Dates

• Existence: 1793 - 1833

Biographical History

Hugh White (1793-1833) was a soldier, trader, and early settler in Missouri and Illinois.

Citation:

Illinois legal instruments, 1833-1835 (letters of administration on the estate of the late Hugh White; produced by the Adams County Probate Court)

ancestry.com, October 14, 2016 (Hugh White; born about 1793; died December 18, 1833 in Adams County, Illinois; married Eleanor Kay/Eleanor Nellie Reaugh on August 26, 1832 in Adams County, Illinois)

FamilySearch, October 14, 2016 (Hugh White; of Columbus twp, Adams, Illinois; born December 1793; died 18 Decembet 1833; married Eleanor Reaugh about 1833)

rootsweb, via WWW, October 14, 2016 (Fortune Footprints--White Whisperings; James White , Capt. (1782-1836); served in War of 1812 in St. Charles Co., MO; established White's Fort in that area; he is found in 1817 in St. Charles County, MO Territorial census, along with brothers Hugh and Joseph; also lived in Lincoln Co., MO; he settled by 1823 in Hancock Co., IL; his brother Joseph stayed in Pike Co., MO and his brother Hugh went to Adams Co., IL; original owner of the land where the Temple is located (was sold in 1840 after his death); Capt. James White purchased items from the estate of Hugh White of Adams Co., IL (1835); later there was litigation in Hancock County by the administrator of Hugh's estate to recover a debt from James) - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nm-llanera&id=I3200

Additional White Family Research to Prove James White is the Father Of Joseph White (1811-1889), via WWW, October 14, 2016 (Hugh White; born about 1795; was one of at least 6 sons of Alexander White (Alexander's wife is unknown); brother of Capt. James White; Hugh arrived in Adams County, IL at least by 1827; he was named as administrator for the estates of both Peter and William Journey who died on the same date in 1827; Hugh's first wife was probably a Journey; Hugh then married Eleanor Reaugh in Adams Co., IL in August 1832; Hugh died quite young in December of 1833 in Adams County, IL and his 2nd wife, Eleanor was appointed executor; she was evidently expecting a child shortly, and it appears she died, possibly in childbirth, before the estate was settled; her father, Matthew Reaugh, died soon thereafter and their son, Alexander Hugh White was named in his estate papers; Capt. James White of Hancock County, IL was mentioned several times in the estate documents of Hugh; James took possession of his cattle, as the estate appraisal mentioned their location; he also purchased items from the estate; a complaint in Hancock County shows the administrator of Hugh's estate trying to settle a debt with James) - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nmllanera/narrWhiteJoseph.html

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