The Thaxton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,711 people carried this name — #7,104 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,510 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Thaxton surname

Variant of Theakston.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Thaxton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Thaxton in American newspapers,
1903.

Newspaper page from The Evening Bulletin carrying the name Thaxton
The Evening Bulletin 1903-08-06
Newspaper page from The Canton Times carrying the name Thaxton
The Canton Times 1903-01-09
Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Thaxton
The Bourbon News 1903-08-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,058 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Thaxton in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

134 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thaxton. The most, 64, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 85
New South Wales 27
South Australia 10
Queensland 5
Western Australia 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thaxton.

Who carried it

People named Thaxton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lloyd Thaxton
    Lloyd Thaxton 1927–2008 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Thaxton,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States260 records

260 records of the Thaxton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Johnny R. Thaxton

    Born 1949; from Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps, communication center operator; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cletus W. Thaxton

    Born 1916 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1940 at Lubbock, Texas; stenographer from Hockley County, Texas. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Clyde Allen Thaxton

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1981; buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 260 records for Thaxton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Thaxton name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James A. Thaxton

    Motor proprietor of Bairnsdale, Victoria; died 1926.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Thomas Albert Thaxton

    Retired of Bairnsdale, Victoria; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Nellie Thaxton

    Of Lakes Entrance, Victoria; died 1964.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Thaxton in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Thaxton name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. S. Thaxton

    Corporal, South Wales Borderers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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