Orange County Indexed
The Barnhill surname
The Barnhill name in Orange County Indexed: 57 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1818
most named in the 1800s
- Tax lists 1755
- Wills 1768–1805
- Deeds 1780–1805
- Court minutes 1790–1818
- Marriages 1804–1817
- In the chronology
- 1927 to 1933 1 person in 4 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Quaker Creek (8), Haw River (1), America (1)
- Married into
- Harper 1, Whitehart 1, Harill 1, Towell 1, King 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Vincent 4, Bowles 3, Murray 3, Whitehart 2, Eccles 2, Faddis 2, Morrow 2, King 2, Hall 2
- Spellings to try
- Barnwell, Burnhill, Bunhill
- Search beyond these records
- Barnhill 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 Barnhill there)
- Barnhill 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 chronology 1 person
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
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Barnhill, M. V. 4 entries, 1927–1933
Show the 4 entries
- November 2, 1927: The Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company goes into receivership
- by July 24, 1929: Court receivers wind up the bankrupt Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Company
- March 1933 (suit denied March 28, 1933): Thomas Hocutt sues to enter the University's school of pharmacy and is refused
- 1933–1955: Desegregating the University of North Carolina, 1933–1955
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Barnhill family family, 1 work
In the historical records 57 records
8 deeds, 5 marriages, 40 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 3 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. Barnhill marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: James Barnhill
1760s
- 1768WillsWill of Charles (x) Murrow
1780s
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court appointed a road jury to survey the proposed Pains–Haw River route only if twelve jurors considered it publicly useful.
- 1797DeedsRobert Barnhill to James Barnhill, 25 April 1797
- 1797DeedsRobert Barnhill to John Barnhill, 25 April 1797
- 1797DeedsNorth Carolina to John Barnhill, 10 August 1797
- 1797DeedsNorth Carolina to John Barnhill, 10 August 1797
- 1797Court minutesDeed, Robert Barnhill to Jas Barnhill, proved by Jno Barnhill.
- 1797Court minutesDeed, Robert Barnhill to Jno Barnhill, proved by James Barnhill.
- 1797WillsWill of Robert Barnhill
- 1799Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Hastings Jr, Thomas Baker, James Mitchel and 26 others for jury service.
1800s
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: William Barnhill and Elizabeth Harper
- 1804Court minutesAfter objections to the prior division report, the court appointed James Barnhill and fellow commissioners to divide James Morrow’s land…
- 1805DeedsJohn Barnhill to Thomas Vincent, 29 January 1805
- 1805DeedsJohn Barnhill to Thomas Vincent, 29 January 1805
- 1805DeedsJohn Barnhill to Wiley Whitehart, 10 January 1805
- 1805Court minutesDeed, John Barnhill to Thos Vincent, proved by Robert King.
- 1805Court minutesDeed, John Barnhill to Thomas Vincent, proved by Robert King.
- 1805WillsWill of William Murray
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Willie Whitehart and Sally Barnhill
- 1806Court minutesJurors upheld John Bragg’s promise and awarded Henry Thompson Jr damages.
- 1807Court minutesDeed, John Bowles Sr to John Bowles Jr, proved by Wm Barnhill.
- 1807Court minutesBill of Sale, John Bowles Sr to John Bowles Jr, proved by Wm Barnhill.
- 1807Court minutesDeed, John Bowles Sr to John Bowles Jr, proved by William Barnhill.
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Anderson Harill and Jeany Barnhill
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: John Towell and Hannah Barnhill
- 1816Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Robert Fossett granted to James Barnhill; sureties Robert Murray and Thomas Compton.
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Anderson King and Kitty Barnhill
- 1818Court minutesThe court apprenticed James Madison Haney to James Barnhill for instruction in farming.
Undated
- Court minutesThe nine named petit jurors failed to appear.
- Court minutesJohn Douglass and James Barnhill became road overseers from the courthouse to Pine ford on Haw River.
- Court minutesWill of Tho Barnhill, proved by Geo Fosset.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Margaret Phifer of petty larceny.
- Court minutesRob’t Adam recovered the unpaid bond amount, damages and costs against Charles Christmas; jurors rejected payment and setoff.
- Court minutesDeed, William Eccles Sr to William Eccles Jr, proved by John Barnhill.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Haistings Jr, Thomas Baker, James Mitchel and 26 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Moore, Philip Walker, James Clark and 11 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJurors found John Taylor’s bond to Jacob Lemmon fully paid and discharged.
- Court minutesJurors upheld James McCoy’s promise and awarded William Allen damages and costs.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Augustus Benton’s action against Edmund Shelton.
- Court minutesJurors valued the bond, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Charles R Eaton damages against James Carringtons’s administrators.
- Court minutesFollowing default, William Whitfield received nominal damages and costs against John Allison.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Henry Fossett’s promise and awarded Eli Collins damages and costs.
- Court minutesDeed, William Dorris to Nathan Jenkins, proved by John Barnhill.
- Court minutesAlexander Mebane won damages concerning enslaved Lucy and Nancy; Wm Mebane’s executors undertook payment, and Mebane released Long from t…
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Hogg and Adic principal and interest against Tho Edwards.
- Court minutesJames Hutcheson joined as James Lynch’s executor; the court appointed John Ray surveyor and a viewing jury in James Murray’s case.
- Court minutesJames Murray was nonsuited in his action against James Lynch’s executors.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted John Milleson.
- Court minutesJames Barnhill was excused from jury attendance after giving sworn reasons.
- Court minutesRobert Morrow and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Elizabeth Hall.
- Court minutesDeed, John Barnhill to Wiley Whitehart, proved by James Barnwell.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded James Hastings damages and costs against Henry Hastings.
- Court minutesAfter the court questioned the probate witnesses, a jury rejected the purported will of Jane Lindsy.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded a sales account for Robert Faucett’s estate.
- Court minutesThe court ordered execution against Andrew Faddis’s land after process had been served on the heirs.
