Whitaker, John William

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Title: Whitaker, John William
Alias: Whitaker, John W.; Whittaker, John
Gender: Male
Biography: John William Whitaker is shown to be living in Boone County, Ky. in the 1850 and 1860 U.S. censues with Thomas. He marries in 1868, and by the 1870 census has begun establishing his family in Dearborn County, Ind. They briefly return to Boone County, Ky. in time to show up in the 1880, with their first child, after which they return to Indiana. Vital records indicate that they have several more children in Indiana. John Whitaker's will is presented in the Dearborn County courts in 1912, and transcribed into the Boone County probate records two years later.
Member: Whitaker family
Birth date: 2 Mar 1830
Place of birth: Kentucky
Father: Whitaker, John
Mother: Whitaker, Frances
Life event(s): Marriage: 3 Feb 1868; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Nixon, Mary L.
Child(ren): Whitaker, Walter Thomas; Whitaker, Mark; Whitaker, John W.; Whitaker, Benjamin S.; McKinney, Almeda Snyder Whitaker
Death date: 8 Apr 1914
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Description: Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 20 years old, mulatto
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #15627689; Boone County Will Book volume 14, page 324
Source(s): Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911; Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Find A Grave.com; Boone County Will Books; Whitaker Family Marriages Births; Whitaker Family Notes; Whitaker Family Bible

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--W