The follow was taken from the book A History of The Whitlock Family (See Graphic above). Information provided by Holly Herring.

WHITLOCK HISTORY

Foreword

The following is simply a rough sketch of the story of the Whitlock family. Much of it lacks documentary verification. This is written as a foundation for further research. If it inspires some interested one with time and money to follow the trail of the family migration back through Tennessee, Virginia, New England and the British Isles and write a verified family history, this effort will be worthwhile. In the meanwhile it is worthy of no more pretension than this humble writing. Any correction will be welcomed.

Early Tradition

The earliest traditions, held in common by various branches of the family widely scattered , is that our Whitlock's were of Highland Scotch origin. As earliest known, they were clansmen of the fierce MacPherson's and members of the high council of the clan. This is the origin of Clyde's half humorous story of the "Whittle Lock" raids. These Highlanders held such raids justifiable since the Lowlanders Saxon had previously stolen their lands and homes. Sir Walter Scott, in the "Lady of the Lake," has Roderick Dhu defend such raids to James Fitz James in the following words:

 "Pent in this fortress of the North,
Thinkest thou we will not sally forth,
To spoil the spoiler as we may,
And from the robber rend the prey?
Ay, by my soul! -- While on you plain
The Saxon rears one shock of grain,
While of ten thousands herds there strays
But one along yon rive maze, --
The Gael, of plain and river heir,
Shall with strong hand redeem his share,
Where live the mountain Chiefs who hold
That plunder Lowland field and fold
Is ought but retribution true?
Seek other cause 'gainst Roderick Dhu."

The Whitlock Name in History

The first Whitlock to appear in English History is one William Witlock of Oxfordshire about the year 1273. The second was William atta Whyelak, of Somersetshire in 1327. These two names illustrate the two classes of spelling of the name in earliest records. One spelling was "Whtlac,--loc,--lock," etc. The other was "Whytelac,--lak,--lohc, lock, etc." The final form of the name became "Whitlock" for all.

This spelling has raised the question as to whether the family is of one common origin or of two sources.  "Witloc" is a Dutch word which means "A courageous swordsman"; "Whytelak" is a Scotch word meaning "white or clear lake." The earlier historians favor the common origin of the family. The more I have studied, the more I incline to favor at least two sources of the Whitlocks. Early London History suggests that the Whitlocks there were of Saxon origin. There are Whitlock families in Evanston, Illinois, who are raw Germans but spell their names exactly as we do. A tradition persists that the family is of Lowland Scotch origin instead of Highland, which would indicate that Saxon Whitlock from the lowlands met Gaelic Whitlock from the Highlands and finally mingled into one family, William atta Whytelak whose name appears in 1327 in Somersetshire history, was undoubtedly Scotch. "Atta" in a Scotch name or early English name meant one who was from some place or lived at some place. this like the German "von" or the Dutch or French "van". Von Hindenberg was a man who lived at Hindenberg. So this William lived at "Whytelak" ending in "lak," "Lokc," etc. are certainly Gaelic or Highlandic origin. This suggests their name the same and ultimately spelled it the same and came to be one family.

In later English History the name occurs many times in the history of the counties of Huntingdon, Somerset, Berks, Devon, London, etc. For the most part they were the landed gentry and yeomanry, though some rose to high station.

Beginning with William Witlock of 1273 the most common names of men were William, John, Walter, Richard, James, Thomas, Pasco, etc.

In the early years of the 17th century a Sir James Whitlock was Chief Justice of Chester. A son of his become Sir James, a Grandson became a third Sir James and another grandson, Sir William. At the same relative time there as a Sir James in London of a Berkshire line.

In the time of Reformation, the Commonwealth under Cromwell and the long period of religious controversy, the Whitlocks were mostly non-conformists, Old Ironsiders and Puritans. Many were Ministers and suffered tortures in persecution, One who died of the effects of such suffering in London in 1720 was said, in his funeral sermon, to have belonged to an ancient and honorable family of London most of whom were merchants.

Whitlocks in America

The Media Research Bureau of Washington, D.C., which specializes in family history, says "it is not definitely know from which of the may illustrious lines of the family in England the first emigrants of that name came to America, but it is generally believed that the first of the name in America, was Thomas Whitlock, who was living in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia  in the year 1638. It is probable that he was closely related to Thomas and Ann Whitlock who were also living in Virginia about 1650. One John Whitlock is said to have made his home in Fairfield, Connecticut, where he died in 1658, leaving several children whose names are uncertain with the exception of a son John.

This agrees in many ways with the family tradition held in common by branches of the family, widely scattered. It has long been held that the family sprang from three brothers who cam from England o Virginia, one of whom was this Thomas. of Isle of Wight County. They were ship builders, and men of the sea. A later tradition says that five brothers came to America from Dumphries, Scotland, two of whom settled in New York, and three of whom went to Virginia. This would account for the man Whitlocks in New York and New England. One of the Principal streets in New York City, "Whitlock Ave.," is named in honor of this family.

Virginia Whitlocks

The names of the Virginia Brothers seems to have been Thomas, Elvin, and Charles. Charles died early in life, Elvin left no children and Thomas, Mentioned in the quotation above, is said to have been the father of seven sons. One of these seven sons was John Whitlock who married Sarah,  a daughter of Louis Wilburn. They lived in Halifax County, Virginia, and had six children: Richard, Robert, who died early in life, Thomas, Sarah, John, and Mitchel. This son Thomas is my great-great-great grandfather as is shown in his will which was made December 27, 1779, and probated at his death June 15, 1780, in Halifax County, Virginia.

This will, a copy of which is appended below, shows Thomas Whitlock to have been a slave holder, a very careful and kindly man, and a minister of the Gospel, since his "books and divinity" are included in the property that is distributed in his will. His seven children mentioned in the will are John Whitlock, Thomas Whitlock, Patty Arnold, Morning Medley, Timperance Bartlet, Gilly Lipscombe, and Lucy Whitlock. His wife's first name was Elizabeth, but we do not know her maiden name. Their son Thomas, mentioned in the will, is my great-great-great-grandfather. On November 28, 1788, he married Susannah Webb, and in July 1790 their son, Thomas William, My great-grandfather, was born in Halifax County, Virginia.

It seems certain that besides Thomas William there were four other sons in this family, James, Jackson, Mitchel, and John, probably sons by two subsequent wives--Judith Carter, whom he married December 15, 1792, and Sally Gallehorn, December 28 1807. In 1808 their son Thomas William, married to Sarah------, and while still in Virginia my own grandfather, Robert Randolph was born to them on July 1, 1813.

The Virginia Whitlocks were large land owners. The original Thomas Whitlock in Isle of Wight County, owned a thousand acres of land. The Halifax county Whitlocks were also large land owners. Achilles Whitlock, the eldest son of John Whitlock of Caroline County, was for many years one of the largest land owner in the county. The record of his land transaction covers many pages of the indices of the land records of the county, as do also those of a Martha Whitlock, Thomas Whitlock and numerous others, during the later half of the 18th century.

Tennessee Whitlocks

According to records, the Virginia Whitlocks began in a very early time to make their way farther and farther West. The first land purchase made by any of our group in Wilson County, Tennessee, was made by James Whitlock, September 28, 1800. The rest of the family came in 1816-20-25-26-27. The largest number coming in '26 and '27. With these came my grandfather, with his parents, at the age of 14. It is on record of March 13, 1816, that Thomas Whitlock bought a 100 tract of land on Smith's Fork in Wilson County, so that Thomas William, with is family, may have come to his father who had preceded him to Tennessee by some ten years. This seems in keeping with the family stories we have so often heard.

It has been our understanding that my great-great-grandfather in Tennessee was a Baptist minister of note, that he went far and wide holding and helping in camp meetings; that his slaves delighted in surprising him on his return with a large amount of work accomplished in has absence; that when the stars fell in 1833 the slaves thought the end of the world had come and gathered weeping at the back door for comfort and counsel. When his wife failed to quiet them, Thomas appeared in his night gown (they always expected some mischief from him), stepped out on the stoop, dodged a few meteors, and said, "Well, the Bible says that 'in the last days the devil shall have the remnant', but he shan't have what's in my little Demijohn!"  They watched him take it from under the bad, drain the last drop, and lie peacefully down to go to sleep. He was of the forty-Gallon-Baptist type. With snickers, the Nigroes went back to their quarters with their fears allayed. It was he, also, who freed this slaves in his will "for conscience's sake", and with the consent of his heirs, He lived the rest of his life and died in Tennessee.

Neither Thomas William, My great-grandfather, nor Robert Randolph, my grandfather, ever became landowners in Tennessee. Thomas William was a farmer, a merchant and millwright. As a millwright he pressed the tobacco and cotton of the community in season. He lived in Tennessee only seventeen years and then came to Illinois in 1844. James also migrated to Illinois, as we shall see below, but Jackson and Mitchel spent their lives in Tennessee. At this writing it seems that John was the father of Cousin Sam, late of Carthage, Mo.; or is the statements below more likely?

Illinois Whitlocks

It is certain that two of the sons of Thomas Whitlock, my great-great-grandfather, came to Southern Illinois. There probably was a third--another historical problem yet to be worked out.

1. JAMES Whitlock came to what is now White County, Illinois, near where Carmi is now located and acquired a large tract of land. After some years, however, he returned to Tennessee and remained there until his death. Of his children only, his son John and family, ever lived in Illinois, John was born on the banks of the Wabash River December 12, 1818, which shows the early date at which his father lived in Illinois. He returned to Tennessee with the family, married Francs Ann Richison August 18, 1838, and in 1845 returned to Illinois, coming to his uncle Thomas William in what was then called Rome. Eight years later he moved to what is now the Boone farm a mile and a half north of Idlewood where he raised a family of eight children, and died in 1868. He was buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery just north of the North-West corner of the Church. The head stone of his grave was erected by the church in recognition of the faithful service that he had rendered. Several of his family lie buried near. The last remaining member of his family, Miriam Matilda Laffon, died recently in Mt. Vernon at a very advanced age.

2. THOMAS WILLIAM Whitlock, my great-grandfather, as was said above, came to Illinois in 1844 and settled just north of Dix, then called Rome. In the memory of some still living, two different places have been pointed out as his home. He kept a grocery store and Wayside Inn, or Tavern; was familiarly called both Uncle Tommy and Uncle Billy; was a large man, a great talker and always popular because of his friendly, jovial disposition. His Tavern was the favorite loafing place for all the country 'round, where the chief amusement was listening to his great tales and teasing him for his exaggerations. A story that illustrates this has com down to us. He made a trip into Arkansas and was telling about the wonders he had seen. He said that the timber as the greatest and thickest he ever say--great trees stood not more that three feet apart, everywhere, and among these trees herds of deer roamed with antlers six feet across from tip to tip. "Hold on now, Uncle Billy, " spoke up some listeners. "If those trees were three feet apart and those deer had hors six feet across from tip to tip, how could they ever get about among those trees?" Quick as a flash he came back at them with 'That is the deers' problem, sir, not mine!" and everybody had the laugh they had expected.

During the year 1845 he moved into Rome and lived and died on the corner just East of the Brick Church. In Addition to his home place the records show that he owned 40 acres of land. It is not known at what dates or in what order his sons and daughters came to Illinois. A rumor persists that hints that he came to Illinois as not exactly, but in a semblance of, a fugitive from justice. The letters appended below seem to leave absolutely no room for such a fact.

Descendents of Thomas William

Thomas William had seven children of whom we know positively, four sons and three daughters. There is the probability of a fifth son who will be mentioned below. They were all born in Halifax County, Virginia.

The first son of Thomas William was George W., who was also the first to acquire land in Illinois, purchasing 40 acres near Dix September 11, 1841. Of the seven or eight other deeds bearing his name, the last is dated November 24, 1857, and conveys his home, the old hotel that stood where the garage now is in Dix, and forth acres south of Dix, to Josiah Clink, whose daughter Sarah later married Foster S. Whitlock--who will be recognized as the father and mother of the writer. George W. then moved to Jonesboro, Illinois, became a successful merchant, raised his family, died and lies buried in the Jonesboro cemetery, beside his son Charles who died early in life. Wayne and Thomas, always called Tommy, were their three sons. Their mother was Angeline Caldwell, of the Jefferson County family of that name. Wayne died unmarried. Tommy later moved to St. Louis, where he died. His widow, son, and daughter still live there at the last report.

A second son, Robert Randolph, sometimes listed in the records as Randall, was my grandfather. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia, July 1 1813, and came to Wilson County, Tennessee, at the age of 14, with his family. He was married November 2,1833, to Frances America Beadle, often written Beadles, daughter of William and Sarah (Owens) Beadle. Frances as born in Virginia, August 16, 1812, and came to Tennessee at a very early age. Her father had four brothers; Edward and Daniel, both bachelors, who walked from Virginia to Tennessee after they were 75 years of age; Osborne, and Abraham who was a merchant in Huntsville, Alabama.

William and Abraham were with Jackson in the battle of New Orleans in 1815. William had five sons; Henry of Texas, Thomas of Alabama, Abraham of Tennessee, who visited Dix before he died, Osborne of Wabash County, Illinois and William Jr. of Tennessee; these were grandmother Whitlock's brothers. Henry Beadle, who for years has bought horses and mules around Dix, is a grandson of this last Abraham Beadle. Mrs. Fannie Lemon of Lebanon, Tennessee, the last remaining daughter of this Abraham Beadle, is of very advance age and practically blind. Mrs. Thomas Bryan, of Lebanon, Tennessee, is a granddaughter of this same family. Mr. Bryan is a near kinsman of William Jennings Bryan whose Jennings relatives are of the same families mentioned elsewhere. These three, with their families, are all the Beadles who could be found in those parts of Tennessee in the summer of 1941. The writer visited Osborne Beadle in Wabash County, Illinois in 1915. They were a substantial family and seemed to be properous.

Robert Randolph came to Illinois with his family in 1856, arriving a few months before his father's death which occurred in the same year. His team and covered wagon equipment were said to have been the very best. December 17, 1856, he bought 160 acres of land in Field's Township of Jefferson County, the place on which Lawrence Whitlock now lives. January 1, 1859, he bought forty acres more adjoining it. He and his wife were the parents of ten childre: George L., born December 6, 1834; Lycurgus H. (Kirk), born November 18, 1837; Charles C. (Dude), born December 12, 1839; Rufus D., born March 20, 1842; Angeline (Sis), born January 13, 1844; Faster Smith, Born November 9, 1845, Ann G., born September 17, 1848; Lucinda Helen, born February 14, 1851; Perriander (Pete), born January 5, 1853 and Leonidas (Lee), born September 21, 1855, so all were born in Tennessee.

George L. married Margaret Patton of Wilson County, Tennessee. Many of her people still live in the same community and numbers f others have intermarried with Whitlocks. They raised a large Family east of Dix, and Texico. Elmer still lives on the old home place, "Buck" lives near by, another daughter Dora Frost lives not far away. The youngest son, Jess, lives in Mt. Vernon at this present writing. The oldest Son, John, was for many years a prominent physician in Dix and Mt. Vernon and Nettie was a leading teacher of the county. "Kirk" and "Dude" married sisters by the name of Hutchison. "Dude's" family grew up in Denver and 'Kirk's" in Wayne County, Illinois, where numbers of them still live. Rufus married a Hawkins girl and died early, leaving but one boy, Ora. Ora's son Archie is now living in Mr. Vernon. Angeline married Thomas Welch and moved to Southern Missouri, where they raised a large fine family near Highlandville, Mo. Laura and Thomas, a retired banker, still live there, Thomas on the old home place. Foster Smith married Sarah Arilla Clink. They had fifteen children, thirteen of whom were living at one time and ten of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. He entered the Civil War with is father and three of his brothers when he was but 16 years old. His health broke after a year and half of service, and he remained a semi-invalid for a number of years. In the hope of recovery he moved to central Kansas, where he remained ten years. Felling that he was well again, about 1882 he returned to the home community near Dix, but found that he was not able to work timer land, so moved to the prairie between Farina and Kinmundy. After another ten years homesickness for his folks overcame him and drove him again to return to the old community, where he no doubt hastened his death by over work in the timber county. Of his family, seven were public school or college teachers, and thee are today Methodist ministers; two in prominent places in the active work and one a local preacher, who is very active.

Ann married Andy Kirk, who for a period of years owned the old homestead, the only time that its deed has been out of the Whitlock name since it was purchased by grandfather in 1856. They raised a large family at Bonnie, south of Mt. Vernon.

Lucinda Helen married Jasper Hawkins who has outlived he many ears. Their only child, Josephine, is the wife of J. O. Purcell, the successful banker of Dix. "Pete" married Eva Leuty. They raised a family of four children on their farm across the road from grandpa's place. Their son Lawrence lives on the original Whitlock Homestead. One daughter has been dead a number of years, another, Mrs. Weaver, was for several years an efficient secretary of our Whitlock Association.

"Lee," the youngest of the family, was six foot and one half inches tall, and large in proportion. He married a St. Louis girl and spent most of his life in that city. They had two children, Walter and Mionna. Walter became prominent in railroad circles in Denver, Colo. The family joined him there in their later years, and there the father died.

A third son of Thomas William was John C. He bought land near Dix March 18, 1845, and died in October 1848 at the age of 27, leaving, so far as we know no descendents.

A fourth son, Thomas E., came to Illinois in 1838 or '39 with one of the Newby boys and later married Newby's sister Caroline, by whom he had one son, William. He died May 27, 1845, at the age of twenty-nine. Caroline later married Wylie Elder of Saline County and William grew to manhood near Galatia, Illinois, where he raised a large family and became a prominent citizen, owning large tracts of land and possessing other wealth. His children by his first wife are: Thomas, Sally--Now Carpenter; John, Elbert, Winnie-- now Newcombe; and Maude--now Butler. By a second wife there are Bert, Oscar, Homer, Guy, Bill, Jack, and Grace. The children of these are in every way worthy of their forebears. Leonard, a son of John, is a Baptist minister who is rapidly advancing in his calling.

Besides these four sons, one daughter of William Thomas Whitlock came to Illinois, Mrs. Mary Arnold. Her daughter married William Wall with whom she lived in Dix of years. They had two children, Emmitt and Gertrude Will, both of whom are still living so far as is known. Two other daughters of Thomas William Whitlock remained in Tennessee. They were always called Aunt Betsy Brogan, and Aunt Nancy Pennewell, or Penuell, Which is the name found in Wilson County, Tennessee, where both names are common.

There is an indication that there was a fifth son of Thomas William Whitlock. A Samuel Whitlock lived for years eight miles Southwest from Carthage, Missouri, raised a large family and was a large landowner. During the Civil War he was sheriff of Jasper County, Because he as an ardent abolitionist, his life was often endangered by the bitter strife between the divided forces of those parts. My father always called him Cousin Sam which would indicate that his fathers were brothers, and if so, each was a son of Thomas William Whitlock. Father always visited him when in those parts. The writer spent two weeks in his home when a boy of seven. Of this family, only the oldest daughter, Mrs. Florence Thompson, of Carthage, could be found in those parts a few years ago.

3. MITCHELL Whitlock, brother of Thomas William, mentioned above, was married to Sarah the daughter of William Hubbard, a one legged soldier of the Revolutionary War. He migrated from Virginia to Tennessee in 1835, bringing with him his brother John and their widowed mother. Mitchell never came to Illinois but his son John William came in an early day raised his family around Dix and Kell, dying at Kell some thirty years ago. He was the father of the late Lafayett Whitlock of Kell and Centralia; of Ira, Henry and Mrs. ------ Caldwell.

4. "OLD GEORGE' Whitlock. In conversation of early childhood days the writer recalls frequent mention of an old George Whitlock, so designated, seemingly, to distinguish him from George W. Whitlock, the oldest son of Thomas William. Was he he son the Tennessee Thomas Whitlock and therefore a broth of Thomas William, James, Mitchel, and John, making the third brother of the family to come to Illinois?

5. JACKSON Whitlock. The study of Jackson Whitlock takes us back to Wilson County and Smith County in the Tennessee of today. Neither he nor his descendants have come to Illinois. Here it is very hard to trace definite lines, In Smith County, a Jeremiah Whitlock and sons George, Sterling (Starling), and others purchased tracts of land on Bush Creek. Only one member of the family still lives anywhere about, LeRoy Whitlock of McMinnville, Tennessee, who is 83 years old and knows nothing of his family history. A much larger settlement of Whitlocks was made in and around Statesville, Tennessee, which in early times was called Maryville. There are heare three burying grounds, two of which are almost entirely Whitlock, but in these grave stones are simply natural stone with inscription. This is true of the Oldest which is called the "Martha Whitlock Burying Ground". Nobody could be found in the community in 1941, who could remember who was buried there. What information is thus lost! Jackson Whitlock died in this community in the early years of his life. His Wife Nancy Brogan. Their son, William Alexander Whitlock, was born February 5, 1840, and lived till October 9, 1898. He married Vina Patton, of Aunt Margaret Whitlock's people, and was the last outstanding Whitlock in that community, They raised a large family. Their son, Andrew Paton Whitlock, a prominent man of Nashville, Tennessee, died just a few weeks before our visit there this summer. The only remaining member of their family near the home community is Lilly, The wife of Newborn Jennings of Watertown, Tennessee. Mr. Jennings' mother was a Whitlock of another strain, but of the same community.

There is yet conjecture as to the relationship of Jackson Whitlock with the other men named above, as there are conjectures in some other places in this sketch. In the county records of the counties visited, marriage records, and wills--the two best sources of family connections--are the least available, because they are being the last of the old records to be classified and indexed. This assumption, however, is supported by the statement of Mrs. Jennings of Watertown, that she is related to the late John Whitlock of Kell, by one generation nearer than the writer, which would bear out the classification above. A point of confusion, however arises from her statement that the Martha Whitlock for whom the cemetery was named was the wife of "Old Thomas" Whitlock, her grandfather, whom we have considered a brother of our great grandfather, William Thomas Whitlock, and it is not likely that he would have two brother by the name of Thomas, even as common as that name is in our family history. One thing to me is certain, that the village now called Statesville is the center of the community of our Whitlocks in Tennessee, and offers the most fertile field for continued study of family origins.

Conclusion

We are a prolific family and Whitlocks are found everywhere. At best, we can but race our own line through the maze of the many, and endeavor to keep our strain up to the highest standards of living that have characterized those who have borne the name. The Media Research Bureau, quoted above, concludes its findings of Whitlock history with these words, 'They have been noted for their energy, industry, integrity, piety, persistence, fortitude, patience, resourcefulness, initiative, courage, and leadership." May these covetable qualities of character and disposition continue to characterize the families through the generations of the present and of the future to all time.

Copied from a Certified Copy of the
WILL OF THOMAS WHITLOCK
From records of Halifax County, Virginia

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Thomas Whitlock being sick and in a lowe state of helth but in my Senceyes and mind and calling to mind that it was appointed once for all men to die I do make and ordaine this my last will and Testament I give my soul to God who give it to me and my body to the Earth to be buried at the descrission of my Executor as to my Wordly Estate after all my Just debts is paid I bequeath as followeth--I Lend to my beloved wife Elizabeth Whitlock During her life as followeth on Negro man Ben two beds and firniture one Black mare four chairs one Comer Cobber's one large Cest one tea Kittle ine spice morter and psel fore cows and calves four Ews and lambs one set of tea wair Six knives and forks six spoons two punch bowls two dishes two basons four plaits two axes two hows knew one grindstone three pailes two washing tubs thirty barrels of corn three hundred and fifty pounds of bacon three pots and hooks one frying pan two hows to Bake bread on one Iron Poker and all my Fowls of Every kind my house and plantation whereon I live and one hundred of land a joyning to it and as to the rest of my estate that it may be sold to the highest bidder for ready money and Equelly Divided among my Seven  children beginning at my son John Whitlock Thomas Whitlock Patty Arnold Morning Medley Timprence Bartlet Gilly Lipscombe Leucy Whitlock my dearly Beloved children an at the death of my wife for that part of my Estate lent her to be sold by my Executors and Devided in the same manner as the other was and lastly I do Hereby Constitute and appoint my loving friends Jeremiah Pate and William Edwards Execurtors of this my last will and Testament as WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my and seal this twenty seventh day of December one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy nine.

Signed sealed and Delivered                      Thomas Whitlock (L. S.)
in presence of
John Estes, Mathew Pate, Edward Dowdy, Elizabeth Edwards.
At a court held for Halifax County the 15th Day of June 1790

This last will and Testament of Thomas Whitlock deceased was Exhibited in Court by Jeremiah Pate and William Edwards the Executors herein named and the same was proved by the oaths of two of the subscribing witnesses hereto and the same as ordered to be Recorded. And on the motion of the said Executions who made oath hereto according to law Certificate was granted them of obtaining Probate hereof in due form they giving Security Thereupon they together with John Shackelford, Joseph Gill and Thomas Lipscomb their securities intered into and acknowledged bond for the same according to low.

Teste: Geo. Carrington, C. H. C.
Truly Recorded Teste: Geo. Carrington, C. H. C.
A Copy Teste: E. C. Lacy, Clerk

Two Letters 100 Years Old
State of Tennessee     Wilson County, March 26 1843

Dear Sons: We embrace the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to inform you that we are all well at this time hoping these lines may find you all well. We have nothing very strange to write at this time more than we have had the coldest winter here last winter that ever has been known in this county. We had a great deal of snow but the deepest snow that ever has been seen in the county commenced falling on the 15th of March and snowed 8 days and nights in succession, but 24 hours as hard as it could pour and in that time the snow as from 12 to 20 inches deep and it is nearly as cold now as et ever was known here in January. Our prospects for the present crop is very gloomy. We have done nothing at all this spring but get wood and make fires and feed and etc. We rec'd you letter from the hands of Thos, Short and was very glad to hear from you all. You wrote to us that Caroline had a fine Son and you wanted some of us to send you a name, but we have all the names that we have on hand now in use and times is so hard that we fear we shall be hard run for names before the year is out. I wrote to you that I should be there last fall but I have given out the notion of moving until next fall, as I want to make one more crop of tobacco before I leave as I got the highest price for my crop last year that was give in Nashville and that was only $2.50 cwt.

Tobacco is worth from .87 to $2.50 cwt and everything else in proportion. I want to try to settle up the debts you left here but money is hard to come at and it is impossible to pay a money debt with property for no kind of property  wont bring money. Times is harder here now that ever it was known to be and nearly every public man in this county is broke, Col. Geo, Smith is broke and has taken the bankrupt law and Statesville is not able to keep itself in firewood, they have burned up the most of their back lot fences and have commenced cutting and burning their locust trees, and I think if it dont turn warm soon they will all certainly freeze to death.

I expect to move out next fall if I possibly can, I have built my wagon and have everything ready to move in the fall as soon as I finish my crop. We want you to write us again this spring and let us know what you are both doing and how you are both making out and about it.

George wrote us word that he got married and that he has married a monstrous pretty girl, but we all know how he always judged beauty. Though we was very glad to hear that he had married and settled himself and we wish you both to do the best you can.

We would have wrote to you sooner but I did not know for certain whether I would move this spring or not until I sold my tobacco, and I never got that off of my hands until last week.

As for the name you wrote to us for we postponed writing until we thought it was to late to send one now, but we hope as you have but one you can certainly find out one for that and we will try and have one selected in time for George. We have nothing more at this time to write more than we want to see you all very bad, We still Remain Your affectionate Father and Mother until death,

Thos, W and Sarah Whitlock   To: Thos, E. and Caroline and Geo, W. and Angeline Whitlock.

State of Tennessee
Wilson County
August, 25th, 1843

Dear Sons: We once more are favored with the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that we are all well at this time.

We have nothing of very much importance to write to you at this time fore than common, We rec'd your letter from the hands of William H. Word and was very glad to hear from you all and to hear that you was all well, and we can say to you again the we are coming out without fail between this time and spring, And we understand from Wm. H Word that you have a place in view for me and I dont want you to fail to get it if you can get it for any kind of property for I shall fetch out a tolerable chance of property, I have at this time, Three good wagon horses as any in this country and a fine two year old stud colt a two horse carryall finished all to ground and I am about to sell out to Elder John Whitlock and if we trade I shall take a wagon and probably some horses from him., We have a fine crop of corn and tobacco growing and we made a fine crop of wheat.

I shall get my crop in as soon as I possibly can and expect to sell my tobacco in the hand they give something near as much for tobacco in the hand as if it were prised. I shall make nearly four thousand pounds of first quality of tobacco if nothing happens besides the lugs. I have nothing more of very much importance to write more than John Happened to the misfortune to get his shoulder put out of place by a fall from a horse about two months ago and has not been able to do anything since scarcely, and we fear he never will again for his shoulder is still out of place and I dont think it ever can be put in again. He has scarcely any use of his right hand yet.

I expect Henry G. Arnold will come out with me if he can get off. You stated that you had lost you Child which we was very sorry to hear though we wish you take it as well as you both can as these is things that we all have to encounter with, an as my light is growing short I must come to close.

Thos, W. and Sarah Whitlock    To: Thos. E and Caroline Whitlock and George W. and Angeline Whitlock

(This was carried back to Illinois by the same Wm. H. Word as is mentioned above)

Sample Genealogy of Whitlocks in America
The Genealogy of Walter Whitlock

I. THOMAS WHITLOCK, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, in 1638. - He is said to have had seven sons. Only one is known to us - John.
   II. JOHN WHITLOCK, Halifax County, Virginia m. Sarah Wilburn, daughter of Lewis Wilburn.
          a. Richard. b. Robert. These died early in life. c. Thomas, our ancestor. d. Sarah. e. John. f. Mitchel.
   III. THOMAS WHITLOCK, m. Elizabeth ----------. His will was probated June 15, 1780.
          a. John. b Thomas. See below. c. Patty, m. Arnold. d. Morning, m. Medley. e. Timperance, m. James Bartlett, Sept. 29, 1779.
          f. Gillie, m. Thos. Lipscome, Mar. 18, 1779. g. Lucy, m. Amos Worrell, Oct 18, 1780
   IV. THOMAS WHITLOCK, m. Sussannah Webb, Nov 28, 1788; m. Judith Carter, Dec 15, 1792; m. Sallie Gillehorn, Dec 28, 1807.
          a---James, came to Illinois before the state was admitted into the Union.
               1. John, the only child of his known to us was born on the Wabash River in White Co. in 1818, m. Francis Richison in Tenn.
                   Aug 18, 1838.
                       a. Mary M b Jul 25, 1839. b. Robert L. b May 15, 1841. c. Nancy S. b Aug 25, 1843. d. Miriam M. b Oct 4, 1845. died but
                           recently. The mother of W. Bolling, Mt Vernon, Ill. e. Wm. Mck. A. b Jul 26, 1848. Died at one year of age.
                       f. Thos. L., b Dec 13, 1850 g. Mary Ann., b Aug 26, 1855. h. Eunice Jane, b July 22, 1858.
          b---Thomas William. See Below.
          c---Mitchell, m Sarah Hubbard, daughter of Henry Hubbard, a one legged Revolutionary War soldier. Came to Tenn.
                in 1835, bringing his mother and his brother John.
                        a. John William, late of Kell.
                               1. Lafayette. 2. Henry. 3. Ira. 4. Mrs. Caldwell.
          d---John. Came to Tenn. with Mitchell, 1835. (Can this John be the father of the late Samuel Whitlock, then of Carthage, Mo.,
                whose daughter, Mrs. Florence Thompson, still lived in Carthage a few years ago, or the grandfather?)
          e---Jackson. Remained at Statesville, Tenn. Died early in married life. m. Nancy Brogan.
                a. William Alexander, Statesville, Tenn. b Feb 6, 1840, d Oct 9, 1898. m. Vina Eleanor Patton.
                    1. Samuel Jackson. m. Mary Jane Patton. d Watertown, Tenn. Jul 29, 1935, daughter, Mrs. Barbee, in New Mexico.
                    2. Andrew Patton Whitlock, m. Florence Alexander. Daughter of, Mrs. Chas. Cole, Rockwood, Tenn. d Apr 28, 1941 in
                        Nashville, Tenn.
                    3. Nancy Eleanor, m. Luttrell, Statesville, Tenn.
                    4. Martha Ann.
                    5. Lillia Jane, m. Newborn A. Jennings, Watertown, Tenn., Mr. Jennings' mother was Martha Jane, daughter of D. Franklin
                        Whitlock, of Warren Co. Tenn., later of Statesville, Tenn., whose wife was a Word. He was called by everybody in
                        Statesville, "Papa Doc." His connection with our branch was not even known. Mrs. Newborn Jennings was the last of
                        this generation living in 1941
   V. THOMAS WILLIAM WHITLOCK, b in Jul 1790 d Sept 5, 1856 at Rome, Ill. m. Sarah --------- in 1808
            a---George W. m. Angeline Caldwell, Buried in Jonesboro, Ill.
                  1. Charles, 2. Wayne. 3. Thomas (Tommy)
             b---Robert Randolph, also found as Randall. See Below. Buried at Old Gillead, Dix, Ill.
             c---Thomas E. b 1816. d May 27, 1845. m. Caroline Newby. Buried at Old Gillead, Dix, Ill.
                  1. William Whitlock, late of Saline County, Illinois.
                      a. Thomas. b. Elbert. c. John. d. Sallie Carpenter. e. Winnie Newcombe. f. Maude Butler, and by a second wife ----- g. Bert.
                      h. Oscar. i. Homer. j. Guy. k. William. 1. Jack m. Grace.
            d---John C., b in 1821, d in Oct 1848
            e---Mary, m. Henry (?) Arnold.
                  1. Mrs. Wall, long of Dix, Ill.
                       a. Emmitt Wall. b Gertrude Wall
            f---Betsie, m. Brogan, Never left Tennessee.
            g---Nancy Penuell. Never left Tennessee. This is sometimes written Penneywell.
   VI. ROBERT RANDOLPH or RANDALL. b Jul 1 1813. d Oct 15, 1875. m. Frances (Fannie) America Beadle, often spelled Beadles
          Daughter of William and Sarah Owens Beadle. She was born Aug 16, 1812. She is buried at Pleasant Hill (Limestone).
          a---George L., b Dec 6 1834. m. Margaret Patton.
                1. Brook. 2. Dora Frost. 3. John. 4. Doke Leuty. 5. Elmer. 6. Buck. 7. Alta Carpenter. 8. Maggie Brown. 9. Jess.
          b---Lycurgus H., b Nov 18, 1837. m Mary Hutchinson. Late of Wayne Co. Ill.
                1. Thomas. 2. Carse. 3. Clyde. 4.Maude Adams.
          c---Charles C. (Dude), b Dec 1839. m. Hutchison. Late of Denver, Colo.
                1. Inez. 2. Charles.
           d---Rufus D., b Mar 20, 1842. m. Hawkins.
                1. Ora
                   a. Archie of Mt. Vernon, Ill.
           e---Augeline, b Jan 13, 1844. m. Thos. Welch, late of Highlandville, Mo.
                 1. Laura Davis. 2. Ernest. 3. Two daughters of State of Washington. b. Thomas in Highlandville, Mo.
          f---Foster Smith. See Below.
          g---Ann G., b Sept 17, 1848, m. Andrew Kirk, of Bonnie, Ill.
                 1.George. 2. Charles.
          h---Lucinda Helen, b Feb 14, 1851. m. Jasper Hawkins.
                1. Josephine, m. Otis Persell of Dix, Ill.
          i---Periander (Pete), b Jan 5, 1853. m. Eva Leuty.
               1. Mrs. Robert Wimberly. 2.Lawrence. 3. Mayme Weaver. 4. Lester.
          j---Leonidas (Lee) b Sept 21, 1855. m. Mamie ------ of St. Louis and Denver.
               1. Miona. 2.Walter, of Denver.
   VII. FOSTER SMITH WHITLOCK, b Nov 9, 1845; d Feb 4, 1904. m. Sarah Arilla Clink, Nov 7, 1867. She was a daughter of
          Josiah and Elizabeth Frazier Clink and was born Oct 12, 1850, d Feb 26, 1924.
          a---Ella, b Oct 29, 1868, d Nov 16, 1868
          b---Cora Lee, b Sept 9, 1869, d Feb 7, 1895. m. G. M. Rush, Dec 23, 1888.
          c---Charles Elwin, b Mar 28, 1871, m. Eva Tate, Jan 2, 1896
                1. Ruth. 2. Russell. 3. Eulah. 4. Elois. 5. Lester. 6. Lowell.
          d---Lena Leota, b Dec 21, 1872, m. Isaac Edward Tate, Dec 22, 1894, Brother of Eva.
                1. Beulah. 2. Eva Tate.
           e---Walter Hugh. See Below.
           f---Maggie Mable, Nov 1, 1876, d --------. m. G. M. Rush, Nov 27, 1896.
           g---Minnie Myrtle, b Dec 20, 1878, d Jul 1940, h. A. J. May, Jul 14, 1904.
                  1. Foster. 2 Vesta, of Omaha, Nebr.
           h---Georgia Gertrude, b Oct 29, 1880, d Sept 4, 1882. Buried at Alba, Mo., next to Mrs. Hilderbrand.
           i---Francis Waine, b Jan 6, 1883, m. Anna Sexton, Apr 29, 1906.
                1. Leone. 2. Lorraine.
           j---Stella Clink, b Nov 4 1884, d Feb 1, 1911. m. Ed Andrews, Dec 16, 1906.
                1. Eugene.
           k---Versa Elizabeth, b Sept 14, 1886, m. Archie Grant Teague, Apr 2, 1915.
                 1. Roger. 2. Irene. 3. Howard.
           l---Henry Arther, b May 29, 18888, m. Lola Hawkins, Aug 31, 1912
                1. Venita. 2. William.
           m---Lillie Blanche, b Mar 30, 1890, d Mar 14, 1927, m. Henry Arthur Thompson, Jul 6, 1912.
                  1. Frank Windell.
           n---Merritt, b Feb 4, 1892, m. Hazel Farmer, June 20, 1914.
                 1. Iola. 2. Richard.
   VIII. WALTER HUGH WHITLOCK, b Aug 11, 1874, m. Mary Elizabeth Peterson, July 27, 1904. She was the daughter of Thos. G.
            and Mary Jane Seay Peterson and was born June 22, 1875.
           a---Walter Peterson Whitlock, b June 1, 1905, m. Laura Helen Wilhite, Nov 27, 1929.
                 1. Cleon
           b---Cora Evalyn, b July 18, 1907, m. D. S. Lacquement, July 27, 1929.
                 1. Hubert. 2. Richard Arlyn. 3. Larry Lee.
           c---Vera Elizabeth, b Feb 2, 1911
           d---Harold Thomas, b Nov 15, 1914, m. Helen Maxey, Dec 13, 1937
                  1. Sandra

* Genealogies, to be satisfactory, must be of one definite person of many. In this system, the generation of the line is numbered in roman numerals, Sons and Daughters of any ancestor are numbered and small letters, grandchildren in Arabic Numerals, great-grand children, in letters in parenthesis, and great-great-grandchildren, in figures in parenthesis. Of course, a son is of the next generation after his father and is so numbered when the genealogy continues with him

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