Orange County Indexed
The Husbands surname
The Husbands name in Orange County Indexed: 42 historical records and 5 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1873
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1755–1873
- Court minutes 1764–1817
- Marriages 1811–1848
- Records of enslaved people 1839
- In the chronology
- 1813 to 1942 5 people in 8 entries, most in the 1830s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (2), Hillsborough (1)
- Married into
- Burnett 2, Henderson 1, Tinnin 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Granville 12, Thompson 2, Whithed 2, Woody 2
- Spellings to try
- Husband
- Search beyond these records
- Husbands in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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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.
- Husbands, Alexander 2 entries, 1813–1817
- Husbands, Ben 1 entry, 1942
- Husbands, Patsy 1 entry, 1813
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Husbands, William 3 entries, 1813–1817
- February Term 1813: The court binds Alexander, Zedekiah and Patsy Husbands, children of William Husbands, to three masters
- 1813–1837: Zedekiah Husbands, from bound boy to master, 1813–1837
- May Term 1817: The court rebinds Zedekiah and Alexander Husbands, boys of color, after their masters leave the county
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Husbands, Zedekiah 7 entries, 1813–1837
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- February Term 1813: The court binds Alexander, Zedekiah and Patsy Husbands, children of William Husbands, to three masters
- 1813–1837: Zedekiah Husbands, from bound boy to master, 1813–1837
- May Term 1817: The court rebinds Zedekiah and Alexander Husbands, boys of color, after their masters leave the county
- 3 June 1833: Zedekiah Husbands petitions the Superior Court to stop his nephew Daniel Burnett's binding to John Jones
- August Term 1834: The court binds Daniel Burnett to his uncle Zedekiah Husbands, a free millwright of color
- 1834 or 1835: Zedekiah Husbands, a free man of color and former apprentice, buys 48 acres on the Eno River
- 10 March 1837: John Jones swears the county court had refused to bind Daniel Burnett to Zedekiah Husbands because Husbands was a man of color
In the historical records 42 records
27 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages and 10 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Husbands marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755DeedsWilliam Churton to Harmon Husbands, 4 November 1755
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Herman Husbands, December 1756
- 1758DeedsEarl Granville to Harmon Husbands, September 1758
- 1758DeedsEarl Granville to Herman Husbands, September 1758
- 1758DeedsEarl Granville to Herman Husbands, September 1758
- 1758DeedsWilliam Cox to Herman Husbands, September 1758
- 1759DeedsThomas Branson to Harman Husbands, March 1759
- 1759DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, March 1759
- 1759DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, March 1759
- 1759DeedsHarman Husbands to William Thompson, March 1759
1760s
- 1764DeedsRobert Brashears to Harman Husbands, February 1764
- 1764DeedsHarman Husbands to Richard Wright, February 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, May 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, May 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, May 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, May 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Harman Husbands, May 1764
- 1764DeedsHarman Husbands to Thomas Pugh, November 1764
- 1764DeedsHarmon Husbands to John Fields, November 1764
- 1764DeedsHarmon Husbands to Roger Murphy, November 1764
- 1764DeedsHarmon Husbands to Peter Craven, November 1764
- 1764Court minutesHarmon Husband’s road was ordered cleared and maintained, with Wm. Thompson, Robert Watkins, George Adam Salling and Harmon Husbands over…
- 1764Court minutesJohn Martial and Harmon Husbands became guardians of John Beverly’s unnamed orphan children.
- 1765DeedsHarmon Husbands to Archibald McLeroy, May 1765
- 1765DeedsRobert Satterfield to William Husbands, May 1765
- 1765DeedsEarl Granville to Christopher Husbands, August 1765
1810s
1830s
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: Zedekiah Husbands and Polly Burnett
- 1836DeedsZedekiah Husbands to Levi McCollum, 4 June 1836
- 1839DeedsZedekiah Husbands to James Webb trustee, 11 April 1839
- 1839Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Zedekiah Husbands to James Webb, 11 April 1839
1840s
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: Aaron Tinnin and Betsy Husbands
1870s
Undated
- Court minutesJesse Hollingsworth authorized Herman Husbands by a letter of attorney proved through Joshua Gregg’s affirmation.
- Court minutesHarman Husbands received permission to build a public gristmill on his own land on Deep River waters.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Alexander Husbands to John Whithed for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Zedekiah Husbands to Joseph Woody for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Patsy Husbands to William Johnston for instruction in spinning.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Treecy Husbands to John Marshall for instruction in spinning.
- Court minutesAfter John Whithed left the county, Alexander Husbands was apprenticed to James O’Daniel for farming.