Orange County Indexed
The Dunnavin surname
The Dunnavin name in Orange County Indexed: 15 historical records.
- In the records
- 1788 to 1802
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1788–1802
- Deeds 1792
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Toms Creek (1), Great Road (1), Haw River (1), Hillsborough (1)
- Spellings to try
- Dunnagan, Dunnagin, Dunnivan, Dunavin, Dunnavan, Dunnaven
- Search beyond these records
- Dunnavin 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 Dunnavin there)
- Dunnavin 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 15 records
1 deeds and 14 court minutes, 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
1780s
1790s
- 1791Court minutesThe jury awarded Dunnavin eight pounds with interest from March 1782 and costs; an appeal was requested.
- 1792DeedsJohn Dunnavin to William Boyle, September 1792
- 1795Court minutesAlex Mebane won damages and costs against Jno Dunnavin.
- 1798Court minutesJohn Dunnavin recovered damages and costs against Tho Mulhollan’s executors after jurors rejected part of his claim and credited payment.
1800s
Undated
- Court minutesWm Butler was sworn as garnishee in Jno Dunnavin’s action against James McMurtry, but his statement was unfinished.
- Court minutesJno Dunnavin was nonsuited; Wm Butler was discharged after denying possession or knowledge of James McMurtry’s property.
- Court minutesJurors found John Dunnavin had breached his covenant and awarded Hardy Hurdle damages and costs.
- Court minutesJno Doe’s ejectment claim against Richard Roe and John Whitsides failed; Eliza Oneal received approval of appeal securities.
- Court minutesFollowing default, John Dunnavin received damages and costs against Jean Polston.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Wm F Thompson; the court excluded State witness John Dunnavin’s attendance from costs charged against him.
- Court minutesJurors convicted John Dunnavin of assault but acquitted him of battery; the court imposed a fine and imprisonment until costs and fine we…
