Orange County Indexed
The English surname
The English name in Orange County Indexed: 13 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1791 to 1801
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1791–1801
- In the chronology
- 1877 to 1955 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1870s
- In books and archives
- 2 people, born 1905 to 1947
- Often named with
- Carson 4, McCanlis 2, Turrentine 2
- People with a page here
- Earl English, Jane English
- Search beyond these records
- English 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 English there)
- English 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 2 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.
- English, J. D. 2 entries, 1877–1886
- English, Sam 1 entry, 1955
In books and archives 2 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- English, Earl, 1905-2000 1 work
- English, Jane, 1947- 1 work
In the historical records 13 records
12 court minutes and 1 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
1790s
- 1791Court minutesThe court ordered five-year-old orphan Abby Shiken bound to David English under an ambiguously stated duration.
- 1798Court minutesAdministration of the estate of David English granted to Ellinor English; sureties Robert Gray and James Armstrong.
- 1798Court minutesJurors rejected the purported will of David English in Ellenor English’s caveat against James Carson.
- 1798Court minutesAdministration of the estate of David English granted to Ellinor English; sureties James Riggs, Thomas Jourdan and William McCanlis.
- 1799Court minutesBond to David English, proved by James Baldridge.
- 1799Court minutesJames Carson submitted a sworn inventory of David English’s estate.
- 1799Court minutesJames Carson submitted a sworn inventory of Ellenor English’s estate.
1800s
Undated
- Court minutesCommissions issued for depositions from David English, Christean Varts, George Burket, Phillip Mheaner and others in David English’s case…
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff in John Ray and James Jamerson’s action against Rob’t Carson and Jno Carrington.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Ellener English granted to James Carson; sureties Sam’l Turrentine, Robert Carson and Thomas Watts.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of David English granted to James Carson; sureties Sam’l Turrentine, Tho Whitted and Robert Carson.
- WillsBond: Thomas Mulholland to David English