Orange County Indexed
The Box surname
The Box name in Orange County Indexed: 13 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1783 to 1818
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1783–1818
- Marriages 1785–1812
- In the chronology
- 1958 to 1966 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1950s
- Married into
- Pannell 1, Woods 1, Griffin 1 · the marriages
- Search beyond these records
- Box 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 Box there)
- Box 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.
In the historical records 13 records
3 marriages and 10 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Box marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1783Court minutesSarah Box proved the returned account of Wm. Bolton’s estate.
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Box and Mary Pannell
1800s
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Box and Nelly Woods
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed William Morrow as road overseer.
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: James Box and Barbary Griffin
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm M Ballard damages and costs against Wyatt Ballard.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Isaac Holden damages and costs against Squire Shearman.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Horton.
- 1816Court minutesJohn Street was nonsuited in his action against Samuel Box.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded George Clancy and Co damages against James Box.
Undated
- Court minutesJames Ball became overseer from Cain Creek to Meadow Meeting House, with hands Jos. Stalsworth, Wm. Rea, Jno. Rea and 22 others assigned.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed James Currence Pinnel to Sam’l Box for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesJosiah Turner and Thomas Thompson denied owing John Street money and were discharged as garnishees; Thompson identified open accounts in…