Orange County Indexed
The Copeland surname
The Copeland name in Orange County Indexed: 81 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1754 to 1904
most named in the 1760s
- Court minutes 1754–1802
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1759–1873
- Records of enslaved people 1799
- Wills 1800–1882
- Marriages 1821–1904
- In the chronology
- 1771 to 1992 4 people in 6 entries, most in the 1770s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1910
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (6), Great Road (1), Buck Quarter Creek (1), Haw River (1), New Hope Creek (1)
- Married into
- May 1, Michel 1, Evans 1, Powell 1, Lamb 1, Tilley 1, Hooper 1, Davis 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Black 5, Lockhart 3, Johnston 3, Holden 2, Lindley 2, Falconer 2, Granville 2, Collins 2, Martin 2, Cellars 2, Mebane 2
- People with a page here
- J. Isaac Copeland
- Spellings to try
- Copland, Coupland, Coplands, Copelin, Coapland, Coghland
- Search beyond these records
- Copeland 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 Copeland there)
- Copeland 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 4 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.
- Copeland, Archie 2 entries, 1987–1992
- Copeland, J. Isaac 2 entries, 1967–1975
- Copeland, James 1 entry, 1771
- Copeland, Will 1 entry, 1898
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 81 records
23 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 8 marriages, 43 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 3 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. Copeland marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1754Court minutesThe road commissioners met with the ten named members present (James Dickey, James Allison, Thomas Loyd, Robert Cate).
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: James Copeland
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Richard Copeland
- 1756Court minutesThe record listed the county’s thirty-five current road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Robert Cate).
- 1759DeedsBenjamin Clements to Joseph Copeland, March 1759
1760s
- 1760DeedsJohn Landrum to Richard Copeland, November 1760
- 1761DeedsJoseph Copland to Joseph Copeland, August 1761
- 1764DeedsJoseph Copeland to Joseph Pickets, February 1764
- 1764DeedsSamuel Benton to Charles Copeland, February 1764
- 1764DeedsWilliam Bobbit to Charles Copeland, February 1764
- 1764DeedsJoseph Copeland to John Falconer, November 1764
- 1765DeedsEarl Granville to James Copeland, August 1765
- 1765DeedsEarl Granville to Thomas Copeland, August 1765
- 1766DeedsCharles Copeland to William Black, 2 June 1766
- 1766DeedsCharles Copeland to William Black, 2 June 1766
- 1768DeedsNicholas Copeland to Joseph Copeland, 1768
- 1768DeedsJohn Falconer & Elizabeth Falconer to Joseph Copeland, 13 October 1768
- 1769DeedsJohn Dennis & Mary Dennis to David Copeland, 2 January 1769
1770s
- 1778DeedsWilliam Black & Frances Black to Peter Copeland, 6 August 1778
- 1778DeedsWilliam Black & Otheel Francis Black to Peter Copeland, 6 August 1778
- 1779DeedsPeter Copeland to William Johnston, 25 March 1779
- 1779DeedsPeter Copeland to William Johnston, 25 March 1779
- 1779Court minutesDeed, Wm. & Frances Black his wife to Peter Copeland.
- 1779Court minutesDeed, Peter Copeland to Wm. Johnston, proved by Reg. on oath of Charles Copeland.
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: David Copeland (Hillsborough District)
- 1799DeedsWilliam Copeland to William Lockhart, 6 October 1799
- 1799Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Copeland to William Lockhart, 6 October 1799
1800s
- 1800WillsWill of David Copeland
- 1802Court minutesThe court apprenticed Elizabeth Copeland to Tho Lindley for instruction in spinning.
- 1803DeedsDouglass Copeland & James Comb by Sheriff to John Holden, 3 February 1803
- 1806DeedsElizabeth Berry & Archibald Price & Letitia Price & Abel Copeland & Esther Copeland to Jonathan Lindley, 28 October 1806
1820s
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Lord Copeland and Barbara May
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Michel and Betsey Copeland
1830s
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: John Copeland and Delilah Evans
1840s
- 1841DeedsJohn Burroughs to Abner Copeland, 7 September 1841
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: Jones Powell and Sally Copeland
- 1845WillsWill of Thomas Couch
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew J Copeland and Nancy Lamb
1870s
1880s
- 1882WillsWill of Abner Copeland
1890s
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: Charles J Copeland and Emma Tilley
1900s
- 1901MarriagesMarriage license: Thos M Copeland and Ethel C Hooper
- 1904MarriagesMarriage license: J W Davis and Berta Copeland
Undated
- Court minutesGrand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Abraham Whitworth, John Dunnagan and 12 others were impaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesZachariah Martin, Wm. Copeland and James Collins became commissioners to maintain the courthouse–Hawfields–Cape Fare (Fear) road using ne…
- Court minutesZachariah Martin, William Copeland and James Collins were appointed commissioners to repair the Haw old fields–Cape fare road using neigh…
- Court minutesThe court selected petit jurors for the next circuit court.
- Court minutesPlunkett Ballard’s request to discharge Miles Parker and Peter Parker from John Copeland’s cow-theft accusation was denied.
- Court minutesWilliam Copeland brought an action on the case against Mark London.
- Court minutesThe record listed twenty-eight road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Thomas Loyd).
- Court minutesThe nine named petit jurors failed to appear.
- Court minutesJames Copeland was appointed constable down Haw River toward the lower county.
- Court minutesJohn Gray brought an action on the case against William Copeland.
- Court minutesBlake Baker brought an action on the case against Richard Copeland.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Robert Patterson’s toward the county line; John Brantley and James Copeland became overseers.
- Court minutesNamed men were appointed to open the road from Island Ford on Haw River to Childsburg.
- Court minutesSamuel Smith replaced William Copeland as road overseer from Braswell’s ordinary to James Cellars’s.
- Court minutesJames Cellars replaced William Copeland as road overseer from his residence to William Thomas’s old line.
- Court minutesPeter Copeland brought an action on the case against William Mebane.
- Court minutesNicholas Copeland was exempted from tax.
- Court minutesFourteen jurors were appointed to lay out a road to Henry Brewer’s ford, with Vachel Clarke and William Marsh as overseers.
- Court minutesPeter Copeland brought an action on the case against William Mebane.
- Court minutesPeter Copeland brought a petition against William Ketor ?.
- Court minutesPeter Copeland brought a debt claim against Sherwood Runnalds.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the grand jury panel, with James Freeland as foreman.
- Court minutesPeter Copeland brought an action on the case against Samuel Farlee and others.
- Court minutesJohn Kelly proceeded against John Copeland.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were listed, with Andrew Murdoch as foreman.
- Court minutesThe listed people were ordered summoned as jurors for next county court.
- Court minutesThe jury found for James Freeland in Chas. Clendenning’s case.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Jno. Collins’s case against administrator Arch’d. Boreland.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Robt. Campbell’s case against Jno. ODannel.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Thos. Holden’s case against Wm. Picket for John Campbell.
- Court minutesWm. Nunn’s case against Dan’l. Copeland ended in a nonsuit after a jury was sworn.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Woods (Sheriff) as road overseer.
- Court minutesJames Crutcher recovered on John Stroud’s notes with damages and costs; jurors rejected the gaming contract defense.
- Court minutesWm Polk recovered bond damages and costs against James Patterson and others for unperformed conditions.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, William Copeland to William Lockhart, proved by Samuel Lockhart.
