John Wharton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1771 Christening: Death: 7 Feb 1845 Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Sally Logwood (16 Dec 1779 - 16 Feb 1864) Marriage: 1 Jun 1797 - Bedford Co., Virginia 1
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1820 Bedford Co., Virginia, Northern District
John Wharton 301101 -- 31210; 10 in agriculture; 22 slaves
male female
3 <10 3
10-16 1
1 16-18
1 16-26 2
26-45 1
1 >45 </pre>
<pre>1830 Bedford Co., Virginia
John Wharton 00122001 -- 11230001; 26 slaves
male female
< 5 1
5-10 1
1 10-15 2
2 15-20 3
2 20-30
30-40
40-50
1 50-60 1
60-70 </pre>
<pre>1840 Bedford Co., Virginia, Northern District
John Wharton 000010001 -- 00121; 1 slave; 4 in agriculture
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15 1
15-20 2
1 20-30 1
30-40
40-50
50-60
1 60-70 </pre>
He is 5 entries away from his wife's nephews Alexander and Robert Logwood.
OUR KIN:
Our Kin (Mary Denham Ackerly & Lula Eastman Jeter Parker, 1930) is a thick volume containing genealogical accounts of various early settlers in Bedford Co., Virginia. Page 221:
John Wharton, son of the immigrant, married Rhoda Morris of Hanover County, Virginia, and died "the Wednesday before March 3, 1816," in Nashville, Tennessee, at the home of their son, Jesse, with whom they were spending their old age. She died after 1825.
John Wharton, son of John and Rhoda (Morris) Wharton, was born February 2, 1771; died February 7, 1845; married, June 1, 1797, Sally Lilbourne Logwood. They lived at "Locust Hill," the home of her father, Major Thomas Logwood, from whom they inherited it.
Children:
(1) Rhoda Morris, born July 1, 1798; died September 8, 1864; married Jesse Thomson. (See Thomson family.)
(2) Ann Aiken, born February 5, 1880; married Nelson Sale.
(3) Sophia Hill, born August 10, 1801; died January 25, 1849; married Richard Davis.
(4) John Austin, born March 22, 1803; died June 20, 1888. (See forward.)
(5) Dabney Miller, born December 27, 1804; married ( Ann Ophelia Pierce; (second) Virginia Hungerford.
(6) Martha, born March 18, 1807; died April 21, 1861; married Richard Sale.
(7) Catherine Amanda, born April 20, 1809; died October 27, 1857; married Lee McClintock.
(8) Thomas Jefferson, born January 24, 1811; died December, 1856.
(9) Edmund, born December 17, 1812; died May 17, 1837.
(10) Sally Temple, born December 25, 1814; died March 17, 1847.
(11) Maria Louisa, born June 4, 1817.
(12) William Adolphus, born May 23, 1819; died October 10, 1846.
(13) Charlotte Eliza, born August 20, 1821; died August 19, 1861; married Rev. Jeremiah Bell Jeter. (See Jeter family.)
(14) Mary Johnson, born January 13, 1827; died June 27, 1848.
LAND:
On January 15, 1813 Thomas Logwood of Bedford Co. sells to John Wharton of the same place for $1 a tract of 347 acres, more or less, on the waters of the north fork of Otter River. It begins at a persimmon on Otter River. (Bedford Co. Deed Records 13/810)
On April 3, 1815 Thomas Logwood of Bedford Co. sells to John Wharton of the same place for $3000 a tract of 247 acres, more or less, in Bedford Co. on the north fork of Otter River, including the mill. It begins on the river just below the mill. The description mentions the head of Wm. Kerr's branch and the lower end of Thomas Kerr's field. (14/301)
According to the grantee index to deeds John Wharton made 3 other purchases:
1796 10/190 469 acres on both sides of north fork of Otter River
1801 11/438 278 acres on north and south forks of Otter River
1822 16/485 625 acres on Hunting Creek
The grantor index indicates that he made the following sales:
1801 11/354? ____ acres on north fork of Otter River
1808 12/376 100 acres on north fork of Otter River and Oslin Creek
1811 13/578 471 acres on north fork of Otter River
1817 15/219 170 acres on north and south forks of Otter River
1829 21/466 442 acres on south side of north fork of Otter River
It may be that John Wharton was some sort of lawyer because he often appears in the deed record indexes as a trustee.
1
"Bedford County Marriage Bonds," Repository: http://www.vagenweb.org/bedford/bedf-mar.htm.
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