Dear Hank, My great grandmother was the sister of William LaFayette Whitlock. Her maiden name was Elvira Whitlock. She married Carlton Woolf and moved to Benton County, AL about 1836.

Ray

Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 10:23:14 +0900 (JST) From: "Robert D. Whitlock" To: "William H. Carter" Subject: Re: The Whitlock Family Tree MIME-Version: 1.0

>There are two cemeteries in Jonesville that I found tht have Whitlocks >buried in them. One is New Hope Church Cemetery, and that is where the >concentration of my own family is. The other I discovered by accident and >it was on the way out of town. Gilead Baptist Church, I think it is. >There I found graves for William Whitlock, born 1792?, Jack Whitlock and >Alta Whitlock. These were all early 19th century. I do not know their >relationship to me, but I hope to find out. Later I can give you more >dates. It is this William Whitlock that interests me, I am sure he is a >relative, but since no one in my family knows anything about him, or >about this cemetery, I assume that the connection has been lost. >My grandfather was Gary Thomas Whitlock, born in Jonesville in 1882 >His father was Bennett William Whitlock, 1849-1928 also born and died in >Jonesville. >His father was John Whitlock, and he died in 1863, perhaps on a ship in >New York harbor. He was supposed to have been a doctor. Presumably he >was a prisoner of war. My father always said that for a doctor, he had a >lot of redneck children, but I think that this is because he went into the >army when the children were so young, and any money there was was lost. >He was said to have come from Georgia, but I found the grave of a Sally >Shatteen there in New Hope Church Cemetery, and checking Find a Person >here on the internet, the only Shatteens I found were in Statesboro GA. >So, I presume he went there, got married, and brought her back. My father >seemed unaware of this Sally, and I presume that only the most recent >generations were of concern to him. The illegitimacies occur, incidently, >on the Haile side of the family, also in Jonesville. >I was thinking this John Whitlock might be John Kent Whitlock that you >mentioned, but now I don't think so, because I remembered that John >Whitlock was a son of Bennett Whitlock. You mention a Benit Whitlock, and >I am presuming (a lot of presumptions here) that these are the saem. >This Bennett (Benit) Whitlock died in 1859 leaving an estate of $12,000. >Whatever happened to it I do not know, because his grandson Bennett >William Whitlock was just a farmer basically. >I do not know whose son Bennett (Benit?) was, but I hope to find out. I >did this research in only one day's time, and was pretty proud of myself. >I only regret that my father, who is dead, is not hear to enjoy it with >me. >I am curious about the relationship between Lancelot Whitlock and Bennett >(Benit?) Whitlock. I am sure there is one. Jonesville/Union SC was not >exactly one of the great populatin centrs and I am sure they are related. >Father/son? >Does any of this help? I am doing this from memory, and I really need to >get to the courthouse again and sort through the various wills and things >and see what I can come up with. By the way, the information about the >estate of Bennett Whitlock above came from the Union County Heritage, a >book I found in the Union Town Library. >You mention the word Kelton in your GED, and I do not know what this is. >Is it a town? and where are these census reports? Can I find them there >in Union County? >Anyway, off the top of my head, this is what I have. I do not think this >goes back far enough to help you, but maybe cooperating, we can find out >something. >Thanks for listening and I hope to hear from you soon. >Robert Whitlock >

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