WHORTONS IN GEORGIA

As Indian lands were opened in northeast Georgia (Jackson/Hall County), several Whortons migrated from South Carolina.  Among the early settlers were Benjamin Whorton who moved from Pendleton District of South Carolina (Anderson Co) in the eary 1800s.
 
Jackson/Hall Co
Generation 5 Generation 6
vBenjamin Whorton 1 (b 1760, Granville Co., NC, d 1848, Hall Co., GA); m. Olivia Green of Sparantburg, SC. William Whorton (3) b 1783 Greenville Co. SC; d 1850 Etowah Co. AL
Joseph Whorton b 1785 Greenville Co., SC; d. Cherokee Co., AL
Abraham Whorton b 1789 Pendleton Dist. SC; d Etowah Co. AL
Anna Whorton b 1792 SC
vIssac Whorton 1 b 1801 Pendleton Dist SC; d Forsyth Co CA 1867
Jacob Whorton b 1803 Hall Co GA; d 1863 Cherokee Co AL
Mary A Whorton



 
Generation 6 Generation 7
vIssac Whorton 1b1801; d 1867; m(1, 1823) Irville Marker John Cicero Whorton b 1824 GA; d Arkadelphia, AL
Augustus Ulysses Reeves Whorton b 1827 GA
Issac M. Whorton b 1829 GA
vWilliam Wilson Whorton 1 b 1832 GA; d 1884 AL
Erville Whorton b 1836 GA
vIssac Whorton 1b 1801; d 1867 m(2, 1838) Rebecca M. Julian  Richard Henry Lee Whorton b 1839 AL; d 1914 AL
Thomas B. Whorton b 1842 AL
Samuel Whorton b 1844 AL
Elizableth Whorton b 1846 AL
Joseph Whorton b 1847 AL
Mary I. Whorton b 1848 AL
Benjamin Whorton (2) b 1850 AL
Permelia Whorton b 1852 AL
George H. Whorton b 1854 AL
Rebecca Whorton b 1858 AL
Sarah A. Whorton b 1860 AL
Data on this page from "Moragnes in America and Related Families", Nell H. Howard and Bessie W. Quinn, Banner Press, Birmingham, AL, 1971.

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If you have additional information, comments or corrections to data on this page contact Richard Whorton, awho@duke.edu.
Copyright to Richard Whorton, 6/98.