RAYMOND C. WHISNANT'S BOOK 'W HISNANTS THROUGH THE AGES' STATES
ON PAGE 5 OF GEORGE MICHAEL..'GEORGE MICAHEL MOVED FROM LANCASTER COUNTY,
PA.,
TO ROWAN COUNTY, NC., AROUND 1759. HE HA S LAND GRANTS ENTERED OR ISSUED
IN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC., IN 1765. LAND GR ANTS WERRE ENTERED OR ISSUED TO
HIIM
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC, IN 1788, 1789, 1794, AND 1799. HE DOES NOT
APPEAR IN
THE RANDOLPH COUNTY CENSUS AFTER 1800 . IT APPEARS THAT HE HAD SOLD MOST
OF HIS
LAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC., BY 1802. HE MOVED INTO BURKE COUNTY, NC,
BETWEEN
1800 AND 1810, LEAVING THREE O R MORE OF HIS SONS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC.
GEORGE MICHAEL WHISENHUNT DIED AND WAS BURIED AT QUAKER MEADOWS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BURKE CO., NC. THE LAND F OR THE CEMETERY
WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH BY HIS GRANDSON, HARVEY WHISENHUNT. T HE
INSCRIPTION ON GEOERGE MICHEAL'S MARKER SAYS HE DIED IN HIS 82ND
YEAR. HIS WILL, FILED IN BURKE CO., NC. WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN
1865.
OLD TYRON, LINC OLN CO., MICROFILM REEL C.060 402 30 RECORD OF DEEDS
1769-1774 VOL. 1. FROM TH E DEED OF DEC. 18TH, 1772, FOUND IN DEED BOOOK
1, P.
691:
'GEORGE MICHAEL W HISENANT & HIS WIFE, OF THE COUNTY OF TYRON TO NICHOLAS
THERTER 50 SILVER POUN DS 200 ACS ON BANKS OF LONG CREEK - LAND GRANTED TO
GEORGE MICHAEL WHISENANT B Y PATENT DATE 30 OCT 1765 SIGNED GEORGE MICHAEL
WHISENANT NANCY X (HER MARK) W HISENHUNT.
PAGE 692 1773 JAN 26 GEORGE MICHAEL WHISENHAUNT, TRYON CO., TO NICH OLAS
THERTER
45 ACS. S.W. SIDE OF THE S. FORK OF THE CATAWBA RIVER ON THE BR ANCHES OF
LONG
CREEK. FROM NICHOLAS WHISENANT, HIS HEIRS TO GEORGE MICHAEL W HISENHAUNT,
HIS
HEIRS.' '
GEORGE MICHAEL WHISENHUNT IS FOUND LIVING WITH HI S SON PHILIP ON THE 1840
AND
1850 BURKE CO., NC. CENSUS.

• Married: ABT 1781 in Randolph Co., North Carolina

1. Elizabeth WHISENHUNT b: 1783 in North Carolina
2. Philip WHISENHUNT b: ABT 1790 in North Carolina
3. George Michael WHISENHUNT II b: ABT 1791 in Randolph Co., North Carolina
4. James William WHISENHUNT b: 15 JAN 1801 in Randolph Co., North Carolina
5. Noah WHISENANT b: 1803 in Burke Co., North Carolina

• Married: 31 DEC 1762 in Rowan Co. NC

1. Jacob WHISENHUNT b: ABT 1763 in Rowan Co., North Carolina
2. Henry WHISENHUNT b: ABT 1765 in Rowan Co., North Carolina
3. Adam WHISENHUNT b: ABT 1769 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina

• Married: BEF 1770 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina

1. John WHISENHUNT b: 1771 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina