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Jacob Whitehead 1779 – 1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 Nov 1779

Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 11 Aug 1865

Death Location: Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana, United States

Father: William Whitehead

Mother: Rachel McKinney

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Rigden, Sarah Hester

Children(s): Jacob Whitehead

According to available records, Jacob Whitehead Senior was born in 1779 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States, the child of William West Whitehead and Rachel Lewis McKinney. Following those early years, Jacob Whitehead Senior married Elizabeth Rigden and Sarah Hester, and their family grew to include Jacob Whitehead. In the later years of life, Jacob Whitehead Senior died in 1865 in Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana, United States.

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Parents

William Whitehead
1672 – 1750
Birth Location: Isle, Virginia, United States
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Rachel McKinney
1685 – 1734
Birth Location: Isle, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Rigden
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Hester
1770 – 1850
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Jacob Whitehead
1815 – 1852
Birth Location: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 02 Nov 1779
    Event Place: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Brown, Morgan, Indiana; Page: 570; Family History Library Film: 803284, Year: 1850; Census Place: Southern District, Henry, Alabama; Roll: 6; Page: 389a

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 11 Jun 1810
    Event Place: Chatham, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 14 Sep 1813
    Event Place: Orange, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1800
    Event Place: Edgefield, South Carolina
    Record Source: 1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 145; Image: 279; Family History Library Film: 181422

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1810
    Event Place: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Chatham, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 208; Image: 00385; Family History Library Film: 0337912

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Henry, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Henry, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 2; Page: 314; Family History Library Film: 0002329

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Northern Division, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Northern Division, Randolph, North Carolina; Roll: 369; Page: 95; Family History Library Film: 0018097

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Henry, Alabama
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Alabama State Census, 1820-1866, Year: 1850; Census Place: Southern District, Henry, Alabama; Roll: 6; Page: 389a

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Brown, Morgan, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Brack, Henry, Alabama; Archive Collection Number: M279; Roll: 27; Page: 55; Line: 31; Schedule Type: Agriculture, Year: 1860; Census Place: Brown, Morgan, Indiana; Page: 570; Family History Library Film: 803284

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Aug 1865
    Event Place: Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana, United States

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