Thomas Whittington (ca. 1770–1831), farmer, was the son of Thomas Whittington (d. 1834). They lived primarily in Bedford and Campbell counties, and in 1800 the elder Whittington purchased property in the former county. The younger Whittington grew tobacco on shares for TJ at Poplar Forest about 1804–06 and occasionally helped him run surveys. At the time of his death he owned forty-two slaves and other property with a total valuation in excess of $10,000. Whittington bequeathed his aunt and cousin a life interest in his slaves, after which the surviving slaves and their increase were to be emancipated. His slaves were duly freed a decade after his death (Vi: RG 48, Personal Property Tax Returns, Campbell Co., 1794; Bedford Co. Deed Book, 11:304–5, 29:171–2; MB description begins James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1149, 1183; Bedford Co. Order Book, 15:46; Bedford Co. Will Book, 7:453–4, 479b–c, 8:388, 10:90–4, 409–10; Lynchburg Virginian, 28 Feb. 1831).

bradford: William Radford.