★★★ Whittle, Powhatan Bolling

Powhatan Bolling Whittle​

Born: June 26, 1829

Birthplace: Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Father: Fortescue Whittle 1776 – 1857

(Buried: Davies – Whittle Cemetery, South Hill, Virginia)​

Mother: Mary Ann Davies 1788 – 1869

(Buried: Davies – Whittle Cemetery, South Hill, Virginia)​

Brother: Lt. Colonel Lewis Neale Whittle 1818 – 1886

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

Brother: CSN Commodore William Conway Whittle 1806 – 1878

(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Education:

Attended University of Virginia​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Macon, Georgia and Lowndes County, Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private Jackson's Artillery from Macon, Georgia​

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1861: Private 2nd​ Georgia Battalion​

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1861 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 38th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the arm at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia​

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1862: Arm amputated due to wounding at Battle of Malvern Hill​

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1863: Wounded three times and Captured at Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863: Colonel of 38th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Resigned as Colonel of 38th​ Virginia Infantry on November 15th​​

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1863: Colonel and Judge of the Military Court 3rd​ Army Corps​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Macon and Valdosta, Georgia​

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1880 – 1881: Georgia State Representative​

Died: February 21, 1905

Place of Death: Drummers Hotel in South Hill, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Davies – Whittle Cemetery South Hill, Virginia

 

[ErnieMac]

I have seen websites claiming Powhatan B. Whittle was a direct descendent of Pocahontas from his mother's lineage.

 

[nc native]

The websites are true if his name is any indication. Pocahontas married John Rolfe and their granddaughter was the first wife of Robert Bolling who was one of the wealthiest men in late seventeenth century Virginia. I am a direct descendant of Robert Bolling myself but it is through his second wife Anne Stith. I wish a little bit of the family fortune had passed my way!