Orange County Indexed
The Lake surname
The Lake name in Orange County Indexed: 20 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1796
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1764–1795
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Wills 1783–1796
- Court minutes 1786–1795
- In the chronology
- 1740 to 1977 4 people in 12 entries, most in the 1780s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1906
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (3), Great Road (1), Eno (1)
- Often named with
- Debow 4, Tate 2
- People with a page here
- I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly) Lake
- Search beyond these records
- Lake 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 Lake there)
- Lake 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 4 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.
- Lake, Harry 1 entry, 1896
- Lake, Henry S. 1 entry, 1901
- Lake, I. Beverly 4 entries, 1956–1977
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Lake, Jacob 6 entries, 1740–1790
Show the 6 entries
- 1740–1840: New Hope Presbyterian Church, 1740–1840
- 1753–1790: Hugh McAden, Henry Pattillo and the first Presbyterian congregations, 1753–1790
- 1780–1821: The Hawfields, Cross Roads, Eno and Little River churches, 1780–1821
- between about 1784 and 1790: Cross Roads Presbyterian Church is organized from the Hawfields, Eno and Stony Creek congregations
- about 1790: Eno and Little River form a charge of their own, apart from Hawfields and Cross Roads
- about 1790: Jacob Lake ends his ministry to New Hope
In books and archives 1 heading
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 20 records
4 deeds, 9 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 4 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. Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Lake Jacob
1780s
- 1781DeedsRobert Faucett & James Faucett & Ralph Faucett & William Faucett to Jacob Lake, 18 October 1781
- 1783WillsWill of John Debow
- 1786Court minutesA jury was ordered to divide John Debow’s estate; Jacob Lake would manage the children’s share, sell perishables, hire unnamed enslaved p…
- 1786WillsDeed: James Armstrong to Thomas Armstrong
- 1787DeedsJacob Lake to Richard Lake, 26 November 1787
- 1787Court minutesDeed of trust, Philip Pendleton & Martha to James Carson & Richard Thomas, proved by Jacob Lake.
- 1788WillsDeed of gift: Carnes Tinnen to Robert Tinnen
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Jacob Lake (Orange District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Rich’d Lake (Orange District)
- 1795DeedsRichard Lake to John Ganley, 20 May 1795
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Richard Lake to Jno Gantley, proved by Francis Wilkinson.
- 1796WillsWill of Thomas Thompson
Undated
- Court minutesThe jury found the tender lawful and awarded Joseph Allison £19.5.1 ½ plus costs against Jacob Lake.
- Court minutesThe jury found the tender lawful and directed Joseph Allison to pay suit costs recorded as £18.5.
- Court minutesJacob Lake resigned the Debow children’s guardianship; the court appointed Rob Scoby and commissioners to audit Lake’s accounts and trans…
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Clark as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Robert Tinnen as road overseer, replacing Wm Clark.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Wilkinson as road overseer, replacing Robert Tinnin.
