Title: Woodson P. White Document

Date/Date Range :   1817 September 8

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This document, dated September 8, 1817, written by Woodson P. White, is a survey of land in White County, Tenn. for Thomas Hopkins.

Call number: MS-2865

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Purchased by Special Collections, June 6, 2006.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Woodson P. White document, MS-2865. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one folder.

Born in Virginia in 1783 to John and Martha White, Woodson P. White moved to Tennessee at the age of six. He married Nancy Mitchell in 1810 and had two daughters, Elizabeth and Louisa Hurt White. Woodson P. White represented White County in the State Legislature from 1823 to 1827. He died in 1829 and was buried in the Sparta Cemetery. White County, established in 1806, is named for his father, John White, one of the earliest settlers in the area.

This collection consists of one document, dated September 8, 1817, which is a survey of land in White County, Tenn., written by Woodson P. White, concerning eighty-six-and-a-half acres for Thomas Hopkins.

• White County (Tenn.) -- History.