Orange County Indexed
The Bailiff surname
The Bailiff name in Orange County Indexed: 34 historical records.
- In the records
- 1765 to 1837
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1765–1818
- Marriages 1790–1825
- Wills 1813–1837
- Deeds 1815–1821
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (2), New Hope Creek (1), Seven Mile Creek (1), Watsons Creek (1)
- Married into
- Cate 2, Baker 1, Williams 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Real 2, Thompson 2
- Spellings to try
- Bayliff
- Search beyond these records
- Bailiff in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Bailiff there)
- Bailiff in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the historical records 34 records
5 deeds, 4 marriages, 23 court minutes and 2 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Bailiff marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1765Court minutesThe grand jury was sworn with Benjamin Long as foreman.
1780s
1790s
- 1790MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Bailiff and Elizabrth Baker
1800s
- 1801Court minutesThe court appointed John Crutchfield as road overseer.
- 1802Court minutesPeter Huffman won principal, damages and costs against May and Efland after payment and setoff were rejected.
- 1802Court minutesJurors rejected justification and awarded James Williams damages against Eli Hill.
- 1802Court minutesJurors found David Rainey not liable in James Murdock’s action.
- 1802Court minutesJurors upheld Thomas Watts’s promise, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Thomas Faucett damages.
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: John Bailiff and Tellitha Cate
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Cate and Nancy Bailiff
1810s
- 1813WillsWill of James (x) Watson, Sr.
- 1815DeedsThomas Bailiff to William Real, 31 July 1815
- 1817DeedsJohn Bailiff to Abner Bailiff, 27 January 1817
- 1818Court minutesThe jury found Barnet Troxler’s deeds to his sons were intended to defraud Elizabeth Troxler of her dower.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded Robert Duncan damages and costs against Allen Sykes.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded Thomas McCracken damages and costs against William Smith. An appeal was requested.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded John Redmond damages against John Copley Senr; an appeal was noted.
- 1818Court minutesElisha Cate was convicted and sentenced to two pillory appearances and continued imprisonment until costs were paid.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury acquitted Wm Burks on the dueling indictment; the unnamed prosecutor was ordered to pay costs.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury convicted Polley McDade, but the court set the verdict aside on her attorney’s motion.
- 1819DeedsNorth Carolina to Abner Bailiff, 22 December 1819
1820s
1830s
- 1837WillsWill of Nancy (x) Cloud
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Bailiff to Joseph Thompson, proved by James Thompson.
- Court minutesJames O’Neal received damages and costs against Cortner and Horneday.
- Court minutesThe court recorded forfeited recognizances for Abner Bailiff and Tho Hastings.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Bailiff to William Real, proved by Daniel Cloud.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors David Mebane, John Long, Christopher Daniel and 26 others for the next Superior Court.
- Court minutesDeed, John Bailiff to Abner Bailiff, proved by Andrew Watson.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Whitsell, James Johnston, Nathaniel Carter Jr and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Clark, Baxter Davis, Finny Hart and 6 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury found the defendants liable in Sterling Harris’s ejectment action and awarded damages and costs.
