Orange County Indexed
The Lynn surname
The Lynn name in Orange County Indexed: 70 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1763 to 1909
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1763–1869
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Court minutes 1808–1816
- Records of enslaved people 1812–1819
- Wills 1817–1840
- Marriages 1821–1909
- In the chronology
- 1838 1 person in 1 entry
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stinking Quarter Creek (12), New Hope Creek (5), Old Trading Road (2), Third Fork Creek (1), Hillsborough (1), Ellerbe Creek (1), Hillsboro (1), Northeast Creek (1)
- Married into
- Trice 2, Barhart 1, Christmas 1, George 1, Jones 1, Marcum 1, Vickers 1, Sparks 1, Masier 1, Proctor 1, Rhodes 1, Rochell 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Holt 5, Euliss 3, Shofner 2, Bilbo 2, Leigh 2, Lewis 2, Markham 2, Trice 2, Agent 2, Vickers 2, Dickson 2
- Search beyond these records
- Lynn 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 Lynn there)
- Lynn 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 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.
- Lynn family family, 1 work
In the historical records 70 records
33 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 13 marriages, 14 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 5 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. Lynn marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Lynn John
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: James Lynn (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: John Lynn (St. Asaph’s District)
1800s
- 1802DeedsNorth Carolina to James Lynn, 30 March 1802
- 1805DeedsNorth Carolina to John Lynn, 23 March 1805
- 1807DeedsMary Lynn & James Lynn & Sarah Lynn & John Lynn & Willis Right & Nancy Lynn & Margaret Lynn to Isaac Holt, 12 March 1807
- 1808Court minutesDeed, the heirs of John Lynn Dec’d to Isaac Holt, proved by Stephen Wells.
- 1809DeedsJames Lynn to John Euliss, 17 June 1809
- 1809DeedsJames Lynn to John Euliss, 17 June 1809
- 1809DeedsJohn Euliss to James Lynn, 23 April 1809
- 1809DeedsJohn Lynn to James Lynn, 1809
- 1809DeedsZachariah Reach to William Lynn, 30 November 1809
- 1809Court minutesDeed, John Lynn to James Linn, proved by Michael Holt.
1810s
- 1811DeedsJames Lynn to John Cook, 4 January 1811
- 1812DeedsJames Lynn to Frederick Shofner, 30 September 1812
- 1812Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James Lynn to Frederick Shofner, 30 September 1812
- 1814DeedsWilliam Dixon to Sarah Lynn, 8 October 1814
- 1815DeedsAnderson Clements to William Lynn, 13 June 1815
- 1816Court minutesRivers Hodges was nonsuited in his action against Edmund Herndon.
- 1817WillsWill of Pomphrett Herndon
- 1818DeedsJohn Lynn to Isaac Holt, 10 January 1818
- 1819DeedsIsrael Turner to William Lynn, 23 February 1819
- 1819DeedsWilliam Lynn to James B Bilbo, 17 May 1819
- 1819DeedsWilliam Lynn to Sullivan Leigh, 1 March 1819
- 1819Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Lynn to Sullivan Leigh, 1 March 1819
1820s
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Barhart and Polly Lynn
- 1824DeedsJames Lynn estate by executor to Peter Lynn, 15 December 1824
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Lynn and Nelly Jones
- 1824WillsWill of John Hutchins
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Marcum and Michal Lynn
- 1828DeedsMary Lewis & William Lewis to William Lynn, 3 November 1828
1830s
- 1832DeedsPeter Lynn to Thomas S Holt, 10 January 1832
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: Mathew Lynn and Sally Trice
- 1835WillsWill of Jonathan (x) Dollar
- 1836DeedsAlfred E Lynn to William Fogleman Sr, 24 February 1836
- 1836DeedsWilliam Lynn to William Markham, 6 September 1836
- 1836DeedsHarbard Blalock to Christopher Lynn, 17 October 1836
- 1836DeedsAlfred E Lynn to Peter Lynn, 5 December 1836
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Riley Vickers and Catharine Lynn
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Christmas and Martha Lynn
- 1837WillsWill of John (x) Daniel
- 1838DeedsZachariah Trice to William Lynn, 13 January 1838
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: Christopher Lynn and Candis Sparks
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Masier and Barbary Lynn
- 1840WillsWill of Henry (x) Trice
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: William Lynn and Sarah Proctor
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: Henderson Rhodes and Edy Lynn
- 1844DeedsMartha Christian & Thomas Christian to William Lynn, 22 January 1844
- 1844DeedsHenry Markham & Mica Markham by agent to Matthew Lynn, 21 October 1844
- 1844DeedsChristopher Lynn to Matthew Lynn, 20 January 1844
- 1847DeedsRiley Vickers & Katherine Vickers by agent to Matthew Lynn, 5 February 1847
1850s
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: Alsey Rochell and Martha Lynn
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: John Lynn and Mary J George
- 1869DeedsR F Morris to William Lynn, 22 February 1869
1900s
- 1909MarriagesMarriage license: Mack Trice and Sally Lynn
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe record listed remaining panel jurors and marked five as excused.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Lynn as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Prophenius Brown to William Lynn for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesThe jury found Fredrick Taylor guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury found Edward Robson guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury found Hosea C Smith guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Alexander McCracken damages and costs against John Patton.
- Court minutesThe jury decided Joseph Minor’s action in favor of John Crutchfield.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Andrew McCauley damages against William Wallace.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Wm Turner and Samuel Crawford.
