Nicholas White

1802 - 1876  (74 years)

• Name	Nicholas White  [1, 2]
  Alternate birth	6 May 1802	Knox County, Kentucky   [3]
  Birth	15 May 1802	Kentucky   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	15 May 1802	Bertie County, North Carolina   [6, 7]
  Alternate birth	15 May 1802	Whitley County, Kentucky   [8]
  Death	29 Jun 1876	Redbird, Whitley, Kentucky   [3, 5, 6, 9, 10]
  Burial	Red Bird Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky   [4, 6, 11]
  Person ID	I7818	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John White,   b. Between 1750 and 1755, North Carolina d. Between Jun 1829 and Oct 1829, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Shelton,   b. Abt 1760, Virginia d. Abt 1824 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F4812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Anne Sumner,   b. Jun 1804   d. Jul 1876, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1825	Whitley County, Kentucky   [1, 4, 12]
  Notes	Nancy Jonckheere says here that they were married 24 Oct 1825.
  Children	+ 1. Holden Wade White,   b. 3 May 1826, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 22 Oct 1872, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 46 years) + 2. Naomi Nancy Oma White,   b. 25 Jul 1827, Whitley City, McCreary, Kentucky d. 16 Feb 1907, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 79 years) + 3. John White,   b. 4 Mar 1830, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 28 Aug 1896, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 66 years) + 4. Mark White,   b. 27 Nov 1832, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky d. 30 Jun 1893, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky (Age 60 years) + 5. Melvina Nancy White,   b. 9 Aug 1835, Whitley City, McCreary, Kentucky d. 18 Nov 1898, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 63 years) > 6. Dempsey C. White,   b. 1839, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 6 Apr 1862, Shiloh, Hardin, Tennessee (Age 23 years)   7. Nicholas White,   b. Abt 1840, Whitley County, Kentucky > 8. Lucinda White,   b. Abt 1842, Whitley County, Kentucky + 9. James Ervin White,   b. 4 Jul 1843, Whitley City, McCreary, Kentucky d. 19 Dec 1927, Goldbug, Whitley, Kentucky (Age 84 years) + 10. Jasper Newton "Newt" White,   b. Jun 1848, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 2 Apr 1909, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F1333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2024

  
  

• Photos

  White, Nicholas

  
  

• Notes

  Served as juror. 8 Jul 1826. (Whitley Circuit Court Order Book A-B-C, p.308.) Paid $24 for killing four wolves, 27 May 1844. (Whitley Circuit Court Order Book G-H, p. 139.) There are birth and death dates given on his tombstone, but the stone is a relatively recent one.

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com. [S2144] Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1965, on ancestry.com., death certificate of James White. [S290] Notes and records of Nancy Jonckheere (1944-2014), from approximately the mid-1980s. Photocopies held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S840] Ancestry of Elizabeth Louise White by Steven C. Perkins. [S3347] Redbird cemetery inscriptions transcribed in situ by Joan Van Syckle; held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., date only. [S1111] Findagrave.com page for Nicholas White. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com., date and state only. [S286] "familywest" on ancestry.com, "Ancestors (for my DNA matches)". [S282] Nancy Jonckheere, 23 Dec 1999, post to Cumberland-River-L. [S840] Ancestry of Elizabeth Louise White by Steven C. Perkins., date and county only. [S3347] Redbird cemetery inscriptions transcribed in situ by Joan Van Syckle; held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S10] Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, compiled by Jordan Dodd, on ancestry.com.