Orange County Indexed
The Baxter surname
The Baxter name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1778 to 1828
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1778–1798
- Tax lists 1779–1780
- Marriages 1781–1828
- In the chronology
- 1784 to 1979 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1780s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1915
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Three Mile Branch (3), Reeds Creek (1), Baxters Creek (1), Mile Branch (1)
- Married into
- Ashley 1, Witte 1, Jenkins 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Lingo 2
- People with a page here
- Walter Baxter
- Search beyond these records
- Baxter 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 Baxter there)
- Baxter 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 2 people
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.
- Baxter, Bill 1 entry, 1979
- Baxter, Nancy 2 entries, 1784–1810
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.
- Baxter, Walter, 1915- 1 work
In the historical records 18 records
6 deeds, 3 marriages, 6 court minutes and 3 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Baxter marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1778DeedsPeter Writeman to Sherman Baxter, 14 March 1778
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Baxter James
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Baxter German
1780s
1790s
1820s
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Clarence Ashley and Rebecca Baxter
Undated
- Court minutesFourteen named jurors were appointed for Hillsborough District Superior Court on April first.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter Writisman to German Baxter.
- Court minutesTwenty-six people were ordered summoned for the next Hillsborough county court.
- Court minutesJames Mebane replaced Sam’l. Nelson as overseer from Col. Mebane’s to the branch between Rob. Nelson’s and Jerman Baxter’s old place.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Laws as road overseer.
- Court minutesDeed, James Baxter to Wm Lingo, proved by Ruebin Baxter.
