[WardOliverFile1.FTW] The will of William Johnston (Charlotte County, Virginia will book 1, p 127) mentions a Mary White as his daughter. Some, including Malcolm Elmore Walthall in "The Walthall Family, a Genealogical History of the Descendants of William Walthall of Virginia", pp 74 & A-4 use this as evidence that this was Mary, wife of John White. I find no evidence to substantiate this. Conversly, I find that Mary, daughter of William Johnston, was more likely to have been the wife of James White, no known relation. I have not found William Johnston mentioned with John White or his family in Charlotte court records. However, in Charlotte order book 3, p 109 (7-6-1772) William Johnson made himself a party to damages that were charged against James White by Buchanan, Hartie and Company. James White and William Johnson were both witnesses for Caleb Johnson in a suit against Landrum Butler as reported ibid., p 192 (11-2-1772). Even stronger evidence is in order book 4, p 197 (10-4-1779). Here, after the death of William, there is an indenture between James White, Mary White, and James Johnson (son and executor of Wm Johnson) on the one part and Robert Smith on the other part. Several people feel that Mary, wife of John White, was a Price. There is circumstantial evidence to support this, but as yet nothing concrete. ---- Ward H. Oliver 6-23-1996
