Orange County Indexed
The Laughlin surname
The Laughlin name in Orange County Indexed: 42 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1753 to 1801
most named in the 1750s
- Deeds 1753–1800
- Wills 1755–1783
- Court minutes 1761–1801
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- In the chronology
- 1756 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Marys Creek (5), Haw River (4), Cane Creek (3), Murdocks Branch (2), the Meeting House Tract (1), Rich Hills (1)
- Often named with
- Lindley 5, Thompson 5, Towell 2, Morrow 2, Thomas 2, Austin 2
- Spellings to try
- Laughorn, Laughlan, Lauglin
- Search beyond these records
- Laughlin 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 Laughlin there)
- Laughlin 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 42 records
10 deeds, 24 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 3 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
1750s
- 1753DeedsHugh Laughlin to Thomas Lin[dley], December 1753
- 1755DeedsHugh Laughlin to Thomas Lindley, 10 August 1755
- 1755DeedsThomas Lindley to Hugh Laughlin, 10 August 1755
- 1755DeedsHugh Laughlin to Thomas Lindley, September 1755
- 1755DeedsThomas Lindley to Hugh Laughlin, September 1755
- 1755WillsWill of John Stanfield
1760s
- 1761Court minutesHugh Laughlin replaced William Morrow as road overseer.
- 1765WillsWill of Hugh Laughlin
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Laughlin Mary
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Laughlin Richard
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Laughlin William
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Rich’d Laughlin (Caswell District)
- 1795DeedsRichard Laughlin to James Thompson, 29 December 1795
- 1795DeedsRichard Laughlin to Richard Thompson, 2 December 1795
- 1795DeedsRichard Laughlin to Jesse Towell, 8 December 1795
- 1799DeedsNorth Carolina to Richard Laughlin, 11 March 1799
1800s
Undated
- Court minutesTwo juries were appointed to lay out a road from Alexander Mebane’s toward the Peedee warehouse route, divided at the Cain Creek meetingh…
- Court minutesWilliam Laughlin replaced Henry Halliday as road overseer.
- Court minutesJoseph Richardson replaced Wm. Laughlin as road overseer.
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to lay out a road from Reedy Fork’s mouth on Haw River, with John Powell as overseer.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Hugh Laughlin granted to Mary Laughlin; sureties John Oliver and Wm. Laughlin.
- Court minutesWm. Laughlin became constable for Cain Creek district.
- Court minutesWill of Hugh Laughlin, proved by William Payne|William Laughlin|John Lambert.
- Court minutesJohn Cantril replaced William Laughlin as road overseer.
- Court minutesWilliam Laughlin became overseer from his house to the Chatham County line.
- Court minutesJames Woody replaced Wm. Laughlin as overseer from Mary’s Creek to Chatham County Line.
- Court minutesElizabeth Thomas, daughter of deceased Owen Thomas, chose Solo. Austin as guardian; Wm. Laughlin and Wm. Bradford secured a £200 bond.
- Court minutesJonathan Thomas, orphan son of Owen Thomas, chose Wm. Laughlin as guardian; Solo. Austin and Eli McDaniel secured a £200 bond.
- Court minutesRichard Laughlin was appointed overseer from Island Ford to Linley’s Mill.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Rebecca James to Mary Laughlin.
- Court minutesThe listed people were ordered summoned as jurors for next county court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire naming the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe court excused juror Richard Laughlin from attendance for the term.
- Court minutesThe record named nine remaining jurors from the original panel.
- Court minutesThe jury found for Wm Willie against executor Tho Tullock in the debt action.
- Court minutesFour jurors received ninety-shilling nonattendance fines, which were all remitted; Thompson’s sworn explanation was specifically noted.
- Court minutesA jury was assigned to survey a route between marked trees at opposite ends of Wm Harvey’s lane and report.
