Orange County Indexed
The Whittaker surname
The Whittaker name in Orange County Indexed: 74 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1867
most named in the 1850s
- Deeds 1780–1865
- Marriages 1785–1867
- Court minutes 1788–1814
- In the chronology
- 1786 to 1975 3 people in 6 entries, most in the 1810s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Ellerbe Creek (1), Flat Rock Branch (1), Buck Quarter Creek (1)
- Married into
- Crabtree 3, Pendergrass 3, Hall 2, Holloway 2, Horn 2, Milton 2, Proctor 2, Riley 2, Barrix 1, Bass 1, Cheek 1, Clinton 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Rhodes 5, Heflin 2, Forrister 2, Cabe 2, Redding 2, Forsyth 2, Reding 2
- Spellings to try
- Whitaker, Whittiker, Whitteker, Whitiker, Whitacer, Whitter
- Search beyond these records
- Whittaker 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 Whittaker there)
- Whittaker 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 3 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.
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Whittaker, John 4 entries, 1786–1817
Show the 4 entries
- 1786–1864: Free children of color and the apprentice law, 1786–1864
- 1812–1818: The Whittaker children and the county court, 1812–1818
- February Term 1813: The court binds John and Nancy Whittaker, children of color, to James Forsyth and Polley Comb
- February Term 1817: The court summons James Forsyth to produce John Whittaker, a boy of color bound to him
- Whittaker, Nancy 2 entries, 1812–1813
- Whittaker, Philip 2 entries, 1971–1975
In the historical records 74 records
3 deeds, 50 marriages and 21 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Whittaker marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1780DeedsAbraham Whittaker to Jacob Allen, 12 January 1780
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac Whittaker and Catharine Horn
- 1788Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Russel of the charge.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Henry Meredith against Mark Patterson.
1790s
- 1791MarriagesMarriage bond: John Whittaker and Suckey Holloway
- 1791Court minutesFollowing a jury’s incapacity finding, Shadrick Forrister, Abraham Whittaker and Richard Rhodes became James Heflin’s guardians, with app…
- 1792Court minutesThe court found James Heflin’s capacity restored and discharged guardians Shadrick Forrister, Abraham Whittaker and Richard Rhodes.
- 1792Court minutesA second jury upheld the disputed instrument as Thomas Horn Sr’s will.
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: John Riley and Polly Whittaker
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: William Whittaker and Lucy Holloway
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Abraham Whittaker and Martha Proctor
1800s
- 1800Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Smith granted to Sarah Smith; sureties Abram Whittaker and Samuel Coleman.
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Abraham Whittaker and Elizabeth Copley
- 1801Court minutesThe court ordered Abram Whittaker to make annual payments supporting Salley Rhodes’s child from the stated birth date.
- 1801Court minutesThe court appointed John Whittaker as road overseer.
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: Jacob Whittaker and Polly Reading
1810s
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Abraham Whittaker to Thomas Redding Sr, proved by John Cabe.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Abraham Whittaker to Robert Rhodes, proved by Thomas Redding.
- 1812DeedsGeorge Carrington to Jacob Whittaker, 7 October 1812
- 1813Court minutesDeed, Jacob Whittaker to John Cabe, proved by Thomas Reding.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded George Carrington damages against Jacob Whittaker.
- 1814Court minutesThe court apprenticed Mary Whittaker to William Blackwood for instruction in spinning.
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: James Whittaker and Peggy Laycock
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: Dempsey Pickett and Polly Whittaker
1820s
- 1823MarriagesMarriage bond: Mark Bryant and Sally Whittaker
- 1823MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac Whittaker and Sarah Clinton
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Whittaker and Nancy Proctor
- 1825MarriagesMarriage bond: William Whittaker and Polly Lewis
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Whittaker and Vieny Barrix
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: John Whittaker and Patsy Stephens
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: Abraham Whittaker and Hannah Thomas
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: John Whittaker and Elizabeth Johnston
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: Abram Whittaker and Sally Rhodes
- 1833MarriagesMarriage bond: John Riley and Nancy Whittaker
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: Burton Whittaker and Bedy Umstead
- 1843MarriagesMarriage bond: Norwood Crabtree and Nancy Whittaker
- 1844MarriagesMarriage bond: Willis King and Martha Whittaker
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: James F Horn and Elizabeth Whittaker
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: Clemuel Jackson and Jane Whittaker
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: Chrisley Whittaker and Dolly Pearson
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: George W Pendergrass and Caroline Whittaker
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: Young P Whittaker and Minerva Ann Lynch
1850s
- 1850MarriagesMarriage bond: Isiah Daniel and Mary Whittaker
- 1850MarriagesMarriage bond: Willoughby Hall and Elizabeth A Whittaker
- 1850MarriagesMarriage bond: John R Pendergrass and Emeline Whittaker
- 1850MarriagesMarriage bond: James Whittaker and Sarah Pendergrass
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: Alabama Melton or Milton and Mary Ann Catherine Whittaker
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: Alabama Melton and Mary Ann Catherine Whittaker
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: Alabama Melton or Milton and Mary Ann Catherine Whittaker
- 1852MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hall and Sally Whittaker
- 1853MarriagesMarriage bond: James W Crabtree and S C Whittaker
- 1853MarriagesMarriage bond: George W Tate and Rachiel Whittaker
- 1855MarriagesMarriage bond: William Henry Hildreth and Elizabeth West Whittaker
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: John Whittaker and Nancy E Whittaker
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: John Wilkerson and Nancy E Whittaker
- 1859MarriagesMarriage bond: James S Whittaker and Frances C Collins
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: John Bass and Catharine Whittaker
- 1862MarriagesMarriage bond: Wesley J Harwood and Martha Ann Whittaker
- 1864MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew J Whittaker and Elizabeth F Tinnen
- 1865DeedsYoung P Whittaker & Alexander Dickson & James R Miller to State of North Carolina, 27 February 1865
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: Levi W McCadams and Rebecca J Whittaker
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert H Crabtree and Lucy Whittaker
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: George Piper and Martha L Whittaker
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Whittaker and Mary McCauley
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: Jacob Walker and Elizabeth F Whittaker
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: Ruffin Whittaker and Sarah Cheek
Undated
- Court minutesThe court bound Leah Pollard to Abraham Whittaker until lawful age.
- Court minutesThe court ordered Abram Whittaker Jr, described as reputed father, to pay Sarah Rhodes child support through immediate and annual install…
- Court minutesThe jury assessed damages and costs against Nunn and Partin following default.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Nancy Whittaker to Polley Comb for instruction in spinning.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed John Whittaker to James Forsyth for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesJames Forsyth was ordered to produce John Whittaker and justify continuing his apprenticeship, with security for production.
- Court minutesDeed, Jacob Whittaker to James Briggs, proved by Fielding Leathers.
- Court minutesDeed, Stephen Reding to Jacob Whittaker, proved by Thomas Reding.
