Orange County Indexed
The Cape surname
The Cape name in Orange County Indexed: 14 historical records.
- In the records
- 1826 to 1890
most named in the 1850s
- Deeds 1826
- Records of enslaved people 1826
- Marriages 1836–1890
- Married into
- Barbee 1, Hinchey 1, Turner 1, Florens 1, Monroe 1, Falkner 1, Thompson 1, Howard 1, Terry 1, Ferrett 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Adams 2
- Search beyond these records
- Cape 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 Cape there)
- Cape 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 14 records
1 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 11 marriages and 1 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cape marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1820s
- 1826DeedsThomas Cape to Meredith Adams, 19 May 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Thomas Cape to Meredith Adams, 19 May 1826
1830s
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Doctor Cape and Rebecca Hinchey
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Redding Cape and Susan Cape
1850s
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: James R Barbee and Mary Ann Cape
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: John P Florens and Patsy Cape
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: William E Turner and Ellen Jane Cape
- 1857MarriagesMarriage notice: W. Presley[?] Monroe[?] and Margaret[?] Cape
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: Sanders Falkner and Mary S Cape
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: H H Thompson and Eliza Cape
1870s
- 1873MarriagesMarriage license: Thomas Howard and Martha Cape
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Doctor Cape and Mary Terry
1890s
- 1890MarriagesMarriage license: Jake Ferrett and Sudie Cape
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Hawkins as road overseer.
