Orange County Indexed
The Whitehead surname
The Whitehead name in Orange County Indexed: 79 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1828
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Wills 1757–1800
- Deeds 1761–1797
- Court minutes 1778–1811
- Marriages 1782–1828
- In the chronology
- 1884 to 1912 2 people in 5 entries, most in the 1890s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (1), Hillsborough (1), Mebane (1)
- Married into
- Bass 1, Harris 1, Horton 1, Watts 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Jackson 3, Mulhollan 2, Bowie 2, Hinchey 2, Patterson 2, Holden 2, Williams 2
- People with a page here
- Richard Henry Whitehead
- Spellings to try
- Whithed, Whithead, Whiteheart
- Search beyond these records
- Whitehead in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Whitehead there)
- Whitehead in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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 2 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.
- Whitehead, R. H. 1 entry, 1884
- Whitehead, Richard Henry 4 entries, 1890–1912
In the historical records 79 records
12 deeds, 4 marriages, 53 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 5 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. Whitehead marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Robert Whitehead
- 1757WillsWill of Jonathan Fincher
1760s
- 1761DeedsReason Whitehead to John Hinchey, May 1761
- 1761WillsWill of Mary Shepheard
- 1762DeedsHenry Whitehead to Henry Eustice McCulloch, May 1762
- 1763DeedsJohn Hinchey to Reason Whitehead, February 1763
- 1764DeedsThomas Whitehead to Reason Whitehead, February 1764
- 1764DeedsReason Whitehead to William Mebane, February 1764
- 1764DeedsThomas Whitehead to Reason Whitehead, February 1764
- 1764DeedsReason Whitehead to Edmund Faning, November 1764
- 1765DeedsGeorge Brown to Thomas Whitehead, August 1765
1770s
- 1778Court minutesThe sheriff returned twenty named jurors.
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Whitehead, Wm. (Hillsborough District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Whitehead, Thomas (Caswell District)
- 1782MarriagesMarriage bond: Roland Bass and Lyda Whitehead
- 1783MarriagesMarriage bond: Sterling Harris and Hannah Whitehead
- 1783Court minutesFifteen grand jurors qualified, with Moses Crawford as foreman.
- 1783Court minutesA named jury, or any twelve members, was appointed to lay out a road from Hillsborough to Jackson’s.
- 1783Court minutesDeed, Wm. Whitehead to John Harvey.
- 1784Court minutesTwelve named people were ordered summoned for Hillsborough District Superior Court.
- 1784Court minutesWm. Whitehead was appointed to open and maintain Joseph Sharp’s–Wm. Jackson’s road, using nearby hands and Mr. Hooper’s unnamed enslaved…
- 1784WillsInventory: Joseph Woody to Joseph Woody and others
- 1785Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Wm. Whitehead, John Kelley, Edward Grisham and 27 others for next county court.
- 1786Court minutesThe named grand jury was impanelled and sworn.
- 1787Court minutesThe court authorized Umstead’s deposition without the parties; the jury later awarded Benton £11.2.1. Sheppard filed a salt-sale account…
- 1787Court minutesThe court ordered Isaac Holden’s devised land partitioned, with the consenting claimants drawing lots unless they agreed otherwise.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury found for the defendant in Jno Faddis’s action against Brown.
- 1788Court minutesAn unfinished passage identified Thomas Mulholland and Wm Whitehead as appointees without stating their assignment or further action.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court accepted the jury’s rerouted-road report and directed Theophilus Thompson to open the route, with Williams’s laborers maintaini…
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Whitehead (Hillsborough District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Jehu Whitehead (Hillsborough town District)
- 1795DeedsThomas Mulhollan to Thomas Whitehead, 20 October 1795
- 1795DeedsThomas Mulhollan to Thomas Whitehead, 20 October 1795
- 1795WillsBill of sale: John Stroud to Obed Green
- 1796Court minutesThos Whitehead qualified as constable and offered approved sureties.
- 1796Court minutesOn Wm Duffy’s motion, the court appointed ??? Whithead to represent Eleanor Whitehead in her suit against Fisher Clendennin.
- 1797DeedsWilliam Courtney to Jehu Whitehead, 27 February 1797
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Jehu Whitehead and Susannah Watts
- 1798Court minutesThe court bound Nancy Jackson, Mary Jackson Collins’s daughter and reputed daughter of Levi Whitehead, to Whitehead until lawful age.
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed William Williams as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Peter Williams as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed George Foust as road overseer.
1820s
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Levi Horton and Polly Whitehead
Undated
- DeedsJames Bowie to Thomas Whitehead, September 1752
- Court minutesDavid Miers and six other named men registered cattle marks.
- Court minutesThe court empanelled and swore grand jurors John Anderson, James McAllister, John White and 9 others.
- Court minutesGrand jurors Aaron Van Hook, Thomas Clark, Thomas Thompson and 15 others were sworn.
- Court minutesJames Bowie, Thomas Whitehead and John Dowell qualified as deputy sheriffs.
- Court minutesJames Benton brought an action on the case against Amos Whitehead.
- Court minutesThomas Hart brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
- Court minutesStephen Merritt brought an action on the case against Amos Whitehead.
- Court minutesThirteen named people were recommended to the next assembly for exemption from public taxes (Benjamin Davis, John Whaler, Jacob Whitehead…
- Court minutesHenry Morris brought an action on the case against James Patterson and Amos Whitehead.
- Court minutesThomas Webb brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
- Court minutesWilliam Johnston brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
- Court minutesJohn Meherg brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
- Court minutesStephen Marett brought an action on the case against Amos Whitehead.
- Court minutesReason Whitehead brought a petition against Thomas Pledger.
- Court minutesReason Whitehead was fined five pounds plus costs for attempting to free prisoners from jail.
- Court minutesA commission was ordered to examine Benjamin Whitehead in Buchannon and company’s suit against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesJohn Powell brought an original attachment proceeding against Amos Whitehead.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned fifteen grand jurors, who were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon thirty named jurors for the next county court.
- Court minutesThe grand jury was empanelled and sworn with David Craig as foreman and Andrew Faddis as constable.
- Court minutesThirty named men were appointed grand and petit jurors for next county court and ordered summoned.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn, with Robt. Abercrombie as foreman.
- Court minutesFourteen grand jurors were sworn after the sheriff returned the venire.
- Court minutesThe jury found for James Freeland in Chas. Clendenning’s case.
- Court minutesRob. Neal replaced Wm. Whitehead as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court approved the agreed partition of Isaac Holden’s devised land and assigned plat number five to Jno Holden.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Lewis Green one penny plus costs against Wm Gimmerson.
- Court minutesDeed, Jonathan Sell to Wm Whitehead, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn, with Wm Hall as foreman.
- Court minutesJohn Caldwell prevailed in James Carson’s covenant action brought for Rich’d Clifton?.
- Court minutesThomas Atkinson, described as reputed father, was ordered to secure support for Elizabeth Whithead, Polley Whitehead’s infant daughter.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Edward Trice, Rob’t Hodges, James Fossett and 11 others for Superior Court.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Arthur Whitehead to Leonard Smith, proved by John Long Senr.
