Theophilus White
(Perquimans County)
Featured Character – 1860
1854 Will of Theophilus White, Sr.
Courtesy of the Perquimans County Register of Deeds Office
In 1850, Theophilus White, Jr. lived
with his grandparents,
Theophilus White, Sr. and Martha White, his mother, sister and 12
slaves (Jane,
Ann, Nancy, Virgil, Issac, George, Sam, Semour, Cornelia, Joe, John,
Grace) in
a house in the Bethel Township of Perquimans County, NC. At the age of
21,
Theophilus White, Jr. joined the Confederate Army on May 16, 1861 as a
private
in the “Perquimans
Beauregards,” later becoming Company F, 27th
Regiment. He was captured during the Battle of Bristoe Station in
October 1863 and spent time at Point Lookout, Maryland. White
was paroled and transferred for
exchange in October 1864. White
returned
to the property, which was later willed to him, and married Caroline
Harrell in
January 10th 1865.
He married
Archador C. Swain in 1884.
The Theophilus White house was destroyed in the 1970s.
However, the interior paneling was saved and later was used in a house
in