Orange County Indexed
The Lane surname
The Lane name in Orange County Indexed: 20 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1762 to 1910
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1762–1823
- Court minutes 1764
- Marriages 1795–1910
- Wills 1806
- Records of enslaved people 1823
- In the chronology
- 1792 to 1984 4 people in 8 entries, most in the 1970s
- In books and archives
- 3 people, born 1530 to 1740
- Places in its deeds and wills
- John Lane (3), New Hope Creek (2), John Fuller Lane (2), Rachel Lane (1)
- Married into
- Harrelson 1, Holder 1, Johnston 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Askey 2
- People with a page here
- Joel Lane, Mary Turner Lane, Ralph Lane
- Search beyond these records
- Lane 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 Lane there)
- Lane 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.
- Lane, Franklin K. 1 entry, 1919
- Lane, Mrs. J. C. 1 entry, 1936
- Lane, Joel 1 entry, 1792
- Lane, Mary Turner 5 entries, 1970–1984
In books and archives 3 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.
- Lane, Joel, 1740-1795 1 work
- Lane, Mary Turner, 1 work
- Lane, Ralph, 1530?-1603 1 work
In the historical records 20 records
5 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 10 court minutes and 1 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. Lane marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1790s
1800s
- 1806WillsWill of Joseph Loftin
1820s
- 1823DeedsJohn Lane to William Askey, 4 November 1823
- 1823Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Lane to William Askey, 4 November 1823
1850s
- 1854MarriagesMarriage bond: Eli Johnston and Mary Lane
1910s
- 1910MarriagesMarriage license: George Lane and Lina Harrelson
Undated
- Court minutesSamuel Lane, Edward Lane’s orphan, was apprenticed to Thomas Wiley until reaching the required age.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed to open the road from Hart’s Road past Saxon’s mill toward the road from Runnels Cabins.
- Court minutesJohn Fuller Lane replaced Benjamin Carter as road overseer.
- Court minutesJohn Graves petitioned for a Wolf Island mill; fifteen named men were appointed to examine the site’s suitability.
- Court minutesJohn Fuller Lane brought an action on the case against Patrick Porter.
- Court minutesJoseph Henderson replaced John Fuller Lane as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the grand jury panel, with James Freeland as foreman.
- Court minutesJoel Lane was appointed to take depositions in Wake under the Assembly act.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Edmund Lane damages against Abram Lash.
