If your ancestor lived in Irwin County prior to 1860 and they are not listed above please use the comment form below and I will add them to this list. To save time and space I did not list each head of family by that surname but only the surname and where they came from before coming to Irwin County if known.
| Pioneer | See Also. | Came From |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | ||
| Alexander | ||
| Allen | ||
| Atkins | North Carolina | |
| Bailey | ||
| Baker | ||
| Ball | ||
| Barrentine | South Carolina | |
| Barrington | Little Pee Dee River, SC | |
| Bass | Sumter Co., GA | Robeson and Cumberland Cos., NC |
| Beasley | ||
| Bell | ||
| Bennefield | ||
| Boney | Duplin Co., NC | |
| Bowen | See John Bowen, RS Wilkinson Co., GA | |
| Boykin | ||
| Bradford | ||
| Branch | Elias Branch, NC / David Branch Barnwell Co., SC | |
| Bridges | ||
| Brown | NC 1700s | |
| Burnett | ||
| Castleberry | ||
| Chesnut | ||
| Clements | ||
| Covington | ||
| Culberth | ||
| Culbreath | Cumberland Co., NC/Sumter Co., GA | |
| Curry | Cumberland and Robeson Co., NC | |
| Davis | ||
| Drawdy | ||
| Dixon | ||
| Dorminey | ||
| Easters | ||
| Fitzgerald | ||
| Fitzpatrick | ||
| Fletcher | VA, NC, SC, GA | |
| Ford | ||
| Fountain | ||
| Fussell | ||
| Gaff | ||
| Gibbs | Coastal Area NC | |
| Giddens | Benjamin E. L. Giddens PA was progenitor of RS in NC | |
| Godwin | ||
| Goff | ||
| Grantham | ||
| Griffen | Edgecombe Co., NC | |
| Griffin | Edgecombe Co., NC | |
| Gronto | ||
| Hall | Robeson Co., NC | |
| Haman | Robeson and Cumberland Cos., NC | |
| Hammond | Robeson and Cumberland Cos., NC | |
| Hancock | ||
| Harper | ||
| Henderson | ||
| Hobby | ||
| Hollingsworth | ||
| Hornsby | ||
| Horton | Barnabus progenitor | Puritans fm Eng. , LI, NY |
| Hunter | ||
| Jenkins | ||
| Jernigan | ||
| Joiner | ||
| Kennedy | ||
| Kersey | ||
| King | ||
| Knowles | ||
| Land | ||
| Law | ||
| Lee | ||
| Lott | ||
| Love | ||
| Luke | Little Pee Dee River, SC | |
| McAnnaly | ||
| McCall | NC - Little Pee Dee River, SC - GA | |
| McCook | ||
| McCrimmon | ||
| McDearmid | Robeson Co., NC | |
| McDermit | ||
| McDonald | ||
| McDuffie | ||
| McGee | ||
| McInnis | NC, SC, GA | |
| McLendon | Perquimans District, NC 1770s | |
| McMillan | Robeson and Cumberland Cos., NC | |
| Marchant | ||
| Mauldin | ||
| Merritt | ||
| Minix | ||
| Mixon | ||
| Mobley | ||
| Monk | ||
| Moore | ||
| Nelms | ||
| Newbern | ||
| Newberry | ||
| Nichols | ||
| Nipper | ||
| Nobles | ||
| Odom | ||
| Owens | ||
| Parker | ||
| Parsons | ||
| Pate | ||
| Paulk | ||
| Pope | ||
| Powell | ||
| Pridgen | ||
| Purvis | ||
| Ratliff | ||
| Reid | ||
| Reaves | Drewry Reaves, NC | |
| Rigdon | ||
| Roads Rhodes | ||
| Roberts | ||
| Roe | ||
| Rogers | Bertie and Nash Counties, NC | |
| Rooks | ||
| Ross | ||
| Rowell | ||
| Royal | ||
| Rountree | ||
| Rutherford | ||
| Ryals | ||
| Sheffield | ||
| Shepherd | ||
| Smith | ||
| Solomon | Lazarus Solomon, RS - Washington Co, NC | |
| Spivey | ||
| Steely | ||
| Stone | Pulaski Co., GA | |
| Story | ||
| Sumner | ||
| Swails | ||
| Taylor | ||
| Tison | ||
| Tomberlin | ||
| Townsend | ||
| Troup | ||
| Turner | Little Pee Dee River, SC | |
| Tucker | ||
| Tyson | ||
| Vickers | ||
| Walker | ||
| Watson | ||
| Whiddon | ||
| Whitley | ||
| Wiggens | ||
| Wiggins | ||
| Willcox | ||
| Williams | Eng to PA, Carolinas to GA | |
| Willis | ||
| Winderweedle | ||
| Young | ||