteenth Year of our Reign [. . .] William Gooch"

Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Whiteside was a daughter of Davis Stockton who is known to have been living in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia, by 1737.

William Whiteside was probably living Goochland County before his March 15, 1741, patent. The first child of William and Elizabeth (nee Stockton) Whiteside, Davis Whiteside, appears to have been born about 1741. It appears that William Whiteside and Elizabeth Stockton met and married in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia.

See:
Whiteside Settlement, North Carolina
Golden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Signers of the Tryon Resolves 1775
Battle of King's Mountain 1780

William appears to be a brother of Thomas Whiteside of Albemarle County, Virginia. The late Don Whiteside, Ph.D., is considered to be the ultimate authority on the Whiteside family. He showed Thomas and William Whiteside as brothers and their parents as unknown.

Albemarle County in Virginia, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901:
"Ivy Creek, March 29, 1747. Whereas it is agreed or proposed that ye Inhabitants of Ivy Creek and ye Mountain Plain Congregation joyn together with ye Congregation of Rockfish, to call and invite ye Reverend Samuel Black ... to be our Minister and Pastor ... do promise and oblige ourselves to pay yearly and every year ye several sums annexed to our names, for ye outward support and Incouragement of ye said Mr. Samuel Black ... according to ye Rules and Practice of our Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church ... William Whiteside ... Thomas Whiteside ..." Among those who promised support for Reverend Samuel Black were: Richard Stockton, 12 shillings; Davis Stockton, 1 pound, no shillings; Adam Gaudylock, 10 shillings; William Whiteside, 10 shillings; Thomas Whiteside, 10 shillings; Thomas Lockhart, 10 shillings; Michael Woods, 1 pound, 10 shillings; and Michael Woods Jr., 10 shillings.

Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly.
Thomas Whiteside, 400 acres, Goochland County, on both sides Stocktons Branch of Mechums River. (pp.51, 52) December 1, 1748.

Last Will and Testament of William Whiteside:
In the name of God, Amen, I William Whiteside, of the County of tryon and State of North Carolina, Being very sick and weak in Body, But of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto god, calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men out to Die, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend by Soul into the hands of almighty God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in Desent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executer, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly Estate Wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me in this life I give, Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form:

I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife Elizabeth, my household goods and moveable effects and also my plantation during her life and after her Decease all the Movables to be Equally divided between these my children, Davis Whiteside & Robert & James & John & Margaret and William, Thomas and Samuel & Adam, and if She should depart this Life before my Son Francis Whiteside comes of age my Children above mentioned to have the Benefit of the plantation and So Soon as my son Francis comes of age he may enter in possession of the same for I do bequeath my Land to him allowing him to pay twenty pounds to my Daughter Ann in Twelve months after he Enters into possession of my plantation and also to pay to my Daughter Elizabeth Twenty pounds of the Value of the land in Two years after he enters into possession of Said plantation and the Third year he Shall pay my Daughter Sarah Twenty pounds, all Lawful money of North Carolina. I also give and Bequeath my Son James Whiteside my Land on the South Mountain in Virginia, Augusta County, allowing him to pay fifteen pounds Virginia Currency towards the Discharging my Debts and the Remainder of my Debts to be paid out of moveables before Devided.

I also appoint and constitute my son William Whiteside and Thomas Whiteside to be my Executers of this my last Will and testament and I do here By utterly Disalow, Revoke and Disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies, Bequests and all Executers by me in any Wise Before Named, Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In Witness Whereof I have here unto Set my hand and Seal, this twenty fourth of October in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven. Signed, Sealed, published, pronounced and Declared by the Said William Whiteside as his last Will and Testament in the presents of us who in his presents and in the presents of Each other have hereto subscribed our names.
. . . . . . . His
William X Whiteside (Seal)
. . . . . . Mark

Davis Whiteside
James Whiteside (Wits.)

Don Whiteside, Ph.D., September 1969,
Rough Draft, (Genealogical Connections):
"Both William and Elizabeth are buried in the Family Cemetery (unmarked graves) County Road 1730, one-half mile north of Route 226."

The First Four (4) Generations of Descendants of William (c 1710-1777) and Elizabeth (Stockton) Whiteside of Ireland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina.
Don Whiteside. 1990.
"William and Elizabeth are buried on the home farm in Golden Valley Township."

Note:
This William Whiteside is NOT the father of John Whiteside (1735-1760) who is buried at Buffalo Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

William's parents are not known.

Find a Grave bio by Jerry J. Stockton