Orange County Indexed
The Hightower surname
The Hightower name in Orange County Indexed: 38 historical records.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1907
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1764–1832
- Court minutes 1766–1796
- Tax lists 1779–1780
- Marriages 1826–1907
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Phils Creek (3), Morgan Creek (2), Eno River (1), Hillsborough Road (1)
- Married into
- Wade 2, Allison 1, Berry 1, Crisp 1, Hester 1, Ward 1, Vincent 1, Murphey 1, Richmond 1, Miles 1, Moore 1, Mitchell 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Bynum 2, Blackwood 2, Haywood 2
- Spellings to try
- Hightour
- Search beyond these records
- Hightower 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 Hightower there)
- Hightower 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 38 records
7 deeds, 13 marriages, 11 court minutes and 7 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Hightower marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Austin Hightower, May 1764
- 1766Court minutesWm. Hightower replaced Austin Hightower as constable.
1770s
- 1779Court minutesJohn Edwards received leave to sue Wm. Hightower through Hugh Edwards as his best friend.
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hightower John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hightower William
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hightower Austine
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hightower Henry
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hightower, John (St. Thomas's District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hightower, Wm. (St. Thomas's District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hightower, Austine (St. Thomas's District)
- 1782DeedsAustin Hightower & Martha Hightower to Pomfret Herndon, 28 August 1782
- 1783DeedsJohn Hightower to William Bynum, 31 July 1783
- 1783DeedsAustin Hightower to James Blackwood, 1 February 1783
- 1788Court minutesThe court ordered orphan Jonathan Hightower bound to Jno Elliott until legal adulthood.
- 1789DeedsJohn Hightower to William Bynum, 13 October 1789
1790s
1820s
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: Daniel Hightower and Jemima Ward
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hightower and Delilah Berry
1830s
1870s
1880s
1890s
- 1892MarriagesMarriage license: Robert Miles and Alice Hightower
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: John Moore and Julia Hightower
- 1894MarriagesMarriage license: John Crisp and Hattie Hightower
1900s
- 1901MarriagesMarriage license: Gaston Mitchell and Ann Hightower
- 1905MarriagesMarriage license: Albert Wade and Nannie Hightower
- 1907MarriagesMarriage license: Albert Wade and Nannie Hightower
Undated
- Court minutesOldham Hightower replaced Elijah Cain as road overseer from Isaac Collins’s to John Pitts’s plantation, assisted by workers in the river…
- Court minutesAugustine Hightower replaced William Stroud Junior as constable for the ensuing year.
- Court minutesDeed, Geo. Haywood to Geo. Haywood,(Jr.), proved by Wm. Hightower.
- Court minutesDeed, Austin Hightower & Kisiah Hightower to Geo. Haywood, proved by Wm. Hightower.
- Court minutesTwelve jurors were appointed to lay out the route toward Hillsborough from Chatham courthouse across Haw River at Morgans mill to the cou…
- Court minutesThe August road order toward James Williams’s mill was renewed, assigning seventeen named workers under Mr. Hightower.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of George Hagood granted to Milly Hagood; sureties John Hightower and Austin Hightower.
