Orange County Indexed
The Desern surname
The Desern name in Orange County Indexed: 33 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1873
most named in the 1800s
- Tax lists 1779
- Wills 1779–1785
- Deeds 1785–1873
- Court minutes 1793–1811
- Marriages 1803–1871
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Ellerbe Creek (4), New Hope Creek (4), Eno River (3), Second Creek (1), Elibees Creek (1)
- Married into
- Brockwell 1, Carrell 1, Castle 1, Copley 1, Coply 1, Woods 1, Dossett 1, Martin 1, Edmondson 1, Neal 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Carrington 2, Vickers 2, Daniel 2
- Spellings to try
- Deserne, Dezern, Desarn, Disern, Desearn
- Search beyond these records
- Desern 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 Desern there)
- Desern 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 33 records
10 deeds, 10 marriages, 9 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. Desern marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Desern Francis
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Desern James
- 1779WillsWill of Robert Abercromby
1780s
1790s
1800s
- 1800Court minutesNath’l Desern Jr won damages and costs against Sampson Wood after jurors rejected payment and setoff.
- 1803DeedsJames Desern to George Carrington, 13 March 1803
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: William Woods and Elizabeth Desern
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: Wyatt Brockwell and Nancy Desern
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Willis Dossett and Jeany Desern
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: William Martin and Sally Desern
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: William Edmondson and Delilah Desern
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Pickett as road overseer.
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: George Coply and Susannah Desern
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Edward Desern and Rachel Copley
1820s
1830s
1840s
- 1843MarriagesMarriage bond: Henderson Desern and Eliza Jane Neal
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: John Desern and Mary Carrell
1860s
1870s
Undated
- Court minutesWilliam Reaves brought an action on the case against Francis Desern.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesThe court swore the grand jury.
- Court minutesLewis Desern was bound to John Ackles until twenty-one, subject to bond.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to produce two unnamed children of James Desern for apprenticeship.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of May Desern granted to George Copley; sureties Archibald Carrington and David Warren.
