Martha White Brewer - Greybeard's Ghosts

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	William White Brewer (e1768-~1814) [S2490]	dna
Mother	Nancy Morriss (e1769-~1867) [S2490] [S2955]	dna
Spouse	Daniel Witt (1787-1855)
Child +	Lucinda Ann Witt (~1822-) [S30]	dna

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Female
Name	Martha White	negative
Name	Martha W. Brewer [S30] [S1121] [S1170] [S2490]	primary
Name	Martha W. Witt [S1170] [S2881] [S3241]	primary
Name	Martha Brewer [S1121] [S3122]	primary
Name	Martha Witt [S31] [S32] [S2910]	primary
Name	Martha Brewer Witt [S30]	memoir
Name	Martha White Brewer	no source
Father	William White Brewer (e1768-~1814) [S2490]	dna
Mother	Nancy Morriss (e1769-~1867) [S2490] [S2955]	dna
Burial	Yorkneck Cemetery, Adams, Illinois, United States [S30] [S1170] [S3241]	primary

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Age	Evidence
Birth	1796/97	Stuart, Patrick, Virginia, United States [S31] [S3241] 30 September 1797		primary
Birth	abt 1800	Virginia, United States [S32] [S454]		primary
Marriage	Nov 19, 1815	Daniel Witt (1787-1855), Henry, Virginia, United States [S1121]		secondary
Marriage	May 13, 1816	Daniel Witt (1787-1855), Henry, Virginia, United States [S3122]		primary
Census (US Federal)	Jun 1, 1840	Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States [S147]	(Counted)	primary
Census (US Federal)	Jun 1, 1850	Houston, Adams, Illinois, United States [S31]	53y (Given)	primary
Census (US Federal)	Jun 1, 1860	Houston, Adams, Illinois, United States [S32]	60y (Given)	primary
Census (US Federal)	Jun 1, 1870	Houston, Adams, Illinois, United States [S454]	70y (Given)	primary
Death	Mar 19, 1876	Chili, Hancock, Illinois, United States [S3241]	80y	secondary

Sources

Index	Title
[S30]	Laura Stevenson, "Letters: Laura Stevenson to Minnie Forsythe" (unpublished).
[S31]	"1850 United States Census, Illinois, Adams, Houston".
[S32]	"1860 United States Census, Illinois, Adams, Houston".
[S147]	"1840 United States Census, Illinois, Adams, Quincy".
[S454]	"1870 United States Census, Illinois, Adams, Houston".
[S1121]	"Some Early Virginia & North Carolina Marriages" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eazier1/Virginia/).
[S1170]	"York Neck Cemetery Photographs, Adams County, IL".
[S2490]	"Henry County, Virginia, Counrt Order Book, No. 4, 1785 - 1788", https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/local/results_all.asp?CountyID=VA127.
[S2881]	"War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815".
[S2910]	"Probate Records: Daniel Witt".
[S2955]	"Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981", Ancestry.com.
[S3122]	"Virginia Vital Records, 1715-1901".
[S3241]	"Cemeteries of Adams County, Illinois, Vol. 4" (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/572805-cemeteries-of-adams-county-illinois-vol-4).

Family Note

Daniel Witt was born on September 11, 1787, in Henry County, Virginia. He was probably the son of William Witt and Elizabeth Haley. The only persons with the surname Witt that show up in the 1800 Tax List for Henry county are John, Jesse, and David Witt. Daniel Witt died of a tumor in Chili, Adams, County, Illinois, on May 2, 1855. The 1860 Federal Census Index for Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois, finds his wife as head of household. Daniel is buried in Yorkneck Cemetery, near Bowen and Golden, Illinois. He married Martha W. Brewer on May 13, 1816 in Henry County, Virginia, where she was born. The 1850 Federal Census for Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois, lists her as age 53, being born about 1797. She died, also of a tumor, on March 19, 1876 in Chili, Adams, County, Illinois. She is supposedly buried in Yorkneck Cemetery, however a researcher did not find her tombstone. Martha was the daughter of William Brewer.

Daniel and Martha had 8 children, the oldest five were born in Virginia, and the youngest three in Chili, Adams County, Illinois:

William B(rewer?) (2 Jan 1817 - 18 JAN 1885) m. Mary Frances James
Lucinda Ann (1820 - bef 1880 ) m. Alpha Forsyth
Samuel B(rewer?) (21 Jan 1824 - 27 Jun 1894) m. Elizabeth V. Walters (6 Aug 1832 - 11 Feb 1912)
Nancy (21 Jun 1827 - 17 Jun 1854) m1. Abraham Whitemore Strickler, m2. Steven J. Groves
Catherine (1829 - ) m. Stewart Howard Strickler
Daniel "Dan" L. (1832 - ) m. Nancy McGinnis (7 Apr 1841 - 4 Feb 1871)
John "Jack" Jackson (27 Nov 1835 - 5 Jan 1897) m. Sarah Witt (21 May 1830 - aft 5 Jan 1897)
George W(ashington?) (5 Jan 1838 - 24 Sep 1889) m. Sarah Ann Thompson (8 May 1843 - 14 Mar 1899)

Daniel served in the war of 1812, and at the time lived near the St. Patrick Court House, in Patrick County, Virginia. He moved his family to Adams County, Illinois between 1829 and 1832. On May 20, 1835, Daniel Witt bought 218.4 acres of land in Adams County, Illinois. He is found in the 1840 Federal Census Index, Federal Population Schedule, for Adams County, Illinois, City of Quincy. Next he is listed in the 1850 Federal Census for Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois on November 25, 1850 as Daniel Witt, age 63, Farmer, 1000 acres, born in Virginia. Martha Witt is listed as age 53, born in Virginia. The children listed are: Daniel Witt, age 18, Farmer, born in Illinois, Jackson Witt, age 15, born in Illinois, George Witt, age 13, born in Illinois, William Witt, age 31, Farmer, 1000 acres, born in Virginia.
There is a Daniel Witt listed in the 1830 Federal Census for Russell County, Virginia, but this Daniel and his wife were between 20 and 30, and had 3 daughters less than five years old at the time. This is apparently a different person. There is also a Daniel Witt listed in the 1860 Federal Census for Chili Township, Hancock County, Illinois, but this is apparently his son, as is the entry in the 1872 Plat book for the same township.