He moved to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1815. He served as circuit and county court clerk in Hampshire County for more than 40 years.
He married Alcinda Louisa Tapscott in Frederick County, Virginia on 15 December 1815. They had at least four children: Susan, Catherine, Juliet Opie and Arabella. He next married Frances Ann Street in Hampshire on 4 May 1831. They had at least nine children: Robert, Louise, John Baker Jr., Christian, Alexander, Henry, Frances A., Emma and Lucy.
"Many of Hampshire County's early court records are missing, due in part to difficulties during the Civil War. John Baker White was clerk of courts in 1861, when the Union forces arrived in Romney. Concerned about the safety of the court records, White loaded the ledger books onto wagons and sent them to Winchester, Virginia. The loose paper records were left behind in the court house. About 1863, when the ledger books appeared to be in imminent danger of destruction, they were removed to Front Royal, and then moved again to Luray. Capt. Christian S. White and a company of 60 Confederates arrived in Luray just as Union troops were in the process of destroying the records. Shots were exchanged, the Yankees fled, and the Confederates threw about 150 record books into a wagon bound for North Carolina." (Taken from "Guide to the (West) Virginia Court Documents Collection").
He moved to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1815. He served as circuit and county court clerk in Hampshire County for more than 40 years.
He married Alcinda Louisa Tapscott in Frederick County, Virginia on 15 December 1815. They had at least four children: Susan, Catherine, Juliet Opie and Arabella. He next married Frances Ann Street in Hampshire on 4 May 1831. They had at least nine children: Robert, Louise, John Baker Jr., Christian, Alexander, Henry, Frances A., Emma and Lucy.
"Many of Hampshire County's early court records are missing, due in part to difficulties during the Civil War. John Baker White was clerk of courts in 1861, when the Union forces arrived in Romney. Concerned about the safety of the court records, White loaded the ledger books onto wagons and sent them to Winchester, Virginia. The loose paper records were left behind in the court house. About 1863, when the ledger books appeared to be in imminent danger of destruction, they were removed to Front Royal, and then moved again to Luray. Capt. Christian S. White and a company of 60 Confederates arrived in Luray just as Union troops were in the process of destroying the records. Shots were exchanged, the Yankees fled, and the Confederates threw about 150 record books into a wagon bound for North Carolina." (Taken from "Guide to the (West) Virginia Court Documents Collection").
Family Members
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Juliet Opie White Tabb
1819–1897
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Nancy Catherine Baker White Barker
1819 – unknown
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Arabella Stuart White Thompson
1821–1858
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Col Robert S White
1833–1915
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Louisa Tapscott White Armstrong
1836–1887
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John Baker White Jr
1837–1858
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Christian Streit White Sr
1839–1917
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Frances Anne "Fanny" White Flournoy
1844–1922
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