Orange County Indexed
The Gorden surname
The Gorden name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records.
- In the records
- 1788 to 1867
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1788–1809
- Marriages 1803–1867
- Records of enslaved people 1834
- Deeds 1856
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsboro (1), Tryon Street (1)
- Married into
- Brown 1, Cobb 1, Crabtree 1, Shaw 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Woods 2, Thompson 2
- Spellings to try
- Gordon, Gordan, Gordin, Gooden
- Search beyond these records
- Gorden 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 Gorden there)
- Gorden 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
1 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages and 17 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Gorden marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court appointed twelve men to survey the proposed road from Rays Lane to Haw Branch and report next term.
- 1798Court minutesBill of Sale, Jno Gorden, Wm Gorden & James Gorden to Wm Nelson, proved by Edward Wilson.
- 1799Court minutesJames Gorden was fined for missing jury attendance.
1800s
- 1800Court minutesJurors acquitted Henry Younger and Joseph Younger of trespass; the unnamed prosecutor was ordered to pay costs.
- 1800Court minutesJurors acquitted Tobias Smith of petty larceny; the unnamed prosecutor was ordered to pay costs.
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Shaw and Jeany Gorden
- 1808Court minutesDeed, William Gorden to John Woods, proved by Robert Mebane.
- 1809Court minutesDeed, John Gorden to Jonathan Thompson, proved by James Gorden.
1830s
- 1834Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: James C Stewart to Samuel J Gorden, William Corbett, 17 September 1834
1850s
1860s
- 1861MarriagesMarriage bond: William B Gorden and Lucy R Brown
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: Yancy Gorden and Mariah Cobb
Undated
- Court minutesThe court recorded Eli Harvey, Robert Morrison, Nathan Dixon and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Armstrong, James Gorden, David Craig and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Matthew Woods to Andrew Murdock, proved by John Gorden.
- Court minutesJurors upheld David Fogleman’s promise and awarded Robert Dickson damages.
- Court minutesDeed, William Frances Strudwick to William Gorden, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesJurors valued the bond, rejected payment and setoff and awarded John Gorden damages against Jonathan Thompson.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Gorden granted to Samuel O’Daniel; sureties Matthew Ray.
