Orange County Indexed
The Gattes surname
The Gattes name in Orange County Indexed: 12 historical records.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1794
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1780
- Court minutes 1788–1789
- Deeds 1794
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Presswoods Creek (1)
- Spellings to try
- Gattis, Gates, Ggates, Gettes
- Search beyond these records
- Gattes 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 Gattes there)
- Gattes 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 12 records
1 deeds, 9 court minutes and 2 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. Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Gattes, John (St. Thomas's District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Gattes, James (St. Thomas's District)
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed Joseph Kirkland to replace John Strain on the Bakers–Meadows road and assigned named workers.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Archibald Lytle £59/8/11 in certificates plus costs against treasurer Jno Haywood.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Jackson £19.8.7 ½ plus costs against Andrew Brooks.
- 1788Court minutesA juror was withdrawn by agreement in Courtny’s action against Jno Bowls and his unnamed wife.
- 1789Court minutesOn appeal, the jury awarded Leticia Higgins £6,10 plus costs against Isaac Gattes.
1790s
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesThe remaining original-panel jurors were listed; Tinnen, Craig, and Walker were marked excused.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey the most convenient route between Hillsborough and the University.
