Orange County Indexed
The Cantril surname
The Cantril name in Orange County Indexed: 31 historical records.
- In the records
- 1756 to 1807
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1756–1796
- Court minutes 1759–1765
- Wills 1790–1807
- Marriages 1795
- Records of enslaved people 1806
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Jordans Creek (1)
- Married into
- Robbs 1, Moring 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Granville 3, Morrow 2, Robbs 2
- Spellings to try
- Cantrill, Cantrel, Cantral, Cantrile
- Search beyond these records
- Cantril 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 Cantril there)
- Cantril 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 31 records
8 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 18 court minutes 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. Cantril marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Isaac Cantril, December 1756
- 1759DeedsIsaac Cantril to John Cantril, March 1759
- 1759Court minutesA jury was appointed to lay out Hogan’s Creek road to Orange Courthouse, with John Cantril and Wm. Savage overseeing it.
- 1759Court minutesBenjamin Cantril proved funeral and attendance charges against Andrew Culbertson’s estate.
1760s
- 1761DeedsEarl Granville to Joseph Cantril, February 1761
- 1761DeedsRobert Cate Sr to Isaac Cantril, August 1761
- 1765DeedsEarl Granville to Isaac Cantril, August 1765
- 1765DeedsJohn Cantril to William Jones, November 1765
- 1765Court minutesJohn Murrow replaced John Cantril as road overseer.
- 1768DeedsIsaac Cantril to Henry Pickett Jr, April 1768
1790s
- 1790WillsWill of Jacob Cantrell
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin Cantril and Sophiah Robbs
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Cantril and Betsey Moring
- 1796DeedsZebedee Cantril to Connally Walker, 6 October 1796
1800s
- 1806Records of enslaved peopleWill or bequest: Alexander Robbs to Benjamin Cantril, 18 October 1806
- 1807WillsWill of Alexander (x) Robbs
Undated
- Court minutesJames Cary brought a debt claim against John Cantril.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Daniel McCullom’s plantation to Taylors Road; Benjamin King and John Cantril became overseers.
- Court minutesNamed men and their taxables, with inhabitants of adjoining districts, were ordered to work on the James Cantril–Taylor’s Road connection.
- Court minutesHenry Cobb became Lower Town Road overseer from Country Line to John Cantril’s, assisted by workers on Country Line waters.
- Court minutesThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Stephen Cantril.
- Court minutesSixteen grand jurors were called and sworn with John Powell as foreman.
- Court minutesEleven jurors were appointed to lay out the road through Tinnings mill and Crow’s ford to Cape Fare Road and report.
- Court minutesJohn Morrow replaced John Cantril as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the grand jury panel, with William Thompson as foreman; the jurors received their charge and withdrew.
- Court minutesJohn Cantril replaced William Laughlin as road overseer.
- Court minutesJacob Cantril’s executors prevailed against Elijah Mason; a new-trial motion was denied.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Jacob Cantril and Mary Cantril granted to Zebedee Cantril and Joseph Cantrel; sureties Wm Cantril and Jam…
- Court minutesThomas Cantril chose Wm Fossett Senior as guardian.
- Court minutesWilliam Fossett gave bond for Thomas Cantril’s guardianship with Robert Fossett and Jesse Lynch as approved sureties.
- Court minutesDeed, Joseph Cantril to Isaac Cantril, acknowledged in court.
