Orange County Indexed
The Cains surname
The Cains name in Orange County Indexed: 10 historical records.
- In the records
- 1784 to 1798
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1784–1798
- Spellings to try
- Caine, Caines, Cairns
- Search beyond these records
- Cains 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 Cains there)
- Cains 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 historical records 10 records
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. Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1784Court minutesAlex Rhodes proceeded against T. Cains.
1790s
- 1791Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Holden as road overseer, replacing Jno Cain.
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed William Trice as road overseer.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Josiah Warren as road overseer, replacing Jno Cates.
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Robert Jun. & Ann Abercromby to Wm. Timothy Cains.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Caine as road overseer, replacing John Latta.
- Court minutesThe court appointed George Carrington as road overseer, replacing Mathew Cate.
- Court minutesThe court listed workers and providers of labor for the road from Canes to an uncertain former residence (Holden).
- Court minutesThe court appointed Isaac Holden as road overseer, replacing Anthony Doherty.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Lewis as road overseer.
