Ancestry of
Tennessee Williams

Author of A Streetcar Named Desire

James White

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Tennessee Williams — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 34 
  • Father:
  • Moses White 
  • Mother:
  • Mary McConnell   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1747 
  • Birth Location:
  • Iredell County, North Carolina 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Aug 1821 
  • Death Location:
  • Knox County, Tennessee 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Lawson
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  • Child:

  Malinda White (Ahnentafel No:17 )

  • Notes: 

  • Founder of Knoxville, Tennessee and father of presidential candidate Hugh Lawson White.

• Sources for James White

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A124810.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/29/2014).
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 168.