Orange County Indexed
The Dunnegan surname
The Dunnegan name in Orange County Indexed: 45 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1909
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1779–1813
- Marriages 1796–1909
- Deeds 1870
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Seven Mile Creek (1)
- Married into
- Amy 1, Ashley 1, Brown 1, Bullock 1, Waggoner 1, Holloway 1, James 1, Reeves 1, Parker 1, Hall 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Cain 6, Mebane 2, Bennehan 2, Carrington 2, Latta 2
- Spellings to try
- Dunnagan, Dunagan, Dunnagin, Dunnigan, Dunegan, Dunnivan
- Search beyond these records
- Dunnegan 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 Dunnegan there)
- Dunnegan 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 45 records
1 deeds, 10 marriages and 34 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Dunnegan marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Court minutesNineteen grand jurors were sworn, with Michael Holt as foreman.
1780s
- 1781Court minutesJustices were appointed to receive taxable-property lists, with three assessors for St. Marys & St. Marks Districts (Wm. Mebane, Richard…
- 1783Court minutesFifteen grand jurors qualified, with Moses Crawford as foreman.
- 1783Court minutesA named jury, or any twelve members, was appointed to lay out a road from Hillsborough to Jackson’s.
- 1784Court minutesThomas Latta replaced Wm. Dunnegan as road overseer.
- 1786Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors John Barbie, Alexr. Piper, John Connelly and 29 others for next term.
- 1786Court minutesSamuel Craig proceeded against Geo. Riggs, Sam’l. Torrentine and Chas. Dunnegan.
1790s
- 1796MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Waggoner and Judith Dunnegan
- 1797Court minutesJurors acquitted Rhody Berry of petty larceny.
1810s
- 1813Court minutesDeed, Wm Dunnegan to Stephen Clement, proved by James Latta.
1870s
- 1870DeedsRuffin R Tapp to Nancy Dunnegan, 21 November 1870
- 1873MarriagesMarriage license: John H Dunnegan and Annis D Ashley
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Wesley Dunnegan and Viloe Amy
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: James N Dunnegan and Mary E Holloway
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: Roscow Dunnegan and Everline James
1880s
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Adolphus Dunnegan and Rosa Reeves
- 1886MarriagesMarriage license: Dock Parker and Nannie Dunnegan
1890s
- 1892MarriagesMarriage license: C R Dunnegan and Telia Brown
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: R E Hall and Ella Dunnegan
1900s
- 1909MarriagesMarriage license: Cesar Bullock and Susan Dunnegan
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Charles Dunnegan & Elsey his wife to William Mebane, proved by James Martin.
- Court minutesWm. Dunnegan became overseer from Wm. Clenneys to Memy Brittaines.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon twelve named jurors for the next court.
- Court minutesWm. Dunnegan gave a 412 pounds bond as tax collector.
- Court minutesThirty named jurors were appointed to attend next court.
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned under James Scarlett to open the road from Caswell County Line to Widow Woods near Mr. William Johnston’s.
- Court minutesWm. Cain replaced William Dunnegan as road overseer.
- Court minutesThirty named jurors were appointed for next court and ordered summoned.
- Court minutesTwelve jurors were appointed to inspect the road by William Jackson’s and recommend its most convenient course at next court.
- Court minutesWm. Cain, John Nichols and James Carrington were appointed to assess Richard Bennehan’s and William Dunnegan’s estates.
- Court minutesDeed, Wm. Cain to Wm. Dunnegan, proved by James Moore.
- Court minutesTwenty-six people were ordered summoned for the next Hillsborough county court.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors qualified.
- Court minutesA sworn jury found James Baldridge not guilty.
- Court minutesWm. Cummings proceeded against Henry Morris before a substituted jury; Henry Morris and Owen Lloyd bonded for the younger Morris’s appeal.
- Court minutesJno. Dunnegan and Jno. Reeves consented to arbitration by Jno. Collins and Edw. Gwinn, whose award would bind the court.
- Court minutesJohn Dunnegan replaced Benj. Cates as overseer from Wm. Cain’s to Widow Brittain’s.
- Court minutesCharles Dunnegan was appointed road overseer from the creek at Widow Brittaine’s to Wm. Cain’s.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Strayhorn, James Hart, James Craig and 34 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded a jury panel with some members excused.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Benjamin Yeargan, Rob’t Moore, James Watson and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJohn Flintham recovered damages and costs against Wm Browning.
- Court minutesJames Mills’s surviving partners were nonsuited against Samuel Dannel; the court ordered Dannel to show why a new trial should not be gra…
- Court minutesAlex Mebanes’s estate representative recovered bond damages and costs against John Taylor; jurors rejected payment, satisfaction and seto…
- Court minutesDeed, Charles Dunnegan to James Dunnegan, acknowledged in court.
