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Thomas Whitehead 1780 – 1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: April 1860

Death Location: Carter Co., Tennessee, USA

Father: Thomas Whitehead

Mother: Elizabeth Upham

Spouse(s): Sarah Kirk

Children(s): Larkin Whitehead, Selah WHITEHEAD

It was in 1780 that Thomas Whitehead was born in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, a child of Thomas Whitehead and Elizabeth Ann Upham. Thomas Whitehead went on to marry Sarah Ann Kirk and had children such as Larkin Whitehead and Selah or Celia WHITEHEAD. Thomas Whitehead was deceased by 1860 in Carter Co., Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Thomas Whitehead
1744 – 1798
Birth Location: Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
TW
Elizabeth Upham
1744 – 1832
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
EU

Spouses(s)

Sarah Kirk
1780 – 1870
Birth Location: Martin, North Carolina, USA
SK

Children(s)

Larkin Whitehead
1810 – 1880
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
LW
Selah WHITEHEAD
1825 – 1850
Birth Location: Carter, Tennessee, United States
SW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1780
    Event Place: Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Millennium File, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Carter, Tennessee; Roll: M432_873; Page: 168B; Image: 336, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 27; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Division 2, Ca

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1780
    Event Place: Sullivan Co., NC, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1780
    Event Place: Chatham, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 08 Sep 1771
    Event Place: , North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 8 Sep 1771
    Event Place: , North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1771
    Event Place: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1790
    Event Place: Orange, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Orange, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 92; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1800
    Event Place: Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina
    Record Source: 1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 31; Page: 211; Image: 231; Family History Library Film: 337907

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Carter, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Carter, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 175; Page: 35; Family History Library Film: 0024533

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Carter, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Carter, Tennessee; Roll: 518; Page: 197; Family History Library Film: 0024542

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 2, Carter, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Carter, Tennessee; Roll: M432_873; Page: 168B; Image: 336

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Jun 1890
    Event Place: Hopson, Carter, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1890 Veterans Schedules

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chatham, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Apr 1860
    Event Place: Carter, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 27; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Division 2, Ca

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: April 1860
    Event Place: Carter Co., Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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