John Witherspoon (abt. 1730 - abt. 1801)

Born about 1730 in Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1801 at about age 71 in Iredell, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

John was born about 1730. He passed away about 1801.

John Witherspoon was born about 1730, probably in Scotland. John Witherspoon is listed in the 1790 and 1800 Census of Iredell County, North Carolina. An estate record for John Witherspoon is recorded in Iredell County on May 17, 1802. The executors of this estate were William Witherspoon and Isaac (hard to read) Witherspon.^[1]

John Witherspoon and Alex Witherspoon were living in the northwest quadrant of the Fourth Creek Congregation in Rowan County (near what is now Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina) in 1773.^[2]

Spouse: Elizabeth (Hamilton) Witherspoon

Possible Children^[3]:

1. Alexander Witherspoon (1750-1818)
2. Isaac Witherspoon (1752- )
3. Elizabeth Witherspoon (1754- )
4. Margaret Witherspoon (1760-1849)
5. James Witherspoon (1760- )
6. William Witherspoon (1761-1833)

Alexander Witherspoon owned a mill on a small stream that runs into the South Yadkin River near the present Alexander County line. Abraham Hill owned another mill there also. Isaac Witherspoon was a wagon maker in Statesville, Iredell County in 1820. John Witherspoon owned three slaves in 1759, according to the Rowan County list of taxable.^[4]

Some genealogies say that the children were born in South Carolina. Others say that they were born in Scotland.

Witherspoon's in the 1790 Census, Iredell County, North Carolina

Research Notes

There are no Census records in Iredell County after 1800 for John Witherspoon. The birth date for John Witherspoone is estimated to be about 1750, based on his appearance in the 1790 Census and supposedly having adult children in 1802 (WIlliam Witherspoon), as well as being an adult member of the Fourth Creek Congregation in1773.^[5]

There were two other John Witherspoons, one in Wilkes County and one in Mecklenburg County, that were in the Revolutionary War.

Sources

1. ↑ #C1790, #C1800, #Estate
2. ↑ #Map
3. ↑ see Family Search LZR3-75N for sourcing of children.
4. ↑ #Keever
5. ↑ #Map, #C1790, #C1800, #Estate

• Scottish Christening records
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-96L : accessed 4 December 2018), John Wetherspoone, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 390, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-P2F : accessed 4 December 2018), John Witherspoon, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 653, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-QSXZ : 17 March 2018), John Witherspoon, 1828; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm .
• Title: Map of Fourth Creek Congregation (Iredell County, North Carolina), Date Published: 1847; Date Depicted: 1773, Creator: Individual, William Sharpe, Sponsor: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, This Map depicts landowners in the Fourth Creek Congregation, Iredell County, N.C. Notes at the bottom of the map give directions to the center of the congregation. One of the notes reads, "At the "Meeting House' Statesville was located in 1790. The Court House of Iredell County, N. Ca." Bibliographic Note: This map was published in 1847, based on an original 1773 map by William Sharpe. For more details see Space:Fourth Creek Congregation.
• Iredell Piedmont County, by Homer M. Keever, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mild red Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever. See Iredell, Piedmont County for more details.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-P25 : accessed 4 December 2018), William Witherspoon, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 653, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.