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In the Genealogy section of About.com the surname White is of English, Scottish, and Irish origin. Alternate spellings of White are Whyte, Whiet, Wight, and Whytte. Here is the link to check it out: http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/p/white/htm.
George Moore's surname is that of his white father. The other way is that even if your ancestor's mother was not raped by Massa, when your ancestor was freed, he or she had to have something as a surname. There is a reason why Jefferson is a common surname - and not all of them are because of a white ancestor. African surnames are a modern invention. The famous Kunta Kinte ancestor of Alex Hayley was Kunta of the Kinte TRIBE. And tribal associations were the FIRST things to go when you became a slave.