Orange County Indexed
The Clap surname
The Clap name in Orange County Indexed: 74 historical records.
- In the records
- 1753 to 1867
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1753–1814
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1759–1814
- Wills 1790–1844
- Marriages 1808–1867
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Great Alamance Creek (4), Alamance Creek (1), Beaver Creek (1), Fayetteville Road (1), Alamance (1)
- Married into
- Shofner 3, Lue 1, Shearer 1, Graves 1, Low 1, Coble 1, Wright 1, Troxler 1, Long 1, Whitsell 1, Kelly 1, Starr 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Foust 6, Holt 5, May 4, Smith 3, Albright 3, Huffman 2, Keck 2, Boon 2, Boggs 2, Seboon 2, Lowe 2, Lindley 2
- Spellings to try
- Clapp
- Search beyond these records
- Clap 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 Clap there)
- Clap 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 74 records
11 deeds, 14 marriages, 33 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 10 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. Clap marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1761Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Joseph Boggs granted to Esther Boggs; sureties John Wright and Lodowick Clap.
- 1762DeedsBernard Clap to Henry Eustice McCulloch, May 1762
- 1764DeedsBernard Clap to Lodewick Clap, November 1764
- 1764DeedsBernard Clap to Jacob Clap, November 1764
- 1765DeedsHenry Whitsel to Joseph Clap, May 1765
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Clap John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Clap Margaret
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: John Clap (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Barney Clap (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1790WillsWill of John (x) Albright
- 1790WillsWill of John Foust
- 1790WillsWill of Christian (x) Huffman
- 1791WillsWill of Jacob Albright
- 1796DeedsPhillip Foust to Barnet Clap, 14 November 1796
- 1797Court minutesDeed, Philip Foust to Barnet Clap, proved by a witness whose name the record leaves blank.
- 1798DeedsPeter Huffman to Barnett Clap, 16 March 1798
- 1798DeedsConrod Keck to Tobias Clap, 29 October 1798
- 1798Court minutesDeed, Peter Hufman to Barnet Clap, proved by Jacob Wilhoit.
- 1799Court minutesDeed, Jacob Straeder to Barnet Clap Jr, proved by Hardress Hawkins.
- 1799Court minutesDeed, Conrad Keck to Tobias Clap, proved by Hardress Hawkins.
1800s
- 1800DeedsJohn May to John Clap, 17 December 1800
- 1800Court minutesDeed, Peter Hufman to Jacob Clap, proved by Barney Clap.
- 1808DeedsJacob Clap to John Clapp, 7 October 1808
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: John Clap and Christina Shofner
- 1808WillsWill of Peter (x) Foust
1810s
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: John Lue and Peny Clap
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: Fredrick Shearer Jr and Peggy Clap
- 1811Court minutesDeed, Christian Foust to Barnaby Clap, proved by George Clap.
- 1814DeedsJohn May to Barnet Clap, 24 April 1814
- 1814MarriagesMarriage bond: George Clap and Elizabeth Graves
- 1814Court minutesDeed, Jacob Foust & wife to John Clap, proved by Isaac Holt.
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Danel Shofner and Barbara Clap
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: William Coble and Milly Clap
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: John B Low and Nelly Clap
- 1830WillsWill of John (x) Albright Sr.
- 1834MarriagesMarriage bond: William A Clap and Sally Wright
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: Constant Troxler and Nelly Clap
- 1836WillsWill of George Foust
- 1836WillsWill of Anthony (x) Thompson
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: Abram Long and Barbara Clap
- 1838MarriagesMarriage bond: William Whitsell and Sally Clap
1840s
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: John J Clap and Emaly Shofner
- 1844WillsWill of Barney (x) Clap
- 1844WillsCodicil of Barney (x) Clap
1860s
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: Julius Clap and Ann Kelly
Undated
- MarriagesMarriage bond: John Clap and Catherine Starr
- Court minutesGrand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Abraham Whitworth, John Dunnagan and 12 others were impaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Gray, John Hendricks, John Pryor and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court selected grand and petit jurors for the Supreme Court’s May session.
- Court minutesLodowick Clap replaced John Fuller as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court selected grand and petty jurors for the next Supreme Court at Salisbury serving Orange, Rowan and Anson counties.
- Court minutesLodowick Clap registered a livestock mark.
- Court minutesLodowick Clap received payment for attending Salisbury Superior Court in 1757.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Ball Seboon(?) granted to Lodowick Clap; sureties Joseph Boggs and Jacob Boon.
- Court minutesLodowick Clap filed Bale Seboon’s estate inventory.
- Court minutesLodowick Clap and Thomas Lowe became overseers of the Western path from Haw River to the county line.
- Court minutesIsaac Grisam replaced Lodowick Clap as constable.
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to open the road from Peter Noe’s to William Willey’s and report.
- Court minutesFour commissioners were appointed to value two riverside acres for Henry Eustice McCullock’s proposed water gristmill.
- Court minutesLodowick Clap filed a settlement of Peter Boon’s estate.
- Court minutesTobias Clap registered his mark.
- Court minutesHugh Smith and William Raney offered James Lindley, James Doho, John Holt and Barnaby Clap as securities in Elwick’s executors’ suit.
- Court minutesRelease, Lodowick Swing & Margaret Clap & Daniel May & Henry Wytsell to summon S. Souther, proved by George Cortner.
- Court minutesDeed, Margaret Clap & Barney Clap & George Clap & Lodowick Clap & Jacob Clap to John Clap, proved by and Reg..
- Court minutesJacob Troxler replaced Joshua Holt as overseer for the Allamance–Guilford route with workers Joshua Holt, Anthony Thompson, Martain Neice…
- Court minutesDeed, Tobias Smith to Barney Clap, proved by James Hall.
- Court minutesDeed, Daniel May [Jr] to Barnett Clap, proved by James Hall.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joshua Thompson, John Redmond, John Freeland and 4 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury assessed damages and costs against Nunn and Partin following default.
- Court minutesDeed, David Coble to Henry Whitsell, proved by John Clap.
