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Margaret “Peggy” Johnston White

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Birth	:	12 Apr 1781 Virginia, USA
Death	:	16 Jul 1843
Burial	:	Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7808300, -79.4450600
Plot	:	White, 2A, #152
Inscription	:	MARGARET wife of ROBERT WHITE and daughter of Zachariah and Ann Johnston was born on the 12th of April 1782 and died on the 16th of July 184_
Description	:	Margaret Johnston was the daughter of Zachariah Johnston and Ann Robertson. On 27 May 1802, Robert White married Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, the daughter of Zachariah Johnston, in Rockbridge Co. Presbyterian minister, Daniel Blain, officiated. They had 10 White children (per 1 of her obits): Ann (eldest dau) ?, (Jno P Caruthers), below Zachariah Johnston, Jr., 28 Feb 1803, below Hannah J, abt 1808 (Jas Kerr), below John, 7 Apr 1809, below William George, 4 Mar 1811, below Joseph, 17 Sep1813, below Robert Irvine, 4 Jul 1818, below unknown, ? Margaret Anne, 1822 (Robt M McDowell),... Read More	Margaret Johnston was the daughter of Zachariah Johnston and Ann Robertson. On 27 May 1802, Robert White married Margaret "Peggy" Johnston, the daughter of Zachariah Johnston, in Rockbridge Co. Presbyterian minister, Daniel Blain, officiated. They had 10 White children (per 1 of her obits): Ann (eldest dau) ?, (Jno P Caruthers), below Zachariah Johnston, Jr., 28 Feb 1803, below Hannah J, abt 1808 (Jas Kerr), below John, 7 Apr 1809, below William George, 4 Mar 1811, below Joseph, 17 Sep1813, below Robert Irvine, 4 Jul 1818, below unknown, ? Margaret Anne, 1822 (Robt M McDowell), below Joseph, 27 Jun 1824 (Cynthia Ann Wilson), below "Margaret had nine children, of whom George (Wm George), Robert, Joseph (#2) and Mrs. McDowell survive." Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, by Joseph Addison Waddell, 1886, p 200. 1936 WPA report ROC-54 says Robert passed on his property of 1778 to (grand) children George (Wm George) and Annie R White. "From the Gazette of April 30, 1875: "Mr. Robert White, you have spoken of, and said all that is important to be known. I will endorse all you have said, but as I knew the family well in my early days and used to spend some happy hours in his hospitable home with his eldest daughters, Misses ANN and HANNAH, very pretty and interesting ladies of their day; also of their brother, ZECHARIAH White, who had just grown to man's estate. Of WM. G., ROBERT and JOSEPH White, I need scarcely speak; they are in your midst, worthy sons of an honest sire, and grandsons of Zechariah Johnston, Sr...." The 2018 cleaning of her marker revealed the rest that was previously illegible, see below. Buried in Section White 2A are (1822-1851): Eliza Ann is #149, (Robert's niece, daughter of Matthew) Robert is #103 (Martha T 104) Joseph #1 is #151 Margaret is #152 John is #153 Joseph, #2 is 96 (wife C A 98) William George, is #100 "DIED, on Sunday night, the 16th inst., Mrs. MARGARET WHITE in the 63d year of her age, wife of Capt. Robert White, of Lexington." The Staunton Spectator, and General Advertiser, dated 27 July 1843. Bio researched and written by LSP

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Latitude: 37.7808300
Longitude: -79.4450600

Family Members:

Parent

Zachariah Johnston

(1742 - 1800)

Ann Robertson Johnston

(1742 - 1818)

Spouse

Capt. Robert White

(1775 - 1851)

Siblings

Thomas Johnston

(1772 - 1847)

Children

Zachariah Johnston White

(1803 - 1871)

(1808 - 1874)

(1809 - 1831)

(1811 - 1888)

(1813 - 1822)

Pvt Robert Irvine White

(1818 - 1890)

Margaret Anne White McDowell

(1822 - 1901)

Joseph White

(1824 - 1887)

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