Orange County Indexed
The Debow surname
The Debow name in Orange County Indexed: 50 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1754 to 1814
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1754–1814
- Wills 1767–1796
- Tax lists 1779–1780
- Court minutes 1779–1796
- Marriages 1782–1786
- In the chronology
- 1753 to 1814 2 people in 6 entries, most in the 1770s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (4), Haw Creek (4), Great Road (2), Great Wagon Road (1), Hawfields Presbyterian Church (1), Hillsboro (1), Winn's Creek (1), Cain Creek (1)
- Married into
- Thompson 2, Scobey 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Scoby 10, Thompson 6, Benton 4, Murphey 4, Lake 4, Baldridge 3, Allen 3, Gold 3, Hodge 3, Sloss 2, Freeland 2, Baker 2
- People with a page here
- John DeBow
- Spellings to try
- Deboe, Debows, Deboo
- Search beyond these records
- Debow 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 Debow there)
- Debow 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 2 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.
In the historical records 50 records
11 deeds, 3 marriages, 30 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 4 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. Debow marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1761DeedsEarl Granville to Thomas Debow, February 1761
- 1767WillsWill of Solomon Debow
1770s
- 1779DeedsJohn Debow to Jesse Benton, 9 July 1779
- 1779Court minutesLand on N. side of Enoe, John Debow to Jesse Benton.
- 1779Court minutesJesse Benton, Phil Thomas and Benjamin Debow were appointed patrols for Hillsborough District.
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Debow Revd John
1780s
- 1780DeedsJohn Sloss & Agness Sloss to John Debow, 25 January 1780
- 1780Court minutesDeed, John Sloss & Agnes his wife to John Debow.
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Debow, Jno. (Orange District)
- 1781DeedsRobert Baldridge to John Debow, 10 August 1781
- 1781DeedsRobert Baldridge to John Debow, 10 August 1781
- 1782MarriagesMarriage bond: Abraham Thompson and Sarah Debow
- 1782Court minutesDeed, Robt. Baldridge to Jno. Debow, proved by John Allen.
- 1783MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin Debow and Ellin Thompson
- 1783Court minutesJames Freeland, John Ray and Thomas Douglas were appointed to divide Solomon Debow’s estate and report at next court.
- 1783Court minutesThe settlement of Solo. Debow’s estate was returned and recorded.
- 1783Court minutesElizabeth Debow chose Jesse Benton as her guardian.
- 1783Court minutesWill of Jno. Debow, proved by Joseph Baker.
- 1783WillsWill of John Debow
- 1784Court minutesLucy Debow returned John Debow’s inventory on oath.
- 1786MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Scobey and Lucy Debow
- 1786Court minutesA jury was ordered to divide John Debow’s estate; Jacob Lake would manage the children’s share, sell perishables, hire unnamed enslaved p…
1790s
- 1791Court minutesJames Patterson and Andrew Murdock were assigned to review Rob’t Scoby’s guardianship accounts for Soloman and Stephen Debow and report.
- 1792Court minutesOn Jo Hodge’s motion, Ro Scoby was summoned to provide countersecurity for his guardianship of Jno Debow’s orphans.
- 1796Court minutesWm Courtney and James Christmas were appointed to examine Rob’t Scoby’s guardianship accounts for Sol and Stephen Debow, Jno Debow’s orph…
- 1796Court minutesSoloman Debow chose Arch’d Murphey to replace Rob’t Scoby as guardian; Murphey posted bond with approved sureties.
- 1796Court minutesAfter allegations of waste and sureties’ petition, the court removed Rob’t Scoby as Stephen Debow’s guardian and ordered accounts for Ste…
- 1796Court minutesArch’d Murphey replaced Rob Scoby as guardian of Stephen Debow, Jno Debow’s orphan.
- 1796WillsWill of Thomas Thompson
- 1797DeedsRobert Scoby & Lucy Scoby to Solomon Debow & Stephen Debow by guardian, 17 April 1797
- 1798DeedsRobert Scoby to Archibald Murphey & Solomon Debow & Stephen Debow, 26 February 1798
1800s
1810s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court selected petit jurors for the next circuit court.
- Court minutesSolomon Debow received payment for attending the November Superior Court.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from John Roberson’s toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill; William Lea became overseer.
- Court minutesIsaac Allen, Jonathan Allen, Solomon Debow, Leonard Hoff and Ephraim Gold were assigned roadwork from Country line to Hico ford under Jam…
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned the road from John Roberson’s shop toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill under William Lea.
- Court minutesFourteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesEight named workers were assigned to Solomon Debow’s road.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were charged.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn with Solomon Debow as foreman.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter ? to John Debow, proved by John Taylor.
- Court minutesJacob Lake resigned the Debow children’s guardianship; the court appointed Rob Scoby and commissioners to audit Lake’s accounts and trans…
- Court minutesJames Carson and William Shepperd were assigned to settle Robert Scoby’s accounts for Solomon and Stephen Debow’s guardianship and report.
- Court minutesArchibald Murphey returned his guardianship account for Solomon and Stephen Debow.
- Court minutesDeed, Samuel Thompson to Solomon & Stephen Debow, proved by Abner B Bruce.
- WillsWill of Solomon Debow
