Orange County Indexed
The Witherspoon surname
The Witherspoon name in Orange County Indexed: 29 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1791 to 1882
most named in the 1840s
- Deeds 1791–1851
- Wills 1793–1814
- Records of enslaved people 1837–1851
- Marriages 1857–1882
- In the chronology
- 1752 to 1992 6 people in 29 entries, most in the 1820s
- In books and archives
- 3 people, born 1790 to 1902
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Flat River (3), Ellerbe Creek (1), Cedar Creek (1), Rocky Creek (1), Forresters Creek (1), Little River (1)
- Married into
- Atkins 1, Bowers 1, Cotton 1, Herndon 1, Lipscomb 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Nash 5, Strudwick 5, Cameron 3, Umstead 2
- People with a page here
- John Knox Witherspoon, John Witherspoon, Lizzie Witherspoon
- Spellings to try
- Weatherspoon, Whitherspoon
- Search beyond these records
- Witherspoon 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 Witherspoon there)
- Witherspoon 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 6 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.
- Witherspoon, Darice 1 entry, 1992
- Witherspoon, John 2 entries, 1819–1822
- Witherspoon, John 11 entries, 1822–1844
- Witherspoon, John Knox 17 entries, 1752–1854
- Witherspoon, Mary 1 entry, 1854
- Witherspoon, Susan Davis Kollock 1 entry, 1845
In books and archives 3 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 29 records
16 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 5 marriages, 1 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. Witherspoon marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
1810s
- 1814WillsWill of David H. Nunn
1830s
- 1830DeedsJohn P Witherspoon to Willis Bowling trustee & John Mangum, 14 September 1830
- 1832DeedsFred Nash to Jonathan Witherspoon, 9 October 1832
- 1837DeedsJohn Witherspoon to Charles J Shannon trustee, 13 July 1837
- 1837Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: John Witherspoon to Charles J Shannon, 13 July 1837
1840s
- 1841DeedsFrederick Nash to John H Witherspoon, 23 January 1841
- 1841DeedsHenry K Witherspoon to John W Norwood trustee & Frederick Nash, 28 January 1841
- 1841Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Henry K Witherspoon to John W Norwood, Frederick Nash, 28 January 1841
- 1845DeedsHenry K Witherspoon to William Cameron trustee & Edmund Strudwick trustee & Eliza A Cameron, 18 February 1845
- 1845DeedsHenry K Witherspoon to Edmund Strudwick trustee, 22 August 1845
- 1845Records of enslaved peopleMarriage contract: Henry K Witherspoon to William Cameron, Edmund Strudwick, Eliza A Cameron, 18 February 1845
- 1846DeedsHenry K Witherspoon to Eliza Witherspoon by trustee, 14 April 1846
- 1846DeedsMary Ann Ferrell by Sheriff to John Hayes & William P Hayes & Hardy Witherspoon, 5 January 1846
- 1847DeedsHenry Witherspoon & Eliza A Witherspoon & Anne Kirkland & Rebecca Cameron to William H Edmunds, 11 August 1847
1850s
- 1850DeedsHenry K Witherspoon to Edmund Strudwick, 21 December 1850
- 1850Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Henry K Witherspoon to Edmund Strudwick, 21 December 1850
- 1851DeedsHenry K Witherspoon to Edmund Strudwick, 7 January 1851
- 1851Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Henry K Witherspoon to Edmund Strudwick, 7 January 1851
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: William B Bowers and Mary Witherspoon
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: Asgil Witherspoon and Sarah A Atkins
1860s
- 1868MarriagesMarriage bond: Simpson Witherspoon and Mary Herndon
1870s
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: W H Witherspoon and Jane Cotton
