Orange County Indexed
The Blackwell surname
The Blackwell name in Orange County Indexed: 34 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1772 to 1910
most named in the 1870s
- Deeds 1772–1874
- Wills 1822–1829
- Records of enslaved people 1829–1859
- Marriages 1831–1910
- In the chronology
- 1844 to 1955 5 people in 23 entries, most in the 1870s
- In books and archives
- 1 person
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Durham (9), Main Street (4), Pratt Street (3), Mill Creek (1), Great Road (1), Dillard Street (1), W Warehouse Street (1)
- Married into
- Phelps 2, Albert 1, Bartlet 1, Malone 1, Compton 1, Brooks 1, Warren 1, Watts 1, Markham 1, Exum 1, Mcjohnson 1, Lindsey 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Hicks 2, Parker 2, Herndon 2, Carr 2, Day 2
- People with a page here
- Elizabeth Blackwell
- Spellings to try
- Brockwell, Blacknall, Blacknell, Branwell
- Search beyond these records
- Blackwell 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 Blackwell there)
- Blackwell 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 5 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.
- Blackwell, Gordon 2 entries, 1943–1955
- Blackwell, James 1 entry, 1928
- Blackwell, Nancy 2 entries, 1877–1878
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Blackwell, W. T. 17 entries, 1870–1880
Show the 17 entries
- about 1870: Julian S. Carr buys a third of Blackwell and Day's tobacco business at Durham
- June 13, 1871: W. T. Blackwell has rival tobacco maker Wright arrested at Hillsborough in the Durham brand dispute
- by February 14, 1872: W. T. Blackwell's new tobacco warehouse at Durham fills to overflowing
- late October 1873: The Blackwell v. Wright trademark case is moved from Orange to Alamance
- May 1874: The state Press Association's excursion visits Durham's tobacco factories
- October 1878: W. T. Blackwell and Julian S. Carr buy out a partner in W. T. Blackwell & Co.
- late June 1878: W. T. Blackwell & Co. books 93,525 pounds of tobacco orders in a day
- by September 7, 1878: W. T. Blackwell & Co. sends money for yellow fever sufferers
- June 5, 1879: W. T. Blackwell & Co. bring the Royal Arch Masons meeting at Durham to the commencement
- early November 1879: W. T. Blackwell & Co. finishes the brick work on its Durham factory addition
- March 1879: W. T. Blackwell & Co. let the contract for a block of brick stores on Durham's Main Street
- by September 13, 1879: W. T. Blackwell & Co.'s new Durham stores go up with fronts of local stone
- by August 23, 1879: Julian S. Carr connects his office and home by Durham's first telephone
- by July 5, 1879: J. B. Whitaker Jr. opens his own job printing office at Durham
- by February 21, 1880: Blackwell & Co. remodels the Grand Central Hotel at Durham
- June 10, 1880: The Durham Light Infantry and Durham Band parade at the university commencement
- by April 10, 1880: The state Supreme Court upholds the nonsuit in McElwee's case against Blackwell & Co.
- Blackwell, William 1 entry, 1844
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.
In the historical records 34 records
14 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 15 marriages, 1 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. Blackwell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
1820s
- 1822WillsWill of John Bracken
- 1829DeedsThomas Blackwell to Tabitha Ann Hicks & Charles Hicks & Mary Elizabeth Hicks & Mariah Clinton Hicks & William Hicks, 27 March 1829
- 1829Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Thomas Blackwell to Tabitha Ann Hicks, Charles Hicks, Mary Elizabeth Hicks, Mariah Clinton Hicks, William Hicks, 27 March 1829
- 1829WillsWill of Benjamin (x) Wheeley
1830s
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: John Blackwell and Susan Bartlet
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert M Blackwell and Martha Malone
1850s
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: John F Compton and Nancy Lorson Blackwell
- 1859DeedsH Parker to Richard Blackwell, 13 September 1859
- 1859Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): H Parker to Richard Blackwell, 13 September 1859
1860s
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: Albert G Brooks and Sarah A Blackwell
1870s
- 1870DeedsEmma A Lockhart & John S Lockhart to W T Blackwell, 1 November 1870
- 1871DeedsJ W Cheek & R H Cheek to William T Blackwell, 16 May 1871
- 1871DeedsJ R Green estate by executor to William T Blackwell, 31 August 1871
- 1872DeedsW T Blackwell to Isaac N Link, 23 January 1872
- 1873DeedsD E Herndon & M C Herndon to William T Blackwell, 23 April 1873
- 1873DeedsW T Blackwell to Mary Ann E Wood, 18 June 1873
- 1873DeedsW T Blackwell to M C Herndon, 9 July 1873
- 1873DeedsJulian S Carr & W T Blackwell & James R Day to W T Blackwell and Company, 17 September 1873
- 1873DeedsW T Blackwell to James R Day, 1 October 1873
- 1874DeedsDempsey Henderson & Emma Henderson to William T Blackwell, 29 July 1874
- 1874DeedsWilliam H Williard to W T Blackwell & Julian S Carr, 13 September 1874
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: John B Warren and Mary Jane Blackwell
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: Spencer E Watts and Mary F Blackwell
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: William T Blackwell and Emma H Exum
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: John L Markham and Ella B Blackwell
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: Norman Mcjohnson and Bettie Blackwell
1880s
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: James T Albert and J S Blackwell
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Wiat E Phelps and Rosena A Blackwell
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: W D Lindsey and Emma E Blackwell
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: Sidney T Phelps and Alice Blackwell
1900s
- 1909MarriagesMarriage license: G B Blackwell and Lula Burnett
1910s
- 1910MarriagesMarriage license: Saml Evans and Catherine Blackwell
