Hi Gretchen, I'll gladly check - >From # 4 nothing >From # 5 Deed Book 1A p. 237 paraphrased: a mention of "John Whitehead's line" in a deed from Baker Bowden (Bourden) of New Hanover Co., planter, to William Taylor, planter of Duplin Co., 7, Nov 1784, 500A on the NS of Goshen Swamp & on the head of Bear Marsh Branch. p. 248 paraphrased: John Whitehead witnessed a deed from Joseph Grimes, millright, to Sampson Grimes, planter, both of Duplin Cp., 18 Jan 1786. p. 250 JOHN WHITEHEAD to JOHN WINDERS, both of Duplin Co., 1 Mar 1786, for 80 pds. current money 500A in 3 tracts: (1) 200A beg. at a pine at the head of Hall's Marsh, being the contents of a patent granted to JOSEPH GRIMES 19 Apr 1763 which sd. GRIMES sold to sd. WHITEHEAD; (2) 200A between Goshen Swamp & the Northeast on Wolfscrape Branch, beg. at a hickory on WESTON"S line on the SS of sd. branch, to a pine by the Wolf Pit, to a black jack near a drain of Hall's Marsh, to a pine in the edge of Panther Pocosin, being the contents of a patent granted to sd. WHITEHEAD 29 Oct 1782; (3) 100A on the NS of Goshen Swamp & on the drains of Hall's Marsh joining JAMES GRIMES' line & his own, beg. at a red oak GRIMES' line on the Half-way Branch, being the contents of a patent granted to sd. WHITEHEAD 29 Oct 1782. Wit: SAMPSON GRIMES, JAMES GRIMES, JOHN WINDERS, Jun. Apr. Ct. 1786. p. 505 JOHN WHITEHEAD to SAMUEL WARD, both planters of Duplin Co., 23 Oct 1786, for 1 pd. good & lawful money of N. C. 500A on the SS of the Northeast Swamp & SS of Poley Bridge Branch, beg. at a pine at REUBEN WESTON'S corner by a pond, on JOHN PORTER'S line at NELLY BAILS' corner, to the Wolfscrape Branch. Wit: BRINKLEY GLISSON, DAVID CANNON. Jan. Ct. 1788. Deed Book 3A p. 211 paraphrased: John Whitehead witnessed a deed from Willis Wilkins to Dempsey Westbrook, both of Duplin Co., 15 Sep 1795. p. 278 paraphrased: John Whitehead witnessed a deed from John Dural, planter, to his son David Dural, both of Duplin Co., 17 Oct 1797. p. 329 paraphrased: John Whitehead witnessed a deed from Dempsey Westbrook to Willis Wilkins, both of Duplin Co., 13 Mar 1795. p. 384 DEMPSEY (X) WESTBROOK to JOHN WHITEHEAD, both of Duplin Co., 5 Feb 1795, for 20 pds. 22A on the SS of the Northeast, beg. at a pine the corner of his own & sd. WHITEHEAD'S lands, to the Wolf Pond Branch, to the run of Poley Bridge Branch. Wit: STEPHEN JONES, WILLIS WILKINS. Oct. Ct. 1796. p. 393 DEMPSEY (X) WESTBROOK, planter to JOHN WHITEHEAD, both of Duplin Co., 3 Jan 1796, for 100 pds. specie 179A on the SS of the Poley Bridge Branch, being the place sd. WESTBROOK now lives on in 3 tracts: (1) 110A beg. at white bay in a small branch on JOHN SULLIVAN'S line, to the given line of SAMUEL WARD'S patent, to a pine on the NS of the branch, which land was conveyed by ROBERT BROCK to sd. WESTBROOK by deed 3 Jan 1786, & which sd. WESTBROOK sold to SAMUEL WARD who sold to DEMPSEY WESTBROOK Jan 1796; (2) 31A joining the 1st tract beg. at a bay in the Wolf Pond Branch, to a pine sd. WESTBROOK'S corner, being land sold & conveyed by SIKES GARRIS to sd. WESTBROOK 4 May 1793; (3) 48A joining the 1st & 2nd tract, beg. at a pine on the NS of the branch at WESTBROOK'S corner, to the Wolf Pond Branch, up the branch to GARRIS' corner a bay being land conveyed by WILLIS WILKINS to sd. WESTBROOK 15 Sep 1795. Wit: STEPHEN JONES, WILLIS WILKINS. Oct. Ct. 1796. p. 414 paraphrased: a mention of "..to John Whitehead's corner at the old path to a black jack. . " in a deed from Besant (B) Brock to James Grimes, both planters of Duplin Co., 20 Oct 1796. p. 470 JOHN WHITEHEAD to PETER WATKINS, both of Duplin Co., 20 Feb 1797, for 25 silver dollars 21A on the SS of the Northeast, beg. at a bay & maple in the fork of Poley Bridge Branch, to a corner of sd. WHITEHEAD'S & WESTBROOK'S survey, to a gum commonly called WESTBROOK'S corner, the S prong of Poley Bridge. Wit: EDWARD (X) WHITEHEAD, JOHN (W) WHITEHEAD. Apr. Ct. 1797. Deed Book 4A p.164 paraphrased: John Whitehead witnessed a deed from D. L. (Daniel Love) Kenan, Shff to Lewis Barfield, both of Duplin Co., 1 Jan 1810. p. 336 paraphrased: a mention of" joining Whitehead's line" in a deed from William (X) Rhodes & Taylor Rhodes to Benjamin Bourden, all planters of Duplin Co., 6 Feb 1810. p. 455 paraphrased: a mention of "joining Jacob Whitehead's survey" in a deed from Hardy Bizzel to James Bizzel, both of Duplin Co., 25 Feb 1811. p. 491 paraphrased: a mention of " one judgment to John Whitehead for damages [in suit] against James Watkins", 25 Aug 1810. >From # 6 533. WHITEHEAD, CHRISTOPHER B. "of Onslow County" (CR.035.801.12/2-148) no date - Jan Term 1859 an amount set apart for educating my niece MARGARET dau. of CHAS M. OGLESBY she to have a regular collegiate education at some institution in North Carolina and then to spend one year at Patapsco Institute near Baltimore; remainder of my property to the oldest son of CHAS. M. OGLESBY a Sufficient amount being given during his minority for a regular course of Collegiate Studies at the University of North Carolina; Should either die before receiving their shares property is to go to CHAS. M. OGLESBY extr: ROBERT BRYAN CARR (of Maxfield) Wit: J. G. SCOTT, J. A. AVIRETT JUNIOR signed: Christopher B. Whitehead 534. WHITEHEAD, JOHN (CR.035.801.12) 14 May 1838 - no probate ANN OGLESBEY land where on she now lives Containing Eighty three acres hir choice of my negroes, my mare Molly, my Buggy & harness, to sows & pigs, fifty dollars; SARAH ELIZA, JOHN. BURWELL, CHRISTOPHER B. & WILIE OGELSBEY all the lands I now possess as they come of age, all the negroes I now possess namely Willis, Arabella, Bill, Cyrus, Moses, Jim, Robbin, Anny, Mary, Edmund, Willey, Margaret, Susan, Martha & Ben as they come of age; brothers JACOB, BURWELL & LASARAS & sisters SARAH, ELIZABETH and ZILPHA five dollars each extr: JAMES DICKSON wit: A. MAXWELL, JAMES MAXWELL signed: John Whitehead 539. WHITHEAD, JOHN (CR.035.801.12) 13 Apr 1842 - Oct Term 1842 [this will is the same as that of JOHN WHITEHEAD # 534 except that SARAH ELIZA, JOHN, BURWELL, CHRISTOPHER & WILEY are listed as Whitehead instead of Oglesbey] wit: A. MAXWELL, AMOS KILLPATRICK signed: John Whitehead >From # 8 WHITEHEAD, Chloe and Erasmus Culpepper, 17 August 1765, Edgcombe Co., N. C. WHITHEAD, Rebekah and Norman Bigelow, 17 January 1787, Orange Co., N. C. >From # 10 WHITEHEAD, Arthur, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Arthur, Halifax, 1783 WHITEHEAD, Benjamin, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Benjamin, Halifax, 1783 WHITEHEAD, Bennett, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Cullen, Northampton, 1780 WHITEHEAD, David, Perquimans, 1787 WHITEHEAD, Jacob, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, James, Dobbs, 1780 WHITEHEAD, James, Brunswick, 1784 WHITEHEAD, John, Hertford, 1779 WHITEHEAD, John, Craven, 1779 WHITEHEAD, John, Montgomery, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Lazarus, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Lazarus, Surry, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Mary widow (Wm), Dobbs, 1780 WHITEHEAD, Phereby, Halifax, 1783 WHITEHEAD, Rahab, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Samuel, Granville, 1785 WHITEHEAD, Simon, Beaufort, 1786 WHITEHEAD, Simon Sr., Beaufort, 1786 WHITEHEAD, Suzanne, Halifax, 1783 WHITEHEAD, Thomas, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Thomas, Orange, 1779 WHITEHEAD, Thomas, Caswell, 1786 WHITEHEAD, Willis, Beaufort, 1786 WHITEHEAD, Wm, Nash, 1782 WHITEHEAD, Wm, Caswell, 1786 WHITEHEAD, Wm, Caswell, 1784 WHITEHEAD, Wm, Halifax, 1783 >From # 11 66 WHITEHEADS listed - I need first names for this one. >From # 12 (these are paraphrased) 1721 pg. 358 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 17 February 1737, 560 acres in Edgecombe 1722 pg. 358 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 17 February 1737, 400 acres in Edgecombe 1952 pg. 417 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 17 February 1737, 200 acres in Edgecombe 1953 pg. 417 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 29 June 1738, 400 acres in Edgecombe 1954 pg. 417 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 18 February 1737, 640 acres in Edgecombe 1955 pg. 418 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 29 June 1738, 250 acres in Edgecombe 1956 pg. 418 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 16 October 1735, 640 acres in Edgecombe 2010 pg. 14 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 16 October 1735, 640 acres in Edgecombe 2226 pg. 79 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 18 June 1741, 300 acres in Edgecombe 2261 pg. 88 JOHN WHITEHEAD 15 March 1742/3, 640 acres in Currituck 2262 pg. 88 COLL. WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 18 June 1741, 200 acres in Edgecombe 2377 pg. 116 ARTHUR WHITEHEAD 4 April 1741, 300 acres in Edgecombe 3936 pg. 22 ARTHUR WHITEHEAD 2 MArch 1738, 450 acres in Edgecombe 5044 pg. 186 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 29 September 1756, 100 acres in Craven 6789 pg. 306 WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 1 September 1759, 196 acres in Craven >From # 113 indexed by county >From # 122 none Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Bret Pastryk <pastryk@flash.net> To: <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:27 PM Subject: Bladen_County_lookup Hello- I was wondering if you could check the following books for the surname Whitehead for me. Thanks for your time and help! 4. BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: ABSTRACTS OF EARLY DEEDS, 1738 - 1804. 5. ABSTRACTS OF DUPLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, DEEDS 1784 -1813 VOL. 1. 6. GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS, DUPLIN COUNTY WILLS, 1730 - 1860. 8. NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE RECORDS FROM THE EARLIEST COLONIAL DAYS TO THE CIVIL WAR. 10. NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYER, 1679 - 1790, VOLUME 2 (see companion book # 131) 11. NORTH CAROLINA WILLS: A TESTATOR INDEX, 1665-1900 12. COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1735-1764: ABSTRACTS OF LAND PATENTS, VOLUME I 113. INDEX TO NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, 1663-1900, Volume 1-3 122. SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGES 1688-1799 I know I've listed a lot of books, but if you could find WHITEHEAD in any of these, I would be so grateful! Thanks again for your time. Gretchen Pastryk pastryk@flash.net