Orange County Indexed
The Clenny surname
The Clenny name in Orange County Indexed: 37 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1832
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1779–1821
- Court minutes 1783–1805
- Tax lists 1790
- Wills 1791–1802
- Marriages 1793–1832
- In the chronology
- 1820 to 1822 1 person in 2 entries
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (3), Queen Street (3), Tryon Street (3), Great Road (2), Stony Creek (2), Hillsborough Road (1), Buck Quarter Creek (1), Wake Street (1)
- Married into
- Thompson 1, Shaw 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Carson 4, Cain 3, Dunn 2, Rencher 2
- Spellings to try
- Clenney, Cleney, Clency, Clinny
- Search beyond these records
- Clenny 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 Clenny there)
- Clenny 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 1 person
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.
In the historical records 37 records
8 deeds, 2 marriages, 23 court minutes, 2 tax list entries 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. Clenny marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Sam’l Clenny (St. Mary’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Clenny (St. Mary’s District)
- 1791WillsWill of Alexander (x) Carson
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Clenny and Polly Thompson
- 1795Court minutesJno Reeves won nominal damages and costs against James Bird for trespass.
- 1796DeedsWilliam Lytle to George Clenny, 27 April 1796
- 1796DeedsSamuel Clenny to James Cain, 23 October 1796
- 1796Court minutesJoseph Brown recovered damages and costs against Stockly Donaldson for breached covenants; jurors found Brown had paid and rejected tende…
- 1796Court minutesJurors rejected Andrew Patterson’s claim that Alexander Dugger had undertaken the alleged obligation.
- 1796Court minutesJurors convicted Henry Willis of assault.
- 1796Court minutesJurors acquitted Jonathan Clenny of assault; the court charged prosecutor Samuel Smith with costs.
- 1796Court minutesThe court ordered jurors James Thompson, Tho Bracher, Sam’l Stuard and 27 others to attend the specified court term.
- 1797DeedsJonathan Clenney to Samuel Clenny, 29 June 1797
- 1799DeedsFrancis Dunn to Samuel Clenny, 31 July 1799
- 1799Court minutesJurors upheld Charles Collier’s bond, rejected his defenses, and awarded Jno Berry damages and costs.
- 1799Court minutesPorter Allen won slander damages against Jno Holden; the court granted an appeal with approved securities.
1800s
- 1801DeedsSamuel Clenny & Henry Thompons Jr by Sheriff to William Cain & David Ray & James Yarbrough, 4 August 1801
- 1802Court minutesJurors acquitted Sam’l Clenny; the court granted an appeal and ordered him bound to Superior Court.
- 1802WillsWill of Margaret Carson
- 1805Court minutesMatthew Barber received damages and costs against Wm Clenny.
- 1809DeedsAlexander Carson to William Clenny, 1 January 1809
1820s
1830s
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: John W Shaw and Mary Clenny
Undated
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn, with Robt. Abercrombie as foreman.
- Court minutesWm. Caine became overseer from his house to Jacob Branton’s, with hands Jacob Branton, Thomas James, Jno. Horner and 22 others assigned.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Isaac Holden as road overseer, replacing Anthony Doherty.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Lewis as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Woods (Sheriff) as road overseer.
- Court minutesJurors convicted James Williams of assault; the court fined him.
- Court minutesDeed, Jonathan Clenny to Sam’l Clenny, proved by A’m Tatom.
- Court minutesBenjamin Spencer recovered damages and costs against Isaac Bracken; jurors rejected escrow and satisfaction defenses and found the undert…
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Wm Marcum of assault; the court charged Francis Moreland with prosecution costs.
- Court minutesDeed, Francis Dunn to Samuel Clenny, proved by Henry Thompson Jr.
- Court minutesWilliam Hall won damages against Robert J Steel after jurors upheld the promise and rejected payment, setoff and limitation defenses.
- Court minutesDeed, Alexander Carson to William Clenny, acknowledged in court.
