Margaret Johnston was the daughter of Zachariah Johnston and Ann Robertson.
On 27 May 1802, Robert White married Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, the daughter of Zachariah Johnston, in Rockbridge Co. Presbyterian minister, Daniel Blain, officiated.
They had 10 White children (per 1 of her obits):
Ann R., 9 Dec 1801 (Jno P Caruthers), below
Zachariah Johnston, Jr., 28 Feb 1803, below
Hannah J, abt 1808 (Jas Kerr), below
John, 7 Apr 1809, below
William George, 4 Mar 1811, below
Joseph, 17 Sep1813, below
Robert Irvine, 4 Jul 1818, below
unknown, ?
Margaret Anne, 1822 (Robt M McDowell), below
Joseph, 27 Jun 1824 (Cynthia Ann Wilson), below
"Margaret had nine children, of whom George (Wm George), Robert, Joseph (#2) and Mrs. McDowell survive." Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, by Joseph Addison Waddell, 1886, p 200.
1936 WPA report ROC-54 says Robert passed on his property of 1778 to (grand) children George (Wm George) and Annie R White.
"From the Gazette of April 30, 1875: "Mr. Robert White, you have spoken of, and said all that is important to be known. I will endorse all you have said, but as I knew the family well in my early days and used to spend some happy hours in his hospitable home with his eldest daughters, Misses ANN and HANNAH, very pretty and interesting ladies of their day; also of their brother, ZECHARIAH White, who had just grown to man's estate. Of WM. G., ROBERT and JOSEPH White, I need scarcely speak; they are in your midst, worthy sons of an honest sire, and grandsons of Zechariah Johnston, Sr...."
"DIED. In Lexington, on the 16th instant, Mrs. MARGARET WHITE, wife of Robert White, Esq.--aged 62 years. The deceased had for a long series of years been the subject of varied and protracted sufferings but she had faith in Jesus, and she well knew that these light afflictions sent fron the hand of a wise and gracious parent, were intended to work out for her a far more exceeding and external weight of glory." Published in the Richmond Whig (Virginia), Vol 30, #19, 24 July 1843.
The 2018 cleaning of her marker revealed the rest that was previously illegible, see below.
Buried in Section White 2A are (1822-1851):
Eliza Ann is #149, (Robert's niece, daughter of Matthew)
Robert is #103 (Martha T 104)
Joseph #1 is #151
Margaret is #152
John is #153
Joseph, #2 is 96 (wife C A 98)
William George, is #100
"DIED, on Sunday night, the 16th inst., Mrs. MARGARET WHITE in the 63d year of her age, wife of Capt. Robert White, of Lexington." The Staunton Spectator, and General Advertiser (Virginia), dated 27 July 1843.
Bio researched and written by LSP
On 27 May 1802, Robert White married Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, the daughter of Zachariah Johnston, in Rockbridge Co. Presbyterian minister, Daniel Blain, officiated.
They had 10 White children (per 1 of her obits):
Ann R., 9 Dec 1801 (Jno P Caruthers), below
Zachariah Johnston, Jr., 28 Feb 1803, below
Hannah J, abt 1808 (Jas Kerr), below
John, 7 Apr 1809, below
William George, 4 Mar 1811, below
Joseph, 17 Sep1813, below
Robert Irvine, 4 Jul 1818, below
unknown, ?
Margaret Anne, 1822 (Robt M McDowell), below
Joseph, 27 Jun 1824 (Cynthia Ann Wilson), below
"Margaret had nine children, of whom George (Wm George), Robert, Joseph (#2) and Mrs. McDowell survive." Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, by Joseph Addison Waddell, 1886, p 200.
1936 WPA report ROC-54 says Robert passed on his property of 1778 to (grand) children George (Wm George) and Annie R White.
"From the Gazette of April 30, 1875: "Mr. Robert White, you have spoken of, and said all that is important to be known. I will endorse all you have said, but as I knew the family well in my early days and used to spend some happy hours in his hospitable home with his eldest daughters, Misses ANN and HANNAH, very pretty and interesting ladies of their day; also of their brother, ZECHARIAH White, who had just grown to man's estate. Of WM. G., ROBERT and JOSEPH White, I need scarcely speak; they are in your midst, worthy sons of an honest sire, and grandsons of Zechariah Johnston, Sr...."
"DIED. In Lexington, on the 16th instant, Mrs. MARGARET WHITE, wife of Robert White, Esq.--aged 62 years. The deceased had for a long series of years been the subject of varied and protracted sufferings but she had faith in Jesus, and she well knew that these light afflictions sent fron the hand of a wise and gracious parent, were intended to work out for her a far more exceeding and external weight of glory." Published in the Richmond Whig (Virginia), Vol 30, #19, 24 July 1843.
The 2018 cleaning of her marker revealed the rest that was previously illegible, see below.
Buried in Section White 2A are (1822-1851):
Eliza Ann is #149, (Robert's niece, daughter of Matthew)
Robert is #103 (Martha T 104)
Joseph #1 is #151
Margaret is #152
John is #153
Joseph, #2 is 96 (wife C A 98)
William George, is #100
"DIED, on Sunday night, the 16th inst., Mrs. MARGARET WHITE in the 63d year of her age, wife of Capt. Robert White, of Lexington." The Staunton Spectator, and General Advertiser (Virginia), dated 27 July 1843.
Bio researched and written by LSP
Margaret Johnston was the daughter of Zachariah Johnston and Ann Robertson.
On 27 May 1802, Robert White married Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, the daughter of Zachariah Johnston, in Rockbridge Co. Presbyterian minister, Daniel Blain, officiated.
They had 10 White children (per 1 of her obits):
Ann R., 9 Dec 1801 (Jno P Caruthers), below
Zachariah Johnston, Jr., 28 Feb 1803, below
Hannah J, abt 1808 (Jas Kerr), below
John, 7 Apr 1809, below
William George, 4 Mar 1811, below
Joseph, 17 Sep1813, below
Robert Irvine, 4 Jul 1818, below
unknown, ?
Margaret Anne, 1822 (Robt M McDowell), below
Joseph, 27 Jun 1824 (Cynthia Ann Wilson), below
"Margaret had nine children, of whom George (Wm George), Robert, Joseph (#2) and Mrs. McDowell survive." Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, by Joseph Addison Waddell, 1886, p 200.
1936 WPA report ROC-54 says Robert passed on his property of 1778 to (grand) children George (Wm George) and Annie R White.
"From the Gazette of April 30, 1875: "Mr. Robert White, you have spoken of, and said all that is important to be known. I will endorse all you have said, but as I knew the family well in my early days and used to spend some happy hours in his hospitable home with his eldest daughters, Misses ANN and HANNAH, very pretty and interesting ladies of their day; also of their brother, ZECHARIAH White, who had just grown to man's estate. Of WM. G., ROBERT and JOSEPH White, I need scarcely speak; they are in your midst, worthy sons of an honest sire, and grandsons of Zechariah Johnston, Sr...."
"DIED. In Lexington, on the 16th instant, Mrs. MARGARET WHITE, wife of Robert White, Esq.--aged 62 years. The deceased had for a long series of years been the subject of varied and protracted sufferings but she had faith in Jesus, and she well knew that these light afflictions sent fron the hand of a wise and gracious parent, were intended to work out for her a far more exceeding and external weight of glory." Published in the Richmond Whig (Virginia), Vol 30, #19, 24 July 1843.
The 2018 cleaning of her marker revealed the rest that was previously illegible, see below.
Buried in Section White 2A are (1822-1851):
Eliza Ann is #149, (Robert's niece, daughter of Matthew)
Robert is #103 (Martha T 104)
Joseph #1 is #151
Margaret is #152
John is #153
Joseph, #2 is 96 (wife C A 98)
William George, is #100
"DIED, on Sunday night, the 16th inst., Mrs. MARGARET WHITE in the 63d year of her age, wife of Capt. Robert White, of Lexington." The Staunton Spectator, and General Advertiser (Virginia), dated 27 July 1843.
Bio researched and written by LSP
On 27 May 1802, Robert White married Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, the daughter of Zachariah Johnston, in Rockbridge Co. Presbyterian minister, Daniel Blain, officiated.
They had 10 White children (per 1 of her obits):
Ann R., 9 Dec 1801 (Jno P Caruthers), below
Zachariah Johnston, Jr., 28 Feb 1803, below
Hannah J, abt 1808 (Jas Kerr), below
John, 7 Apr 1809, below
William George, 4 Mar 1811, below
Joseph, 17 Sep1813, below
Robert Irvine, 4 Jul 1818, below
unknown, ?
Margaret Anne, 1822 (Robt M McDowell), below
Joseph, 27 Jun 1824 (Cynthia Ann Wilson), below
"Margaret had nine children, of whom George (Wm George), Robert, Joseph (#2) and Mrs. McDowell survive." Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, by Joseph Addison Waddell, 1886, p 200.
1936 WPA report ROC-54 says Robert passed on his property of 1778 to (grand) children George (Wm George) and Annie R White.
"From the Gazette of April 30, 1875: "Mr. Robert White, you have spoken of, and said all that is important to be known. I will endorse all you have said, but as I knew the family well in my early days and used to spend some happy hours in his hospitable home with his eldest daughters, Misses ANN and HANNAH, very pretty and interesting ladies of their day; also of their brother, ZECHARIAH White, who had just grown to man's estate. Of WM. G., ROBERT and JOSEPH White, I need scarcely speak; they are in your midst, worthy sons of an honest sire, and grandsons of Zechariah Johnston, Sr...."
"DIED. In Lexington, on the 16th instant, Mrs. MARGARET WHITE, wife of Robert White, Esq.--aged 62 years. The deceased had for a long series of years been the subject of varied and protracted sufferings but she had faith in Jesus, and she well knew that these light afflictions sent fron the hand of a wise and gracious parent, were intended to work out for her a far more exceeding and external weight of glory." Published in the Richmond Whig (Virginia), Vol 30, #19, 24 July 1843.
The 2018 cleaning of her marker revealed the rest that was previously illegible, see below.
Buried in Section White 2A are (1822-1851):
Eliza Ann is #149, (Robert's niece, daughter of Matthew)
Robert is #103 (Martha T 104)
Joseph #1 is #151
Margaret is #152
John is #153
Joseph, #2 is 96 (wife C A 98)
William George, is #100
"DIED, on Sunday night, the 16th inst., Mrs. MARGARET WHITE in the 63d year of her age, wife of Capt. Robert White, of Lexington." The Staunton Spectator, and General Advertiser (Virginia), dated 27 July 1843.
Bio researched and written by LSP
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MARGARET
wife of
ROBERT WHITE
and daughter of
Zachariah and Ann Johnston
was born on the 12th of April 1782
and died on the 16th of July 1843
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