Orange County Indexed
The Dickson surname
The Dickson name in Orange County Indexed: 119 historical records, 15 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1910
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1758–1874
- Court minutes 1781–1818
- Marriages 1786–1910
- Wills 1787–1842
- In the chronology
- 1755 to 2011 15 people in 47 entries, most in the 1960s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 2 people, born 1745
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (6), Little River (2), Stones Creek (2), Cane Creek (2), Flat River (1), University Station (1), Lat River (1), Hillsborough (1)
- Married into
- Barbee 1, Brown 1, Clendenin 1, Cunningham 1, Davis 1, Mitchel 1, Whitley 1, Massey 1, Towell 1, Pickard 1, Stanford 1, Jurden 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Ray 4, Herndon 3, Atkinson 2, Hill 2, Thompson 2, McCracken 2, Collins 2, Murdock 2, Galbreath 2, Casey 2, Holt 2, Webb 2
- People with a page here
- Alexander Dickson, Benjamin Abbott Dickson, Joseph Dickson, Paul Dickson III
- Spellings to try
- Dicksen, Dikson
- Search beyond these records
- Dickson 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 Dickson there)
- Dickson 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 15 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.
- Dickson, Alexander 7 entries, 1839–1983
- Dickson, E. A. 2 entries, 1900–1902
- Dickson, Ed. A. 2 entries, 1898–1903
- Dickson, Henry 1 entry, 1862
- Dickson, Hortense Copeland 1 entry, 1959
- Dickson, J. W. 1 entry, 1955
- Dickson, John W. 3 entries, 1955–1960
- Dickson, Josias 1 entry, 1755
- Dickson, Paul 1 entry, 1966
- Dickson, Paul, III 22 entries, 1965–1968
- Dickson, Robert 1 entry, 2011
- Dickson, S. 1 entry, 1863
- Dickson, Thomas 1 entry, 1862
- Dickson, Thomas H. 1 entry, 1905
- Dickson, W. J. 3 entries, 1890
In books and archives 3 headings
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.
- Dickson Family family, 1 work
- Dickson, Joseph, 1745-1825 1 work
- Dickson, Paul, -1972 1 work
In the historical records 119 records
17 deeds, 27 marriages, 53 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 14 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. Dickson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1780s
- 1781Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon twenty-six named jurors for the next county court on the fourth Monday in February.
- 1783Court minutesJno. Dickson’s estate inventory was returned and proved before Robert McClain.
- 1786MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Mitchel and Jeane Dickson
- 1787Court minutesThe court ordered orphan William Dickson bound to Alexander McCracken.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Trice one penny in damages plus costs against Simon Adamson.
- 1787Court minutesWhitney won £18.1.6 plus costs; the court required proof of Ross’s offsetting account and appointed five men to settle their accounts by…
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Saml Allen £24.17 in damages plus costs against Jno Sturges.
- 1787WillsPower of attorney: Michael Sampson to Joseph Dickson
- 1788Court minutesThe court ordered orphan John Dickson bound to Brice Collins Sr until age twenty-one to learn tailoring.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Thomas Burk’s executors £100 against Samuel Strudwick, with interest from 5 October 1784.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Russel of the charge.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury was sworn in Nicholas and Farmer’s action against Jno Kelley; no finding was recorded.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded James Gray and his unnamed wife £10, interest from 15 September 1785, and costs against Wm Cumming.
- 1789Court minutesThe court ordered sale of Joseph Dickson’s 200 acres under Lytle’s execution to satisfy Baldridge’s judgment and costs.
- 1789Court minutesOn appeal, the jury awarded Leticia Higgins £6,10 plus costs against Isaac Gattes.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury awarded Zachariah Harmon £38.2.0 plus costs against John Stroud.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury found for Hugh Catchum; Robinson Mumford replaced Joseph Dickson on the referenced jury.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury found Whitney liable, awarded Davis five shillings plus costs, and identified the boundary by the specified stump and rock.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court appointed James Moore to replace James Ball on the Cain Creek–Meadow road and assigned workers James Ball, James Pickard, Henry…
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Joseph Dickson (Orange District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Thos. Dickson (Orange District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Stuart Dickson (Orange District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: James Dickson (Orange District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Robt. Dickson (Orange District)
- 1791Court minutesDeed, Joseph Stubbins to Jo Dickson, proved by Wm Watters esqr.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury found James Carson’s bond unpaid and awarded Williams and Patterson damages and costs.
- 1792Court minutesGarnishee Thomas Dickson disclosed a note owed to Wm Galbreath and Galbreath’s report that he had transferred it.
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: Stewart Dickson and [blank]
- 1794WillsWill of Thomas (x) Hulgan
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: William Dickson and Thompson Whitley
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Bryan Sr as road overseer.
- 1796Court minutesThe court recorded James Clark Jr, Jehu Whithead, Wm Lockard and 27 others for jury service.
- 1797WillsWill of William O’Neal
- 1798Court minutesDeed, Thomas Cole to John Huffman, proved by William Dickson.
- 1799Court minutesThe court appointed Henry Loy as road overseer.
- 1799Court minutesDeed, the Trustees of the University of No Carolina to John Holt, proved by Robert Dickson.
1800s
- 1800WillsWill of William Galbreath
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Ormond Massey and Mary Ann Dickson
- 1807MarriagesMarriage bond: Daniel Towell and Rebecca Dickson
- 1807WillsWill of James Freeland
- 1808WillsWill of Jonathan Nichols
1810s
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: Elijah Pickard and Elizabeth Dickson
- 1815Court minutesDeed, Joseph Dickson to Edmund Herndon, proved by Wm R Herndon.
- 1815WillsWill of Duncan D. Briggs
- 1816Court minutesDeed, James Webb to Adam Dickson, proved by Willie P Mangum.
- 1817WillsWill of Pomphrett Herndon
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: John Clendenin and Mary Dickson
- 1818Court minutesAdministration of the estate of William Robinson granted to William R Robinson; sureties James Ray and Adam Dickson.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded James Winfree damages against William and Martha Pannill.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded Thomson and Trice damages against Martha Pannell.
1820s
- 1824WillsWill of John Hutchins
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Dickson and Betsey Stanford
1830s
- 1833WillsWill of Betsy (x) Leigh
- 1834WillsWill of William Ray, Sr.
- 1834WillsWill of Joseph Dickson
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: David W Jurden and Susan Dickson
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Dickson and Nancy Dixon
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: William Dickson and Margaret Jane Walker
1840s
- 1840WillsWill of Samuel Wilson
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: Rowan Tate and Hannah Dickson
- 1842WillsWill of William (x) McCullock
1850s
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Dickson and M E Strayhorn
1860s
- 1861DeedsHenry Dickson & Maggie E Dickson to Calvin G Strayhorn, 16 March 1861
- 1863DeedsAlex Dickson to William F Atkinson, 8 September 1863
- 1863DeedsS H Breeze & C Wilson & W F Strayhorn & Joseph McCulloch & John N Cole & John F Lyon & Alex Dickson & W Strudwick to William F Atkinson, 8 September 1863
- 1863DeedsThomas B Hill to Alexander Dickson, 10 September 1863
- 1863DeedsAlexander Dickson to William F Atkinson, 30 November 1863
- 1864DeedsThomas B Hill & Alex Dickson to Thomas W Faucette, 6 January 1864
- 1865DeedsYoung P Whittaker & Alexander Dickson & James R Miller to State of North Carolina, 27 February 1865
- 1865DeedsHenry Dickson to John T Hogan, 11 November 1865
- 1868DeedsJohn A Turrentine & Sallie A Turrentine to Thomas Dickson, 19 September 1868
- 1868MarriagesMarriage license: Thomas Dickson and Arabella W Brown
- 1869DeedsA P Stroud & Arabella L Stroud to Thomas Dickson, 12 May 1869
- 1869DeedsFrances Thompson to Thomas Dickson, 19 October 1869
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: London Robeson and Eliza Dickson
1870s
- 1870MarriagesMarriage license: Benjamin Veazey and Margaret Ann Dickson
- 1872DeedsArabella W Dickson & Thomas Dickson to Henry N Brown, 17 December 1872
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: John Rhew and Margaret Dickson
- 1873MarriagesMarriage license: Archibald A Dickson and Jesie H Lyon
- 1874DeedsArabell Dickson & Thomas Dickson to David C Parks, 2 January 1874
- 1874DeedsMargaret Faucett & William Faucett to William J Dickson, 14 February 1874
- 1874DeedsArabella W Dickson & Thomas Dickson to James H Thompson, 5 September 1874
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Henry Dickson and Martha Cunningham
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Addison Merritt and Jetta Dickson
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: Benjaman Dickson and Mary E Herndon
1880s
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: Rufus Barbee and Lucy Dickson
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: General Hines and Dora Dickson
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: Wm J Dickson and Willie C Latta
- 1889MarriagesMarriage license: J R Richmond and Lula Dickson
1890s
- 1896MarriagesMarriage license: Jackson Pickett and Nancy Dickson
1910s
- 1910MarriagesMarriage license: Wm Dickson and Mattie Davis
Undated
- Court minutesJames Hutchison was appointed overseer on the east side of Haw River with twenty-one named workers.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Adam Rice’s debt action against Thomas Davis.
- Court minutesThe court ordered orphan Wm Dickson bound to Robert McCracken until age twenty-one.
- Court minutesJames B Horne won damages against Thomas Horne’s executor; a new-trial motion produced a rule to show cause.
- Court minutesJoseph Dickson was fined for missing the sheriff’s jury call.
- Court minutesHenry Thompson Jr won damages and costs against John Taylor on appeal.
- Court minutesJoseph Dickson became St Marks constable, gave bond and qualified.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Thomas Durham, Rho Brewer, Jno Piper and 27 others for February court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the jury summons list.
- Court minutesThe court swore the grand jury.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Rich’d Bennehan, Jno Cain, George Carrington and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Clark Jr, Jehu Whithead, Wm Lockard and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJoseph Dickson was elected constable and posted security.
- Court minutesJurors upheld David Fogleman’s promise and awarded Robert Dickson damages.
- Court minutesDeed, William Dickson to Sarah Linn, proved by Jeremiah Holt.
- Court minutesDeed, John Roberts to Edmund Herndon, proved by A M Dickson.
- Court minutesMarriage contract, proved by William Norwood.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Thomas Mordock’s guardianship account.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors John Craig, Robert Eaton, John Rippey and 27 others for the next county court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Andrew McCauley, George Reeves, John Williams and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Samuel Thompson Eno, Benjamin Rhodes, James Moore and 33 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury found Henry Hunt’s setoff equalled George Carrington’s demand.
- Court minutesThe jury found Raleigh Vickers guilty on the indictment.
