Orange County Indexed
The Estis surname
The Estis name in Orange County Indexed: 28 historical records.
- In the records
- 1782 to 1810
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1782–1810
- Marriages 1810
- Married into
- Green 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Lytle 2, Umstead 2, Harris 2
- Spellings to try
- Estes, Eastis
- Search beyond these records
- Estis in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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- Estis 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 28 records
1 marriages and 27 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Estis marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1782Court minutesWorkers belonging to James Hogg and John Estis were excused from public roads and assigned to Hillsborough streets.
- 1785Court minutesJno. Estis became overseer from Baxter’s Branch to Hillsborough; the listed inhabitants’ hands were assigned to maintain the road.
- 1785Court minutesA jury was sworn in Alex Martin’s case against administrator Thos. Donalson.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard Zacheus Tate’s case against administrator Sarah Lytle.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard Allison & St. Laurence’s case against Wm. Leet.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard administrator Scurloch’s case against Luttrell’s administrators.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard John Hogan’s case against Lutterell’s administrators.
- 1788Court minutesLetter of Attorney, James Williams to Jno Estis, proved by Thomas Watts.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Moore to replace Couch on the road east of New Hope and assigned seventeen workers.
- 1790Court minutesThe court accepted the jury’s rerouted-road report and directed Theophilus Thompson to open the route, with Williams’s laborers maintaini…
- 1791Court minutesThe jury convicted Rob’t Ferguson of the indictment’s unspecified charge.
- 1792Court minutesA jury upheld Thomas Horn Sr’s will in Thomas Horn Jr’s dispute with James B Horn and another Horn; a new trial followed.
- 1793Court minutesFollowing default, a jury assessed damages for Wm Nash against John Estis.
- 1798Court minutesAfter John Umstead, William Lytle and Sterling Harris’s report, the court compensated John Estis for arranging old register books and pro…
- 1799Court minutesJohn Estis received reimbursement for books supplied to the register’s office.
1800s
- 1800Court minutesDeed, Absalom Tatom to John Estis, acknowledged in court.
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Silas Green and Elizabeth Estis
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Eliza Estis to William Picket, proved by James Latta.
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire listing thirty prospective jurors.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Mebane, Dav’d Mebane, Ro Tinnen and 37 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court listed the remaining original-panel jurors.
- Court minutesA[n]drew Burke was nonsuited in his action against Wm Courtney.
- Court minutesJno Elliott was nonsuited in his appeal against Rob’t Ferguson and Andrew Burke.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Henry Nail as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court reimbursed John Estis for supplies and appointed Wm Lytle, Jno Umstead and Sterling Harris to value his indexing work.
- Court minutesDeed, Nath’l Rochester to Elizabeth Estis, proved by William Norwood.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Pratt to Peter Mallett, Thomas Tullock & Jno Estis, proved by John Allison.
- Court minutesThe jury found a promise within three years and awarded William P Mangum damages and costs on appeal.
