Orange County Indexed
The Humphries surname
The Humphries name in Orange County Indexed: 14 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1765 to 1791
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1765–1784
- Court minutes 1785–1791
- In the chronology
- 1946 to 1962 3 people in 4 entries, most in the 1940s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (1), Margaret Street (1), King Street (1)
- Often named with
- Nunn 3, Dowell 2
- Spellings to try
- Humphrey, Humphreys, Humphres, Humphrays, Humphriss
- Search beyond these records
- Humphries 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 Humphries there)
- Humphries 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 3 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.
- Humphries, Creighton 1 entry, 1950
- Humphries, Josephine 2 entries, 1946–1948
- Humphries, Neal 1 entry, 1962
In the historical records 14 records
2 deeds 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. Search the name in every collection
1760s
1780s
- 1784DeedsMary Humphries to William Nunn Jr, 10 July 1784
- 1785Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Rand. Humphries granted to Archibald Lytle.
- 1786Court minutesSurveyors were appointed in Samuel Strudwick’s land dispute against Laurence Thompson and others, with a report due next court.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Jno and Sam’l Hart against Mary Humphries.
1790s
Undated
- Court minutesThomas Humphries and his unnamed wife brought an action on the case against John Dowell.
- Court minutesThos Humphries and his unnamed wife brought an action on the case against James Ramage.
- Court minutesThomas Humphries and his unnamed wife proceeded against John Dowell.
- Court minutesWilliam Nunn brought an action on the case against William Humphries.
- Court minutesWilliam Nunn brought an action on the case against William Humphries.
- Court minutesMary Humphries proceeded against Jane McGown.
- Court minutesJacob Chavis brought a debt claim against Chas. Humphries and Wm. Humphries.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Mary Humphries £97 plus costs against Wm Johnston’s executors; the court granted a requested writ of error.
