Orange County Indexed
The Holstead surname
The Holstead name in Orange County Indexed: 20 historical records.
- In the records
- 1796 to 1837
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1796–1837
- Court minutes 1797–1811
- Marriages 1817–1824
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Rock Creek (3), Haw River (1), Stephens Branch (1), Stinking Quarter Creek (1)
- Married into
- Freeland 1, Hares 1, Shearer 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Coble 2, Patterson 2
- Spellings to try
- Halstead, Holstein, Holtsead, Hogshead, Holsten, Holsted
- Search beyond these records
- Holstead 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 Holstead there)
- Holstead 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 20 records
5 deeds, 3 marriages and 12 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Holstead marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found for Dun Cameron in ejectment and awarded nominal damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found a promise, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Jarratt Yeargain damages; the court allowed him to withdraw produced p…
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found James Forsyth guilty as charged.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury convicted James Rainey; he was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, continuing until prosecution costs were paid.
- 1811Court minutesThe court fined William Jacobs and ordered imprisonment until Saturday noon, continuing until the fine and costs were paid.
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Arthur Holstead and Ann Hares
1820s
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: John Holstead and Polly Freeland
1830s
Undated
- MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew Shearer and Love Holstead
- Court minutesDeed, John Coble to John Holstead, proved by Dav’d Patterson.
- Court minutesDeed, John Holstead to Christopher Horneday, proved by Isaac Patterson.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Hardy Hurdle, Thomas Robinson, John Murray and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court provisionally fined jurors Richard Christmas, John Stockard, John Kirk and 7 others for failing to appear.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors David Mebane, John Long, Christopher Daniel and 26 others for the next Superior Court.
