James
T
"Tiger"
Whitehead
Born in Carter, Tennessee, United States
Son of James R. Whitehead
and Jane (Garland) Whitehead
Brother of
John W Whitehead
Husband of
Sarah (Garland) Whitehead
— married
2 Feb 1852 in Carter County, Tennessee, USA
Died
at about age 86
in Roan Mountain, Carter, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2018
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Biography
James Whitehead is Notable.
This profile is part of the Whitehead Name Study.
James Whitehead was a Tennessean.
James was born in 1819. He was the son of James Whitehead and Jane Garland. He passed away in 1905.
He was known as having killed 99 bears during his lifetime. Supposedly he got his nickname because he once had to hunt down and kill a tiger that had escaped from a traveling circus near Bristol, Tennessee.
Made famous by Johnny Cash's song: "The Ballad of Tiger Whitehead", Several locations in Carter County are named after him.[1]
Burial in Tiger Whitehead Cemetery, Roan Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee, USA
Sources
- ↑ Shane S. Simmons.Legends & Lore of East Tennessee. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated; 8 August 2016. ISBN 978-1-4396-5731-7 . p. 39–. Note: The author of this work was unaware of Sallys previous marriage and child.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 January 2021), memorial page for James T “Tiger” Whitehead (1819–25 Sep 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #61700093, citing Tiger Whitehead Cemetery, Roan Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Claudia (Whitehead) Carson (contributor 46836473) .
- The Ballad of Tiger Whitehead - Youtube
- (Killed 99 Bears) - Reddit
- Navigator, The (12 May 2017). "The Navigator's Rides: In Pursuit of The Grave of Tiger Whitehead". Retrieved on 23 October 2018.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD4-H1N : 12 April 2016), James Whitehead in household of William Whitehead, Carter county, part of, Carter, Tennessee, United States; citing family 81, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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