Orange County Indexed
The Cortner surname
The Cortner name in Orange County Indexed: 19 historical records.
- In the records
- 1775 to 1819
most named in the 1790s
- Wills 1775–1793
- Deeds 1793–1819
- Marriages 1795–1811
- Court minutes 1807–1813
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Dry Creek (1), Haw River (1)
- Married into
- Thomas 1, Kinney 1, McGrigor 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Coble 3, James 2, Swing 2, Cook 2, Willis 2
- Spellings to try
- Cotner, Courtner, Costner, Coroner, Cottner
- Search beyond these records
- Cortner 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 Cortner there)
- Cortner 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 19 records
3 deeds, 3 marriages, 10 court minutes 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. Cortner marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1775WillsWill of Christopher Mier
- 1778WillsWill of Lodowick Clapp
1790s
1800s
1810s
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Cortner and Jeany McGrigor
- 1812Court minutesThe court appointed George Coble and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury valued Thomas Lindly’s claim but found Rosannah Cortner had fully administered the estate; further process was directed.
- 1819DeedsAbner James to Matthew Cortner, 3 November 1819
Undated
- Court minutesRelease, Lodowick Swing & Margaret Clap & Daniel May & Henry Wytsell to summon S. Souther, proved by George Cortner.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded Peter Cortner principal, interest and costs.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter Cortner to Daniel Shoftner, proved by Henry Cook.
- Court minutesDeed, Abner James & Co to Matthias Cortner, proved by Stephen Willis.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Stephen Willis granted to Leanana Willis; sureties Matthew Cortner and Daniel Johnston.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Anthony Ward, Peter Cortner, Edward Couch and 27 others for the next county court (Jno).
