I have the surname White in two different places in on the paternal side of my family.
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Nora White
(b. Dec.26 1880 - d. Feb. 6, 1965)
Wife of Anderson "Oather" NutterMy Great Grandmother Nora was born the winter of 1880 in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Nora White was the daughter of Samuel White (b. 1848-d.1922) and Emily Radar (1850-1885). Samuel and Emily were married in Kanawha County, WV in 1868. Nora had three sisters; a twin sister named Cora, and two other sisters, Verna and Lydia, and four brothers, Henry, Samuel, Bluford, and Albert.Nora, at age 21, and Oather Nutter, at age 23, were married December 29, 1901, in Fayette County, WV. They later had a total of seven children. Two girls died when they were three days old. The other children were Grace, Pete, Madeline, Emily and Alice, and Jay B.White Family Tree through NoraSamuel Slack White (b. 1732;d. 1830) sp. Sarah "Sally" Hansford (b. 1767;m. 1787) 2. Nathaniel White (b. 1788) sp. Mary Moles (b. 1800) 3. Bluford (Renford) White (b. 1822; d. 1849) sp. Cythia Ann Hudnall (b. 1818; m. 1840) 4. Samuel White (b. 1848; d. 1922) sp. Emily Radar (b.1850;m. 1869; d. 1885) 5. Nora White (b.1880;m. 1901; d.1965) sp. Anderson "Oather" Nutter (b. 1877; d. 1938) 6. Emily Nutter (b. 1905; m. 1925; d. 2004) sp. Frederick Russell Littlejohn (b. 1902; d. 1966)
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Malissa Alice White (b. June 1859 - d.
Nov. 13, 1946)
Wife of John Nutter My Great-great grandmother Malissa was born the summer of 1859 in Fayette County, West Virginia. Malissa Alice White's parents were Issac White and Lucinda Polly Branham. There have been many rumors of Cherokee Indian lineage in our family. However, the strongest evidence of Indian blood on my father's side is through Malissa White. Apparently, based upon verbal stories passed down through the generations, Lucinda Branham's grandmother, Annie Terry, was Cherokee Indian. Annie Terry married Cornelius Estep around 1808. Their daughter, Sabra Estep married Andrew Branham February 2, 1826 (Pike Co, KY), and one of their daughter was Lucinda Branham. Several of Annie Terry Estep's grandchildren filed claims with the US Government in an attempt to receive money for the confiscation of Cherokee lands in the North Caroline, Tennessee, and Kentucky area. The claim (#31011) was filed by Lane Shannon Branham of Pond Gap, West Virginia. John Branham and Sabra Estep Branham also filed a claim (#26091). Lane Shannon and John were sons of Andrew and Sabra Branham. Unfortunately, the Pike County, KY., courthouse records burned so it was hard to prove a marriage between Cornelius Estep and the "Cherokee Indian Princess", Annie Terry. All the Branhams in that area received cards from the Government to sign claiming money for heirs of Cherokee Indians. It does not appear that any ancestor was ever enrolled in Dawes Rolls, but the ancestors who did apply, came from Kentucky to West Virginia in or about 1835. They were not living anywhere near the Cherokee domain and were not parties to the treaties of 1835-1836 and 1846. No connection to the Eastern Cherokee tribe has been found.. I have a copy of the claim from Lane S. Branham, dated 07/29/1907, that states, "I have frequently heard my mother and grandmother, on my mother's side (Annie Terry) say that they were by blood, related to the Cherokee Indians, as those Indian's frequently camped near them when passing through that country." Both Sabra and Annie were rumored to have long black dark hair and dark skin. However, as stated above, I do not know how much Indian blood Annie possessed. As shown in the picture of Malissa White Nutter above, it is very evident that she had Indian heritage. She was a very short women (under 5ft), with black hair, stern deep set eyes, and a "hunched back" in her elder years due to osteoarthritis in her back. My father nicknamed her "Grandma Humpback". My aunts have assured me that she had black hair only due to the ample use of sage and not by nature means. Malissa had a sister named Mary Ellen who ironically married John Nutter's brother, William Nutter. More information about Mary Ellen White, Malissa's sister, can be found at http://members.aol.com/rskoo2/jackson.htm
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Clarksville, TN
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LaNora Littlejohn
