Whyte, Robert, Hon.
Section 5
ID
# 50029
Sacred
To the Memory of
Hon. Robert Whyte
Born in Wigtonshire
Scotland
On
the 6th day of
January 1767
And
died at Nashville
On
the 12th day of
November 1844
Aged 77 Years and
10
Months
He
was
for
more than half his life
a
member of the Fraternity
of
Free and Accepted
Masons, and filled under
the
Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
some of the highest
offices of the Order.
Early in life he emigrated to the
United States
And
for several years filled the
Chair of Professor of Language
in
the College of William and
Mary in the State of Virginia.
From Virginia he removed to
North Carolina where he entered
in
the practice of law and
thence to the State of Tennessee
and
soon after was appointed one
of
the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Errors and Appeals
an
office which he sustained
with dignity and ability and
gained the reputation of
an
able jurist and
upright judge.
In
private life he was remarkable
for
the integrity of his character
and
the domestic virtues which
grace the Husband
And
Father.
A
member of the Baptist church.
His
course of life gave evidence
of
the depth and sincerity of
his
belief
and
its calm and peaceful close
proved that death had lost its sting.
Documentation
1908 Plat: Robert Whyte 1767-1844
Section 5 Lot 10
1909 List: Lot owner Peribe S. Whyte
Recorded 2005
