Dempsey White

Abt 1798 - Aft 1860  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Dempsey White  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1798	South Carolina   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1860	Hardin County, Tennessee   [4]
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Richard White ,   b. North Carolina d. Hardin County, Tennessee + 2. Harrison White ,   b. 28 Feb 1790   d. 7 Nov 1853  (Age 63 years) ▻ Amy Perkins ,  m. 30 Nov 1815   3. John Calvin White ,   b. Between 1793 and 1795   d. Aft 1870  (Age ~ 78 years) ▻ Lydia Matthews ,  m. 19 Sep 1816 + 4. Dempsey White ,   b. Abt 1798, South Carolina d. Aft 1860, Hardin County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 63 years) ▻ Nancy Perkins ,  m. 28 Jan 1819 + 5. Nicholas White ,   b. 15 May 1802, Kentucky d. 29 Jun 1876, Redbird, Whitley, Kentucky  (Age 74 years) ▻ Nancy Anne Sumner ,  m. 13 Oct 1825
  Person ID	I6262	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	23 May 2020

  
  

  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 Perkins,   b. 1803, Grayson County, Virginia d. Aft 1860, Hardin County, Tennessee (Age > 58 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1819	Whitley County, Kentucky   [1, 2, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Jesse Perkins White,   b. 1820, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 1878, Crawford County, Arkansas (Age 58 years)   2. Emily White,   b. Abt 1821, Whitley County, Kentucky   3. Dempsey Lawson White,   b. 25 Aug 1826, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 16 Mar 1889, Hardin County, Tennessee (Age 62 years)   4. Louisa J. White,   b. Abt 1830, Kentucky d. 18 Apr 1911, Bee Branch, Van Buren, Arkansas (Age ~ 81 years)   5. Lucinda White,   b. Abt 1832, Kentucky d. 27 Nov 1853, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age ~ 21 years)   6. James E. White,   b. Abt 1836, Kentucky + 7. Nancy White,   b. 22 Nov 1838, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 1 Apr 1928, McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma (Age 89 years)   8. William White,   b. Abt 1848, Tennessee   9. Mary A. White,   b. Abt 1849, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Often spelled "Dempsy"; sometimes "Demcey" or "Demcy". Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for Whitley County, in 1833, 1835, 1838, and 1839. [Collins's History of Kentucky, volume II, page 758] Moved to Hardin County, Tennessee in 1843. "Probably the very wealthy Demcy found in the Whitley tax lists from 1819 through 1840." [Steven C. Perkins]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4170] Ancestry of Jabez Perkins, 1766-1836, of New Haven, CT., Ashe/Wilkes Co., NC, Grayson Co., VA, Bureau/Putnam Co., IL, and Knox/Whitley Co., KY. by Steven C. Perkins. 1989-2000. [S4176] Evans Family Web Page by David R. Evans. 2016. [S290] Notes and records of Nancy Jonckheere (1944-2014), from approximately the mid-1980s. Photocopies held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., year only. [S291] Descendants of Jabez Perkins and Nancy Ann Unkn, by Steven C. Perkins. [S290] Notes and records of Nancy Jonckheere (1944-2014), from approximately the mid-1980s. Photocopies held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., says 24 Jan 1819. [S242] Tri County Knox-Laurel-Whitley Counties, Kentucky Early Marriages by Carol F. Hopper. 1987., says 24 Jan 1819.