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Jacob WHITE  b: November 10, 1776 near Faggs Manor, Chester County, PA    d: March 03, 1870 in Lower Buffalo Cemetery, Independence, Washington County, PA

Jacob WHITE was first married Jane Mary MORROW.

This mystery was solved by Richard Norman Kyle. He wrote: the proof and documentation of this lies in the land records of Westmoreland County and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He has the lineage and documentation of this on www.kylefamily.us
 

The land records appear on the following page: http://www.kylefamily.us/id101_william_morrow_deeds.htm  Richard Norman Kyle is a descendant of William Morrow through his daughter Jane Mary Morrow. Jane married William McCullough in Cumberland County in 1820. Jane's oldest sister Jane Mary Morrow died before my Jane was born. The elder Jane Mary Morrow was married to Jacob White and the Mother of James Morrow White.

John Stevenson Morrow Deeds 

(partial transcription: see www.kylefamily.us/id101_william_morrow_deeds.htm  

for full transcription: said deceased leaving six lawful heirs at the time of his death to wit  James M White  son of Jane Morrow (intermarried with Jacob White) eldest daughter of the said William Morrow deceased and Mary Morrow intermarried with James Stevenson, John S Morrow only surviving son  Eleanor Morrow intermarried with John McClelland  

Jacob and Jane Mary (Morrow) WHITE had one child: James Morrow WHITE.

Previous notes by my Aunt Virginia in the 1970s, noted that the oldest son was born before Jacob's marriage to Elizabeth MITCHEL. So it is not surprising that he had a previous wife who passed away.

After Jane Mary (Morrow) White died, Jacob White married again to:
.......  +Elizabeth (Betsy) MITCHEL  b: Abt. 1781 in PA  m: October 06, 1801 in Westmoreland County, PA  d: June 16, 1856 in Lower Buffalo Cemetery, Independence, Washington County, PA

Independence is about 2 miles from the current PA/West VA border.

Jacob's father was  2  James WHITE  b: 1749    d: August 06, 1815 in Drumore Twp., Lancaster County, PA James WHITE is buried in Chestnut Level Lower Cemetery ..  +Elizabeth GIBSON     Father: John Gibson  Mother: Margaret 

So Jacob WHITE was in Westmoreland County, PA by the age of 20 in 1801 even though his father died in Lancaster County in 1815 - the Eastern side of PA.

So the entries below are good probabilities for my "Jacob WHITE"

U.S. Census > 1860 United States Federal Census > Virginia > Brooke > District 3 - Jacob White - age 80 (about right) with Hugh White (probably son)

Allegheny (formed)1786 from Washington & Westmoreland, Pittsburgh
Armstrong 1800 from Allegheny, Lycoming, Westmoreland
Beaver 1800 from Allegheny & Washington
Chester 1682 original Couny
Greene 1796 Washington, county seat: Waynesburg
Indiana 1803 Westmoreland & Lycoming, county seat: Indiana
Lancaster 1729 Chester, county seat: Lancaster
Washington 1781 Westmoreland; county seat Washington
Westmoreland 1773 Bedford; county seat Greensburg

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http://www.chartiers.com/crumrine/twp-independence.html

Lower Buffalo Presbyterian Church.--The earliest mention of the existence of this congregation is in the records of the Redstone Presbytery, which met at Chartiers on the 25th of May, 1789, at which time "Mr. Hughes declared his acceptance of the call from Lower Buffalo and Short Creek." A congregation had been gathered at Lower Buffalo before this time, but no minister had been settled. James Hughes, the pastor above referred to, was a native of York County, Pa. He came to this county in 1780 with his parents, and in 1782 entered the academy of the Rev. Thaddeus Dodd, at Ten-Mile. Upon the suspension of that school in 1785 he went to study with the Rev. Joseph Smith, with whom he completed his course. He was licensed by the Redstone Presbytery April 18, 1788, and soon after received a call from the congregation of Short Creek and Lower Buffalo, Donegal, Fairfield, and Wheatfield, and New Providence and South Fork of Ten-Mile. He accepted the former, as be (or stated, and was ordained on the 21st of April, 1790, and served in that capacity until the 29th of June, 1814, when he resigned. Upon the erection of the Presbytery of Ohio in October, 1793, this church became one of the constituent churches. Mr. Hughes, after his resignation, removed to Urbana, Ohio, and became a member of the Presbytery of Miami. In 1818 he was chosen president of the Miami University, which position he held till his death in 1821, at the age of fifty-six years. The church of Lower Buffalo was ministered to only by supplies from 1814 to 1819. At the first meeting of the Presbytery of Washington in 1819, the Rev. Jacob Cosad, who had been acting as missionary for the Bible Society for a year or two previous, received a call from the congregations of Lower Buffalo and Short Creek, which he accepted. He was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Washington, which met at Lower Buffalo on the 5th of January, 1819. The Rev. Joseph Harvey preached the sermon. Arthur Scott was an elder at that time. Mr. Cosad served this church till 1827, when, on the 29th of April, he asked a dissolution of the connection, which was granted. At a meeting of Presbytery Dec.30, 1828, Lower Buffalo and West Liberty applied for James W. McKennan as stated supply, which was granted. At a meeting of Presbytery July 1, 1829, a call was presented to Rev. J. W. McKennan from the congregations of Lower Buffalo and Short Creek, offering a salary of two hundred and fifty dollars from each church. The call was accepted, and Mr. McKennan was ordained and installed over these congregations Dec.29, 1829, on which occasion the Rev. John McClusky presided, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. John Stockton. The membership of the church at about this time was reported at sixty-five. The Rev. James W. McKennan was born in Washington borough, Sept. 2, 1804, being the youngest son of Col. William McKennan, of Revolutionary fame, and brother of T. M. T. McKennan, of Washington. He was licensed in 1828, and ordained in 1829, and in December of the latter year installed over the congregations of Lower Buffalo and West Liberty, as mentioned, and remained in that relation for five years, during which time his health became seriously impaired, and on that account he spent two winters in the Southern States and in Cuba. On the 28th of December, 1834, his pastoral connection with the West Liberty (Short Creek) and Lower Buffalo Churches was severed, and he was dismissed by the Washington Presbytery to the Presbytery of Cincinnati, which included Indianapolis, Ind., and he accepted a call from the First Presbyterian Church of that place. The duration of his pastorate there has not been ascertained. He was afterwards connected with the preparatory department of Washington College, and adjunct Professor of Languages in that institution. He died in the fall of 1861. On the 21st of June, 1835, the Lower Buffalo Church extended a call to the Rev. David Hervey, who accepted and became their pastor, in which relation he remained until Oct. 3, 1849. From that time the church was without a settled pastor until 1858. In April of that year a call was extended to the Rev. James Fleming, who accepted and was installed over this church on the 20th of May following. He remained until the 28th of April, 1869, when the relation was dissolved by his resignation. His successor as a settled pastor was the Rev. J. Linn Reed, who was ordained and installed on the 15th of December, 1874, and who still remains pastor of this church. The first church edifice of this congregation was built of logs, and was situated in Virginia, near the State line. A graveyard was laid out on the church grounds, which is still used. All burials of the members of the church are made in this old yard, which is well inclosed with a stone wall. The second church building was erected of stone, in 1822, on the ridge about one mile south of Independence. This church was used till 1850, when the present frame church was erected in the village of Independence. Among the early elders of this church were Arthur Scott, --- Green, and John Armspoker. The present board consists of William Patterson, David Buchanan, James McConnaughy, William Leggett, Joseph Scott, and Alexander Adams.