206. Israel WHITE (96)(19) (97) was born on 6 Jun 1761 in Chester Co., Pa.. He died on 3 Jan 1816. He was buried in family cem., near Fairall Church, Whiteley Twp., Greene, Pa..(97) Private in Captain James Archer's Company in the Revolution He was married to Sarah SLATER in 1784 in Fort Jackson, Greene, Pa.. "Israel White served in Captain James Archer's Company of Washington County Militia in the War of the Revolution. During an alarm caused by the Indians in the year 1784, many of the settlers had fled to Fort Jackson for safety, including Israel White, whose task it was to blow the large conch shell as an alarm to the ones near enough to hear it, warning them to come to the fort. Thomas Slater's family, who lived close by the fort, was among those who sought safety on this occasion, and his daughter, Sarah, decided there could be no more fitting time for a wedding, so she and Israel White were married on this auspicious occasion." Original source for this common story is unknown.
207.
Sarah SLATER(94)
(80) was born in 1760. She died on 1 Aug 1854. She was buried in
William Orndorff farm, near Pentress, W.Va.. I believe Pioneer History may be
the original source of the story about Sarah's wedding at Fort Jackson. Evans
says he got the tale from David White, a descendant of Sarah and Israel. Children
were:
i. Elizabeth
WHITE was born in 1785 in Greene Cty, Pa..
ii.
Eleanor WHITE died on 3 Sep 1859. dau. of Israel White
103 iii.
Rachel WHITE.
iv.
Sarah WHITE.
v. Samuel
WHITE.
vi.
David WHITE Rev. was born in 1796. He died on 3 Feb 1891.
vii.
Ann WHITE.
viii.
Mary WHITE.
ix.
Cassandra WHITE was born in 1804. She died on 1 Jan 1824.
x. Isaac
WHITE was born on 29 Oct 1802. He died on 7 Jul 1890. 11 children with
second wife
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