Orange County Indexed
The Dobbins surname
The Dobbins name in Orange County Indexed: 29 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1757 to 1798
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1757–1798
- Wills 1759–1775
- Tax lists 1779
- Court minutes 1784–1798
- Records of enslaved people 1798
- In the chronology
- 1933 to 1969 3 people in 27 entries, most in the 1960s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (1), Mebane (1), Country Line Creek (1), Reedy Fork of Hico Creek (1)
- Often named with
- Scott 3, Casey 3, Thompson 2, Fulkerson 2, Porter 2, Ferguson 2
- People with a page here
- James Talmage Dobbins, Preston Dobbins
- Spellings to try
- Dobbin, Dobins
- Search beyond these records
- Dobbins 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 Dobbins there)
- Dobbins 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 3 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.
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Dobbins, J. T. 5 entries, 1933–1949
Show the 5 entries
- 1933–1949: Chapel Hill town elections, 1933–1949
- May 2, 1933: Chapel Hill elects John Foushee mayor
- May 4, 1937: Chapel Hill re-elects Mayor Foushee and chooses three new aldermen
- May 6, 1941: Chapel Hill re-elects Mayor John M. Foushee and elects Fitch, Bowman, and Davis aldermen
- June 1, 1949: Chapel Hill's new zoning ordinance takes effect
- Dobbins, Preston 21 entries, 1967–1969
- Dobbins, Wilson 1 entry, 1936
In the historical records 29 records
10 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 13 court minutes, 1 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. Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1757DeedsHugh Dobbins to John Graves, June 1757
- 1759WillsWill of James Hopkins
1760s
- 1761DeedsThomas Dobbins to Adam Leakey, February 1761
- 1764DeedsThomas Dobbins to William Serjant, August 1764
- 1764DeedsBenjamin Carter to Hugh Dobbins, August 1764
- 1765DeedsJohn Robinson to Thomas Dobbins, May 1765
- 1765DeedsJames Fulkerson to Hugh Dobbins, May 1765
- 1768DeedsThomas Dobbins Jr to Robert McFarland, October 1768
1770s
- 1774WillsWill of Thomas Dobbins
- 1775WillsWill of John Campbell
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Dobbins Robert
1780s
- 1782DeedsNorth Carolina to William Dobbins, 25 October 1782
- 1784Court minutesTwelve jurors were listed.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Hugh Dobbins one penny in damages plus costs against Thos Stephens.
1790s
- 1797Court minutesDeed, the Trustees of the University to John Carrington, proved by Bryson Dobbins.
- 1798DeedsBryson Dobbins to John Casey & Thomas Scott, 9 February 1798
- 1798DeedsBryson Dobbins to Henry Thompson Jr, 27 September 1798
- 1798Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Bryson Dobbins to Henry Thompson Jr, 27 September 1798
- 1798Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Bryson Dobbins to John Casey, Thomas Scott, 9 February 1798
- 1798Court minutesDeed, Joseph Hodge Shff &c to Samuel Benton, proved by Bryson Dobbins.
Undated
- 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 minutesNamed workers were assigned the road from John Roberson’s shop toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill under William Lea.
- Court minutesThomas Dobbins brought an action on the case against Patrick Porter.
- Court minutesGordon and Boyd petitioned against Hugh Dobbins.
- Court minutesThomas Dobbins brought an action on the case against Patrick Porter.
- Court minutesJames Dobbins brought a debt claim against James Fulkerson and others.
- Court minutesTwelve jurors were impanelled and sworn as Jury No. 76.
- Court minutesBrenun Dobbins received a liquor-retailing license for Hillsbo, subject to bond.
- Court minutesDeed of Trust, Bryson Dobbins to John Casey & Thomas Scott, proved by Wm Duffy.
