Orange County Indexed

The Whitney surname

The Whitney name in Orange County Indexed: 35 historical records.

In the records

1784 to 1789 most named in the 1780s

Deeds 1784–1788
Court minutes 1785–1789

Places in its deeds and wills

Little River (2), Hillsborough (2), King Street (1), Wake Street (1), Forresters Creek (1)

Spellings to try

Whitny, Whitbey, Whitey, Whitley

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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 historical records 35 records

4 deeds and 31 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection

1780s

1784DeedsJames Bryant to Sabbeus Whitney, July 1784
1785Court minutesA jury was sworn in Lewis Phillips’s case against Derby Conners.
1787DeedsRoswell Huntington to John Uriah Whitney, 21 November 1787
1787DeedsJohn Myrick Whitney to John Nichols, 18 December 1787
1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno Turner £33 in damages plus costs against James Williams.
1787Court minutesWhitney won £18.1.6 plus costs; the court required proof of Ross’s offsetting account and appointed five men to settle their accounts by…
1787Court minutesThe jury found for the defendant in Jno Faddis’s action against Brown.
1788DeedsJohn Mirack Whitney to Robinson Mumford, 15 April 1788
1788Court minutesThe court ordered the sheriff to sell John M Whitney’s 280 acres under an execution whose creditor and debt amount were partly illegible.
1788Court minutesOn appeal, the jury awarded John M Whitney £15.9.6 plus costs against Wm Oneal.
1788Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Rob’t Tinnen against J M Whitney.
1788Court minutesThe court ordered sale of John M Whitney’s land seized under Andrew Gibson’s execution.
1788Court minutesThe court ordered sale of Whitney’s land under Allison’s execution; a notation recorded satisfaction to the constable.
1789Court minutesThe jury awarded Joseph Mott £28.4.5 plus costs against John M Whitney.
1789Court minutesThe jury returned an award of £81.12.10 plus costs in the executors’ action against Whitney.
1789Court minutesThe jury returned an award dischargeable through payment in specie certificates and costs in Sampson’s action against Whitney.
1789Court minutesThe jury found that the limitation statute barred Mangum’s recovery against Cozort.
1789Court minutesThe jury found Whitney liable, awarded Davis five shillings plus costs, and identified the boundary by the specified stump and rock.

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