Orange County Indexed
The Dunnagin surname
The Dunnagin name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records.
- In the records
- 1787 to 1802
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1787–1802
- Deeds 1791
- Marriages 1795
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Trading Road (1), Hillsborough (1), Little River (1)
- Married into
- May 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Dunnagan, Dunagan, Dunnegan, Dunnigan, Dunnavin, Dunavin, Dunagin
- Search beyond these records
- Dunnagin 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 Dunnagin there)
- Dunnagin 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 23 records
1 deeds, 1 marriages and 21 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Dunnagin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1787Court minutesThe court directed the sheriff to summon jurors Joseph Thompson, Jno Breeze, Abram Thompson and 33 others for the next term (Jno Tinnens).
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Wm Newman against Jacob Richards.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury convicted Samuel Coleman of assault; a five-shilling fine was recorded, followed by a remission noted ambiguously as 20.
- 1788Court minutesOn appeal, the jury awarded Wm Courtney £3.1 plus costs against Wm Shepperd.
- 1788Court minutesConstable Sherwood Dunnagin was appointed.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury returned an award of £526.6.3 plus costs in Miller and Young’s debt action against Allison.
- 1791DeedsWilliam Dunnagin Sr to William Cain, 23 August 1791
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Ashby Dunnagin and Polly May
- 1798Court minutesJurors upheld James Tinnen’s will against Cearns and John Tinnen’s caveat.
1800s
- 1802Court minutesJurors found David Rainey not liable in James Murdock’s action.
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe court appointed sixteen men to survey a route from Davises Shop across the public Flat River bridge to Hillsborough and report next t…
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Andrew Gibson £75.5, dischargeable through certificates, with costs; the record referred to the trial docket for certifi…
- Court minutesThe court appointed Sherwood Dunnagin as road overseer, replacing Charles Dunnagin.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with annotations of absence, excuses, failure to summon, and death.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Strayhorn, James Hart, James Craig and 34 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Cain as road overseer.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in James Patterson’s action against James Ray and James Nicholson.
- Court minutesJno Fairman’s ejectment action against Jehu Whithead ended in nonsuit.
- Court minutesThe court recorded a venire for the February term.
- Court minutesThe court fined Sherwood Dunnagin for nonattendance, then released him from the fine.
- Court minutesAndrew McCulley recovered damages and costs against Robert Wilson.
