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Whelchel of Virginia; Hall, Forsyth & Lumpkin Counties



This family descends from Francis Whelchel of Rotterdam, Holland, born 16 September 1715, who came to America before 1750 and died in South Carolina in 1790. Wife, Hanna (Anne) Stockton who died 1816 in Cherokee County, South Carolina, the daughter of Davis and Sarah Stockton. Issue: [1]
  1. Francis Whelchel, born 25 September 1782 in South Carolina, died July 1865 in Hall County. He married Mary A. Waters who died 28 September 1868. His LWT dated 10 August 1863, probated 9 January 1865 in Hall County. Wife: Mary B. My children. Executors: Bro., William P. Whelchel and friend, John Garner. Wits: E. N. Garner, R. H. Waters, J. R. Boone.

  2. John Whelchel, born 24 August 1784 in South Carolina, farmer, resident of Hall County in 1850, died 7 January 1855 in Hall County. He married (1) Mary Waters Gilkie (born 1798 in South Carolina) and (2) Sarah House (died 11 April 1859). He served as Representative form Hall County in 1828, 1829, and 1830. Issue:
1. Elizabeth Whelchel, born 1810 in South Carolina, died 1885 in Hall County.
2. Davis Whelchel, Major, born 2 December 1811 in South Carolina, died 10 October 1889 in Hall County.
3. John Whelchel, born 2 December 1811 in South Carolina, died 26 June 1892.
4. Nancy Whelchel, born 1811/1815 in South Carolina.
5. Sarah A. Whelchel, born December 1817 in South Carolina, died January 1898.
6. Aaron Whelchel, born 10 March 1823 in South Carolina, died 2 May 1880. He was a Justice of the Inferior Court in Hall County from 1863-1868.
7. Margaret Whelchel, born 15 July 1822 in South Carolina, died 26 March 1902.
8. Moses Francis Whelchel, born 3 October 1825 in South Carolina, died 27 March 1907. He was a member of the House of Representative from Lumpkin County 1873-1874.
9. Jourdan Whelchel, born 2 October 1828 in South Carolina, died 21 August 1885 in Hall County.
  • Davis Whelchel was born 14 December 1786 in Cherokee County, South Carolina, farmer, and died 4 May 1863. He married (1) on Mary Tate (born 14 September 1794, died 1855) and (2) on 2 June 1857, Elizabeth A. Keith (born 1794 in South Carolina). They were residents of Hall County in 1850. LWT of Davis Whelchel, Sr., dated 15 February 1861, probated 1 March 1863 in Hall County, Hall County Wills, pp. 178-179. Wife: Elizabeth A. Daus: Rachel Josephine. Sons: William Davis, John O., Francis, Valentine, William P. Valentine and Francis apptd gdns of Rachel J. and William Davis Whelchel. Exrs: John D. and William P. Whelchel. Wits: John E. Redwine, M. H. Conner, E. M. Johnson. Codicil 5/28/1862. Codicil 3/1/1863. Issue:
    • 1. Mary Whelchel, born 1814 in South Carolina.

    2. Judith Whelchel, born 1816 in South Carolina.

    3. Davis Whelchel, born 1818 in South Carolina, died 10 October 1889. He served as a Major in 94th Battalion, Hall County, Georgia Militia, March 30, 1840. Member of Secession Convention, Hall County. Member Continental Convention, Hall County. Representative, Hall County, 1868, Georgia House of Representatives, and also served extra in 1869 to 1870. He married (1) on 25 March 1836 in Hall County to Cynthia A. Cowan (died 5 January 1855) and (2) on 28 January 1856 to Mary Chapman (born 10 February 1827, in Hall County. He died on 14 August 1910. “Davis Whelchel, one of Hall Countys most highly esteemed citizens and brother of M. F. and Uncle Jack Whelchel of this county, died last week.“ 25 October 1889, Dahlonega Signal.

    4. C. Whelchel (daughter), born 1820 South Carolina.

    5. John Davis Whelchel, born 1 May 1820 South Carolina, died 24 April 1904 in Hall County. He married Nancy J. Cowen (born 1823 in Georgia) on 28 December 1841 in Hall County. Issue:
    a. B. P. Whelchel (son), born 1844 Hall County.
    b. T. M. Whelchel (son), born 1846 Hall County.
    c. A. Z. Whelchel (son), born 1847 Hall County.
    d. M. E. Whelchel (daughter), born 1849 Hall County.
    6. Francis Whelchel., born 1822 in South Carolina. He married Minerva McAdams (born 1825 in South Carolina) on 17 January 1841 in Hall County. Issue:
    a. T. or Z. N. Whelchel (son), born 1842 Hall County.
    b. Harriett. E. Whelchel, born 1844 Hall County., married James O. Brown on 10 September 1870 in Hall County.
    c. L. or S. M. Whelchel (daughter), born 1846 Hall County.
    d. C. Whelchel (daughter), born 1848 Hall County.
    e. E. P. Whelchel (son), born 1849 Hall County.
    7. Valentine Whelchel, born 1826 in Georgia. He married Elizabeth Chapman on 27 October 1844 in Hall County. Issue:
    a. G. A.Whelchel (son), born 1846 Hall County.
    b. Aaron Whelchel, born 1848 Hall County. He married Rachel Jane Pierce (born 1846 in Georgia) on 3 December 1865 in Hall County. They were residents of Naramore, Georgia. Issue:
    i. Georgia Ann Whelchel, born 1867 in Hall County, married James D. Bryan on 26 November 1882 in Hall County.. ii. Lovicy E. Whelchel, born 1868 in Hall County.
    iii. James L. V. Whelchel, born 1870 in Hall County.
    iv. Minnie Whelchel, born 1870 in Hall County. v. Nancy J. Whelchel, born 1872 in Hall County.
    vi. John S. Whelchel, born 1874 in Hall County.
    vii. Emma J. Whelchel, born 1876 in Hall County.

    c. J. L. Whelchel (son), born 1849 Hall County.

    8. William Pinckney Whelchel, born Jan. 19, 1828, died Oct. 1, 1897. He was a Representative from Hall County 1886-1887. He married Tempy Hulsey (born 29 December 1827, died 29 April 1911 in Hall County), the daughter of William Hulsey and his wife, Jennette (Cooper) Hulsey, on 1 February 1846 in Hall County. Issue:
    a. Mary Jane Whelchel, born 31 March 1847 in Hall County, died 25 August 1925 in Gainesville, Hall County. She married Harrison H. Roper on 12 August 1869 in Hall County.
    b. William Davis Whelchel, born 11 May 1849 in Hall County, died 26 April 1925 in Hall County, buried in the Alta Vista Cemetery.
    c. Phillip Domen Whelchel, born 7 January 1852 in Hall County, died 21 January 1914 in Hall County, buried in the Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery. He married Frances J. Cough on 11 December 1873 in Hall County.
    d. Cornelius Cooper Whelchel, born 30 January 1854 in Hall County, died 5 January 1930, buried in the Comer City Cemetery.
    e. John Eldridge Whelchel, born 3 December 1857 in Hall County, died 1 April 1915 in Hall County, buried in the Alta Vista Cemetery. He married Mary M. Eberhart on 3 December 1879 in Hall County.
    f. Octavia Ethelbert Whelchel, born 29 August 1860 in Hall County, died 1948/1949. She married Henry H. Brown on 18 October 1881 in Hall County.
    g. Ida Tryphenia Whelchel, born 14 July 1864 in Hall County, died 23 January 1944, buried in the Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery.
    h. Ruth Amanda Whelchel, born 26 March 1867 in Hall County, died 13 September 1944 in Atlanta, Fulton County.
    i. Lula Augustus Whelchel, born 24 March 1874 in Hall County, died 11 July 1967 in Tallahassee, Florida.

  • Valentine Whelchel, born 5 April 1790 in South Carolina, died 7 May 1791.
  • Anne Whelchel, born 10 December 1791 in South Carolina, married Thomas Waters.
  • Abigail Whelchel, born 6 July 1794 in South Carolina, died 14 March 1797.
  • Judith Whelchel, born 1 March 1797, died 31 March 1797.
  • Elizabeth Whelchel, born 7 October 1800, died March 1882, married William Morrow.
  • Nancy Agnes Whelchel, born 8 March 1804, died February 1889, married William G. Ownby.


  • John Whelchel, born 11 October 1756 in Albemarle County, Virginia, died 14 March 1837 in Hall County, Georgia, buried at New Bridge Church Cemetery in Hall County. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Union District, S. C. and fought in the battle of Kings Mountain, and also served to fight in various battles against the Indians. He was married to Abigail Davis (born 1763 in North Carolina)in 1784. Abigail resided with her son, John Whelchel, in Cherokee County in 1850.

    Issue of John and Abigail Whelchel:[2]

    A. John Whelchel, born 1797 in South Carolina, resident of Cherokee County in 1850. Issue: 1. Judith Whelchel, born 1825 in South Carolina.
    2. Elizabeth Whelchel, born 1833 in South Carolina.

  • William Whelchel, born 1758 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Issue:

    A. Samuel Whelchel, born 11 August 1779 in Albemarle County, Virginia. He died 1 August 1870 in Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, buried in the Kinnamin Family Cemetery.

  • Elizabeth Whelchel, born ca 1760 in Albemarle County, Virginia.

  • Patsy Whelchel, born ca 1762 in Albemarle County, Virginia.

  • Anne Whelchel, was born ca 1766 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
    • Rotterdam
    Fish Market, Rotterdam, Holland

    Coolvest
    Coolvest, Rotterdam, Holland Notes:
    Pension Record of John Whelchel, from the National Archives Washington, D.C. “State of Georgia, Hall County.
    On this, the day of September 15, 1832 personally appeared in open court before Ezekial Buffington, Joseph Dunegan, and Thomas L. Tate, Judges of the Superior Court sitting as Judges of the Ordinary Court for said county and state now sitting John Whelchel, a resident of Hall County and State of Georgia, aged seventy-six years who being duly sworn to law sweareth his oath to the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress dated June 7th, 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated by ??? drafted into the service in the year Seventeen Hundred seventy-six, that he ?? in Union District, South Carolina where he entered the same and was commanded by the following named officers to date, Captain James Steen and Colonel John Thomas and General's Williamson, Cates, Hammond and Neal and marched to the per??? of Georgia to protect the Settlements against the Cherokee and Creek Indians, and was engaged in the following engagements to list 1st at Eastutoa a Cherokee Town, 2nd at W?? Oauxhatchee, 3rd at Pool Hatchy, 4th at Saconnee, 5th Sugar Town, 6th Keowee, 7th Toxaway and several other Indian Towns the names of which claimant does not recollect. Claimant was then marched to Stono, South Carolina under General Lincoln and Captain Terrell after the battle at Stono, marched to Jacskonborugh in South Carolina therein marched to the county between Edisto and Savannah in South Carolina under Lieut. John Floyd, belonged to Colonel Brannon's regiment from thence marched to the battle at Rocky Mount ??? the Eutaw Springs under the command of General Sumpter, Captain Andrew Neal being in the battle was ten marched to the place called the Hanging Rock but was.with other officers whose names claimant does not recollect. Claimant was marched from thence to the Cowpens and was in the engagement at that place under Captain John Thompson, Colonel Thomas Brannon, General Morgan having the command.Claimant received several severe wounds in this engagement from thence marched to the Eutaw Springs and was in the engagement under Captain. Montgomery and General Green and Major Colby. Quit the service in 1781, Was in action Service four years that he has documenting evidence. He being sworn that any claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid:" E. Buffington J.L.C. ” /s/John Whelchel.

    Sources: [1] 1880 Hall County Census; Hall County Marriages; Hall County Wills; Revolutionary War Pension; Revolutionary War Pension of John Whelchel; [2] 1850 Cherokee County Census; Aubrey Whelchel, Covington, Georgia (now deceased).

    Working on this Lineage: William L. Keith, 2160 Plum Lane, Austell GA 30106-1934. Phone: 770-941-0319. Queries, Georgia Settlers, Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2001.