Orange County Indexed
The Hancock surname
The Hancock name in Orange County Indexed: 79 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1782 to 1903
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1782–1818
- Wills 1782–1818
- Marriages 1803–1903
- Deeds 1811–1857
- Records of enslaved people 1835–1842
- In the chronology
- 1788 to 1958 6 people in 18 entries, most in the 1820s
- In books and archives
- 2 people, born 1737 to 1894
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (10), Eno River (6), Ellerbe Creek (3), Churton Street (3), Hillsboro (2), Great Road (1), Spring Branch (1), Queen Street (1)
- Married into
- Blalock 1, Brasfield 1, Cates 1, Chamblee 1, Chizenhall 1, Christmas 1, Crutcher 1, Daniels 1, Dooley 1, Faucett 1, Richards 1, Pleasant 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Leathers 6, Palmer 4, Pratt 4, Glenn 3, Kimbrough 3, Rencher 2, Pool 2, Bruce 2, Carden 2, Hargis 2, Clancy 2, Norwood 2
- People with a page here
- Frank W. (Franklin Wills) Hancock, John Hancock, Samuel Hancock
- Spellings to try
- Hencock, Handcock
- Search beyond these records
- Hancock 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 Hancock there)
- Hancock 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 6 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.
- Hancock, Eugene 1 entry, 1958
- Hancock, Frank 2 entries, 1930
- Hancock, John 2 entries, 1841–1845
- Hancock, Samuel 12 entries, 1788–1834
- Hancock, Samuel 1 entry, 1828
- Hancock, Susan Richards 1 entry, 1821
In books and archives 2 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 79 records
31 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 26 court minutes and 4 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. Hancock marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1782Court minutesWill of Amos Thompson, proved by Henry Hancock.
- 1782WillsWill of Amos (x) Thomson or Thompson
1800s
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Hancock and Susannah Richards
- 1807Court minutesDeed, Samuel Hancock & Susanna his wife, proved by Samuel Turrentine.
1810s
- 1811DeedsMartin Palmer to Samuel Hancock, 18 April 1811
- 1811DeedsJohn Marshall to James Hancock, 30 September 1811
- 1811Court minutesDeed, Martin Palmer to Samuel Hancock, proved by Tho Clancy.
- 1812DeedsJohn G Rencher to Rodger Hancock, 12 February 1812
- 1812Court minutesDeed, John G Rencher to Roger Hancock, proved by John Phipps.
- 1814DeedsAbner B Bruce to Samuel Hancock, 13 November 1814
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm M Ballard damages and costs against Wyatt Ballard.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Isaac Holden damages and costs against Squire Shearman.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Horton.
- 1815DeedsRoger Hancock to John Pool, 4 January 1815
- 1815DeedsRoger Hancock to Reuben Carden, 16 January 1815
- 1815DeedsJames Hancock to Fielding Leathers, 8 December 1815
- 1815Court minutesThe jury decided Samuel Hancock’s action in favor of Isaac Holden.
- 1816DeedsFielding Leathers to Charity Hancock & Standly Hancock & John Hancock, 13 August 1816
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Mastin Crutcher and Mary Hancock
- 1816WillsWill of James Hancock
- 1816WillsWill of Nathan Hancock
- 1817Court minutesSamuel Hancock and the other named men were appointed to patrol the captain’s district.
- 1818Court minutesJames Hancock’s executors received permission to sell Beck, an enslaved child belonging to his estate.
- 1818Court minutesDeed, Roger Hancock to Reuben Carden, proved by Joseph Wood.
- 1818Court minutesRobert Hancock became guardian of Ritta Franklin.
- 1818Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Stanly Hancock granted to Robert Hancock; sureties Fredrick Mize and John H Atkins.
- 1818WillsWill of Roger Hancock
1820s
- 1821DeedsThomas N S Hargis to Samuel Hancock & Josiah Turner, 1 March 1821
- 1822DeedsThomas N S Hargis to Samuel Hancock, 15 April 1822
- 1823MarriagesMarriage bond: Willie Brasfield and Susan Hancock
- 1826DeedsJames Clancy to Samuel Hancock, 12 June 1826
- 1828DeedsSamuel Hancock to Charles Warren, 20 March 1828
- 1828DeedsSamuel Hancock to Anne Cameron, 29 March 1828
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph McCadams and Mary Hancock
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Pleasant and Anne I Hancock
- 1831DeedsHenry Faucett Sr to Thomas Clancy trustee & Jane Hancock, 7 February 1831
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Jacob Hancock and Jane Faucett
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: William Chizenhall and Elizabeth Hancock
- 1833DeedsJonathan P Sneed to Samuel Hancock, 25 March 1833
- 1834DeedsSamuel Hancock to John W Norwood, 1 November 1834
- 1835DeedsSamuel Hancock to Osmond F Long, 26 March 1835
- 1835DeedsSamuel Hancock to Walter A Norwood trustee, 2 April 1835
- 1835Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Samuel Hancock to Walter A Norwood, 2 April 1835
1840s
- 1841DeedsJohn Hancock to James Leathers trustee, 26 February 1841
- 1841DeedsFletcher Hancock to William N Pratt, 9 April 1841
- 1841DeedsClerese Hancock & John Hancock to Duke Glenn, 11 January 1841
- 1841Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: John Hancock to James Leathers, 26 February 1841
- 1842DeedsJohn Hancock to James Leathers trustee, 2 February 1842
- 1842DeedsJohn Hancock to William N Pratt, 25 October 1842
- 1842Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: John Hancock to James Leathers, 2 February 1842
- 1842Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Hancock to William N Pratt, 25 October 1842
- 1843DeedsJohn Hancock to Fielding Leathers trustee, 15 May 1843
- 1843DeedsJames M Palmer to Samuel Hancock, 7 March 1843
- 1843DeedsOsmond F Long to Samuel Hancock, 18 December 1843
- 1843DeedsJ W Hancock to William N Pratt, 18 December 1843
- 1843DeedsSamuel Hancock to James M Palmer, 7 March 1843
- 1843MarriagesMarriage bond: John Dooley and Susannah Hancock
1850s
- 1850DeedsRobert Hancock to R F Pleasants trustee, 30 May 1850
- 1852MarriagesMarriage bond: Henderson D Blalock and Hellen Evaline Hancock
- 1854MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hancock and Martha J Chamblee
- 1857DeedsJohn Hancock to James Holloway trustee, 28 March 1857
- 1857DeedsAnderson Browning & John Leathers & J R Chamblee & James Turner & Albert Wilkerson & William C Jones & Jonathan Hancock to State of North Carolina, 23 February 1857
1860s
1880s
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: James A Hancock and Margaret E Daniels
- 1888MarriagesMarriage license: Wm Hancock and Elminna Cates
1900s
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: Wm Rich and Ella Hancock
Undated
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed John Berry to Samuel Hancock for instruction in bricklaying.
- Court minutesDeed, Roger Hancock to John Pool, proved by James Latta Senr.
- Court minutesClarissa Hancock became guardian of John Hancock and Stanley Hancock.
- Court minutesJames Kimbrough received permission to sell Nathan Hancock’s perishable estate.
- Court minutesWill of James Hancock, proved by Tyre Glenn.
- Court minutesThe unnamed executor qualified for James Hancock’s estate.
- Court minutesWill of Nathan Hancock, proved by Thomas Cantrell.
- Court minutesThe unnamed executor qualified for Nathan Hancock’s estate.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded an inventory for J Handcock’s estate.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded an inventory for Nathan Hancock’s estate.
- Court minutesDeed, Abner B Bruce to Samuel Hancock, proved by Robert Eaton.
- Court minutesDeed, Fielding Leathers to Clarissa Hancock, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Samuel Hancock damages against James B Dickey.
