Orange County Indexed
The Harper surname
The Harper name in Orange County Indexed: 27 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1754 to 1908
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1754–1819
- Tax lists 1779
- Marriages 1782–1908
- Wills 1783
- Court minutes 1789–1811
- In the chronology
- 1790 to 1993 5 people in 6 entries, most in the 1970s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 1 person, born 1917
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (3), Plum Branch (1), Harpers Branch (1), Gwinns Creek (1), Cane Creek (1)
- Married into
- Barnhill 1, Carter 1, Dolly 1, Forrest 1, Guy 1, Hopper 1, Smith 1, Jenkins 1, Taylor 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Cook 3, Haney 2
- People with a page here
- Margaret Taylor Harper
- Spellings to try
- Harder, Harner
- Search beyond these records
- Harper 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 Harper there)
- Harper 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 5 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.
- Harper, George 1 entry, 1965
- Harper, Jack 1 entry, 1931
- Harper, Jeduthan 1 entry, 1790
- Harper, Joel 1 entry, 1993
- Harper, Margaret Taylor 2 entries, 1978
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.
- Harper family family, 2 works
- Harper, Margaret Taylor, 1917-2009 1 work
In the historical records 27 records
6 deeds, 9 marriages, 8 court minutes, 3 tax list entries 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. Harper marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Harper William
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Harper John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Harper William
1780s
- 1782MarriagesMarriage bond: John Guy and Sarah Harper
- 1783WillsWill of Hugh Morrow
- 1786MarriagesMarriage bond: Richard Harper and Anne Forrest
- 1789DeedsWilliam Harper & Elizabeth Harper to John Melvin & Nancy Melvin, 23 November 1789
- 1789Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Harper as road overseer.
1790s
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: William Jenkins and Milley Harper
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: William Barnhill and Elizabeth Harper
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: Willis Harper and Rosannah Dolly
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed James Jones as road overseer.
- 1819DeedsSamuel Child to Matthew Harper, 15 July 1819
1840s
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Braks Harper and Patsy Carter
1900s
- 1908MarriagesMarriage license: Arther Harper and Blanch Taylor
Undated
- DeedsJohn Gwinn & Sarah Gwinn to William Harper & Elisabeth Harper
- Court minutesThe court impaneled the thirteen named grand jurors.
- Court minutesJosias Dixon and the other listed county military officers qualified.
- Court minutesRobert Harper brought an action on the case against Dudley Reynolds.
- Court minutesJonathan Harper was appointed to take depositions in Randolph under the Assembly act.
- Court minutesDeed, Wm Harper et Ux to James Cook, proved by Archibald Cook.
- Court minutesDeed, William Harper & wife Elizabeth to John Haney, proved by James Cook & Archable Cook.
