Joseph B. Whitton

Male1839–

Brief Life History of Joseph B.

When Joseph B. Whitton was born in 1839, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Ward Whitlow, was 30 and his mother, Esther Barnett, was 20. He lived in Montgomery, Montgomery, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

Robert Ward Whitlow
1809–1902
Esther Barnett
1819–
Francis J Whitlow
1833–
Joseph B. Whitton
1839–
Leticia M Whitlow
1841–1914
Isabella Felia Whitlow
1843–
Giles Montgomery Whitlow
1845–1934
Margaret Ann Whitlow
1848–1935
Octavia Jane Whitlow
1852–1930

Sources (2)

  • Joseph B Whitlow in household of Robert Whitlow, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joseph B Whitlow in household of Rob W Whitlow, "United States Census, 1860"

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Siblings (7)

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World Events (8)

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

Age 5

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

Age 7

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 31

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Whitton in Morebattle (Roxburghshire). The placename is from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + tūn ‘farm, village’, as with many of the places in 2 below.

English: habitational name from any of the places called Whitton (Durham, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Northumberland, Shropshire, Suffolk) or Witton (Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Herefordshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, North Yorkshire); or possibly from Wyton (Huntingdonshire, East Yorkshire); or possibly from Weeton, Market Weighton, or Little Weighton (East Yorkshire). The placenames do not all share the same etymology but most of their post-medieval spellings are interchangeable. Most of the placenames derive from the Old English personal name Hwīta or Old English hwīt ‘white’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some, for example Witton in Warwickshire, derive from Old English wīc ‘dwelling, specialized farmstead’ + tūn, and some others, for example Witton in Norfolk, derive from Old English widu ‘wood’ + tūn. Whitton in Lincolnshire derives from the Old English personal name Hwīta (genitive Hwītan) or Old English hwīt (dative hwītan) + ēg ‘island’. Witton in Lancashire derives from the Old English personal Witta + Old English tūn.

English: in Devon, this surname is a variant of Whiddon .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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