Orange County Indexed
The Hornaday surname
The Hornaday name in Orange County Indexed: 64 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1846
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1764–1807
- Deeds 1765–1842
- Tax lists 1790
- Wills 1792–1841
- Marriages 1792–1846
- Records of enslaved people 1813–1818
- In the chronology
- 1954 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (14), Wells Creek (4), Rock Creek (3), Haw River (2), Marys Creek (2), Fayette Road (1), Old Road (1), Fayetteville Road (1)
- Married into
- Alexander 2, Albright 1, Allen 1, Dicks 1, Hill 1, Hofner 1, Thompson 1, Woody 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Coble 4, Wells 4, Underwood 4, Woody 3, Shofner 2, Patterson 2, Albright 2, Lindley 2, Nugant 2, Freeman 2, Pike 2, Wheeler 2
- Spellings to try
- Horneday, Horniday, Holladay, Hornedy, Holaday, Hornady
- Search beyond these records
- Hornaday 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 Hornaday there)
- Hornaday 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 64 records
31 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 9 marriages, 13 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 8 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. Hornaday marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1764Court minutesRichard Henderson replaced John Hornaday as road overseer.
- 1765DeedsJohn Hornaday to John Hadley, August 1765
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Lewis Hornaday (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1791DeedsDaniel Freeman to Lewis Hornaday, 15 September 1791
- 1792DeedsAlexander Underwood to Nathan Hornaday, 17 October 1792
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: Ezekiel Hornaday and Mary Dicks
- 1792WillsWill of James Woody
- 1792WillsBill of sale: Joseph Bradford to Benjamin Piggott
- 1793DeedsLewis Hornaday to Jonathan Lindley, 23 March 1793
- 1793DeedsAlexander Underwood to Nathan Hornaday, 1793
- 1794DeedsAlexander Underwood & Mary Underwood to Christopher Hornaday, 24 May 1794
- 1794DeedsAlexander Underwood & Mary Underwood to Christopher Hornaday, 24 May 1794
- 1795DeedsAdam Coble to John Hornaday, 27 October 1795
- 1795DeedsAdam Coble to John Hornaday, 27 October 1795
- 1796DeedsTilman Dixon of Caswell to Lewis Hornaday, 23 August 1796
- 1797DeedsLewis Hornaday to Jacob Nugant, 29 November 1797
- 1798DeedsChristopher Hornaday to George Hobson, 4 May 1798
- 1798Court minutesThe court recorded a venire for the August term.
- 1798Court minutesDeed, Daniel Freeman to Lewis Hornaday, proved by John Long.
1800s
- 1800DeedsLewis Hornaday to Samuel Pike, 23 February 1800
- 1800Court minutesThe court ordered Joshua Holt, David White, Joseph Clendenin and 26 others summoned for jury service at the August term.
- 1800Court minutesDeed, John Clark to John Long, proved by Lewis Hornaday.
- 1801DeedsJohn Wheeler to Lewis Hornaday, 21 May 1801
- 1801DeedsSamuel Pike to Lewis Hornaday, 21 May 1801
- 1801DeedsThomas Hardin Perkins to Lewis Hornaday, 23 May 1801
- 1801Court minutesDeed, John Wheeler to Lewis Hornaday, acknowledged in court.
- 1803DeedsWilliam Shepherd to Lewis Hornaday, 11 August 1803
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Alexander and Mary Hornaday
- 1807DeedsJohn Hornaday to David Coble, 11 April 1807
- 1807DeedsNathan Hornaday to Lewis Hornaday, 21 April 1807
- 1807DeedsJohn Hornaday to Christopher Hornaday, 8 October 1807
- 1807Court minutesDeed, John Hornaday to David Coble, proved by Stephen Ward.
1810s
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: William Hornaday and Mary Hill
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Hornaday and Ann Alexander
- 1813DeedsLewis Hornaday to Frederick Shofner, 13 May 1813
- 1813Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Lewis Hornaday to Frederick Shofner, 13 May 1813
- 1813MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaiah Hornaday and Nancy Thompson
- 1814DeedsChristopher Hornaday to Isaac Patterson, 3 March 1814
- 1814MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hornaday and Polly Hofner
- 1818DeedsLewis Hornaday to Society of Friends & Solomon Dixon trustee & Hugh Woody trustee & Joseph Hill trustee, 8 December 1818
- 1818Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Lewis Hornaday to Society of Friends, Solomon Dixon, Hugh Woody, Joseph Hill, 8 December 1818
- 1819WillsWill of Isaac Dale
1820s
- 1826WillsWill of Rosannah Cotner
- 1829DeedsJohn Woody to Lewis Hornaday, 6 June 1829
1830s
- 1830DeedsLewis Hornaday to Joseph Wells, 1830
- 1831DeedsJohn Hornaday to Samuel Hill trustee & William Albright & Joseph Wells & William Wells Jr, 9 July 1831
- 1835DeedsLewis Hornaday to Alvis Albright, 6 May 1835
- 1836DeedsChristopher Hornaday to William Hornaday, 5 February 1836
- 1837DeedsNorth Carolina to Lewis Hornaday, 23 December 1837
- 1837DeedsNorth Carolina to Lewis Hornaday, 28 December 1837
- 1837WillsWill of Lewis (x) Hornaday
- 1837WillsCodicil of Lewis (x) Hornaday
- 1839WillsWill of William Hornaday
1840s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court granted a petition and appointed a jury to survey a road from Troxdales toward Chatham courthouse, ending at the county line.
- Court minutesDeed, Lewis Hornaday to Jacob Nugant, proved by Andrew Morrow.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Wm Turner and Samuel Crawford.
- Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Vestall to William Wells, proved by William Hornaday.
- Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Vestall to William Wells, proved by Wm Hornaday.
