Orange County Indexed
The Kirksey surname
The Kirksey name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1757 to 1768
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1757–1768
- Court minutes 1761–1765
- In the chronology
- 1814 to 1833 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1810s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (1), Pokeberry Creek (1)
- Often named with
- Granville 3, Fanning 2
- Spellings to try
- Kirkley, Kerksey, Kirsey, Kirkbey
- Search beyond these records
- Kirksey 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 Kirksey there)
- Kirksey 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 23 records
8 deeds and 15 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
1750s
1760s
- 1761DeedsEarl Granville to Christopher Kirksey, February 1761
- 1761Court minutesA jury was appointed for the courthouse road through Pendergrasses ford to Tucker’s Road; Isaac Collins and Robert Pendergrass became ove…
- 1762DeedsChristopher Kirksey to Gedian Kirksey, May 1762
- 1763DeedsEarl Granville to Gedion Kirksey, November 1763
- 1765DeedsGedion Kirksey [George Hagwood] to James Haygood [James Hagwood], August 1765
- 1765Court minutesGideon Kirksey received permission to build a water gristmill at Seven Islands on Haw River.
- 1767DeedsGideon Kirksey to James Sellers, May 1767
- 1768DeedsEdward Kirksey to Isaac Kirksey, 2 May 1768
- 1768DeedsGideon Kirksey and his wife to Isaac Kirksey, April 1768
Undated
- Court minutesThirteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the courthouse road to the red fields; Hezekiah Collins and James Stroud became overseers.
- Court minutesThomas Fannin brought a petition against Edward Kirksey.
- Court minutesThomas Fanning brought an action on the case against Christian Kirksey.
- Court minutesNamed men were appointed to open the road from Island Ford on Haw River to Childsburg.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were named, with Richard Holeman as foreman.
- Court minutesThomas Fanning brought an action on the case against Christopher Kirksey.
- Court minutesHastie Buchannon and company brought a debt claim against John Kirksey.
- Court minutesEdward Kirksey brought an action on the case against James Ayliot.
- Court minutesJames McCraw brought a petition against John Kirksey.
- Court minutesEdward Kirksey proceeded against James Elliott.
- Court minutesFifteen men were appointed to lay out a road from Redfields ford on Haw River to New Hope Chapel.
- Court minutesWm. Kirksey was ordered released from confinement.
