Orange County Indexed
The Claytor surname
The Claytor name in Orange County Indexed: 35 historical records and 10 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1782 to 1895
most named in the 1820s
- Court minutes 1782
- Deeds 1816–1868
- Marriages 1819–1895
- Records of enslaved people 1830–1839
- Wills 1845
- In the chronology
- 1795 to 1964 10 people in 74 entries, most in the 1940s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (12), Little River (2), Bolin Creek (2), Stony Branch (1), New Hope Creek (1), New Hope Meeting House (1)
- Married into
- Cabe 1, Holden 1, Wilkerson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Webb 4, Piper 3, Nelson 3, Turner 3, Woods 3, Scarlett 2, McCown 2, Cabe 2
- People with a page here
- R. H. Claytor
- Spellings to try
- Clayton, Clayter
- Search beyond these records
- Claytor 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 Claytor there)
- Claytor 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 chronology 10 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Claytor, David A. 2 entries, 1884–1889
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Claytor, Fred 6 entries, 1958–1964
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- December 5, 1958: Hillsboro High School dedicates its new gymnasium
- 1958–1964: Hillsboro's sewage treatment plant, 1958–1964
- June 6, 1961: Hillsboro's new town board raises the tax rate by a third and out-of-town water rates by half
- by June 7, 1962: Hillsboro's town board urges the governor to build the I-85 access road into town
- by July 4, 1963: A Black citizens' committee asks the Hillsboro town board for a public accommodations law
- May 19, 1964: Hillsborough's new sewage treatment plant goes into operation
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Claytor, Fred T. 7 entries, 1955–1963
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- 1955–1961: Ben Johnston's Hillsboro mayoralty and its end, 1955–1961
- May 5, 1959: Hillsboro reelects Mayor Ben Johnston over Fred S. Cates Jr.
- March 3, 1959: Hillsboro commissioners elect Fred T. Claytor to the town board
- May 2, 1961: Hillsboro voters elect teacher Fred Claytor mayor over 13-term Mayor Ben Johnston
- June 6, 1961: Hillsboro's new town board raises the tax rate by a third and out-of-town water rates by half
- by July 4, 1963: A Black citizens' committee asks the Hillsboro town board for a public accommodations law
- July 30, 1963: Hillsboro's new bi-racial committee holds its first meeting
- Claytor, John 1 entry, 1919
- Claytor, N. R. 2 entries, 1900–1905
- Claytor, R. H. 52 entries, 1911–1956
- Claytor, R. H., Sr. 1 entry, 1947
- Claytor, Samuel S. 2 entries, 1846–1859
- Claytor, W. C. 1 entry, 1874
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Claytor, William C. 5 entries, 1795–1889
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- between 1795 and 1799: New Hope builds a parsonage with a farm on the church tract
- July 8, 1877: William C. Claytor, Nettleton G. Craig and Charles W. Johnston are ordained elders at New Hope
- 1884–1890: New Hope Presbyterian Church's divided session, 1884–1890
- May 25, 1889: New Hope re-elects three of its removed elders
- May 16, 1889: Orange Presbytery removes all six active elders of New Hope
In the historical records 35 records
21 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 3 court minutes and 1 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. Claytor marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1782Court minutesWill of James Mullin, proved by Richd. Claytor.
1810s
1820s
- 1820DeedsJohn Flintham to John Claytor & Samuel Claytor, 25 February 1820
- 1821DeedsJohn Douglass to John Claytor & Samuel S Claytor, 23 March 1821
- 1822DeedsSamuel J Claytor & Thomas W Holden to John Farrar, 1 October 1822
- 1823DeedsJohn Claytor & Samuel S Claytor to Richeson Nichols, 7 January 1823
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel S Claytor and Rachel Cabe
- 1825DeedsSally Scarlett & Solomon Carson & Polly Carson & John Scarlett & Stephen Scarlett & James Scarlett & Robert Scarlett & Samuel Scarlett & Thomas Scarlett & William Scarlett to Samuel S Claytor & James Webb, 13 April 1825
- 1826DeedsJohn Piper to Samuel S Claytor & Moses McCown, 18 November 1826
- 1826DeedsJohn Piper to Samuel S Claytor & Moses McCown, 18 November 1826
- 1827DeedsSam S Claytor to Jonathan P Sneed trustee, 22 August 1827
- 1827DeedsSamuel S Claytor & James Webb to John W Norwood, 22 August 1827
- 1827DeedsSamuel S Claytor to James Webb, 22 August 1827
- 1828DeedsJohn Claytor to Samuel J Claytor, 6 August 1828
- 1828DeedsJames Scarlett to Samuel S Claytor, 22 July 1828
1830s
- 1830DeedsSamuel S Claytor to William Nelson, 13 February 1830
- 1830DeedsJohn Turner to Samuel S Claytor, 13 February 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Samuel S Claytor to William Nelson, 13 February 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Turner to Samuel S Claytor, 13 February 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: William Cabe to Samuel S Claytor, Thomas D Watts, 17 April 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Turner to Samuel S Claytor, 13 February 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Samuel S Claytor to William Nelson, 13 February 1830
- 1834DeedsSamuel Claytor to Richard Nichols trustee, 26 May 1834
- 1839DeedsSamuel S Claytor to John Hutchins trustee, 28 March 1839
- 1839DeedsSamuel S Claytor to William Woods, 27 April 1839
- 1839DeedsJames Webb to Samuel S Claytor, 14 January 1839
- 1839Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: William H Woods to Samuel S Claytor, 21 January 1839
- 1839Records of enslaved peopleSale: Samuel S Claytor to William Woods, 27 April 1839
1840s
- 1845WillsWill of Jemima (x) Cabe