Orange County Indexed
The Fairman surname
The Fairman name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records.
- In the records
- 1793 to 1803
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1793–1799
- Records of enslaved people 1794
- Wills 1794–1795
- Court minutes 1796–1803
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (3), Tryon Street (2), King Street (2), Combs Creek (2), Bartons Creek (1), Hazel Lane (1), Morgan Creek (1), Durham (1)
- Often named with
- Dixon 6, Coughlin 3, Coghlin 3, Nash 2, Casey 2
- Search beyond these records
- Fairman 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 Fairman there)
- Fairman 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 23 records
9 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 10 court minutes and 2 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
- 1793DeedsJohn McCarrel to John Fairman, 25 April 1793
- 1793DeedsJohn Taylor & Eleanor Taylor to John Fairman, 8 March 1793
- 1793DeedsWilliam Nash to John Fairman, 25 March 1793
- 1793DeedsWilliam Nash to John Fairman, August 1793
- 1794DeedsJohn Fairman to John Coughlin, 1 April 1794
- 1794DeedsJohn Fairman to James Coughlin, 1 April 1794
- 1794DeedsJohn Fairman to James Coughlin, 1 April 1794
- 1794Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Fairman to Joseph Dixon, 25 November 1794
- 1794Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Fairman to Thomas O'Harro, 3 December 1794
- 1794WillsBill of sale: John Fairman to Joseph Dixon
- 1795WillsBill of sale: John Fairman to Thomas O’Harro
- 1796Court minutesOn John Williams’s motion, the court summoned James Coghlin concerning alleged concealment of John Fairman’s property to defeat the plain…
- 1799DeedsJohn Fairman to Joseph Dixon, 22 June 1799
1800s
- 1803Court minutesDeed, Abraham Swagerty to John Fairman, proved by Joseph Dixon.
- 1803Court minutesDeed, John Fairman to Thomas O'Hara, proved by John Casey.
Undated
- DeedsAlexander Duncan Moore to John Fairman
- Court minutesJohn Fairman, described as reputed father, was ordered to pay Polly McDade annual child support for five years.
- Court minutesA writ of error was granted in James W Lackey’s action against John Fairman, secured by James Coghlin and Joseph Dixon.
- Court minutesThe jury valued Virginia currency in North Carolina money and stated a discharge amount in James W Lackey’s action against John Fairman.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Joseph Montgomery of assault; he remained in the sheriff’s custody.
- Court minutesJoseph Dickson became St Marks constable, gave bond and qualified.
- Court minutesCockran, Mukin? and company recovered damages and costs against Jno Fairman.
- Court minutesJno Fairman’s ejectment action against Jehu Whithead ended in nonsuit.
