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Matthew Whitehead 1774 – 1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1774

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

Death Date: 1847

Death Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Father: Nathan WHITEHEAD

Mother: Elizabeth Upham

Spouse(s): Margaret Knight, "MARY" HOLLAND

Children(s): W. WHITEHEAD, Donald Whitehead, Jacob Whitehead, John Whitehead, Mary Whitehead, Rhodia Whitehead, Dilla Whitehead

Matthew Whitehead Sr. was born in 1774 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, the child of Nathan WHITEHEAD and Elizabeth Ann Upham. Matthew Whitehead Sr. later married Margaret Knight and "MARY" SUSAN HOLLAND, and together they raised children including W. Robert WHITEHEAD, Donald Whitehead, Jacob Whitehead, John Whitehead, Mary Ann Whitehead, Rhodia Whitehead and Dilla Whitehead. In 1847, Matthew Whitehead Sr. passed away in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Parents

Nathan WHITEHEAD
1719 – 1778
Birth Location: Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA
NW
Elizabeth Upham
1744 – 1832
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
EU

Spouses(s)

Margaret Knight
Birth Location: –
MK
"MARY" HOLLAND
1800 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
"H

Children(s)

W. WHITEHEAD
1803 – 1871
Birth Location: South Carolina
WW
Donald Whitehead
1810 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
DW
Jacob Whitehead
1815 – 1919
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
JW
John Whitehead
1833 – 1889
Birth Location: Abbeville, Henry, Alabama, United States
JW
Mary Whitehead
1836 – 1907
Birth Location: Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
MW
Rhodia Whitehead
1840 –
Birth Location: Alabama
RW
Dilla Whitehead
1842 – 1922
Birth Location: Henry
DW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1770
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1770
    Event Place: ,, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Dec 1774
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 14 Apr 1771
    Event Place: Albemarle Parish,Surry,Virginia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: Apr 14, 1771
    Event Place: Albemarle Parish,Surry,Virginia

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1790
    Event Place: Nash, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Nash, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 26; Image: 30; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1810
    Event Place: Capt Dixons District, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt Dixons District, Edgecombe, North Carolina; Roll: 40; Page: 719; Image: 00086; Family History Library Film: 0337913

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1820
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina; Page: 91; NARA Roll: M33_84; Image: 97

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: District 3, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: District 3, Edgecombe, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 120; Page: 273; Family History Library Film: 0018086, 1830; Census Place: District 3, Edgecombe, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 120; Page: 273; Family History Library Film: 0018086

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Alabama, United States
    Record Source: Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina
    Record Source: 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Wills, 1663-1978; Estate Papers, 1748-1917 (Edgecombe County, North Carolina); Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790.

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1847
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Wills, 1663-1978; Estate Papers, 1748-1917 (Edgecombe County, North Carolina); Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jan 1848
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1847
    Event Place: Henry, Alabama, United States

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jan 1848
    Event Place: Nash County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jan 1848

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1847
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
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