Orange County Indexed
The Bradshaw surname
The Bradshaw name in Orange County Indexed: 193 historical records, 12 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1907
most named in the 1800s
- Tax lists 1780–1790
- Court minutes 1782–1817
- Wills 1784–1845
- Deeds 1790–1871
- Marriages 1797–1907
- Records of enslaved people 1798–1831
- In the chronology
- 1868 to 1979 12 people in 33 entries, most in the 1940s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1893
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (11), Meadow Creek (8), Wynns Creek (2), Fayetteville Road (2), Durham (2), Wynn Creek (1), Salem Meeting House (1), Salem Presbyterian Church (1)
- Married into
- Teer 3, Morrow 3, Turner 2, Snipes 2, Cates 2, Allen 1, Alston 1, Anderson 1, Atwater 1, Baine 1, Clendennan 1, Clendening 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Thompson 14, Stewart 7, Strudwick 6, Clendenin 5, Smith 4, Roach 4, Steel 3, Sykes 3, Rhodes 3, Clendening 3, Teer 2, Pleasants 2
- People with a page here
- Francis Foster Bradshaw, H. S. Bradshaw
- Spellings to try
- Bradsher, Bratchaw, Bradshaws, Bradshear, Bradshary, Bradshaww
- Search beyond these records
- Bradshaw 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 Bradshaw there)
- Bradshaw 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 12 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.
- Bradshaw, C. M. 1 entry, 1946
- Bradshaw, Francis 3 entries, 1940–1942
- Bradshaw, Francis F. 1 entry, 1939
- Bradshaw, Francis Foster 7 entries, 1924–1943
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Bradshaw, George 3 entries, 1868
- February 1868: Bureau agent James Carle reports five freedmen's day schools and fifty districts without schools in Orange
- August 1868: Freedpeople at Durham's Station buy land and build a school house
- November 30, 1868: Lt. Thomas H. Hay counts about 330 day pupils in Orange County's freedmen's schools
- Bradshaw, George W. 1 entry, 1868
- Bradshaw, H. S. 13 entries, 1879–1918
- Bradshaw, Harvey 1 entry, 1939
- Bradshaw, M. 2 entries, 1924–1925
- Bradshaw, Mary Nash 1 entry, 1905
- Bradshaw, Thomas, Jr. 1 entry, 1978
- Bradshaw, Thomas W., Jr. 2 entries, 1959–1979
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 193 records
47 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 55 marriages, 71 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 9 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. Bradshaw marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1790DeedsSamuel Strudwick to Thomas Bradshaw, 24 October 1790
- 1790Court minutesDeed, Sam’l Strudwick to Tho Bradshaw, proved by James Roach.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Thos. Bradshaw (Caswell District)
- 1794DeedsThomas Bradshaw to Samuel Stewart, 22 November 1794
- 1796Court minutesSamuel Parks Jr recovered principal and damages against Jacob Flowers and Jno Scott; jurors upheld their bond and rejected payment, satis…
- 1797DeedsThomas Bradshaw to Joseph Steel, 26 August 1797
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: James Clendening and Mary Bradshaw
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Fisher Clendennan and Anna Bradshaw
- 1798DeedsLevan Rhodes to Thomas Bradshaw, 5 March 1798
- 1798Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Levan Rhodes to Thomas Bradshaw, 5 March 1798
- 1799DeedsWilliam F Strudwick to Thomas Bradshaw, 9 November 1799
1800s
- 1800Court minutesDeed, Wm F Strudwick to Thomas Bradshaw, proved by Jno Thompson.
- 1800Court minutesJohn Mallery was convicted of assaulting William Kirkland, fined and imprisoned; after an insolvency inquiry, the court ordered his disch…
- 1800Court minutesThe court ordered Ludwick Albright Jr, Eli Harvey, Thomas Holloway and 11 others summoned for jury service.
- 1802DeedsThomas Bradshaw to William Bradshaw, 24 May 1802
- 1804DeedsThomas Bradshaw Sr to William Bradshaw, 14 February 1804
- 1804DeedsWilliam F Strudwick to Thomas Bradshaw, 14 July 1804
- 1804Court minutesDeed, William Strudwick to Thomas Bradshaw, proved by James Clendeni[n].
- 1804WillsWill of Samuel Thompson
- 1805DeedsSamuel Stewart to William Bradshaw Jr, 27 February 1805
- 1805DeedsWilliam Bradshaw Jr to Samuel Stewart, 27 February 1805
- 1807DeedsSilas Clark to William Bradshaw, 12 May 1807
- 1807Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Silas Clark to William Bradshaw, 12 May 1807
- 1807Court minutesAbner Tapp received damages and costs against Wm Bradshaw.
- 1807Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Alex Rhodes principal and damages against John Redman.
- 1807WillsWill of James Crutchfield
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Bradshaw and Anne Turner
- 1809DeedsJames Smith to William Bradshaw Jr, 19 October 1809
- 1809DeedsWilliam Bradshaw Sr to William Bradshaw Jr, 21 November 1809
- 1809DeedsSamuel Stewart & Thomas Bradshaw & Joseph Steel to Salem Meeting House & John Pickard trustee & Samuel Thompson trustee & Samuel Woody trustee & Joseph Thompson trustee & Henry Pickard trustee & Thomas Thompson trustee & William Bradshaw trustee & Salem Presbyterian Church, 13 September 1809
- 1809Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Clendening granted to James Turner and Thomas Bradshaw; sureties Thomas Whithead and Fisher Clenden…
1810s
- 1810Court minutesDeed, William Bradshaw to William Bradshaw Jr, proved by Joseph Clendining.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed James Jones as road overseer.
- 1814Court minutesDeed, Jonathan Thompson to Samuel Thompson, proved by Thomas Bradshaw.
- 1816DeedsThomas Pleasants to William Bradshaw, 3 September 1816
- 1816Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Thomas Pleasants to William Bradshaw, 3 September 1816
- 1817Court minutesWilliam Bradshaw and the other named men were appointed to patrol the captain’s district.
- 1818DeedsWilliam Bradshaw Jr to Luke Teer, 15 April 1818
- 1818DeedsSamuel Thompson to Samuel Bradshaw, 15 April 1818
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: James Bradshaw and Betsey Allen
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: William Clendenin and Jane Bradshaw
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: James Stewart and Letis Bradshaw
1820s
- 1820DeedsAllen Sykes to William Bradshaw Jr, 20 May 1820
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Allen Sykes to William Bradshaw Jr, 20 May 1820
- 1820MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Bradshaw and Sally Sykes
- 1823DeedsWilliam Bradshaw to Thomas Bradshaw, 24 November 1823
- 1823Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Bradshaw to Thomas Bradshaw, 24 November 1823
- 1823MarriagesMarriage bond: William Bradshaw and Nelley Turner
- 1824DeedsWilliam Clendenin to William Bradshaw, 27 August 1824
- 1824DeedsSarah G Roach & William Roach to William Bradshaw, 9 September 1824
- 1824WillsWill of Thomas Lashley
- 1825DeedsWilliam Bradshaw to Robert Thompson, 10 May 1825
- 1825DeedsWilliam Bradshaw to Robert Thompson, 10 May 1825
- 1825DeedsSamuel Rickets to William Bradshaw Jr, 24 August 1825
- 1826DeedsWilliam Bradshaw to Letelia Bradshaw, 8 August 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Bradshaw to Letelia Bradshaw, 8 August 1826
- 1827DeedsJames Clendenin to William Bradshaw, 29 September 1827
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: William Bradshaw and Mary Ann Brewer
- 1827WillsWill of Samuel (x) Stewart
- 1828DeedsJohn Bonner to William Bradshaw, 5 March 1828
- 1828Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Bonner to William Bradshaw, 5 March 1828
1830s
- 1830DeedsThomas Brewer to William Bradshaw, 15 September 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Thomas Brewer to William Bradshaw, 15 September 1830
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew M Steel and Mary Bradshaw
- 1831DeedsWilliam Smith to William Bradshaw, 25 February 1831
- 1831DeedsWilliam G Clendenin to William Bradshaw, 8 August 1831
- 1831Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Smith to William Bradshaw, 25 February 1831
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Bradshaw and Anne Tear
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Loftin Teer and Anne Bradshaw
- 1832DeedsFisher Clendenin & Charles A Clendenin to William Bradshaw, 12 September 1832
- 1834DeedsNorth Carolina to William Bradshaw, 20 January 1834
- 1834DeedsThomas J Anderson to William Bradshaw, 18 October 1834
- 1838DeedsWilliam Bradshaw & Letitia Bradshaw & William Clendenin & Jane Clendenin & Sally Bradshaw & Thomas Bradshaw & Alexander Pickard & Anna Pickard to James Bradshaw heirs, 13 December 1838
- 1839DeedsAnna Pickard & Alexander Pickard by attorney to William S Bradshaw, 5 August 1839
1840s
- 1841DeedsThomas Bradshaw to John Newlin trustee, 20 February 1841
- 1841DeedsPinkney Sykes to Sally Bradshaw, 22 November 1841
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: Madeson Philips and Ellan Bradshaw
- 1841WillsWill of Thomas Thompson
- 1842DeedsStephen Glass to William Bradshaw, 6 July 1842
- 1843DeedsJohn Crutchfield to Samuel Bradshaw trustee & William Bradshaw & Henry Crutchfield, 22 May 1843
- 1843MarriagesMarriage bond: David Moore and Mary Ann Bradshaw
- 1844WillsWill of Thomas Brewer
- 1845DeedsThomas Bradshaw Sr to Joseph C Bradshaw, 4 August 1845
- 1845DeedsThomas Bradshaw Sr to Joseph C Bradshaw, 31 July 1845
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Bradshaw and Eliza Baine
- 1845WillsWill of William (x) Hopson
- 1846DeedsRichard Teer to William Bradshaw, 1 January 1846
- 1847DeedsJoseph Bradshaw to Johnson Turner, 20 March 1847
- 1847DeedsSamuel H Turrentine & W Bradshaw & Joseph Holt to State of North Carolina, 23 February 1847
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Richard Teer and Nancy Ann Bradshaw
- 1848DeedsRobert Thompson to William Bradshaw, 17 November 1848
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: John W Snipes and Sarah J Bradshaw
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: William L Bradshaw and Margaret L Stockard
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: John Teer and Elizabeth Bradshaw
1850s
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas P Bradshaw and Sarah Jane Maner
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas R Bradshaw and Ann E Anderson
- 1861MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Bradshaw and Mary J Workman
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: Wellington Bradshaw and Margaret Hill
- 1868MarriagesMarriage bond: William Bradshaw and Allice Faucett
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: Joseph Bradshaw and Julia Ann Snipes
1870s
- 1870DeedsManerva Fowler to George W Bradshaw, 31 May 1870
- 1871DeedsCaroline Morris & R F Morris to George W Bradshaw, 16 August 1871
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: John M Morris and Mary E Bradshaw
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: Green Bradshaw and Bettie Morrow
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: Peter W Cates and Maggie M Bradshaw
1880s
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Henry Bradshaw and Harriet Webb
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Frank Morrow and Martha Bradshaw
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: James Porterfield and Fanny Bradshaw
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Warner Stroud and Martha Bradshaw
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: John B Mccauley and Martitia E Bradshaw
- 1884MarriagesMarriage license: Graham Bradshaw and Mary Morrow
- 1884MarriagesMarriage license: William J Poythress and Nancy A Bradshaw
- 1884MarriagesMarriage license: Hugh Thompson and Laura Bradshaw
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: Thadeus K Jones and Susan Bradshaw
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: G E Redmond and Artelia F Bradshaw
- 1888MarriagesMarriage license: Paul D Lea and M A Bradshaw
- 1889MarriagesMarriage license: Nathan Bradshaw and Neely Cameron
1890s
- 1891MarriagesMarriage license: John W Bradshaw and Cora Smith
- 1891MarriagesMarriage license: James Shanklin and Laura Bradshaw
- 1892MarriagesMarriage license: Thomas Breeze and Christana Bradshaw
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: Wm Alston and Susan Bradshaw
- 1894MarriagesMarriage license: W J Edwards and Maggie Bradshaw
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: Luther Bradshaw and Emma Lloyd
- 1897MarriagesMarriage license: H S Bradshaw and Mary N Yonge
- 1899MarriagesMarriage license: Solomon Bradshaw and Betty Roundtree
- 1899MarriagesMarriage license: W Ed Bradshaw and Della Atwater
1900s
- 1900MarriagesMarriage license: Jerry Woods and Teasha Bradshaw
- 1901MarriagesMarriage license: David A Skenes and Bell Bradshaw
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: Willie Cates and Lilly Bradshaw
- 1904MarriagesMarriage license: Ruffin Bradshaw and Hattie Camble
- 1907MarriagesMarriage license: Otis Bradshaw and Lizzie Kirkpatrick
Undated
- Court minutesTwenty-eight named people took the allegiance oath (Wm. Armstrong, Wm. McClellan, James Watson, Joseph Chittenson).
- Court minutesNine named people took the allegiance oath (Simon Adamson, Sam'l. Thompson, Timothy Nucombe, Benj. Nicholson).
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe record listed the remaining original-panel jurors.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Wm Clark, Jno Nichols, James Faucit and 33 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Jno Thompson, Christopher Barbee, James Thompson and 11 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey a route from William Galbreaths’s ferry through Joseph Hodges’s property to the university.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Rich’d Bennehan, Tho Armstrong, Isaac Jackson and 27 others for August court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesJoseph Nicks was nonsuited in his appeal against Warham Glenn.
- Court minutesDaniel Cloud won damages and costs against John Taylor on appeal.
- Court minutesFollowing default, the jury assessed James Elliott’s damages and costs against Alexander Hatch.
- Court minutesJames Godfrey won damages against Matthew McCauley; the jury rejected setoff and limitation defenses.
- Court minutesThe jury found no payment or setoff in Elisha and Jno N Reid’s executorship proceeding against Andrew Burke and Samuel Benton.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld Reuben and James Burrows’s bond, found a partial payment and land sale, and rejected release in Jonah Warren’s action.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Jacob Cable of trespass.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Frederick Williams of assault.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Thompson, Thomas Bradshaw, Samuel Steward and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Ray, Samuel Clenney, Thomas Bradshaw and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Bradshaw to Joseph Steel, proved by Charles Christmas.
- Court minutesThe court bound Nancy Roach, James Roach’s child, to Wm Bradshaw Jr.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Nunn, Wm Kirkland, Benjamin Rhodes Sr and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Hodge, James Milliken, Joseph Clendennin and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesWm Littlejohn and surviving partners were nonsuited against Wm McKee; the court fined absent witness John McLellan.
- Court minutesWm Littlejohn and surviving partners were nonsuited against Wm McKee; the court fined absent witness John McLellan.
- Court minutesJames Coghlin recovered damages and costs against administrator James Moore; jurors found available estate assets and rejected setoff and…
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Leaven Rhodes to Thomas Bradshaw, proved by John Thompson.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Willis Cooper of assault.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned Richard Bennehan, Thomas Latta, Allen Cain and 26 others summoned for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Rich’d Bennehan, Thomas Bradshaw, William Paris and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Bradshaw to William Bradshaw, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Robert Faucett, John Willson, Thomas Bradshaw and 11 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Hardy Hurdle, Thomas Robinson, John Murray and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesWilliam Bradshaw received an allowance for patrol service during the previous year.
- Court minutesDeed, James Smith to William Bradshaw, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Shaw, Thomas Lloyd, Morgan Hart and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Palmer, Robert McCray, Alexander Russel and 22 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Daniel Cloud, Andrew McCrory, James Sheppard and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Riley, James Johnston, Abram Parker and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Wm Bradshaw granted to Joseph Clendening; sureties Thomas Bradshaw.
- Court minutesJohn Thompson and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Anne Bradshaw.
- Court minutesBenjamin Person was nonsuited after failing to appear against John Redmond.
- Court minutesThe jury decided Isaac Holden’s action in favor of John Brown.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded William Warren damages and costs against John D Carrington.
- Court minutesWilliam Anderson became guardian of John Anderson.
- Court minutesThe jury found recognizance breaches; the court imposed recovery against Robert Clinton and reduced discharge amounts for Geo Carrington…
- Court minutesJoseph Clendening and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Salley Stewart.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed James Roach to William Bradshaw 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…
- Court minutesThe jury awarded James Hastings damages and costs against Henry Hastings.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Hugh Mulhollan granted to Hugh Mulhollan; sureties George Johnston and William Bradshaw.
- Court minutesAfter the court questioned the probate witnesses, a jury rejected the purported will of Jane Lindsy.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded a sales account for Fisher Clendining’s estate.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Edward Robson’s action against Pleasant Henderson.
- Court minutesThe jury found Isaac Rhew guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury convicted Fredrick Taylor, Enos Taylor and William Bradshaw on the last count and acquitted them on the first.
- Court minutesThomas Bradshaw received permission to operate a tavern at the stated residence.