Orange County Indexed
The Drake surname
The Drake name in Orange County Indexed: 12 historical records.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1865
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1764–1805
- Court minutes 1791–1811
- Records of enslaved people 1805
- Marriages 1808–1865
- Married into
- Crawford 1, Simpson 1, Pittard 1, Satterfield 1, Rhodes 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Thompson 2
- Search beyond these records
- Drake 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 Drake there)
- Drake 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 12 records
3 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 5 marriages and 3 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Drake marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1790s
- 1791Court minutesDeed, William Dorris & wife to John Dorris, proved by Isaac Drake.
1800s
- 1805DeedsHenry Drake to Samuel Thompson, 3 October 1805
- 1805Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Henry Drake to Samuel Thompson, 3 October 1805
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: John Simpson and Elizabeth Drake
1810s
- 1810Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Willis Drake granted to Elizabeth Drake; sureties Thomas Lindly and William Pike.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed William Morrow as road overseer.
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Hynes Drake and Nancy Crawford
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Pittard and Rebecca Drake
1820s
- 1820MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Satterfield and Joanna Drake
1860s
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: George W Drake and Agnes Rhodes
