Orange County Indexed
The Blake surname
The Blake name in Orange County Indexed: 67 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1899
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1755–1853
- Court minutes 1780–1809
- Wills 1783–1843
- Records of enslaved people 1785
- Marriages 1808–1899
- In the chronology
- 1879 to 1979 9 people in 34 entries, most in the 1970s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- New Hope Creek (5), Chapel Hill (4), Bolin Creek (2), Back Street (2), Great Branch (2), Crabtree Creek (1), Franklin Street (1), Fayetteville Road (1)
- Married into
- Durham 2, Riley 1, Jinkins 1, Hargis 1, Burgess 1, Hutchins 1, Morris 1, Latta 1, Nichols 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Massey 8, Scott 3, Trice 3, Phillips 3, McCullers 2, Cain 2, Jones 2
- Spellings to try
- Blakes, Blare, Brake
- Search beyond these records
- Blake 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 Blake there)
- Blake 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 9 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.
- Blake, Charles 1 entry, 1956
- Blake, Charles H. 2 entries, 1962
- Blake, Eubie 1 entry, 1979
- Blake, John C. 1 entry, 1879
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Blake, W. D. 11 entries, 1960–1971
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- September 1960: Chapel Hill's aldermen adopt an ordinance that regulates and protects pickets
- February 10, 1964: Chapel Hill aldermen vote to limit picketing to daytime hours
- November 10, 1964: Chapel Hill Exchange Club gives Police Chief W. D. Blake its Book of Golden Deeds award
- November 1966: Chapel Hill's police force numbers 31 men
- October 19, 1969: Fires set in four UNC classroom buildings damage Peabody Hall
- December 5, 1969: Chapel Hill withdraws its police from the campus during the cafeteria strike
- 1970: Chapel Hill police drug arrests nearly double in a year
- April 10, 1970: The University drops a disruption case after Chapel Hill police decline to testify
- April 6, 1970: Police Chief Blake asks the aldermen for a narcotics squad as drug arrests climb
- October 25, 1971: Chapel Hill aldermen back police plans to ticket bicyclists
- October 1, 1971: Police arrest 48 people in a night of drug raids centered on Chapel Hill
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Blake, William 4 entries, 1971–1974
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- April 13, 1971: Firebombs damage a Carrboro natural foods store, a Franklin Street furniture store and Chapel Hill High School
- March 25, 1971: About 400 people march on Franklin Street the night the Cates defendants are acquitted
- December 26-30, 1972: A Baltimore police officer studies the Chapel Hill Police Department
- by April 1, 1974: Chapel Hill police report nine rapes and nine attempted rapes in seven months
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Blake, William D. 14 entries, 1958–1975
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- July 14, 1958: Chapel Hill aldermen name William D. Blake police chief
- April 9, 1968: An explosion in the Carolina Grill is called probable arson
- April 5, 1968: Chapel Hill police ask downtown merchants to close early after King's assassination
- January 9, 1968: Chapel Hill police begin carrying chemical spray
- February 1, 1968: Chapel Hill police begin ticketing motorcyclists without helmets
- April 13, 1971: Firebombs damage a Carrboro natural foods store, a Franklin Street furniture store and Chapel Hill High School
- March 25, 1971: About 400 people march on Franklin Street the night the Cates defendants are acquitted
- July 1, 1971: Street vendors protest the vending ban on Franklin Street, and Mayor Lee heads off arrests
- 1972–2006: Chapel Hill's town managers, 1972–2006
- October 7 and 21, 1974: Chapel Hill aldermen reorganize the town administration under two assistant town managers
- January 10, 1975: Chapel Hill police photograph the High Noon gathering at the University's request
- February 17, 1975: The Now Book Store, an adults-only shop, opens on West Franklin Street
- 1975–1994: Chapel Hill's police chiefs and the public safety department, 1975–1994
- March 26, 1975: Chapel Hill names Sidney M. Hilliard police chief
- Blake, William Dee 2 entries, 1964–1978
- Blake, William W. 1 entry, 1960
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.
- Blake family family, 1 work
In the historical records 67 records
16 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 10 marriages, 32 court minutes, 4 tax list entries 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. Blake marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Blake Benjamin
1780s
- 1780Court minutesBenj. Rhodes and Benj. Blake were exempted from jury duty.
- 1783Court minutesWill of Benj. Blake, proved by James Trice & Wm. Trice.
- 1783Court minutesJones Blake returned the inventory of Benj. Blake’s estate.
- 1783WillsWill of Benjamin Blake
- 1784Court minutesJurors Jos. Stalworth, Robt. Nelson, Rich'd. Christmas and 26 others were appointed for next court.
- 1784Court minutesSeven named workers were assigned to the road under Nicholas Davis.
- 1785Records of enslaved peopleMortgage: Asa Blake to James Blake, 25 November 1785
- 1785Court minutesBenj. Blake’s administrator with will annexed was ordered to sell enough perishable estate to discharge debts and legacies due.
- 1785WillsBond: Asa Blake
- 1787DeedsBenjamin Blake to John Scott, 5 February 1787
- 1787DeedsBenjamin Blake to John Scott, 5 February 1787
- 1788DeedsNorth Carolina to Benjamin Blake, 10 July 1788
- 1788Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Blake to Jno Scott, proved by Nich’l Perry.
- 1789Court minutesThe court referred the Blake administrators’ accounts and vouchers to Jones and Humphreys for examination and a report next term.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Blake to Robert Campbell, proved by Edward Trice.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Isham Blake (Hillsborough District)
- 1791Court minutesTignal Jones submitted the assigned accounting report concerning Benjamin Blake’s estate, its administrators and Jones.
- 1793DeedsAbijah Massey to Isham Blake, 1793
1800s
- 1800Court minutesThe court appointed Isham Blake as road overseer, replacing Tho Marcum.
- 1801DeedsEnoch Massey to Isham Blake, 20 March 1801
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Meredith Blake and Tempe Riley
- 1809Court minutesThe jury awarded Sarah Blake nominal damages and costs against Arch’d Reeves.
- 1809Court minutesThe jury found Archibald Reeves liable and awarded damages; an appeal was requested with Henry Thompson Jr and Daniel Turrentine as suret…
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: John Jinkins and Nancy Blake
- 1816DeedsEdward Robson to John Blake, 24 August 1816
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: William Blake and Sally Hargis
1820s
1830s
- 1831DeedsThomas H Taylor to Sarah Blake, 1 February 1831
- 1831WillsWill of Lydia (x) Dillard
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: John Blake and Nancy Burgess
1840s
1850s
1860s
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: John R Morris and Ann R Blake
1870s
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: George Latta and Edney Blake
1880s
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: Toby Durham and Amesia Blake
1890s
- 1890MarriagesMarriage license: M V Blake and Ida W Nichols
- 1899MarriagesMarriage license: Gasten Blake and Arlena Durham
Undated
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Joshua Ambrose Smith granted to John Spann; sureties Benjamin Blake and Benjamin Saxon.
- Court minutesSeventeen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Johnsons Line to Cape Fare Road; Christopher Barbee became overseer.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were charged.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of William Acock granted to James Acock; sureties Benjamin Blake and Williams.
- Court minutesBenjamin Blake became overseer from John Boothe’s to the Chatham County line.
- Court minutesSimon Brygil(?) was appointed overseer from Thos. Cappers to his house, with six named workers.
- Court minutesThirty-one printed juror names were listed for the next county court on the fourth Monday in November.
- Court minutesTwenty-nine named men were appointed to attend next court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned eighteen jurors, headed by Sackville Brewer; they received their charge, with Stephen Madden as constable.
- Court minutesThirty named jurors were appointed to attend court.
- Court minutesAn addition to Benj. Blake’s estate inventory was recorded.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were listed, with Andrew Murdoch as foreman.
- Court minutesBethany Blake chose Henry Massey as guardian, with Richard Massey and Archibald Cain as securities for £300.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Ben Blake granted to Henry Massey and Thomas Phillips; sureties Robt. Abercrombie and Arch. Cain.
- Court minutesThos. Phillips and Henry Massey delivered an inventory of Benj. and Jones Blake’s estate.
- Court minutesDeed, Benj. Blake to Wm. Malcolm, proved by Littleberry Grisham.
- Court minutesJno Allison, John Estes and Thomas Oniell were assigned to settle Henry Massey’s guardianship accounts for Bethana Blake.
- Court minutesArch’d Reeves, charged as reputed father, was ordered to pay Nancy Blake child support in installments.
