Orange County Indexed
The Grissom surname
The Grissom name in Orange County Indexed: 17 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1775 to 1824
most named in the 1780s
- Wills 1775
- Court minutes 1781–1783
- Marriages 1781–1824
- In the chronology
- 1880 to 1966 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1880s
- Married into
- Copland 1, Vickers 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- McDaniel 5, Steel 4, Taylor 3, McCauley 3, Walker 2, Elliott 2
- Spellings to try
- Grissum, Grissome, Grissam, Grisson
- Search beyond these records
- Grissom 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 Grissom there)
- Grissom 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 2 people
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 17 records
2 marriages, 14 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. Grissom marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1775WillsWill of Christopher Mier
1780s
- 1781MarriagesMarriage bond: William Vickers and Milligan Grissom
- 1781Court minutesArchd. Grissom and John Taylor took allegiance and justice-of-the-peace oaths after nomination in the peace commission.
- 1781Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Steel, John Nichols, John Walker and Archer Grissom present.
- 1782Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Steel, William McCauley, John Taylor and 2 others present.
- 1782Court minutesDeed, Francis Morland to Wm. Moreland, proved by Archer Grissom.
- 1782Court minutesFrancis Morland oversaw the road from Cross Roads near Wm. Road’s to Anderson Comer’s, with workers belonging to seventeen named people.
- 1782Court minutesThe court convened with justices Wm. McCauley, John Steel, Archer Grissom and 2 others present.
- 1782Court minutesThe court convened with justices Wm. McCauley, Eli McDaniel, Archer Grissom and 2 others present.
- 1783Court minutesThe court convened with justices Eli McDaniel, John Steel and Archer Grissom present.
- 1783Court minutesJonathan Dollar entered a bond with Geo. Grissom on the same stated terms.
- 1783Court minutesThe court convened with justices Archer Grissom, John Elliott and Wm. Ainsley present.
- 1783Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Butler, Elie McDaniel and Archer Grissom present.
1820s
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Simon Copland and Sienea Grissom
Undated
- Court minutesArthur Mangum, Robt. Abercrombie and Archer Grissom were appointed assessors for St. Marks and St. Marys.
- Court minutesTwelve named people were ordered summoned for the next Superior Court of Law and Equity.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Eli McDaniel, John Taylor and Archer Grissom present.
