Orange County Indexed
The Hanks surname
The Hanks name in Orange County Indexed: 27 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1795 to 1867
most named in the 1800s
- Marriages 1795–1867
- Deeds 1800–1825
- Court minutes 1801–1808
- Wills 1810–1833
- In the chronology
- 1821 to 1823 1 person in 2 entries
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Little River (4), Mebane (1), Hillsborough (1), Churton Street (1), Orange Street (1), Fayetteville (1)
- Married into
- Armstrong 1, Blunt 1, Ray 1, Holt 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Armstrong 7, Lea 3, Phillips 2
- Spellings to try
- Hawks, Hanes
- Search beyond these records
- Hanks 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 Hanks there)
- Hanks 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 1 person
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 27 records
7 deeds, 4 marriages, 12 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. Hanks marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hanks and Mary Jane Armstrong
1800s
- 1800DeedsJohn Armstrong to John Hanks, 27 August 1800
- 1801Court minutesDeed, John Armstrong to John Hanks, acknowledged in court.
- 1804DeedsJohn Hanks to Jesse Dickens, 7 April 1804
- 1804DeedsJohn Armstrong to John Hanks, 23 April 1804
- 1806Court minutesDeed, John Armstrong to George Lea, proved by John Hanks.
- 1807Court minutesDeed, John Armstrong to George Lea, proved by John Hanks.
- 1808Court minutesA memorandum directed issuance of scire facias concerning bail for R Hanks and Shearer.
1810s
- 1810WillsWill of Jno. Armstrong
- 1813DeedsNorth Carolina to John Hanks, 12 November 1813
- 1813WillsWill of John Woods
1820s
- 1823DeedsMartin Hanks to William H Phillips, 10 March 1823
- 1823DeedsJames Phillips to Martin Hanks, 3 May 1823
- 1825DeedsMartin Hanks to John Carden Jr & William Whitaker Jr, 5 September 1825
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: John Ray and Jane Hanks
- 1827WillsWill of Robert Faucett
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: John Holt and Nancy Hanks
1830s
- 1833WillsWill of David Ray
1860s
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: William H Hanks and Catherine R Blunt
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Wilson as road overseer, replacing Mark Picket,.
- Court minutesRob’t Faucet was nonsuited against Sherwood Allen and requested an appeal with James Faucet as surety.
- Court minutesJno Hanks recovered the unpaid debt balance and damages against Jess Lynch after a payment credit and rejection of setoff.
- Court minutesFollowing default, Abner B Bruce received damages and costs against Alexander Tinnen.
- Court minutesJurors valued the bond, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Richard Simpson damages against James Shepperd.
- Court minutesDeed, John Hanks to Jesse Dickins, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, John Armstrong to John Hanks, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, John Armstrong to George Lea, proved by John Hanks.
