General Notes

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Simon and Argent Cox Whitehurst were the first of this fami
ly to move towhat is now Pitt County, North Carolina, comin
g from Princess AnneCounty, Virginia, in 1723.
Note:
They had five children born in Va, and later moved the fami
ly to Beaufort County,
North Carolina, and settled on South Dividing Creek. >The 1
790 Census of Beaufort County, N.C., list three Simon White
hurst. Surname was misspelled even then as Whittus.
Simon Whitehurst was the ancestor in the North Carolina fam
ily from whom both Henry and his son Zackariah Whitehurst w
ere descended. Simon migrated from Virginia settling firs
t in Tyrell Co, NC according to deeds found there, and late
r with his sons and daughters in Beaufort County, NC on Sou
th Dividing Creek. He had married Miss Argent Cox of Prince
ss Anne County, Virginia where his father was born. It is l
ikely he arrived to NC from VA with his father Simon. Ther
e is another account that states they were in Pitt Co prio
r to Beaufort although this account is not documented.
"In approximately 1723 Simon and his wife Argent were the f
irst of his family to move to what is now Pitt County NC fr
om Princess Anne Co, VA. This data was found in the Chronic
les of Pitt Co, NC, Whitehurst Family Article by Manning"
. They migrated to Beaufort Co. where they settled on Sout
h Dividing Creek. In 1779 Beaufort Co. Taxables lists Simo
n "Whitehouse", ASS. 502 and Henry Whitehouse" Ass. 140. Tr
adition said that the Whitehurst family came from Dublin, I
reland -- but that they were English. According to "VA. Ant
iquity" Vol. 1 - Princess Anne Co. loose papers 1700 - 178
9 by John Creecy - on page 4, dated 1750/1 shows Simon Whit
ehurst & Batson Whitehurst purchasing the estate of Jno. Wi
lbur. The date given for the migration of Simon and his wif
e Argent supposedly to Pitt County is too near his estimate
d birth date. His son Henry was born in 1753 30 years afte
r the Pitt County account states Simon and Argent were thou
ght to be in Pitt County. Simon's son Batson may have migra
ted to Pitt, however, Henry served in the American Revoluti
on War in 1781 from Beaufort County as did Batson. Henry le
ft estate records and Hillery left a will in Beaufort Co, N
C. Simon Whitehurst married second a Mary Mason in Craven C
ounty on September 11, 1804. This precludes him dying as th
e husband or widower of Argent Cox and in Pitt Co, NC. Simo
n died and was likely buried either in probably in Beaufor
t or possibly Craven Co, NC. His grandson Shadrack's famil
y lived in New Bern, Craven County.