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Descendants of Levi White, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. LEVI¹ WHITE , SR. was born 1798 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1880 in Texas. He married ELIZA (BRUSTER) BREWSTER Abt. 1830 in South Carolina, daughter of JAMES BREWSTER and MARY SMITH.

Notes for LEVI WHITE , SR.:

The surname White/Whyte is one of the fifty most common names found in Ireland.

      The surname White is of several possible origins:
      1) Old English hwit, meaning 'white', denoting a person with fair complexion or light colored hair,
      2) Old English wiht, denoting a person who lived by a bend in a river or road, and
      3) Old English wait, a 'look-out post'.

      White is one of the twenty-five most common names in England and Wales. Of Welsh origin, it is believed to have been taken from the ancient word Gwyn or Wynne, meaning "White." It is believed to have been given to its original bearer because of the color of his skin or hair. It is variously found in ancient records in the forms of White, Whyte, Whitt, and Wight. In Lowland Scotland the name comes from the Old English hwit, but in the Scottish Highlands, it is derived from the Gaelic name MacBille Bhain, "son of the fair youth or servant". White and Whyte were adopted by both MacGregors and Lamonts as colour names and is one of the fifty most common in Scotland.
      Historically, it is said that the White family derives its descent from Roderick the Great 877 A.D., whose descendant, Rhys ap Tudor, King of South Wales, was slain in 1093; and from Otho, who lived in the time of Edward the Confessor, about 1042. Otho was the father of Walter Fitz Otho, who had Gerald Fitz Walter, who married Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor.
Nesta and Gerald Fitz Walter were the parents of Maurice Fitz Gerald, who had Walter White, the first known bearer of this surname.
      This Walter was Knighted by Henry II in 1171. Robert White, of this line, was a Knight of Yorkshire in 1303. In 1394 Johannes White of North Colyngham, Nottinghamshire, is named in the list of the landed gentry of 1428. Robert White, merchant and mayor of the staple of Calais, made his home at various times in the counties of Hampshire, Kent, and Surrey in the middle of the fifteenth century. Robert, son of Robert of Calais, had two sons, Thomas and John. Thomas, son of Robert, married Agnes Richards and had four sons, George, John, Richard and Thomas, Jr. He was granted three manors in Somerset in 1556 by the king. John, son of Robert, bought lands in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, and had a son, Thomas, who married Ann Cecil, eldest sister of William, Lord Burleigh. Two members of the White family removed to Ireland about the year 1171. They were Walter White and his brother William (?). Others of the family later made their homes in England.

Scots often named children by following a simple set of rules. Don't use these as a firm guide (there were often variations, for all sorts of reasons) but you may find that some of your ancestors used these too:

1st son named after father's father
2nd son named after mother's father
3rd son named after father

1st daughter named after mother's mother
2nd daughter named after father's mother
3rd daughter named after mother

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      Levi White was born about 1798 in South Carolina according to 1850 Conecuh County, Alabama Census. He was listed as a farmer with 100 acres of land, with his wife, Eliza Brewster, born abput 1812 in South Carolina, and their ten children. Eliza Brewster was the daughter was the daughter of James M. Bruster, veteran of War of 1812, and Mary (Polly) Smith. James M. Bruster was the son of Henry Bruster, born circa 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia, and Margaret Louisa Bowen, born about 1760 in Georgia. Henry died after 1816 in Clarke County, Alabama. Margaret died about 1817 in Sumter County, Alabama.

      Below is the 1850 Conecuch County, Alabama Federal Census, with the proof of residency of my ancestors, Levi White and he wife, Eliza. Druery White was listed as a the five year old son of Levi White and his wife, Eliza. On this census, Levi White, was listed as 52 years old, born in South Carolina, and his mother was, Eliza, was age 38, born in South Carolina. There was 10 children living in the same household.
      There was two more White families listed on this 1850 Conecuh County Federal Census; one was Willis White and the other was John White. They are most likely related to Levi since many families migrated together. I have seen conflicting information on other census which locate Levi White's birth location in Tennessee, so I'm researching all area to confirm whether this if this is the same Levi White, the father of Druery White.
      The only reference I have found of a Levi White being born in 1798 was on a message posted at GenForum with the names of the children of Anderson White and Margery Puliam, who resided Georgia. This could be a possible link, but it is unproven. One of their children named Terrell White was born in Laurens County, South Carolina, so there is a possibility that other children was born in South Carolina.

1850 Conecuh County, Alabama Census - Transcribed from copy of original Microfilm
by W.R. Griffin, September, 1997 email: Griway@bellsouth.net

FILE REEL PAGE ST CTY DIV LINE DW FM NAME. AGE/SX OCCU. VLU BORN
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54 659 331 AL CONECUH 12 84 84 WHITE, LEVI* 52 M FARMER 100 SC
55 659 331 AL CONECUH 13 84 84 WHITE, ELIZA 38 F SC
56 659 331 AL CONECUH 14 84 84 WHITE, PRECILLA 14 F AL
57 659 331 AL CONECUH 15 84 84 WHITE, MARTHA 12 F AL
58 659 331 AL CONECUH 16 84 84 WHITE, ELIZABETH 12 F AL
59 659 331 AL CONECUH 17 84 84 WHITE, AMANTHA 6 F AL
60 659 331 AL CONECUH 18 84 84 WHITE, ELIZA 5 F AL
61 659 331 AL CONECUH 19 84 84 WHITE, JOHN D 19 M FARMER AL
62 659 331 AL CONECUH 20 84 84 WHITE, WM. D 16 M FARMER AL
63 59 331 AL CONECUH 21 84 84 WHITE, JOSEPH J 13 M AL
64 659 331 AL CONECUH 22 84 84 WHITE, ANDREW 9 M AL
65 659 331 AL CONECUH 23 84 84 WHITE, DRUERY* 5 M AL

43 659 331 AL CONECUH 1 82 82 WHITE, JOHN 40 M FARMER NC?
44 659 331 AL CONECUH 2 82 82 WHITE, MARTHA A 22 F GA
45 659 331 AL CONECUH 3 82 82 WHITE, NANCY 12 F AL
46 659 331 AL CONECUH 4 82 82 WHITE, ELIZABETH 5 F AL
47 659 331 AL CONECUH 5 82 82 WHITE, MARGARIA* 2 F AL
48 659 331 AL CONECUH 6 82 82 WHITE, STEPHEN 8 M AL

2434 716 359 AL CONECUH 39 433 433 WHITE, WILLIS 30 M FARMER 350 AL
2435 716 359 AL CONECUH 40 433 433       WHITE, MARTHA 25 F AL
2436 716 359 AL CONECUH 41 433 433       WHITE, MATILDA 7 F AL
2437 716 359 AL CONECUH 42 433 433       WHITE, MARTHA 3 F AL
2438 717 360 AL CONECUH 1 433 433       WHITE, JAMES 5 M AL

Per: Bill Smith and Mary Catherine Love-Smith

1860 US Census: Nathanville Post Office, Conecuh County, Alabama. Levi lists age as 57 years, Eliza as 46. In this census, he lists his birthplace as Mississippi, Eliza's as South Carolina. The children are all listed as being born in Alabama. His occupation is farmer, total estate worth $1800.
Levi White appears on the 1850 Federal Census for Conecuh County, Alabama, age 52 years, a farmer with 100 acres of land, birthplace South Carolina. His wife, Eliza, age 38 years, also born in South Carolina. All their children were born in Alabama.

1860 US Census: Nathanville Post Office, Conecuh County, Alabama. Levi lists age as 57 years, Eliza as 46. In this census, he lists his birthplace as Mississippi, Eliza's as South Carolina. The children are all listed as being born in Alabama. His occupation is farmer, total estate worth $1800.

Children of LEVI WHITE and ELIZA BRUSTER are:

i. JOHN D.2 WHITE, b. 1831.

ii. WILLIAM D. WHITE, b. 1834.

iii. PRICILLA WHITE, b. 1836.

iv. JOSEPH J. WHITE, b. 1837.

v. ELIZABETH WHITE, b. 1838.

vi. MARTHA WHITE, b. 1838.

vii. ANDREW WHITE, b. 1841.

viii. ARMINTHA WHITE, b. 1843.

2. ix. DRURY WHITE, b. 1845, Sparta, Conecuh County, Alabama.

x. ELIZA WHITE, b. 1847.

xi. LEVI WHITE, b. 1851.

xii. NANCY WHITE, b. 1854.

xiii. AMANDA WHITE, b. 1856.

xiv. GEORGEANA WHITE, b. 1859.

Pension & Bounty Land Record of Levi White; NW FL vols to TX War of 1836

PENSION AND BOUNTY LAND RECORD OF LEVI WILEY WHITE

Republic of Texas, File No. 7534, $56, filed 19 May 1838; enlisted 31 March 1836 and discharged 2 May 1835. He was granted a headright certificate for one-third of a league of land by the Houston County Board in 1838.

Republic of Texas, Houston County Personally appeared before me, E. Garrett, an acting Justice of the Peace for said county, Levi W. White, who, after being duly sworn, deposeth and sayeth that he does not owe this government one cent on his own account or that of any other person and that the _____ discharge is true and original. Sworn to and\
subscribed before me this 12th day of May 1838.
Signed by Levi W. White and E. Garrett

Republic of Texas, Houston County \
I authorize Stephen White to call on the paymaster general and muster of accounts and have my discharge audited and receive for me my monthly pay and bounty land scrip in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of May 1838.
Signed (and in the handwriting of) Levi W. White

Montgomery May the 16th, 1838.\
I do certify that Levy W. White was discharged by Captain Bryant for the term of one month. The said White remained in the Army and done duty until the 10 May 1836 and was furloughed by a surgeon's certificate. The said White continued in battle but the surgeon said he was not fit for duty until the term of three months. Given under my hand the above day and date.
James L. Bennett, Lieutenant, 2nd
Regiment, Texas Army.
(Note: to the left of this signature is L.
Sherman, Late Colonel, 2nd Regiment)

Head Quarters, San Jacinto, Lynchburg
April 29th, 1836\

This is to certify that Levy W. White entered the Volunteer Army on the 29th March and has, since that time, discharged his duty as a private and is honorably discharged, by order of the Commander in Chief.
(Signed by)
James L. Bennett, Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment &
Benjamin Bryant, Captain

I certify that Levy W. White joined my company of Rangers on the 10th September 1836 and furnished his own horse, provisions, ammunition, and
discharged the duties of a soldier faithfully till the 10th December, marking three months, and is this day honorably discharged. Dec 12th 1836.
(Signed by)
Elisha Clapp, Captain Company Rangers.

Headquarters, May 10th, 1836 \
I hereby certify that Levi W. White, of Captain Bryan's Company, is at present unable to travel with the army. I, therefore, recommend that he be permitted to remain with the sick. J_a Jones, Apt Surgeon, 2nd Regiment. The bearer has leave of 20 days and _____ to head quarters.
May 10, 1836,
signed by James L. Bennett,
Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteer Company.

Included in this file, which I ordered from the Texas Archives, were copies of the original roster of the following companies, with the names of volunteers, some of whom I recognize as being from Santa Rosa County, Florida.

Colonel Sherman's Command, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers
_________________________________________________________
B. Bryant Captain
John C. Hale 1st Lieutenant
A. S. Lewis 2nd Lieutenant
Wm B. Scates Private
Wm Earle
J. S. P. Irvin
Dean Roberts
Joseph P. Parks
C. Rockwell
R. B. Russell
L. W. White
A. McKenzie
A. Cobb(le)
John F. Gilbert
D. Roberts
J. R. Johnson
William Pate
B. Lindsey
James Clarke
Robert Love

Wm Kimbro Captain
James Rowe 1st Lieutenant
John Harrison 1st Sergeant
Wm Fisher 2nd Sergeant
Harry Reid 3rd Sergeant
D. Brown Private
Wm Bateman
J. A. Chaffin
H. Corzine
Joel Crane
R. F. Crane
John J. Clelland
Wm C. Davis
H. Hill
G. D. Hancock
E. O. Legrand
D. Love
D. H. McGary
Thomas Maxwell
A. G. McGowen
John W. Procter
Ben Thomas
D. Watson
Lewis Wilmouth

Captain Kimbro's Co. cont'd 39
R. Stevenson
G. W. Jones
W. B. Bennett
B. Green
J. Kent
Caddell
R. Hotchkis
A.E. Manuel
Thomas M. Hughes
A.A. Buffington
James Burch
Robert Burch

J N. (or H) Pegrim (?) Captain
_______________________________
Manuel Flores 1st Sergeant
Antonio Manchara 2nd Sergeant
Neph Flores 1st Corporal
Ambro (?) Rodrigues 2nd Corporal
Antonio Cruze Private
Et Al (All Hispanic)

Muster Roll of Captain Clapp's Company. Pursuant to an order from the
Command in Chief, the following men assembled themselves at the house
of Elisha Clapp in Mustang Prairie on Saturday, the 10th of September,
and proceeded to the Election of Officers.

Elisha Clapp Captain
George Aldrich 1st Lieut. Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Henry G. Hudson 2nd Lieut. Ditto
Samuel Lawrence Private Never mustered or done any duty
Henry Jeffrey Private Ditto
Robert Williams Private Ditto
M. G. Sandifer Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Thomas R. Townsend Private Ditto
W. R. Powell Private Never mustered or done any duty
Anthony Rivers Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Dolers Arido Private Ditto
Marsiria Arido Private Ditto
Juan Arido Private Ditto
Edward Arido Private Ditto
W. C. Kennedy Private Ditto
John F. Chain Private Ditto
Francisco Arido Private Ditto
Thomas Boatright Private Ditto
Martin Copeland Private Ditto
Daniel Christ Private Never mustered or done any duty
John Christ Private Ditto
Reiseio Christ Private Ditto
Richard Duty Private Ditto
Adnario Anglen Private Ditto
Nathaniel Robbins Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
James L. Garrett Private Ditto
Elijah Garrett Private Ditto
Alford Berry Private Ditto
Robert Rogers, Jr. Private Never mustered or done any duty
Fines (?) G. Robertson Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Stephen White Private Ditto
Reasin Jones Private Never mustered or done any duty
Levi W. White Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836
Isaac Parker Private Ditto
A. E. Garrett Private Ditto
Thomas Snowden Private Ditto
Stephen Rogers Private Never mustered or done any duty
Samuel Long Private Ditto
Daniel Milligan Private Ditto
Burrell Morris Private Discharged 10 Dec 1836

The continuation of the roster was not provided to me in the pension
file of Levi W. White. However, a page from "The Heroes of San
Jacinto" provided the Second Regiment Texas Volunteers, Eighth Company
Infantry, as follows:

Officers:
William Kimbro, Captain
James Rowe, 1st Lieut.
John Harmon, 1st Sergeant
William Fisher, 2nd Serge.
Henry Reed, 3rd Sergeant

Privates:
Bateman, William Crain, Joel B. Legrand, Edward Oswald
Bennett, W. B. Crain, Robert T. Love, David Hall
Brown, David Davis, William R. Manuel, A. E.
Buffington, Anderson Green, Benjamin Maxwell, Thomas
Burch, James Hancock, George McGary, Daniel H.
Burch, Valentine Hill, Hardy McGown, Andrew Jackson
Burditt, Jesse F. Holman, Wm Sanford Proctor, J. W.
Caddell, Andrew Hotchkiss, Richard Stevenson, R.
Chaffin, James A. Hughes, Thomas M. Thomas, Benjamin
Clelland, John J. Jones, George Washington Watson, Dexter
Corzine, Hershel Kent, Joseph Wilmouth, Louis

Levi W. White received Bounty Warrant 3500 for 650 acres Secretary of War on 22 May 1838 for service from 29 Mar to 10 Dec 1836. 320 acres in Houston County were patented to him on 26 July 1861. Patent 515, Vol. 12, Abstract 1090 GLO File Houston Bounty 272; and 320 acres in Houston County were patented to his heirs on 19 Jan 1906. (1)

From the Archives and Records Division, Texas General Land Office, Levi W. White received a certificated dated 3 Feb 1838 from Houston County Board of Land Commissions which stated that he immigrated in January 1836, and was granted one-third of a league (1,476.1 acres). He transferred 320 acres of this First Class Headright to Lodowick E.
Downes on 8 September 1852. Levi was issued Certificate No. 697 on 14 May 1855 by the Adjutant General for "having fought in the Battle of San Jacinto" a grant of 640 acres, which he transferred to F. S. Bodenhamer and A. T. Monroe on 2 June 1855. Levi was issued Bounty Certificate No. 3500 for 320 acres in Houston County on 2 May 1859, which was patented on 26 July 1861. A certificate was issued 12 Feb 1855 for unlocated balance of Certificate 3850/3951 of 1156 acres being the balance from Certificate 67. A transfer is shown to Darius H. Edens on 23 Oct 1858.

I submitted a portion of my genealogical research on the family of Levi W. White, born circa 1798, South Carolina, to the Heritage Book of Santa Rosa County. Levi married Elizabeth S. Bruster, born December 1812 in South Carolina, who is buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery near Jay. She was the daughter of James M. Bruster, veteran of War of 1812, and Mary (Polly) Smith. James M. Bruster was the son of Henry Bruster, born circa 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia, and Margaret Louisa Bowen, born about 1760 in Georgia. Henry died after 1816 in Clarke County, Alabama. Margaret died about 1817 in Sumter County, Alabama.

Submitted by Deborah C. Biesbrock, Post Office Box 330175, Atlantic
Beach, Florida.

(1) The heirs receiving this patent settlement were those living in Century, Escambia County, Florida. The heirs living across the river in Jay, Santa Rosa County, were not contacted regarding this settlement.

Per: Bill Smith
      This is all I have on Levi White and his wife Elizabeth Jameson White. My wife is descended from one of the 12 year old twins, Elizabeth. I would really like to know more about Levi and his family. According to the 1860 census and the USGS map Levi and his family lived where the little air port just south of Brewton is now. Other than that I haven't got any more than you yet, but I'm still looking.

Bill Smith and Mary Catherine Love-Smith

In the 1860 AL census Levi is listed as being a farmer, with $800 in real estate, and $1000 personal estate.
Reside: June 15, 1860, Nathansville, Conecuh Co., AL

According to Bill Smith research Levi White marrie Elizabeth Jamison.
In the 1880 Santa Rosa County, Florida Federal Census, his son, Levi White, Jr. listed his father birth location as Tennessee, and his mother, Eliza, who was living in the same household listed her birth location as North Carolina. So this leads to some confusion as to where exactly our ancestors was born, either South Carolina, North Carolina, or Tennesse.

Message posted by Saralyn White on Genealogy.com GenForum:

Re: ANDERSON WHITE-MARGERY PULIAM 1786 VA>GA
Posted by: Saralyn White Date: July 06, 1999 at 20:35:36
In Reply to: ANDERSON WHITE-MARGERY PULIAM 1786 VA>GA by ROGER WHITE of 18453

The children of Anderson White and Margery Pulliam were as follows:
1. Isham White, b.1787
2. Nicholas White II, b. 1789
3. Martha white, b. 1790
4. Agnes White, b. 1794
5. John White, b. 1797
6. Levi White, b. 1798
7. Nancy White, b. 1798
8. Anderson White, Jr., b. Aug 22, 1801
9. Abda White, b. 1809
10.William White, b. 1808
11.Elizabeth White, b. April 28, 1811
12.Terrell White, b. Feb 21, 1813 in Laurens Co., SC; Married Delily Hancock, Mary (Polly) Babb; Died in Harralson County GA, buried in Poplar Springs Church Cemetery near Tallapoosa GA. Terrell White (sheriff of Harralson County) built a log home that is now the oldest inhabited home in Harralson County, located on either SR 100 between Cedartown and Tallapoosa.
According to my records, the father of Anderson White is Nicholas White who was a Pvt from Virginia (we have copies of his muster rolls) in the Revolutionary War and also have a copy of his Will. The will lists all his children's names, but not his wife's. I have not been able to find out when or where Nicholas was born.

His children were:
1. Palatere White (F)
2. Barbary White (F)
3. Solomon White (F)
4. Mary White (F)
5. Rebecca White (F)
6. Tucka White (F)
7. Anderson White (M) born in Virginia; Mar. Margery (Mary) Pulliam 2/28/1786 in Campbell County, VA; d.9/3/1826 in Lovejoy, Henry County, GA

I found this message at Genforum, at www.genealogy.com, and I adding this to my possible links to reseach for the South Carolina area where Levi listed his birth location on the 1850 Conecuh County, Alabama Census. I'm hope this will be a link to his ancestry.

Also to research more carefull are the name Isaac White buried in the Old Travis Cemetery in Escambia County, Alabama
Travis Cemetery (Old), Escambia Co.,AL
Travis Cemetery (Old)
Located about 5 miles from Brewton on County Road 55 (Travis Road).

Surveyed and contributed by Lygia Dawkins Cutts on June 10, 1997
Most of the graves in this cemetery are either unmarked or weathered so that they are not readable. Some have been marked with name only. If you have connections with anyone in this cemetery, I suggest that you refer to "Heastones and Heritages" by McFarland and Shelton. This book contains additional family info on this cemetery. I have also crossed referenced this cemetery with this book for names and dates that I could not read on some markers.

The following are in this cemetery but grave location is unknown:
TRAVIS, Nancy Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Stallworth & Mary Wilson Travis.
* *WHITE, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Joiner, widow of Nicholas Stallworth Travis, wife of Isaac White.**

Searching for any shred of info about Elizabeth Boone (b. ca 1750-1752) daughter of Samuel Boone, the older brother of Frontiersman Daniel Boone.

In September 1832, Elizabeth gave a deposition for her brother Samuel Boone, Jr., in his application for a pension for Revolutionary War service [he served in a South Carolina unit]: "Affidavit of Elizabeth White, Clark County, Kentucky, states that she now lives in Madison County, Kentucky, where she has resided for several years, that she is over 80 years of age and the widow of William White, deceased."

Presumed children of Elizabeth Boone White and her husband William White, Sr.:
1. Elizabeth Isabell White b. bet. 1760-1762, d. about 1815 m. John Bledsoe in 1780
2. Mary "Polly" White m. James Brooks
3. Rebecca White m. Isaac Wilcoxson
**4. Levi White m. Elizabeth Wood June 29, 1793 in Mason County, Kentucky
5. William White, Jr.

I need more information about William White, Jr. I think there might be a possibility link with William White, Jr., who was born in South Carolina during the time Samuel Boone, Sr., moved his family (including Elizabeth) away from North Carolina to escape Indian depredations to the relative safety of the more established settlements in South Carolina. I think it's possible that Elizabeth married William White, Sr., in South Carolina and that some of her children might have been born in South Carolina before Samuel Boone, Sr., took his whole family to Boonesborough.

I would really like to hear from some of you !! Thanks! Carolyn Carter Schiewe

Emailed Message from Mary Elizabeth Miller, date November 29, 2002
TO: GLORIA MANNA
FROM: MARY MILLER
I AM LOOKING FOR INFOMATION ON A LEVI WHITE FATHER OF JOHN D WHITE. THE INFO I HAVE IS FROM THE CONECUH CO. ALABAMA CENSUS 1850 AND 1860. LEVI MAY HAVE A BROTHER NAME WILLIS AND A SISTER NAME NANCY WHITE MALOY?

Emailed message from Robert Sapp, a researcher who is also a descendent of Levi White.

Gloria,
I went to a couple of family reunions a few years back and got some information. I missed the last couple. I don't think there has been one in a couple of years. I have a maybe on Levi's father. At one of the reunions, I got a paper that said he was Drury or Thomas White. b. 1752, d. 1806. I can't prove this yet but I am searching. I would like to compare all that we can.
Thanks
Robert

Sources:
1. 1850 Conecuh County, Alabama Census - Transcribed from copy of original Microfilmby W.R. Griffin, September, 1997 email: Griway@bellsouth.net.
2. Notes and a file sents to me on the White family by Bill Smith, date October 2002.
3. Message Board on William White, Sr. and Elizabeth Boone White who settles in South Carolina.
4. Emailed Message from Mary Elizabeth Miller her connection on Levi White's son, John D. White, date Nov. 29, 2002.
5. Emailed Message from Robert Sapp on his connection to Levi White's son, Levi White, Jr., date Jan. 20, 2003.

Notes for ELIZA (BRUSTER) BREWSTER:
      Eliza (Bruster) Brewster. Her last name was spelled on some documents as Bruster and on some Brewster According to Levi White's Pension and Land Bounty record, Eliza was the daughter of James M. Bruster, veteran of War of 1812, and Mary (Polly) Smith. James M. Bruster was the son of Henry Bruster, born circa 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia, and Margaret Louisa Bowen, born about 1760 in Georgia. Henry died after 1816 in Clarke County, Alabama. Margaret died about 1817 in Sumter County, Alabama. Eliza (Bruster) Brewster married Levi White sometime before 1830, probably in the South or North Carolina.
      Eliza was listed on the 1850 Conecuh County, Alabama Census as a 38 year female, born in South Carolina, although on a 1880 Santa Rosa County, Florida Census, she lists her birth location as North Carolina. She can be found living in the same household of her son, Levi White, age 26. Levi White, Sr. was not listed as living in the area. This would fit in with the information I received from Robert Sapp below:.

      "Eliza, the wife of Levi White, Sr., was buried in Magnolia Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama, which is located in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Eliza went       with her husband, Levi (b. 1798) to Texas, where it is speculated that he died. I'm not sure when she returned to Florida, but her husband, Levi, remained in Texas. She returned       with 14 kids. I would have to find the notes on the story. I do remember it was said she was of hardy stock to return with the so many kids. That was the story I was      told. Of       course you know the Jay, Florida is just across the line from Flomaton and Brewton, Alabama and the other area of interest."
                  Robert Sapp

      So according to this information Eliza Brewster White returned to Florida, but her husband, Levi White, remained in Texas, presumably dying there. He can no longer be found on any census for the Florida and Alabama region. The only other record on Levi WileyWhite can be found on Pension & Bounty Land Record; NW FL, vols to TX War of 1836; Republic of Texas, File No. 7534, $56, filed 19 May 1838; enlisted 31 March 1836 and discharged 2 May 1835. He was granted a headright certificate for one-third of a league of land by the Houston County Board in 1838.

      Whether the husband of Eliza Brewster White was already dead at the time she traveled back to Florida with her children is uncertain, but Eliza was listed on the 1880 Federal Census for Santa Rosa County, Florida. She was living in the same household of her son, Levi White, as the mother, age 65, born in North Carolina.

Proof of residency:

Household Record 1880 United States Census, Santa Rosa County, Florida

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Household:

Name             Relation Marital Status Gender       Race       Age       Birthplace Occupation       Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Levi WHITE       Self       M             Male       W       26       AL       Farmer             TN             NC
Mary J. WHITE       Wife       M             Female       W       24 AL Kps House       AL             AL
Alonzo WHITE       Son       S             Male       W       6       FL                   AL             AL
James L. WHITE       Son       S             Male       W       4       FL                   AL             AL
Maggie WHITE       Dau       S             Female       W       3       FL                   AL             AL
Wesley WHITE       Son       S             Male       W       7M       FL                   AL             AL
Eliza WHITE*       Mother       W             Female       W       65       NC                   NC             NC

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Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 2, 3, 4, 5, And 6, Santa Rosa, Florida
Family History Library Film 1254132
NA Film Number T9-0132
Page Number 199A

Sources:
1. Notes sent to me by Robert Sapp on the White family, date Jan 20, 2003
2. 1850 Conecuh County, Alabama Census - Transcribed from copy of original Microfilm by W.R. Griffin, September, 1997 email: Griway@bellsouth.net.
3. 1880 Federal Census for Santa Rosa County, Florida, located at Family History Library, film 1254132, NA Film No. T9-0132, page 199A.
4. Pension & Bounty Land Record; NW FL, vols to TX War of 1836; Republic of Texas, File No. 7534, $56, filed 19 May 1838, located at www.rootsweb.com for Santa Rosa County, Florida.

      Children of LEVI WHITE and ELIZA BREWSTER are:

2.	i.	JOHN D.² WHITE, b. 1831, Alabama; d. May 23, 1902, Magnolia Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama.
3.	ii.	WILLIAM H. WHITE, b. March 16, 1834, Alabama; d. December 14, 1862, Henderson Cemetery, Escambia County, Alabama.
	iii.	PRICILLA WHITE, b. 1836, Alabama.

4.	iv.		JOSEPH J. WHITE, b. February 20, 1836, Alabama; d. July 14, 1914, Jay Cemetery, Santa Rosa County, Florida.
	v.		ANDREW WHITE, b. 1841, Alabama.

5.	vi.		DRUERY WHITE, b. June 01, 1842, Sparta, Conecuh County, Alabama.
	vii.		AMINTHA WHITE, b. 1843, Alabama.

6.	viii.		ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" (TWIN) WHITE, b. January 18, 1849, Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama; d. February 14, 1925, Pound Cemetery, Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana.
	ix.		MARTHA (TWIN) WHITE, b. January 18, 1849, Alabama.

7.	x.		LEVI WHITE, b. 1851, Alabama.
	xi.		NANCY WHITE, b. 1854, Alabama.

xii.

AMANDA WHITE, b. 1856, Alabama; m. W. F. GAY, April 29, 1888, Santa Rosa County, Florida.

xiii.

GEORGIA ANN WHITE, b. May 07, 1856, Alabama; d. June 08, 1935.

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