Orange County Indexed
The Cearson surname
The Cearson name in Orange County Indexed: 14 historical records.
- In the records
- 1786 to 1798
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1786
- Marriages 1787–1798
- Married into
- Cleney 1, Clark 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Courtney 4, Nichols 4, M'Cauley 2
- Spellings to try
- Carson, Cerson
- Search beyond these records
- Cearson 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 Cearson there)
- Cearson 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
2 marriages and 12 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cearson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1786Court minutesThe court convened with justices Wm. M'Cauley, Elie M'Daniel and James Cearson present.
- 1786Court minutesThe court convened with justices Wm. Courtney, Rob. Campbell and James Cearson present.
- 1786Court minutesThe court convened with justices James Freeland, Elie M'Dannel and James Cearson present.
- 1786Court minutesJames Cearson was appointed temporary coroner to investigate John Brooks’s death in jail while John Taylor was absent.
- 1786Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Nichols, James Cearson and Wm. Courtney present.
- 1786Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Nichols, Wm. Courtney and James Cearson present.
- 1787MarriagesMarriage bond: William Cleney and Alce Cearson
1790s
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Clark and Jenney Cearson
Undated
- Court minutesThe court reconvened after an hour with John Butler, John Ansley and James Cearson present.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Wm. M'Cauley, John Ray and James Cearson present.
- Court minutesWm. Nunn and James Cearson were appointed poll assessors for the ensuing annual burgess election.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Nichols, Wm. Courtney and James Cearson present.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Nichols, James Carrington and James Cearson present.
- Court minutesCommissions issued for depositions from David English, Christean Varts, George Burket, Phillip Mheaner and others in David English’s case…
