Orange County Indexed
The Kennedy surname
The Kennedy name in Orange County Indexed: 41 historical records, 13 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1883
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1780–1857
- Wills 1786–1795
- Court minutes 1787–1799
- Tax lists 1790
- Marriages 1793–1883
- In the chronology
- 1934 to 1993 13 people in 27 entries, most in the 1980s
- In books and archives
- 5 people, born 1840 to 1932
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw Creek (4), Eno River (4), Ellerbe Creek (3), Buffalo Creek (3), Great Road (2), Haw River (2), Hillsborough (2), Toms Creek (2)
- Married into
- Sloss 1, Lovins 1, Lloyd 1, Neville 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Hodge 3, Cates 2, Sloss 2, Lynch 2
- People with a page here
- Edward M. (Edward Moore) Kennedy, George A. (George Alexander) Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Spellings to try
- Kenneday, Kennady, Kenedy
- Search beyond these records
- Kennedy 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 Kennedy there)
- Kennedy 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 13 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.
- Kennedy, Edward M. 2 entries, 1965–1967
- Kennedy, Florynce 1 entry, 1974
- Kennedy, G. C. 2 entries, 1934–1937
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Kennedy, George 9 entries, 1972–1993
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- 1972–1992: Pressing UNC to hire Black faculty, 1972–1992
- February 22, 1976: Classics professor George Kennedy re-enacts Joseph Caldwell's 1800 eulogy of George Washington
- April 19, 1985: UNC Faculty Council faults the slow hiring of Black faculty
- November 22, 1985: UNC trustees vote 12-1 to recommend divesting from firms that deal significantly with South Africa
- April 18, 1986: UNC's Faculty Council is told none of 56 faculty hired since September is Black
- March 20, 1987: Faculty Council hears that UNC's Black faculty fell between 1983 and 1986
- April 10, 1987: UNC Faculty Council rejects a call for a study of how the UNC system is governed
- April 15, 1988: UNC faculty elect microbiologist Harry Gooder chairman of the faculty
- November 13, 1993: Comparative literature scholar Werner P. Friederich dies
- Kennedy, George A. 2 entries, 1976–1985
- Kennedy, John F. 3 entries, 1960–1988
- Kennedy, John F. 1 entry, 1961
- Kennedy, John F. 1 entry, 1961
- Kennedy, John P. 1 entry, 1972
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Kennedy, Johnny 4 entries, 1990–1992
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- Kennedy, Lee 1 entry, 1962
- Kennedy, Max 2 entries, 1983–1984
- Kennedy, Rose 1 entry, 1964
In books and archives 5 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 41 records
19 deeds, 4 marriages, 15 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 2 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. Kennedy marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1780DeedsJoseph Sloss & Elizabeth Sloss to James Kennedy, 22 February 1780
- 1780DeedsNorth Carolina to William Kennedy, 13 March 1780
- 1782DeedsNorth Carolina to William Kennedy, 13 March 1782
- 1783DeedsWilliam Kennedy to Thomas Tullock, 18 May 1783
- 1786DeedsJames Kennedy to Joseph Hodge, 5 May 1786
- 1786DeedsJames Kennedy to Joseph Hodge, 5 May 1786
- 1786WillsWill of Catherine Lockhart
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno Hogan one penny in damages plus costs against Wm Stroud.
- 1787Court minutesThe court entered a nonsuit in Henry’s action against Lundey; Samuel Piper replaced William Kennedy on the previously referenced jury.
- 1787Court minutesConstable James Kennedy was appointed.
- 1787Court minutesConstables James Taylor, Archibald Camell and James Kennedy were sworn into office.
- 1787Court minutesThe court granted a road petition and appointed twelve men to survey and mark a route from Partins to Hillsborough, reporting next term.
- 1788Court minutesDeed, James Kennedy & Wife to Joseph Hodge, acknowledged in court.
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed collector James Kennedy to collect district taxes for the year.
- 1789DeedsSamuel Strudwick to John Kennedy, 21 October 1789
1790s
- 1790DeedsJames Kennedy to Thomas McCullough, 21 April 1790
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: John Kennedy (Caswell District)
- 1791Court minutesThe jury found against Jacob Graves in Smith’s ejectment action; arrest of judgment was withdrawn and the new-trial rule discharged.
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: John Kennedy and Elizabeth Sloss
- 1795DeedsJames Kennedy to Jesse Lynch, 20 February 1795
- 1795DeedsJohn Kennedy Sr to John Kennedy Jr, 1 December 1795
- 1795Court minutesDeed, James Kennedy to Jesse Lynch, proved by John Ray.
- 1795WillsWill of James Burch
- 1797DeedsJohn Kennedy Sr to Thomas Adkinson, 16 February 1797
- 1799Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Peelor to John Holt, proved by Hugh Kennedy.
1800s
1820s
1850s
1870s
1880s
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Charles A Neville and Sara Kennedy
Undated
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Thos. Holden’s case against Wm. Picket for John Campbell.
- Court minutesDeed, James Kennedy & Elizabeth his wife to Joseph McCulloch, proved by Wm. Faucett.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Tho Trice an amount recorded as £14.7 & 6 against Harris Grisham.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Bowers as Chatham district constable, replacing James Kennedy.
- Court minutesDeed, John Kennedy to Thomas Atkinson, proved by Sterling Moore.
