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Descendants of James NIPPER

Generation No. 5

8. SAMUEL⁵ NIPPER (JOHN M.⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², JAMES¹) was born Abt. 1748 in Brunswick County, Virginia, and died 1787 in SC?. He married MARY SYBIL TURKETT. She died 1861.

Children of SAMUEL NIPPER and MARY TURKETT are:

10.	i.		PACE⁶ NIPPER, b. Abt. 1764, Brunswick Co., VA; d. Bet. 1830 - 1840, Monroe CO., TN.
11.	ii.		JOHN NIPPER SR., b. Abt. 1774, Richland County, SC; d. December 30, 1847, Richland County, SC.

9. REUBEN⁵ WESTMORELAND (EDITH⁴ NIPPER, JOHN³, JOHN², JAMES¹) (Source: (1) Probate records, Giles Co. Tenn., Probate records, Giles Co. Tenn., dated 15 Aug 1825 (names children 1,3,4), dated 15 Aug 1825 (names children 1,3,4)., (2) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996., (3) Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.) was born Abt. 1749. He married ELIZABETH ABERNATHY (Source: (1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996., (2) Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.) Abt. 1768, daughter of WILLIAM ABERNATHY and ELIZABETH CLAYTON. She was born Abt. 1751.

Notes for REUBEN WESTMORELAND:
[Abernathy in 6-01.ged]

!NOTE:Probate records, Giles Co. Tenn., dated 15 Aug 1825 (names children 1,3,4)

!NOTE:Census records, Ponotoc Co. Miss, 1850 (children 2,3)

!NOTE:Douglass Register !NOTE:Church Genealogical Records archives

!NOTE:Mother listed as Ann Lowe in one set of records, but Edith Nipper in another. The latter has a marriage date. The former is from oral history of Annie Sample, daughter of Frances Westmoreland-Reuben's granddaughter.
Other settlements were made in the county as follows: Thomas Reed, William Riggs,
Joseph Moore, Daniel Cox, James Kimborough, Joseph and Elijah Anderson, (his brother)
Thomas Westmoreland, Rev. Aaron Brown and sons (Thomas and William). John
Butler and John Barnett settled in the now Aspin Hill neighborhood from 1807 to 1809;
Dr. Gabriel Bumpass, William Buchanan and sons (Maximillian, Robert, John and
Jesse), Timothy Ezell, Mike Ezell and William Ezell settled in the neighborhood of
Cross Waters in 1807 and 1808

More About REUBEN WESTMORELAND:
: Abt. 1770, Bristol, Dinwiddie, Virginia (Source: Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.)

Notes for ELIZABETH ABERNATHY:
[Abernathy in 6-01.ged]

A book, "The Abernathy Family", by Elizabeth Denty Abernathy, 1929, exists which speaks of Abernathy family members in Giles Co., TN

Another book on same family: The Civil War Diaary of Marha Ann Abernathy" by Elizabeth Dargan, Professional Printing, Inc., Beltsville, MD has genealogy information about William Abernathy family in Giles Co, TN.

A third book: The Abernathy Family, The William Abernathy Branch, by Thomas Marietta Abernathy 1962 gives more information on the family.

A fourth book also exists: Southern Heritage A Clayton Family Genealogy, by Bill Clayton, web site: http://www.gower.net/bclayton giving Elizabeth Abernathy's mothers family.
Merged General Note:
!NOTE:Probate records, Giles Co. Tenn., dated 15 Aug 1825 (names children 1,3,4) Census records, Ponotoc Co. Miss, 1850 (children 2,3)

!NOTE:Douglass Register !NOTE:Church Genealogical Records archives

More About ELIZABETH ABERNATHY:
: March 04, 1787, Brunswick, VA (Source: Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.)

Children of REUBEN WESTMORELAND and ELIZABETH ABERNATHY are:

12.	i.		JESSE W.⁶ WESTMORELAND, b. Abt. 1769.
	ii.		LABAN A. WESTMORELAND (Source: (1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996., (2) Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.), b. Abt. 1770.

More About LABAN A. WESTMORELAND:
: Abt. 1809, , Giles, TN (Source: Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.)

iii.

WILLIAM G. WESTMORELAND (Source: (1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996., (2) Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.), b. Abt. 1771.

More About WILLIAM G. WESTMORELAND:
: Bristol, Dinwiddie, Virginia (Source: Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.)

iv.

MARTHA L. WESTMORELAND (Source: (1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996., (2) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996., (3) Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.), b. Abt. 1772.

Notes for MARTHA L. WESTMORELAND:
[Abernathy in 6-01.ged]

Information in Church Genealogical archives, described as A9D2 or FRI 12 pt.20 Westmoreland Family Records. Submitted by William A. Westmoreland of Tremonton, Utah

More About MARTHA L. WESTMORELAND:
: Abt. 1806, , VA (Source: Abernathy in 6-01.ged, Date of Import: Jun 6, 2001.)

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