Orange County Indexed
The Bell surname
The Bell name in Orange County Indexed: 58 historical records, 10 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1765 to 1894
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1765–1874
- Wills 1775–1800
- Marriages 1785–1894
- Court minutes 1788–1811
- Records of enslaved people 1793–1817
- In the chronology
- 1804 to 2021 10 people in 20 entries, most in the 1960s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (2), Stones Creek (2), Alamance Creek (1), Stinking Quarter Creek (1), Cobbs Creek (1), Hico Creek (1), S Hico Creek (1), Cane Creek (1)
- Married into
- Ashe 1, Haywood 1, Minchew 1, Gray 1, Berry 1, Lee 1, Neal 1, Hunter 1, Thompson 1, Laws 1, Law 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Shepherd 3, Shepperd 3, Atkinson 2, Mebane 2, Lytle 2, McCauley 2, Sharp 2, Berry 2, Campbell 2, Taylor 2, Nash 2
- People with a page here
- James M. (James Munsie) Bell, James Munsie Bell
- Search beyond these records
- Bell 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 Bell there)
- Bell 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 10 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.
- Bell, Al 2 entries, 1939–1940
- Bell, B. H. 2 entries, 1880
- Bell, C. Ritchie 3 entries, 1966–1967
- Bell, Cecil E. 1 entry, 1955
- Bell, David 1 entry, 1984
- Bell, Derrick 1 entry, 1960
- Bell, J. Y. 1 entry, 1952
- Bell, James Munsie 7 entries, 1918–1934
- Bell, Mark 1 entry, 2021
- Bell, Robert 1 entry, 1804
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.
- Bell family family, 1 work
In the historical records 58 records
16 deeds, 6 records of enslaved people, 11 marriages, 21 court minutes and 4 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. Bell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
1780s
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Bell and Polly Haywood
- 1785WillsBond: Archibald Latta
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a one-penny verdict plus costs in Sampson’s action against Bell.
- 1789DeedsArchibald Lytle to William Mebane & William McCauley & Matthew McCauley & Alexander Mebane Jr & William Bell & James Mebane & Antony Sharp, 20 August 1789
- 1789Court minutesDeed of Mortgage, Arch’d Lytle to Wm Mebane & Wm McCauley & Mathew McCauley & Alex Mebane Jr & Wm Bell & James Mebane & Anthony Sharp, pr…
1790s
- 1793Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Graham Bell to William Nash, 20 April 1793
- 1793WillsBill of sale: Graham Bell to William Nash
- 1797DeedsRobert Bell to William Shepherd, 26 November 1797
- 1797Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Robert Bell to William Shepherd, 26 November 1797
- 1797Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Robert Bell to William Shepherd, 26 November 1797
- 1797Court minutesDeed, William Shepperd Commissioner of the Trustees [of UNC] to Henry Hunt, proved by Robert Bell.
- 1798Court minutesDeed, James Coughlin to Wm Duffy, proved by Robert Bell.
- 1799Court minutesDeed, Dickens & Waite to Anthony Rickets, proved by Robert Bell.
1800s
- 1800DeedsWilliam Bell to Ludwick Albright, 10 April 1800
- 1800WillsWill of Joseph Courtney
- 1805DeedsRobert Bell to Betsey Bell Jr, 4 September 1805
- 1805Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Robert Bell to Betsey Bell Jr, 4 September 1805
- 1805Court minutesJurors upheld Robert Bell’s promise, rejected payment, setoff and satisfaction and awarded William Brickell damages.
- 1805Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Washington D Medearis principal and damages against Robert Bell.
- 1809Court minutesMorgan Hart’s and Robert Bell’s laborers were assigned to John Taylor’s road work.
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Enoch McPherson as road overseer.
- 1812DeedsEgbert Bell to Elizabeth Bell & Sarah Bell, 8 September 1812
- 1812Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Egbert Bell to Elizabeth Bell, Sarah Bell, 8 September 1812
- 1817DeedsJohn H Bell to Henry Bell & Sarah Bell, 29 August 1817
- 1817Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John H. Bell to Mary Bell, Henry Bell, Sarah Bell, 14 July 1817
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Ashe and Eliza S Bell
1820s
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: Jordan Bell and Sucky Minchew
1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: Benjamin H Bell and Caroline Berry
1870s
- 1872DeedsCarrie Bell & Amanda Haughawant & Cicero Berry & Lizzie Berry & John Berry & Maria Berry to Benjamin H Bell, 31 January 1872
- 1873DeedsB H Bell & Carrie Bell to John W Proctor, 11 December 1873
- 1873DeedsElizabeth Berry & John Berry to Caroline Bell, 18 November 1873
- 1874DeedsWilliam J Crabtree to Benjamin H Bell, 24 October 1874
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Joseph Bell and Mary Jane Lee
1880s
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: James E Bell and Nancy E Neal
- 1888MarriagesMarriage license: L J Hunter and Clara E Bell
1890s
- 1890MarriagesMarriage license: Robt Thompson and Amanda Bell
- 1891MarriagesMarriage license: T B Laws and Lillian Bell
- 1894MarriagesMarriage license: S J Law and Anna Bell
Undated
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from John Roberson’s toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill; William Lea became overseer.
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned the road from John Roberson’s shop toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill under William Lea.
- Court minutesJohn Bell replaced Timothy Murphy as road overseer.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Robert Bell to Wm Shepperd, proved by Charles Christmas.
- Court minutesJurors found an unperformed covenant and awarded Isaac Mordicai principal and interest against Robert Bell.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded surviving partner Jacob Green principal and interest against Robert Bell.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Catlet Campbell principal and interest against Robert Bell.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Wm Kirkland principal and interest against Robert Bell.
- Court minutesDaniel Cloud and his wife were nonsuited against Henry Neal and others; on Robert Bell’s motion the court reinstated the case, charging p…
- Court minutesThe jury found sufficient unadministered assets and awarded Wm F Thompson damages; Fredrick Taylor and Owen Lindly secured a stay of exec…
- Court minutesDeed, Egbert Bell to Elizabeth Bell & others, proved by Joel Sterling?.
- Court minutesDeed of Gift, John H Bell to Henry & Sarah Bell, proved by Wm Shepperd.
