The Whitehurst Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia and Pitt County, NC

On my first trip to the Greenville, NC library in March of last year , I found a book, The Whitehurst Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia and Pitt County, NC, second edition by Diane Whitehurst Collins printed in 2004. Ms. Collins has done a tremendous amount of research on the Whitehurst line and in her book, she states that John Whitehurst, the son of Simon Whitehurst, Sr. is the father of Willoughby, Pelatiah, and John Wesley Whitehurst. I was awestruck and when I mentioned this to a descendant of Pelatiah Whitehurst, I was informed that she had seen Ms. Collins's first edition of the book and felt that there was just not enough evidence to draw the conclusion that John Whitehurst is the father of these three brothers and I now agree with her. Since March of 2013, I have been researching Ms. Collins' evidence and conclusion and have checked most of the original documents that Ms. Collins used to draw her conclusion and have only found what I consider two minor errors. I will be sharing the information she used in her book here. In my next post, I will share a North Carolina Supreme Court Case that anyone who believes they are a descendant of Simon Whitehurst, Sr. should check out. It is an amazing piece of Whitehurst genealogy. Until next week.

Mike Whitehurst