Orange County Indexed
The Hadley surname
The Hadley name in Orange County Indexed: 43 historical records.
- In the records
- 1757 to 1860
most named in the 1760s
- Court minutes 1757–1812
- Wills 1760–1841
- Deeds 1765–1851
- Records of enslaved people 1851
- Marriages 1860
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (2), Ridge Road (2), Cane Creek (2), Muddy Branch (1), Stinking Quarter Creek (1), Spring Meeting (1), Paoli (1)
- Married into
- Carter 1, Kirkpatrick 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Newlin 4, Woody 3, Hubbard 2, Turrentine 2, Vestal 2, Teague 2, Holladay 2, Lindley 2
- Spellings to try
- Hailey, Haley, Handley, Hanley, Hawley, Hadly
- Search beyond these records
- Hadley 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 Hadley there)
- Hadley 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 43 records
12 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 18 court minutes and 10 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. Hadley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1757Court minutesJohn Marshal replaced Joshua Hadley as road overseer.
- 1759Court minutesThomas Hadley received permission to operate an ordinary.
1760s
- 1760WillsWill of Joshua Hadley
- 1765DeedsJohn Hornaday to John Hadley, August 1765
- 1765Court minutesJoshua Hadley and James Ross recorded cattle marks.
- 1765Court minutesThe court apprenticed Isaac Beverley to Joshua Hadley until age 21.
- 1766DeedsJames Vestal to Simon Hadley, May 1766
- 1766Court minutesWilliam Teague replaced Joseph Hadley as road overseer.
1770s
1780s
- 1782WillsWill of Thomas Lindley
- 1784WillsWill of William Lindley
1790s
- 1794WillsWill of James Thompson
1800s
1810s
- 1811DeedsJohn Hadley to Samuel Woody, 31 May 1811
- 1812Court minutesDeed, John Hadley to Samuel Woody, proved by Nathaniel Newlin.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, John Hadley to Samuel Woody, proved by Nathaniel Newlin quaker.
- 1812WillsWill of Philip (x) Eulice
- 1815WillsWill of John Coble
- 1818WillsWill of Jacob Marshill
1820s
- 1828WillsWill of Jonathan Lindley
1830s
- 1830DeedsJonathan L Hadley to Isaac Alexander, 14 January 1830
- 1836DeedsPeter Stout to Cane Creek Farmers and Mechanics Manufacturing Company & Jacob Hadley & William McPherson & William Albright & Joseph Dixon & John Dixon directors, 29 March 1836
- 1836DeedsJesse Dixon & Joseph Dixon to Cane Creek Farmers and Mechanics Cotton Factory & Jacob Hadley & William McPherson & William Albright & Joseph Dixon & John Dixon directors, 29 March 1836
1840s
- 1841WillsWill of Zernah Hobson
1850s
- 1851DeedsJames C Turrentine to William P Hadley, 23 June 1851
- 1851Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James C Turrentine to William P Hadley, 23 June 1851
1860s
Undated
- DeedsWilliam Vernon to Joshua Hadley, March 1759
- Court minutesJosiah Hadley became overseer from the courthouse to Mary Williams’ crossing of Haw River, with fourteen named workers assigned.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the Western Path connection to John Woody’s ferry; Thomas Hadley and Robert Rainey became overseers.
- Court minutesWilliam Morrow and Joshua Hadley became overseers of adjoining sections of Cape Fare Road.
- Court minutesWill of Joshua Hadley, proved by Patience Hadley and Joshua Hadley.
- Court minutesEdward Tyrie replaced deceased Joshua Hadley as road overseer.
- Court minutesJeremiah Hadley replaced Edward Teague as Cape Fare Road overseer from Terril’s Creek to the fork before Zachariah Martin Junior’s.
- Court minutesJohn Hornedy became Cape Fare Road overseer from Jeremiah Hadley’s to the fork near Simon Hadley’s former residence.
- Court minutesJohn Johnson replaced Brumley Barnes as road overseer from the black oak above his house to Jeremiah Hadley’s.
- Court minutesJoshua Hadley replaced Joseph Kirk as road overseer.
- Court minutesJohn Salling proceeded against Joshua Hadley.
- Court minutesWill of Wm. Lindley, proved by Joshua Hadley & Henry Holladay.