Orange County Indexed
The Bryan surname
The Bryan name in Orange County Indexed: 49 historical records, 11 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1909
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Court minutes 1779–1806
- Deeds 1784–1848
- Marriages 1784–1909
- Wills 1818–1827
- In the chronology
- 1824 to 1995 11 people in 35 entries, most in the 1990s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1860
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (4), Great Road (1), S Hico Creek (1), Back Creek (1), Whitteds Creek (1), Little River (1)
- Married into
- Baker 1, Blanchet 1, Steel 1, Robinson 1, Neely 1, Eason 1, Rider 1, Cook 1, Paylor 1, Webb 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Roney 2, Means 2
- People with a page here
- Shepard Bryan, William Jennings Bryan
- Spellings to try
- Bryant, Brian, Bryen, Bryans
- Search beyond these records
- Bryan 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 Bryan there)
- Bryan 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 11 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.
- Bryan, A. Hughes 1 entry, 1946
- Bryan, D. R. 1 entry, 1993
- Bryan, H. R. 1 entry, 1893
- Bryan, Harry 1 entry, 1971
- Bryan, J. A. 1 entry, 1884
- Bryan, James 2 entries, 1972
- Bryan, James W. 1 entry, 1824
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Bryan, Jay 19 entries, 1971–1995
Show the 19 entries
- 1971–1992: Carrboro's town government, 1971–1992
- 1979–1989: Town elections and bond votes, 1979–1989
- 1983–1993: Carrboro’s attempts at local historic districts, 1983–1993
- September 25, 1984: Carrboro aldermen vote 4-3, the mayor breaking a tie, for the Carr Street route of the Franklin Street extension
- 1984: The Franklin Street extension fight in Carrboro, 1984
- November 3, 1987: Eleanor Kinnaird unseats Mayor Jim Porto, and Carrboro elects Jay Bryan, Frances Shetley and Randy Marshall aldermen
- spring 1988: Carrboro bans communal septic tanks
- 1988–1991: Carrboro’s community recreation center, 1988–1991
- 1990–1994: Gun rules in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and at UNC, 1990–1994
- September 3, 1991: Carrboro aldermen put a $2.15 million recreation center bond on the ballot
- November 5, 1991: Carrboro re-elects aldermen Jay Bryan, Frances Shetley and Randy Marshall as Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird runs unopposed
- 1991: The 1991 town elections in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- February 4, 1992: Carrboro aldermen defeat a plan to annex five unincorporated holes inside the town
- March 24, 1992: Carrboro aldermen reject a ban on panhandling
- February 9, 1993: Carrboro aldermen fall one vote short of creating local historic districts
- November 15, 1993: Carrboro's new gun-control study committee holds its first meeting
- early October 1994: Carrboro's aldermen begin sending neighbor disputes to mediation
- October 11, 1994: Carrboro's aldermen decide to form their own advisory board on the Horace Williams tract
- December 5, 1995: Mike Nelson is sworn in as mayor of Carrboro
- Bryan, John H. 2 entries, 1846–1850
- Bryan, William J. 2 entries, 1900–1908
- Bryan, William Jennings 4 entries, 1896–1915
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 49 records
10 deeds, 11 marriages, 22 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 2 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. Bryan marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Bryan granted to John Bryan; sureties Eli McDaniel and James Elliot.
- 1779Court minutesThomas Bryan’s estate inventory was returned.
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Bryan John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Bryan James
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Bryan, Jno (Caswell District)
- 1784DeedsThomas Means to James Bryan, 18 August 1784
- 1784MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Bryan and Margaret Steel
- 1784Court minutesDeed, Thomas Means to James Bryan.
- 1786Court minutesThe court apprenticed Wm. Clifton to William Bryan until age 21.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury found James B Horn’s action against Ro Abercrombie barred by the limitation statute.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury found that Mark Patterson executed the deed at issue in the surviving partners’ action.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury found for James Currey against Jackson and Collins; an appeal was requested.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno Allison £61.18.6 in damages plus costs against Burks’s executors.
- 1787Court minutesWhitney won £18.1.6 plus costs; the court required proof of Ross’s offsetting account and appointed five men to settle their accounts by…
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Saml Allen £24.17 in damages plus costs against Jno Sturges.
- 1789Court minutesThe Governor obtained tax-arrears judgment against the sheriff and sureties, dischargeable through the recorded payment terms (Isaac Brya…
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: James Bryan (Orange District)
- 1792DeedsJohn Kelly to Edward Bryan, 25 December 1792
- 1794DeedsJohn Trousdale to William Bryan, 27 October 1794
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Bryan and Polly Baker
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed Absalum Hunt as road overseer.
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Bryan Sr as road overseer.
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: James Bryan and Catharine Robinson
- 1798DeedsWilliam Bryan to Jenney Bryan, 27 April 1798
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: James Bryan and Elizabeth Neely
- 1799DeedsWilliam Bryan to Benjamin Roney, 24 September 1799
- 1799DeedsWilliam Bryan to David Bryan, 24 September 1799
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: John Eason and Peggy Bryan
- 1806Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Roney Sr to Benjamin Roney Jr, proved by David Bryan.
1810s
- 1811DeedsSamuel Bryan to William Carnal, 24 August 1811
- 1818WillsWill of Stephen White
1820s
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: William Bryan and Nancy Rider
- 1822DeedsDavid Bryan to Thomas Taylor, 13 November 1822
- 1827WillsWill of Benjamin (x) Roney
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: James Bryan and Martha Blanchet
1830s
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry C Cook and Mary Bryan
1840s
1880s
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Herman Bryan and Ella G Bryan
1900s
- 1909MarriagesMarriage license: Robie Bryan and Josephine Paylor
Undated
- MarriagesMarriage bond: John Webb and Elizabeth Bryan
- Court minutesA nonsuit was entered in Wm Trice’s debt action against Wm Merrit.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno Cocke £100 plus costs against Jno M Whitney.
- Court minutesDeed, James Bryan to John Orrind, proved by Richard Hargraves.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Benjamin Roaney as road overseer, replacing Wm Bryan.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Henry Hamlin?’s promise and awarded John Stroud damages; an appeal was allowed with approved securities.
- Court minutesJames Bryan’s fine for missing additional-juror attendance was remitted after his affidavit.
- Court minutesJurors rejected setoff and awarded John Ferrington damages against Sam’l Love’s administrator.
- Court minutesDeed, Daniel Baldridge to Wm Baldridge, proved by James Bryan.