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Orange County Indexed

The Whitaker surname

The Whitaker name in Orange County Indexed: 99 historical records, 8 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1788 to 1910 most named in the 1870s
  • Court minutes 1788–1808
  • Wills 1791–1887
  • Deeds 1792–1872
  • Records of enslaved people 1808
  • Marriages 1872–1910
In the chronology
1786 to 1978 8 people in 13 entries, most in the 1940s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1841
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (10), Haw Creek (9), Chapel Hill (2), Burroughs Creek (1), Ellerbe Creek (1), Flat Rock Branch (1), Stags Creek (1), Haw Branch (1)
Married into
Berry 2, Laycock 2, Adams 1, Albright 1, Blackwood 1, Booker 1, Brockwell 1, Browning 1, Cole 1, Dickenson 1, Graff 1, Hall 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Reding 8, Carden 6, Smith 6, Brown 5, Craig 4, Redmon 3, Cole 3, Nelson 3, Gill 3, Squires 3, Holloway 2, White 2
People with a page here
Spier Whitaker
Spellings to try
Whittaker, Whittiker, Whitteker, Whitacer, Whiter, Whitter
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 8 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In books and archives 2 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

In the historical records 99 records

39 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 28 marriages, 21 court minutes and 10 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Whitaker marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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