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The Whitsett surname

The Whitsett name in Orange County Indexed: 52 historical records.

In the records
1780 to 1848 most named in the 1820s
  • Court minutes 1780–1808
  • Deeds 1784–1844
  • Marriages 1801–1848
  • Records of enslaved people 1814–1844
  • Wills 1828–1840
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (6), Gun Creek (2), Little Alamance Creek (2), Mill Creek (2), Mebane (2), Cedar Creek (1), Great Alamance Creek (1), Alamance Creek (1)
Married into
Bird 1, Boswell 1, Coble 1, Gant 1, Harden 1, Holt 1, Hufman 1, Jackson 1, Riley 1, Whilhait 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Gant 6, Tickle 3, Freeland 3, Holt 2, Ivans 2, May 2
Spellings to try
Whitsell, Whitsel, Whitsitt, Whitset, Whitsitte, Whitesitt, Whitseet
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 historical records 52 records

27 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 10 marriages, 9 court minutes and 2 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. Whitsett marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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