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The Thomas Applewhite Homestead once stood in La Vernia
This entry, from Lavernia Legacies, Issue No. 1, Spring 2003, was written by Shirley Grammer. Lavernia Legacies is a periodical produced by the La Vernia Historical Association; learn more at https://laverniahistory.com/. The family of Henry Applewhite (1630-1704), who sailed from England to Jamestown, Va., in 1656, remained in Virginia for several generations. Descendant Thomas Applewhite (1791- 1864), son of John Applewhite III and Penelope Woodard Applewhite, was born in North Carolina. He married Rachel Mixon and eight children were born to this union. Rachel died in 1837 and Thomas married Elizabeth Oglesby (1820-1898) of Mississippi in 1842. To this union...