Orange County Indexed
The Collier surname
The Collier name in Orange County Indexed: 84 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1768 to 1856
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1768–1856
- Marriages 1792–1854
- Court minutes 1795–1812
- Wills 1806–1832
- Records of enslaved people 1811–1830
- In the chronology
- 1807 to 1978 5 people in 15 entries, most in the 1840s
- In books and archives
- 1 person
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Chapel Hill (7), Bolin Creek (6), Morgan Creek (5), Franklin Street (4), New Hope Creek (3), Toms Creek (2), Oxford Road (1), Craig Mill (1)
- Married into
- White 2, Adams 1, Dudley 1, Gains 1, Watson 1, Herndon 1, Johnston 1, Rottenberry 1, Hunt 1, Gilmore 1, Hatch 1, Holland 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Campbell 5, Benton 4, Watson 4, Webb 3, Parrish 3, Thompson 3, Barbee 3, Hopkins 3, Craig 3, Blackwood 2, Cain 2, Coulter 2
- People with a page here
- Elizabeth Collier, Isaac J. Collier
- Spellings to try
- Colliar, Coller, Colliear, Collies, Colliers
- Search beyond these records
- Collier 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 Collier there)
- Collier 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 5 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.
- Collier, Charles 1 entry, 1807
- Collier, Isaac 1 entry, 1853
- Collier, Isaac J. 11 entries, 1830–1853
- Collier, John 2 entries, 1934–1937
- Collier, Robert 1 entry, 1978
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 84 records
26 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 36 court minutes and 5 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. Collier marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1790s
- 1791DeedsRobert Campbell & Sarah Campbell to Charles Collier, May 1791
- 1792DeedsCharles Collier to Edward Trice, 14 November 1792
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: Lewis Collier and Sasusana Dudley
- 1794DeedsJohn Collier to Mathew Collier, 17 September 1794
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: Charles Collier and Patty Gains
- 1795Court minutesCharles Collier was appointed overseer of the recorded road section.
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed William Trice as road overseer.
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Rob’t Campbell to Charles Collier, acknowledged in court.
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Nicholas Davis to Richard Glasgow, proved by Charles Collier.
- 1796Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff in the trustees’ debt action against Charles Collier and Rob’t Campbell.
- 1796Court minutesThe court withdrew a juror in Charles Collier’s action against Ezekail Trice.
- 1796Court minutesJesse Nevil recovered principal and damages against Charles Collier; jurors rejected payment and setoff.
- 1796Court minutesThe University trustees recovered damages and costs against Alex Mebanes’s executors.
- 1796Court minutesWm Rider recovered damages and costs against Wm Nash on appeal.
- 1796Court minutesJurors convicted Joseph Barbee of assault; the court fined him.
- 1796Court minutesJurors convicted Charles Collier of assault; the court fined him.
- 1797Court minutesFrances Dunn recovered damages and costs against And[rew] Brooks on appeal.
- 1797Court minutesJurors acquitted Rhody Berry of petty larceny.
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Frederick Collier and Rebecca Watson
- 1799Court minutesJurors upheld Charles Collier’s bond, rejected his defenses, and awarded Jno Berry damages and costs.
1800s
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: James Herndon and Catharine G Collier
- 1803DeedsCharles Collier to Francis Benton, 5 August 1803
- 1803DeedsUNC to John Collier, 20 May 1803
- 1804Court minutesDeed, the Trustees of the University to Charles Collier, proved by Thomas Searcy & Henry Thompson Jr.
- 1804Court minutesDeed, Charles Collier to Francis Benton, proved by Joseph Dixon.
- 1806DeedsAugustus Benson by attorney to Frederick Collier, 4 December 1806
- 1806WillsWill of Joseph Loftin
- 1808Court minutesDeed, John Morgan to John Craig, proved by Fredrick Collier.
- 1809DeedsFrederick Collier to Elias Haws, 14 November 1809
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Leigh Johnston and Pattsy Collier
- 1810WillsWill of Charles Collier
- 1811DeedsCharles Collier estate by executor to Herbert Collier, 1 March 1811
- 1811Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Charles Collier (estate) to Herbert Collier, 1 March 1811
- 1812Court minutesBill of Sale, Lee Johnston to Herbert Collier, proved by W Barbee.
- 1817WillsWill of Pomphrett Herndon
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: Presley Rottenberry and Elizabeth Anne Collier
- 1818WillsWill of John (x) Walker
1820s
- 1820DeedsThomas Coulter & Herbert Collier to William Cain Jr, 20 December 1820
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Thomas Coulter, Herbert Collier to William Cain Jr, 20 December 1820
- 1821DeedsRichard Blackwood to Herbert Collier, 10 April 1821
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Federick Collier and Lucretia Hunt
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: William White and Lucy Collier
- 1828DeedsAshmon F Collier to Robert Blackwood, 19 February 1828
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: Edward Collier and Amey Gilmore
1830s
- 1830DeedsAshmon F Collier to Stephen Moore trustee & Alexander S Webb, 28 May 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Ashmon F Collier to Stephen Moore, Alexander S Webb, 28 May 1830
- 1831DeedsObedia Collier & Polly Parrish to Richard Thompson, 11 September 1831
- 1831DeedsWilliam White estate by executor to Edward P Collier, 1 September 1831
- 1831DeedsRichard Thompson to Obedience Collier & Polly Parrish, 10 September 1831
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Abijah Hatch and Frances Collier
- 1832DeedsA F Collier to James A Webb, 5 November 1832
- 1832DeedsObedience Collier & Mary Parrish to Thomas Weaver, 5 November 1832
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac J Collier and [blank]
- 1832WillsWill of Parris Pearson
- 1833DeedsJones Watson to Isaac J Collier, 22 November 1833
- 1833MarriagesMarriage bond: James C Holland and Rebecca T Collier
- 1835DeedsEdward Collier to Alexander Cheek, 3 November 1835
1840s
- 1843DeedsLucretia Collier to Amos J Adams & Mary C Adams & Celina F Adams & William H Adams & John W Adams & Walter A Adams & James B Adams, 30 August 1843
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: James Adams and Lucretia Collier
- 1846DeedsThomas D Faucett to Isaac J Collier, 4 August 1846
- 1848DeedsIsaac J Collier to Jesse Hargraves & William Barbee & Jones Watson & John W Carr, 16 December 1848
1850s
Undated
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno Collier £77.13.9 plus costs against James Williams.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Wm Cain, Wm Jackson, Jno Cain and 33 others for the next term.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesCharles Collier and Rob’t Campbell confessed judgment to unnamed trustees, with interest and a three-month execution stay.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Charles Collier as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court fined Samuel Hopkins and Charles Collier for failing to attend as additional jurors and ordered execution.
- Court minutesWm Ferrel was nonsuited in his action against Joseph Courtney Jr.
- Court minutesJames Galbreath’s surviving partners were nonsuited in their action against Thomas O’Harro.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to lay out a road from the University toward Cypritts Bridge at the Chatham boundary.
- Court minutesLyne Shackleford’s executors were nonsuited against Charles Collier.
- Court minutesJurors upheld the bond and awarded Augustus Benton damages against Bennett Watson and Fred Collier?, rejecting payment and setoff.
- Court minutesJurors upheld another bond and awarded August Benton damages against Fred Collier? and Bennett Watson, rejecting payment and setoff.
- Court minutesJohn Laurence was ordered apprenticed to Fredrick Collier; if Collier refused, Sam’l Hopkins was to hold and present him at the next court.
- Court minutesThe court ordered a jury to lay out the best route from Mrs Sears’s path to the Newhope bridge near Charles Colliers.
- Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Yeargain to John Craig, proved by Fredrick Collier.
- Court minutesA commission was ordered to take John Craig’s deposition for Herbert Collier, with five days’ notice deemed sufficient.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Charles Henry Collier to Thomas Emond for instruction in silversmithing and clockmaking.
- Court minutesWill of Pomphrett Herndon, proved by Charles H Collier.
