Orange County Indexed
The Braswell surname
The Braswell name in Orange County Indexed: 24 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1783
most named in the 1750s
- Tax lists 1755
- Deeds 1758–1767
- Court minutes 1761
- Wills 1783
- In the chronology
- 1971 to 1979 1 person in 3 entries
- Often named with
- McNeil 2, Mims 2
- Spellings to try
- Boswell, Brashwell, Broadwell, Braswel, Baswell, Branwell
- Search beyond these records
- Braswell 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 Braswell there)
- Braswell 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 1 person
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 24 records
8 deeds, 14 court minutes, 1 tax list entries 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. Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1761Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Lewis Brantley granted to Mary Brantley; sureties John Brantley and Henry Braswell.
- 1764DeedsJoseph Kirk to William Braswell, August 1764
- 1764DeedsWilliam Braswell to Valentine Braswell, November 1764
- 1764DeedsWilliam Braswell to Valentine Braswell, November 1764
- 1767DeedsValentine Braswell to Jesse Lee, May 1767
1780s
- 1783WillsWill of Benjamin Blake
Undated
- Court minutesRichard Braswell received permission to operate a public ferry at his plantation northwest of Cape Fare River; fares were listed.
- Court minutesDeed, Richard Braswell to David Mims.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Robert Patterson’s toward the county line; John Brantley and James Copeland became overseers.
- Court minutesHenry Braswell received a ferry license for Richard Baswell’s former site on Cape Fear River.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road through Henry Braswell’s to Johns(t)on County; Simpson Williams and Richard Cheek became overseers.
- Court minutesWill of Richard Braswell, proved by Henry Braswell.
- Court minutesHugh Kelly brought an action on the case against Valentine Braswell.
- Court minutesEleven named workers were assigned to open and repair the Hodges Ford–Copeland’s Island road under William Riddle.
- Court minutesThirteen jurors were appointed to lay out a road from William Braswell’s ferry on Cape Fare to Hamilton’s store on Crabtree Creek.
- Court minutesValentine Braswell pursued an original attachment against Mary Morris and others.
- Court minutesBenjamin Drummond brought an action on the case against Valentine Braswell.
- Court minutesWilliam Thompson proceeded against William Braswell.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Simon Braswell granted to John Stroud; sureties Charles Christmas and Richard Cates.
