Orange County Indexed
The Gaunt surname
The Gaunt name in Orange County Indexed: 11 historical records.
- In the records
- 1798 to 1800
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1798–1800
- Often named with
- Trollinger 2, Cook 2
- Search beyond these records
- Gaunt 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 Gaunt there)
- Gaunt 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 11 records
11 court minutes, 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
- 1798Court minutesJohn Bullock recovered damages and costs against Adam Marley.
- 1798Court minutesJurors rejected John Sloss’s claim that Abner B Bruce had undertaken the alleged obligation.
- 1798Court minutesJno Washington recovered damages and costs against Wm Courtney after jurors allowed a tavern account setoff.
1800s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court recorded Thomas Vincent, John Long, John Horneday and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court listed remaining original jurors.
- Court minutesJurors convicted enslaved Bob of housebreaking and theft from Sam’l Dick; the court sentenced him to whipping, ear mutilation and branding.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Durham, Isaac Shugars, James Murdock and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, David Cook to James Gaunt, proved by John Trollinger.
- Court minutesDeed, David Cook, James Cook, John Cook, William Baldwin, Martha Baldwin & Edward Cook to James Gaunt, proved by John Trollinger.
- Court minutesDeed of Gift, Matthew Rippey to Fanney Gaunt, proved by Samuel Scott.
