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(Links Updated Aug 08, 2013)

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email me: mike3113@white-family.com 

Family/Descendants/Reference Books 
(Sources of Genealogical Data) 
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Title of Book Author Comments
White, Merrill, Etc. 'The Lineage of Perry Merrill White, Jr., M.D.
Katherine Freeman White This book includes most of the White lineage from Robert White Sr. Is on file at the Library of Congress. To Order: $30, $5 shipping, make check to: Kaper Properties, Inc. 1547 Cave Road, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia  30327-3119.
"Search for the Lost Black Sheep" 
(Click to read an excerpt)
Dr. Dan (White) Bookout

This Book was written by Dr. Dan Bookout, and he emphasizes, a collective effort of many folks. Dr. Dan Bookout is the son of Artie & Juanita (White) Bookout.  Story of the recovery of a Lost WWII Pilot, from Texarkana, a pack was made between three pilots from the same town as our ancestors, a life long effort to fulfill a pack made between the pilots should they ever get shot down...  a community effort. 

Not sure what the price is today?

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Search-Lost-Blacksheep-Dan-Bookout/dp/157397014X  

History of Hart County Georgia  By John William Baker The book is out of Print, as of 2002.  There is a copy in the Hart County Library.  The book contains a 'History of our Samuel White's family and families his children married into, a family treasure.  

See Samuel's Web Page for his History

Ancestors & Friends 
(A History & Genealogy)
(Link above to Excerpts)
William Lusk Crawford, Sr. (deceased) No longer in circulation. Manuscripts in possession of William Jr. Includes mainly descendants of Elias White's wife Anne Gibbs: Avery's, Breed's, Howard's, Denison's, Palmer's. 
South Carolina Bible Records, 376 Pages, 225 Bible Records indexed. Edited by Dorothy Harris Phifer, 

Pinchney District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society.

Bible records for Robert White Sr. and Jr. are listed, many other lineages that the White's married into, Gibbs, Golightly, Bobo, Murphy, etc. 

To Order send check to:
Pinckney District Chapter, SCGS
P.O. Box 5281
Spartanburg, SC  29304
Total = $29.00 (2001 price) 

"A Frontier Texas Mercantile : The History of Gibbs Brothers and Company, Huntsville, 1841-1940"  Donald R. Walker, written in 1991

Go to http://www.amazon.com/dp/1881515087
to check availability. 

Anna Gibbs, wife of our Elias White, had two 1st cousins Thomas and Sanford, son's of Hiram Gibbs Sr., who started a business in Huntsville, Walker Co TX, 1841 that thrives today, this book is about that success.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1881515087 has the book as of 2001, PRICE:  $30.00, add shipping depends on your method could be $4.50.  (2013 - $24.00)

Union County Heritage
(link above to Excerpts)
Mannie Lee Mabry, Editor, published by the Union County SC Heritage Foundation in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, NC.

http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0894591525

Describes several of our White's, in much detail.  $40.00, $2.00 shipping, order from: Union County Historical Foundation, P.O. Drawer 220, Union, SC 29379. 

http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0894591525

The Narrative History of
Union County SC
Allan D. Charles

http://www.amazon.com/Narrative-History-Union-County-Carolina/dp/087152421X

Has plenty of old Union County folks, & Histories, good pictures, some of our descendants but no White's. 3rd Edition, $30.00, $3.00 Shipping, order from: Allan D. Charles, 204 Wilson Street, Union, SC 29379. 

http://www.amazon.com/Narrative-History-Union-County-Carolina/dp/087152421X

A HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY SC  Mrs. William Rice Feaster No Longer in circulation. Plenty of Union County History, some of the old 1700th & 1800 century homes with history of each. 

Am still looking for this book.

The Fair Forest Story
(link above to Excerpts)
Vera Smith Spears

http://www.amazon.com/The-Fairforest-story-History-community/dp/B0006W5JOE
No longer in circulation. copyright 1974, printed in the United States of American by Crabtree Press, Inc., Publishers 550 Colonnade Drive Charlotte NC 28205.
Copies at Spartanburg SC Main Library, also, Union SC Carnegie Library, genealogy departments.
A History of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church
(link above to excerpts)
Claude Ezell Sparks

 

No longer in circulation.
History and Pictures of our South Carolina folks. Can send $28 to Patsy B. Allen, 413 Old Buncombe Rd, Union SC 29379, she has some copies, as of 2000, no reprint planned.
The Sacred Harp
(link above to amazon.com)
Benjamin Franklin White
(Ben White) Published 1860
A descendant of ours:
Is a collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Odes, and Anthems: Selected from eminent authors.
$89.00 in Library Binding.
(Special Order)

 

The Christian Harmony William Walker
(BF White assisted)
Out of Circulation, but is being reprinted by a NC Group, will try to find out by whom. BF White helped with this book but was never given credit. 
White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands
(See BF White web page
for an excerpt)
George Pullen Jackson
(Vanderbilt University Professor)
Out of Print, can be special ordered ($126), from amazon.com. This book contains BF White's Biography. It discusses the 'Fasola' type of music and its meaning.

See Excerpt:
http://www.white-family.com/bfwhite3_george_jackson.htm

Lower Fairforest Baptist Church, Union County, South Carolina: Minutes, 1809-1872, Membership Lists through 1906
 
Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available:
http://www.scmar.com/

bn.com price $20.00
Union County South Carolina Deed Abstracts : Deed Books A-F, 1785-1800 (1752-1800)
(Robert White Sr & other relatives listed)
 
Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available:
http://www.scmar.com/

bn.com price $35.00
Union County, South Carolina, Deed Abstracts, 
1800-1812 vol 2
May 2000 release
(Robert White Sr & other relatives listed)
 
Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available:
http://www.scmar.com/

bn.com price $35.00
Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts. Vol III: Deed Books L-P

1811-1820 [1770-1820]
Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available:
http://www.scmar.com/

Price: $35.00, $3 Shipping
Union County, South Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1787-1849
(Robert White Sr & other relatives listed)
 
Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available:
http://www.scmar.com/

bn.com price $25.00
Union County South Caroline - Minutes of the County Court 1785-1799 Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available and the current price:
http://www.scmar.com/

Many Descendants listed.

A Lost Arcadia
(Click to order)

Rhodes Family included.

 

Walter A. Clark
History as described by the author, of the Hephzibah's area of Richmond County GA. 
Book Published 1909.

Author knew Thomas R Rhodes personally, son of Lewis & Mary White Rhodes.

Back to Lewis's Web Page

Lewis Rhodes Family described in detail, mentions wife Mary White, dau. of Robt White Sr., Susan C White, wife of Absolom Rhodes, dau. of Robt White Jr. And other related Rhodes. History of these families. 

Order: Eastern Digital Resources 
          PO Box 1451 
          Clearwater SC 29822-1451
          (803)539-0870  $29 Total

The Andrea Leonardo Files (Our Rhodes included)
Site to check out surnames covered:
http://library.sc.edu/socar/mnscrpts/andrea1.html
  • Creator: Andrea, Leonardo (1889-1966).
  • Extent: 1025 folders on 80 microfilm rolls.
  • Location: Available from SCL Manuscripts Division and
    LDS Family History Centers
By Andrea Leonardo  This person is a professional Genealogist, who researched over 850 families in SC.  He has done Extensive study and research on the RHODES family, including Lewis Rhodes, only a couple of libraries in SC have these on TAPE.  This needs to be listed here, the LDS doesn't have a clue about these files. Plenty of Web Sites Online that can help with locating these files.
Union County South Carolina Death Notices From Early Newspapers 1852-1914 Compiled & Abstracted by Tommy J Vaughan - Edited & Indexed by Dorothy Harris Phifer Contains many descendant lines of Robert White Sr. Not many direct line. Make Check to:
Pinckney District Chapter, SCGS
P.O. Box 5281, 
Spartanburg, SC  29304
Price as of: 2001
COST: $30 plus $2 shipping = $32
Union County South Carolina Marriage Records - From Early Newspapers: 1851-1912, Marriage Registers, Deed Books & Probate Records Compiled by Tommy J Vaughan & Michael Becknell

for Pinckney District Chapter SC Genealogical Society

The Probate Records go back further, basically this part is reference numbers to the actual records.  Contains many of our Union / Spartanburg relatives. To Order, Check Money Order to:

Pinckney District Chapter, SCGS
P.O. Box 5281
Spartanburg, SC 29304

COST as of 2001: $25 plus $2=$27 Total. 

Spartanburg Co SC
Cemetery Survey
Vol 2.  As info, there is a Vol 1 and Vol 3. 
Pinckney District Chapter
of SC Genealogical Society
This book list the Cemeteries of Spartanburg Co SC, & Cedar Springs Baptist Church Cem. Here lies, Robt White Jr., several children of Wm White, and other descendants.

To Order, Check Money Order to:

Pinckney District Chapter, SCGS
P.O. Box 5281
Spartanburg, SC 29304

COST as of 2002: $25 plus $2=$27
Total.

Tryon County North Carolina - Minutes of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions.  Brent H. Holcomb Can order from BN.COM or from Brent himself, Check to: Brent Holcomb, P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, South Carolina  29221. Web Site to see what books of Brent's are available and the current price:
http://www.scmar.com/

Gibbs & possibly other Descendants listed.

South Carolina Genealogy Books (Link to Web Site) Brent Holcomb and SCMAR A complete list of many books for sale, our relatives and descendants are in many of these books, to numerous to list on this page.
http://www.scmar.com/
Historical Southern Families Vol XIII
Also in Vol X. 
                                   
Mrs. John Bennett Boddie Contains many of Anne Gibbs descendants, wife of our Elias White, Howard's, Harlan's, Breed's, etc. Can order on BN.COM, $18.00.
Denison Genealogy
Capt George Denison
(link to the Story)
Donald Jacobus Descendants of Anne Gibbs, Elias White's wife. 
Denison Genealogy, by Donald Jacobus (1963 two vol's) CLICK HERE to read more about the Volumes. 
 
Record of Descendants of Captain George Denison. John Denison Baldwin & William Clift Worchester A Record of the Descendants of Capt George Denison Prepared by John Denison Baldwin & William Clift Worchester: Printed by Tyler & Seagrave 1881. (bn.com) $30.50  
History of Stonington, Connecticut. (With a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families)
 
Richard A. Wheeler About the town the  Denison's lived in, descendant of Anne Gibbs, Elias White's wife.  $46.00
Cullen Montgomery Baker (link to Story) Yvonne Vestal A Story of a Very Bad Man, who roamed Elias White's area in Texas, his first wife was a FOSTER, could she be related to our FOSTER line, from Newton J. White?  Looks possible! The Borderlands & Cullen Baker, by Yvonne Vestal, 127 pages.  Reconstruction Desperado, by Barry A. Church, 240 pages (1997)

Bobo Family CD ROM

Robert G. Bobo
Bobo Web Site: (no longer online?)
 
Robert Sr's daughter Elizabeth White Bobo, married Soloman Bobo, our connection. To Purchase:
$40 for non-members, $25 for members (Yr 2000 price)
send check to: Robert G. Bobo
206 Trimmel Ave.
Franklinville, NJ  08322-2263
(Questions to: TwoBos@aaahawk.comFor Bobo Family Membership email Chuck Bobo:
ChuckBobo@aol.com
 

The Boatman Family Book

Reprinted: Stephanie Gooden

Will have to send a letter to Stephanie
asking if she is still printing this book. >>

Good as of year 2001, there is a new book being worked on no arrival date. Robert Sr's Son William married Elizabeth Boatman, our connection.
To Purchase the Boatman Family Book ($40.00)
make Check to:
Boatman Family Group
Send to:
Stephanie Gooden
2241 NW 18th
Oklahoma City, OK  73107
Golightly Family Book Jeannie Nix Bundy
email jeanne@pettinga.com 
Thurza Golightly's family, wife of our Ben F. White. To Order:
Send $55 dollars, make check or money order to:
"Golightly Family Book"

Pettinga Financial Advisors
Jeanne Nix Bundy
208 N. W. Fourth Street
Suite 100
Evansville, IN  47708

Golightly "Coffee Mug" = $6.25 
Golightly "Cook Book"  = $5.50  

(Price includes shipping)

A History of Walnut Grove Methodist Church 1858-1996 Compiled by the History and Cemetery Committee of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church, Roebuck, South Carolina.

Can email for more information:
Jackie McAbee
jmcabee@prodigy.net
 

Contains many Churches of the surrounding area, many family charts and pedigrees, some relatives of the lineages of Robert White Sr.  There is an article with some history of the Golightly Church, traced back to David Golightly Jr, father of Thurza wife of our BF White.

To Order:  (as of 2001)
Make Check or money order for $20
"Walnut Grove Cemetery Fund"

Mail to: Jackie Trail McAbee
            559 Morris Br. Rd.
            Roebuck, SC  29376

Southern Historical Press Best source to Genealogy Books of the South, I have ever found, you must get a Catalog. Contains Will, Deed, and other books, once thought out of print.  You will be impressed with the selections of Books. 

http://southernhistoricalpress.com/

To Order a Catalog can call:

1-800-233-0152  or write:

Southern Historical Press, Inc.
375 West Broad Street (29601)
P.O. Box 1267
Greenville, SC  29602-1267

They accept Visa/MC Orders. 

SK Publications, For 1790-1920 Census CDs and Books SK Publications

Census Records on CD every year

http://www.skpub.com/genie/

Very quick delivery, the actual scanned Census records, not all areas are scanned yet, some that are where our descendants roamed: Union Co SC, Richmond Co GA, Houston & Walker & Bowie Co TX are scanned onto books and CD.  Prices of Books & CD's vary. Check Web site:

http://www.skpub.com/genie/ 

Heritage Quest Genealogy CD's and Books. Another source
worth exploring. 
An Excellent Site with many Census Records CD's & Genealogy Books, that the other Company's don't seem to have. 

https://www.heritagequest.com/ 

Appleton's Books and Genealogy Web Site NC Genealogy Books 

http://www.appletons.com/ 

Heritage Books Inc. An Excellent site for various Genealogy and Books on CD's.  Web Site:
http://www.heritagebooks.com

Catalog is available:

Heritage Books, Inc. 
1540 Pointer Ridge Place,
Bowie, Maryland 20716

Call to order: 800-398-7709

Mountain Press Great Source of Genealogy Books SC, and other Southern States.  Web Site:
 
http://www.mountainpress.com/ 

Mountain Press
P.O. Box #400
Signal Mountain, Tennessee 37377-0400
1-423-886-6369: General Number
1-800-856-4713: ORDERS ONLY
1-423-886-5312: Fax

Ericson Books Has many Texas Genealogy and Research Books.  Web Site:
http://www.ericsonbooks.com

Catalog is available:

Ericson Books 
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas  75961-2936

Can call: 936-564-3625

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