Sources for the genealogy and family history of Samuel Whiteside/Whitsett of Ireland

Samuel Whitsett of Ireland Sources

  1. William Thornton Whitsett, PhD, "Whitsett, Dr. William Thornton Papers," Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, (abt. 1910).

  2. William Heth Whitsitt, "Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family: The Whitsitts of Nashville, Tenn.," American Historical Magazine, Vol. IX, Nashville, Tennessee, 1904.

  3. Uley T. Morgan, "The Family of Samuel Samuel Whitsett And His Two Wives," Macon, Georgia 1989.

  4. Register of Wills Office, Philadelphia, Penn., file 305 page 205 for year 1742.

  5. History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Counties, Missouri, (Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago 1888), pg. 843.

  6. Maida Whitten, Whitsett Database of Maida Whitten, January 5, 1999; e-mail mwhitten72@kc.rr.com

  7. Rowan County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.

  8. 1790 Census, First Census of the U.S., Mecklenburg County, Salisbury Dist., North Carolina.

  9. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance).

  10. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), pg. 79, Mecklenburg Co., N.C. Deeds vol. 3, pg. 167-169.

  11. North Carolina Entry Book, (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), folio 2-155.

  12. Pearl Baker, "The Story of Wrightsboro 1768-1964," Wrightsboro Restoration Foundation, Thomsom, Georgia (1980).

  13. Dorothy M. Jones, "Notes From Wrightsborough," Wrightsboro Quaker Community Foundation, Inc..

  14. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), pg. 180, Meclenburg Co., N.C. Deeds vol. 6, pg. 266-268.

  15. North Carolina Entry Book, (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), Book 57-155.

  16. Rowan County, North Carolina Deeds, DB 4-317, 318.

  17. Rowan County, North Carolina Deeds, Deed Book 5-411.

  18. North Carolina Entry Book, (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), no. 425, I have a photo copy of the order to survey this land.

  19. North Carolina Entry Book, (Papers of the North Carolina Land Grant Office), Grant No. 708/806.

  20. Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts Of The Minutes of The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, North Carolina, (Chapel Hill, North Carolina).

  21. Orange County Court Minutes, 1777-1795, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Hillsborough, (North Carolina State Archives).

  22. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Court Minutes, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), pg. 77.

  23. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Court Minutes, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), pg. 150.

  24. Orange County, North Carolina Estate Records, CR-073.

  25. Caswell County, North Carolina Tax records, Glouchester Dist..

  26. Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783, (Technical Institute of Alamance).

  27. Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783, (Technical Institute of Alamance), Chatham District., pg. 324-330.

  28. Orange County, North Carolina List of Taxables 1779-1783, (Technical Institute of Alamance), Orange District, pg. 422.

  29. Bernard Buckner Blakey, A Blakey Book.

  30. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, (Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, California (no date)).

  31. Jane G. Buchanan, Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina, (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1987), pg. 216-222.

  32. Edythe Whitley, Sumner County, Tennessee Will Abstracts 1779-1842, Will of Laurence Thompson.

  33. Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Records, Vol. 192, Greene Co. Orphans Court Book H, pg. 210-221.

  34. Lawrence Whitsett Estate Papers, Greene County, Ala. (Photocopies of orginal documents).

  35. North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Claim #3967.

  36. North Carolina Revolutionary War Vouchers, Treasurer's Papers, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).

  37. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), DB 23-49.

  38. North Carolina Land Grant Office, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).

  39. Petitions of Freeholders of Orange County, North Carolina, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).

  40. Orange County, North Carolina Estate Records.

  41. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), DB 26-417.

  42. "North Carolina Marriage Bonds," LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  43. 1810 Census, Orange County, North Carolina, pg. 155, 159, pg. 155 Sam'l Whitsett, Jun.: 2 males 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45 or over; 1 fem. 26-45.pg. 159, S. Whitsett, sen.: 2 males 16-26, 1 male 45 or over; 1 fem 10-16, 2 fem 16-26, 1 fem. 45 or over.

  44. 1820 Census, Orange County, North Carolina, pg. 358, Sam'l Whitsitt: 2 males 26-45, 1 male 45 or over; 1 fem 16-26, 1 fem 45 or over.

  45. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), DB 10, 42, 43.

  46. Orange County, North Carolina Index to Deeds, DB 10-281.

  47. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), Deed Book 13, pg. 353.

  48. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), Deed Book 13, pg. 112.

  49. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), Vol. 15, pg. 194.

  50. Orange County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, (Technical Institute of Alamance), DB 23-49.

  51. General Index to Deeds, Orange County, North Carolina, (Technical Institute of Alamance, Haw River, North Carolina).

  52. North Carolina Land Grant Office, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), Entry 2392, Grant 1517.

  53. North Carolina Land Grant Office, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), Entry 2392, grant 1517, Book 101, pg. 284.

  54. North Carolina Land Grant Office, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), Entry 2356, grant 1481, Book 100, pg. 387.

  55. North Carolina Revolutionary War Vouchers, Treasurer's Papers, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh), No. 2869, This document is a loose piece of paper smaller than a 3X5 index card.

  56. Brent H. Holcomb, Orange County, North Carolina Marriages 1779-1868, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983).

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