Category: Namesakes US Counties

Categories: United States of America, Notables | United States of America

This category contains profiles of county namesakes.

Wikipedia has an index of all the US counties.

NOTE: Not all the counties with the same name are named after the same person.For example, there are four Smith Counties, each named after a different person: Daniel (Tennessee), David (Mississippi), James (Texas), and J. Nelson (Kansas.)

Formation of North Carolina Counties

Namesakes US Counties

Robert Test Sandbox -- page 2

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Margaret (Wake) Tryon abt 1732 London, England - 16 Feb 1819

Samuel Waldo 07 Aug 1696 Boston, Massachusetts - 23 May 1759

Freeman Walker 25 Oct 1780 Charles City County, Virginia, United States - 23 Sep 1827

John Walker 12 Aug 1783 Amelia County, Virginia, USA - 23 Apr 1823

Edwin Waller 04 Nov 1800 Spottsylvania, Virginia, USA - 03 Jan 1881

Edward Walthall 04 Apr 1831 Richmond, Virginia - 21 Apr 1898

George Walton abt Dec 1749 Colony of Virginia - 02 Feb 1804

George Walton abt 19 Jan 1789 Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States - bef 20 Dec 1859

Reuben Walworth 26 Oct 1788 Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, United States - 29 Nov 1867

Nicholas Ware 06 Feb 1776 Caroline, Virginia - 07 Sep 1824

Joseph Warren 10 Jun 1741 Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 17 Jun 1775

Cadwallader Washburn 22 Apr 1818 Livermore, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States - 15 May 1882

George Washington 22 Feb 1732 Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British Empire - 14 Dec 1799

Charles Watson-Wentworth 13 May 1730 Wentworth Woodhoue, Yorkshire (West Riding), England - 01 Jul 1782

Anthony Wayne 01 Jan 1745 Waynesborough, Chester, Pennsylvania Colony - 15 Dec 1796

Daniel Webster 18 Jan 1782 Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States - 24 Oct 1852

James Wells 12 Jul 1850 Aransas County, Texas - 21 Dec 1923

Benning Wentworth 24 Jul 1696 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire - 14 Oct 1770

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William Wentworth 08 Jun 1626 Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England - 16 Oct 1695

Thomas West 09 Jul 1577 England - 07 Jun 1618

Lewis Wetzel abt Aug 1763 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - abt 1808

Joseph Wheeler 10 Sep 1836 Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States - 25 Jan 1906

Royall Wheeler 23 Aug 1810 Vermont, United States - 08 Apr 1864

Hugh White 30 Oct 1773 Rowan, Province of North Carolina - 10 Apr 1840

George Whitefield 27 Dec 1714 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England - 30 Sep 1770

Samuel Whiteside 12 Apr 1783 Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA - 13 Jan 1868

William Whitley 14 Aug 1749 Bolivsin River, Augusta County, Virginia - 05 Oct 1813

Marcus Whitman 04 Sep 1802 Federal Hollow, New York, United States - 29 Nov 1847

Josiah Wilbarger 01 Sep 1801 Rockingham, Virginia, USA - 11 Apr 1845

Francine (Wilder) Haines 14 Feb 1819 Paris, Île-de-France, France - 15 Nov 1886

John Wilkes 17 Oct 1725 St John's Square, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England - 26 Dec 1797

James Wilkinson 24 Mar 1757 Hunting Creek Hundred, Calvert, Maryland - 28 Dec 1825

Conrad Will 03 Jun 1779 near Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 11 Jun 1835

Hugh Williamson 05 Dec 1735 West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British America - abt 22 May 1819

David Wilson 1742 Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 19 Dec 1803

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Louis Wilson 12 May 1789 Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States - 12 Aug 1847

John Winston 04 Sep 1812 Madison County, Alabama, United States - 21 Dec 1871

Louis Winston 24 Nov 1784 Surry County, North Carolina - 20 Aug 1824

Henry Wise 03 Dec 1806 Accomack, Virginia, United States - 12 Sep 1876

George Wood 12 Mar 1795 Randolph County, Georgia - 03 Sep 1858

James Wood 28 Jan 1741 Winchester, Virginia - abt 16 Jun 1813

Levi Woodbury 22 Dec 1789 Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States - 04 Sep 1851

William Woodford 06 Oct 1734 Caroline, Virginia - 13 Nov 1780

William Worth 01 Mar 1794 Hudson, Columbia Co., New York - 07 May 1849

Joseph Wright 17 Apr 1810 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 11 May 1867

Silas Wright 24 May 1795 Amherst, Massachusetts - 27 Aug 1847

Henry Wriothesley 06 Oct 1573 Cowdry House, Sussex, England - 10 Nov 1624

George Wythe 03 Dec 1726 Chesterville, Elizabeth City County, Colony of Virginia - 08 Jun 1806

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Bartlett Yancey 19 Feb 1785 Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina, United States - 30 Aug 1828

Joseph Yates 09 Nov 1768 Schenectady, Albany, New York Colony - 19 Mar 1837

Archibald Yell 09 Aug 1797 Tennessee or North Carolina, United States - 22 Feb 1847

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Francis Ziebach abt 1830 Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States - 20 Sep 1929

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