Orange County Indexed
The Erwin surname
The Erwin name in Orange County Indexed: 15 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1754 to 1856
most named in the 1750s
- Court minutes 1754–1789
- Deeds 1764
- Tax lists 1780
- Marriages 1856
- In the chronology
- 1922 to 1955 4 people in 5 entries, most in the 1920s
- Married into
- Jones 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Mebane 2, Day 2
- Spellings to try
- Ervin
- Search beyond these records
- Erwin 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 Erwin there)
- Erwin 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 4 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.
- Erwin, Clyde 1 entry, 1951
- Erwin, Clyde A., Jr. 1 entry, 1955
- Erwin, W. A. 1 entry, 1923
- Erwin, William Allen 2 entries, 1922–1926
In the historical records 15 records
2 deeds, 1 marriages, 11 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Erwin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1754Court minutesThe road commissioners met with the ten named members present (James Dickey, James Allison, Thomas Loyd, Robert Cate).
- 1756Court minutesThe record listed twenty-four road commissioners for the April meeting (Thomas Holden, John Pittman, James Allison, Lawrence Banckson).
- 1756Court minutesThe record listed the county’s thirty-five current road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Robert Cate).
- 1756Court minutesFifteen road commissioners attended the general meeting at the courthouse (Thomas Loyd, James McAllister, William Barnett, Joseph Boggs).
- 1757Court minutesWilliam Mians (?) replaced George Erwin as road overseer.
1760s
1780s
1850s
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: George W Erwin and Fanny I Jones
Undated
- Court minutesFrancis Day, Alexander Mebane and Robert Erwin were appointed commissioners for the old trading path from the county boundary through Haw…
- Court minutesFrancis Day, Alex. Mebane and Robert Erwin became road commissioners for Old Trading Path from the county boundary through Haw River to G…
- Court minutesGeorge Erwin replaced James Fruitt as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe record listed twenty-eight road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Thomas Loyd).
- Court minutesHugh Smith reported warrants against John Madow and Wm Gattren (?), believed directed to constable John Craig.
