Orange County Indexed
The Fonville surname
The Fonville name in Orange County Indexed: 36 historical records.
- In the records
- 1805 to 1885
most named in the 1820s
- Deeds 1805–1849
- Court minutes 1808
- Marriages 1816–1885
- Records of enslaved people 1820–1822
- Wills 1835
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stony Creek (6), Jordans Creek (2), Great Road (2), Deep Creek (2), New Road (1)
- Married into
- Graham 2, Alston 1, Benson 1, Garison 1, Roney 1, Hufmon 1, Pyle 1, King 1, McAdams 1, Merritt 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Garrison 4, Hurdle 3, Faucett 2, Ming 2, Gappins 2, Browning 2, Tarpley 2
- Spellings to try
- Fonvill, Fonvielle
- Search beyond these records
- Fonville 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 Fonville there)
- Fonville 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 36 records
11 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 11 marriages, 11 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. Fonville marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1800s
1810s
1820s
- 1820DeedsFrederick Fonville to George Garrison, 5 June 1820
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Frederick Fonville to George Garrison, 5 June 1820
- 1822DeedsFrederick Fonville to Joseph Bason, 25 July 1822
- 1822DeedsFrederick Fonville to Brice Fonville Garrison, 14 February 1822
- 1822DeedsFrederick Fonville to Martin Loy trustee, 8 March 1822
- 1822Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Frederick Fonville to Brice Fonville Garrison, 14 February 1822
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Graham and Edney Fonville
1830s
1840s
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: Brice F Fonville and Catharine Roney
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: Asa G Fonville and Susanah Hufmon
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Pyle and Elizabeth Fonville
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: William King and Faney Fonville
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert McAdams and Nancy Fonville
- 1848DeedsF W Fonville & William C Tarpley & Henry Roney to State of North Carolina, 3 March 1848
- 1849DeedsF W Fonville & William Tarpley & Benjamin Hurdle to State of North Carolina, 2 March 1849
1880s
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Henry Alston and Ida Fonville
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: Joseph Merritt and Margaret Fonville
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Joseph Ming to Fredrick Fonville, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld and valued the bond, awarding Thomas Johnston damages; Fredrick Fonville and Thomas Fitch secured a stay of execution.
- Court minutesThe jury found Mansfield Harris promised payment and awarded James Murdock damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded damages; John Taylor Sr and Isaac Holden secured a stay of execution.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Frederick Fonville as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Riley, James Johnston, Abram Parker and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Frederick Fonville to Stephen Gappins, proved by Robert McCrory.
- Court minutesWilliam Dickey and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Lydia Brown.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Willis Sellars damages against Fredrick Fonville; a subsequent order charged Sellars with the court’s costs.
- Court minutesDeed, Richard Browning & Sophia Browning his wife to Frederick Fonville, proved by Henry Hurdle.
