A Whorton/Wharton Genealogy
A Southern Branch of the Wharton Family
From Maryland and Virginia to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
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A Whorton/Wharton Genealogy A Southern Branch of the Wharton Family From Maryland and Virginia to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama |
After immigrating to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia from England, early Whartons migrated south and west to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and eventually to Alabama. As they moved, many remained on the frontier and settled new lands as they were opened. Clerks recording information in deeds, tax records and the like, frequently spelled names phonetically and the Wharton name variously appears as Wharton, Whorton, Whoarton, Whorten, and even Horton. Many of the Whortons in Alabama appear to be the result of these spelling changes that occured with William Wharton who lived in Granville County, North Carolina. In several records his name is spelled Whorton. By the time he appears in South Carolina, the spelling seems to have become premanent as his descendants are consistently referred to as Whortons.
Most of the families listed are directly related to the William Walter Whorton, Jr. (b. 1906; d. 1986) family originally from Alabama. Other Whartons/Whortons are branches that were found in searching for ancestors.
Click on group to see relationships. In some cases 1 follows a name. Click on 1 to see more information on this particular family member.
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Seventeenth and Early
Eighteenth Century Whartons Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Century Whartons and Whortons Eighteenth and Early
Ninetheenth Century Whortons Nineteenth Century Whortons
Nineteenth and Twentyth
Century Whortons Ancestors of Bill Whorton, Richard Whorton, Philip Whorton, Liz Senn and their children are marked by v. |
This page is dedicated to William Walter Whorton, Jr. and Ramona Haggerty Whorton and was created by Augustus Richard Whorton. Much of the information contained on this page was gathered by William Walter Whorton, III. Other data is from a variety of sources.
If you would like to contribute data, make corrections or comment on this page, please contact Richard Whorton, awho@duke.edu. Copyright to Richard Whorton, 6/98. Last updated 7/99.