Individual Details

Andrew Burris White was the son of William, born 1836 [1838 according to the 1850 census] and served in the Civil War, applying for his pension in Titus Co TX. Some of the information available from this application includes the following. He lived at Mt. Pleasant, Titus Co, TX. He was born 16 Feb 1836 in Hardin Co TN and is now 86 [1922]. He was in Co G, 1st Confederate Cavalry. 1st Capt was Charles Robertson, 2nd Capt James Irwin, the Col. was Col. Cox and then Col. King. His father was a farmer, named William White, b. Warren Co TN and lived at the P. O. South Fork. He lived on Flat Gap Creek on the Warren/Hardin County line. His mother was Elisabeth Connor, daughter of James Connor & Lovey Rhodes who also lived a Smith Fork P. O. Father & mother were Primitive Baptists. He owned 100 acres worth $500 and a few head of livestock worth maybe $300 at the beginning of the war. His father owned slaves - a woman and 4 children and had 600 acres of land. The value of all his parents' property was $7000-8000. They lived in log house, later a frame house with stone chimneys. Andrew was the 4th boy in the family. Eight boys and 2 girls in the family. Three brothers, 1 sister now living. Andrew gave a lengthy list of all the members of his Company he could remember, one of whom was his brother Francis, as well as names and addresses of several living Veterans of the Civil War.
Civil War Questionaire published online

Censuses show that there were ten boys in the family, two girls, twelve children in all.


Not in father's will dated 24 Aug 1882.

Birth

16 Feb 1836

Tennessee

Father	William Thomas WHITE (1804 - 1884)
Mother	Mary Elizabeth Conner (1812 - 1878)
Sibling	Rev. James T. WHITE (1830 - )
Sibling	William J. WHITE (1832 - )
Sibling	John M. WHITE (1835 - )
Sibling	George W. WHITE (1839 - )
Sibling	Francis M. WHITE (1840 - )
Sibling	Lucie E. White (1842 - 1845)
Sibling	Martha C. WHITE (1844 - )
Sibling	Jasper N. WHITE (1845 - )
Sibling	Robert M. WHITE (1847 - )
Sibling	Joel A. WHITE (1849 - )
Sibling	Franklin WHITE (1852 - )
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth WHITE (1854 - )