LOUISA JANE BANKS & CALVIN WHITT, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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NATHANIEL BANKS (1776), BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
4/01/13
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LOUISA JANE BANKS WAS THE SEVENTH CHILD BORN TO NATHANIEL AND ELIZABETH (WARREN) BANKS.LOUISA, CALLED JANE WAS BORN IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN SEP 1812.SHE MARRIED CALVIN WHITT.NO MARRIAGE DATE LISTED.RECORDED AS CALVIN WHITT BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1805 AND JANE BANKS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1812.UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1560-1900.CALVIN AND LOUISA HAD FOUR CHILDREN LISTED BELOW:
1.MARTHA WHITTBORN:1832
2.JANE PATTIE WHITTBORN:JAN 1833
3.ELIZABETH M. WHITTBORN:JAN 1835
4.MALE WHITTBORN:1837DIED: IN CHILDHOOD?
NO PROOF HAS BEEN LOCATED, BUT HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE UNKNOWN MALE CHILD
LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GRANDFATHER, NATHANIEL BANKS ON THE 1840 CENSUS IN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.LOUISA BANKS WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD
WITH HER THREE DAUGHTERS.HER SISTER, MARGARET BANKS WAS LIVING IN THE
HOUSEHOLD WITH HER DAUGHTER, ELMIRA BANKS.THIS MALE CHILD WAS NOT LISTED ON
THE 1850 CENSUS WITH LOUISA AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS.HE MAY HAVE DIED YOUNG.
BY THE 1840 CENSUS, LOUISA WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD WITH HER PARENTS.THE WHITT SURNAME HAD BEEN CHANGED TO BANKS.
NOTE: LOUISA HELPED TO RAISE TWO OF HER GRANDDAUGHTERS, HARRIET (WHITT) (1853) AND JULIA WHITT (1858), DAUGHTERS OF JANE PATTIE WHITT.
IN 1840, THE CENSUS FOR SOURTHERN DIVISION, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED NAT BANKS AGE 60-70.HIS WIFE WAS LISTED AS AGE 60-70.LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD WERE: ONE MALE UNDER 5, ONE FEMALE UNDER 5 [ELIZABETH WHITT], TWO FEMALES 5-10 [MARTHA WHITT & JANE WHITT], ONE FEMALE 10-15 [ELMIRA BANKS], AND TWO FEMALES 30-40 [MARGARET (BANKS) WOOD & LOUISA (BANKS) WHITT].
NOTE: MARGARET BANKS HAD ONE CHILD: ELMIRA BANKS.
ON 8 AUG 1850, THE CENSUS FOR BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED JANE BARKS [BANKS] AS AGE 39.SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN: MARTHA 18, JANE 17 AND ELIZA AGE 15.SHE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF FATHER, NAT BARKS [BANKS] AGE 74.HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WAS LISTED AS AGE 73.NAT STATED HE WAS MARRIED, THE VALUE OF THE REAL ESTATE WAS 400 DOLLARS, HE WORKED AS A FARMER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE AND HE WAS BORN IN TENNESSEE.ELIZABETH STATED SHE WAS MARRIED, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.JANE STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER CHILDREN WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: [SISTER]REBECCA BANKS [AGE 50], [NEPHEW], W. BANKS [AGE 21].
ON 10 AUG 1860, THE CENSUS FOR POST OFFICE DEMOCRAT, IVY, FLAT CREEK DIVISION, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED JANE WHIT AS AGE 48.SHE HAD FOUR CHILDREN: MARTHA WHIT 26, ELIZA BUCKNER 23, [GRANDCHILD], HARRIET WHIT 7 AND [GRANDCHILD], JULIA A. WHIT AGE 2.ALSO LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, GRANDCHILDREN, MARY E. BUCKNER 2, AND (UNNAMED MALE) BUCKNER AGE 3 MONTHS.JANE STATED SHE WORKED AS A WEAVER, THE VALUE OF HER PERSONAL ESTATE WAS 60 DOLLARS, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.MARTHA STATED SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.ELIZA BUCKNER STATED SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER CHILDREN WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: [SISTER], MARGARET (BANKS) WOOD [AGE 54], WILLIAM & MIRA [BANKS-AGE 30] SULLIVAN.
ON 12 AUG 1870, THE CENSUS FOR IVY TOWNSHIP NUMBER 12, POST OFFICE ASHEVILLE, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED JANE BANKS AS AGE 58.SHE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF DAUGHTER, ELIZA BANKS AGE 32.ELIZA HAD THREE CHILDREN: MARY 10, CLARA 8 AND EMMA AGE 6.ELIZA STATED SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, THE VALUE OF HER PERSONAL ESTATE WAS 10 DOLLARS, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.JANE STATED SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA. LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE: NEXT DOOR, [DAUGHTER], PATTIE BANKS [AGE 30], WITH 3 CHILDREN SISSIE 12, LEWIS 10, AND LILLIE 5, [SISTER], MARGARET [BANKS-AGE 64] WOOD.
ON 1 JUN 1880, THE CENSUS FOR BIG IVY TOWNSHIP, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED JANE WHIT AS AGE 76.SHE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF DAUGHTER, ELIZA M. BUCKNER AGE 43.ELIZA HAD THREE CHILDREN: MARY E. BUCKNER 21, CLARINDA F. BUCKNER 18, EMA S. BUCKNER AGE 17.ALSO LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, GRANDCHILD, LENORA O. BUCKNER AGE 2.ELIZA BUCKNER STATED SHE WAS MARRIED, SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, SHE COULD READ BUT NOT WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.MARY BUCKNER STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.CLARINDA BUCKNER STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD READ BUT NOT WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.EMA BUCKNER STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.JANE WHIT STATED SHE WAS WIDOWED, SHE WAS DISABLED DUE TO RHEUMATISM, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, HER FATHER WAS BORN, UNKNOWN AND HER MOTHER WAS BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
ON 18 JUN 1900, THE CENSUS FOR FLAT CREEK TOWNSHIP, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED LOUISA WHITT AS AGE 76 [87].SHE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF [GRAND] SON-IN-LAW, LEWIS MCDARIS AGE 46, BORN: MAY 1854.HIS WIFE HARRIET WAS LISTED AS AGE 46, BORN: DEC 1853.THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN: DORA M. 17, BORN AUG 1882, HULDAH 15, BORN SEP 1884, NANNIE 14, BORN FEB 1886, CARRIE 12, BORN: JUN 1887, JULIA 9, BORN: SEP 1890, LILLIAN 8, BORN: JAN 1892, DREXTEL 6, BORN JUL 1893.LEWIS STATED HE WAS A FARMER, HE WAS MARRIED, HE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 23 YEARS, HE OWNED HIS FARM HOUSE FREE OF MORTGAGE, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.HARRIET STATED SHE WAS MARRIED, SHE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 23 YEARS, SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO 11 CHILDREN WITH 10 CHILDREN STILL LIVING, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LOUISA WHITT STATED SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO 1 CHILD, WITH 1 CHILD STILL LIVING, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, HER FATHER WAS BORN IN ALABAMA AND HER MOTHER WAS BORN IN TENNESSEE.
THE DEATH DATE FOR LOUISA JANE (BANKS) WHITT IS UNKNOWN.