Orange County Indexed
The Farthing surname
The Farthing name in Orange County Indexed: 34 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1808 to 1878
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1808–1847
- Court minutes 1811–1812
- Records of enslaved people 1813–1825
- Wills 1813–1840
- Marriages 1814–1878
- In the chronology
- 1899 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Ellerbe Creek (5), Eno River (2), Main Road (1), Raleigh (1)
- Married into
- Holloway 2, Lewis 2, Mangum 2, Blalock 1, Burton 1, Cheek 1, Christian 1, Lumley 1, Gooch 1, Turner 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Latta 3, Link 3, Holloway 3, Goss 2, Gooch 2
- Search beyond these records
- Farthing 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 Farthing there)
- Farthing 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 1 person
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.
In the historical records 34 records
9 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 13 marriages, 5 court minutes and 5 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. Farthing marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed James Scarlet as road overseer.
- 1812Court minutesStephen Redding and the other named patrollers received permission for payment.
- 1813DeedsWilliam W Farthing to John Link, 20 November 1813
- 1813DeedsJames Latta to John Farthing & Reuben Farthing, 2 October 1813
- 1813Records of enslaved peopleSale: James Latta to John Farthing, Reuben Farthing, 2 October 1813
- 1813WillsDeed of gift: Thomas Holloway to William Holloway
- 1814MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Lumley and Sally Farthing
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Reuben Farthing and Anne Holloway
1820s
- 1825DeedsShearman Goss to Lucretia Farthing, 4 March 1825
- 1825Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Shearman Goss to Lucretia Farthing, 4 March 1825
- 1826DeedsJohn Farthing & Reuben Farthing to James Nutt, 15 November 1826
1830s
- 1835WillsWill of Thomas Holloway, Sr.
- 1836DeedsJohn Farthing to Reuben Farthing, 15 November 1836
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: Hargis Farthing and Elizabeth Lewis
- 1839WillsWill of Joanna Farthing
1840s
- 1840WillsWill of Stephen Justice
- 1841DeedsThomas H Farthing to Moses Leathers, 25 September 1841
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Farthing and Ermin B Burton
- 1844DeedsNancy W Farthing to Stephen Holloway, 12 August 1844
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: William Farthing and Nancy Caroline Gooch
- 1847DeedsHargis Farthing to Thomas W Gooch, 27 December 1847
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Abner J Farthing and Elizabeth Lewis
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: John Farthing and Louiser Cheek
1850s
- 1859MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Turner and Louisa A Farthing
1860s
- 1862MarriagesMarriage bond: John J Holloway and Nancy W Farthing
- 1868MarriagesMarriage bond: Fendal R Mangum and Martha Farthing
1870s
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, James Latta to John & Reuben Farthing, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, William W Farthing to John Link, proved by Mann Patterson.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Willie Shaw, Henry Sheppard Eno, Joseph Baker Jr and 27 others for the next court (Jno).
- WillsCodicil of Thomas Holloway, Sr.
