Orange County Indexed
The Branch surname
The Branch name in Orange County Indexed: 5 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1812 to 1898
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1812
- Wills 1818
- Marriages 1848–1898
- Deeds 1874
- In the chronology
- 1797 to 1990 7 people in 16 entries, most in the 1960s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1820
- Places in its deeds and wills
- William A B Branch (1), Durham (1)
- Married into
- Waddell 1, Long 1 · the marriages
- People with a page here
- Lawrence O'B. Branch
- Search beyond these records
- Branch 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 Branch there)
- Branch 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 7 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.
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Branch, J. A. 4 entries, 1960–1969
Show the 4 entries
- 1960–1994: Caring for the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, 1960–1994
- November 11, 1960: The university's attorney finds the trustees never deeded the cemetery to the town
- by February 24, 1966: The state deeds six acres of Victory Village land for a medical research building
- April 11, 1969: University Food Services raises its prices 12 percent and keeps Chase Cafeteria closed
- Branch, J. Arthur 1 entry, 1953
- Branch, John 2 entries, 1797–1808
- Branch, Joseph 2 entries, 1985–1986
- Branch, Lawrence O'B. 3 entries, 1855–1860
- Branch, Taylor 3 entries, 1965–1990
- Branch, Waverly 1 entry, 1957
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 5 records
1 deeds, 2 marriages, 1 court minutes and 1 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. Branch marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1810s
- 1812Court minutesThe jury awarded William S Branch damages and costs against John Cate (of Milley).
- 1818WillsWill of Roger Hancock
1840s
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: J F Branch and Frances L Waddell
1870s
1890s
- 1898MarriagesMarriage license: Graham Long and Jennie Branch