Orange County Indexed
The Laurence surname
The Laurence name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records.
- In the records
- 1785 to 1848
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1785–1816
- Records of enslaved people 1805
- Deeds 1805–1812
- Marriages 1821–1848
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (1)
- Married into
- Fann 1, Jones 1, Lumley 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Taylor 3
- Spellings to try
- Lawrence, Laurance, Laurences
- Search beyond these records
- Laurence 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 Laurence there)
- Laurence 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 historical records 18 records
2 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages and 12 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Laurence marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard Allison & St. Laurence’s case against Wm. Leet.
- 1786Court minutesPatrick St. Laurence and Tim. Hews were accepted as And. Gibson’s appeal securities against Hermon Cook.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Allison and St Laurence £23.17.1 plus costs against Umstead and his unnamed wife.
1790s
1800s
- 1804Court minutesThe court apprenticed John Laurence to Jarratt Yeargain for instruction in farming.
- 1805DeedsJames Laurence to John Taylor, 30 November 1805
- 1805Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James Laurence to John Taylor, 30 November 1805
- 1807Court minutesBill of Sale, Jonas Laurence to John Taylor, proved by Thomas H Taylor.
1810s
1820s
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Raleigh Fann and Anne Laurence
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: Barnet Jones and Peggy Laurence
1840s
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: John Laurence and Mary Lumley
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed Lewis Durham as road overseer.
- Court minutesAtha Lindsey became overseer for the road toward Chatham through Benjamin Lacys Land, with workers Jno Edwards, Ben Lacy, Atha Robertson…
- Court minutesJohn Laurence was ordered apprenticed to Fredrick Collier; if Collier refused, Sam’l Hopkins was to hold and present him at the next court.
- Court minutesDeed, John Newlin Atto in fact of Jonathan Lindly to James Laurence, acknowledged in court.
