| b 1800, , , , South Carolina | ||||
| d ABT 1850 1860, , Sevier, Tennessee | bur , Sevier, Tennessee | |||
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| Alexander Whaley | ||||
| |b 1748 | | | |||
| |d 1833 | ||||
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| Middleton Whaley | ||||
| |Rebecca Ogle | |m 1818 | |||
| |, Sevier, Tennessee | | | |||
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| 1 | < | Sarah 'Sally' Whaley | 2 | < | Martha 'Patsy' 'Marthy' Whaley | 3 | < | Aaron Whaley |
Record of Middleton Whaley's military service in the War of 1812 was found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Middleton Whaley served as substitute for William Boman, 1 October 1814 to 31 December 1814, in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company in 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, commanded by Colonel William Johnson. Later in the same company, he enlisted as a private on 20 September 1814 at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee and was discharged on 3 May 1815. No bounty land grants or pension records were found in the National Archives.
In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Middleton Whaley was listed as a charter member.
Middleton and Rebecca are listed in Sevier County Census 1830 to 1870. They are buried in the Proffitt Cemetery in the Glades.
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 554. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 229.