Orange County Indexed
The Marsh surname
The Marsh name in Orange County Indexed: 33 historical records.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1887
most named in the 1760s
- Tax lists 1755
- Wills 1757–1769
- Deeds 1759–1874
- Court minutes 1761–1818
- Marriages 1795–1887
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Robinsons Creek (1), Haw River (1), Samuel Marsh Spring Branch (1), Lynches Creek (1), Mebane (1)
- Married into
- Compton 1, Cumpton 1, Norwood 1, Riggsbee 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Stewart 4, Cochrane 2, Herndon 2, George 2, Foshee 2
- Spellings to try
- March
- Search beyond these records
- Marsh 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 Marsh there)
- Marsh 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 33 records
10 deeds, 4 marriages, 13 court minutes, 3 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. Marsh marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: John Marsh
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: William Marsh Junr
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: William Marsh Senr
- 1757WillsWill of Charles Foshee
- 1759DeedsWilliam Marsh Jr to John Stewart, March 1759
- 1759WillsWill of Charles Foshee
1760s
- 1761Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Charles Fooshee and Susannah granted to Joseph Fooshee; sureties Henry Brewer and William Marsh.
- 1762DeedsJohn Stewart to Robert Marsh, May 1762
- 1767DeedsWilliam Marsh Sr to William Braxton, February 1767
- 1767DeedsWilliam Marsh to John Stewart, February 1767
- 1767DeedsWilliam Marsh Sr to Joseph Foushe, February 1767
- 1767DeedsSamuel Marsh to William Whilkie, August 1767
- 1768DeedsSamuel Marsh & Sarah Marsh to Benjamin Drummond, 21 October 1768
- 1769WillsWill of Thomas Pettey
1790s
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Norris Cumpton and Mary Marsh
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Aguila Compton and Pheebe Marsh
- 1799DeedsNorth Carolina to Abner Marsh, 11 March 1799
1810s
- 1818Court minutesDeed, Abner Marsh to David Herndon, proved by Stephen Ellis.
1870s
1880s
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: Thomas Riggsbee and Laura Marsh
Undated
- Court minutesThirteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesGrand jurors Hugh Porter, Robert Taylor, John Taylor and 16 others were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesNamed men and specified taxables were assigned the Haw River–Roberson’s Ford road in Wm. Petty Senior’s district.
- Court minutesConstables Robert Marsh, Elijah Caine and John Boyd were ordered to summon taxables in John Brantley’s district.
- Court minutesAndrew Cochrane and company petitioned against Robert Marsh.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn with Solomon Debow as foreman.
- Court minutesAndrew Cochrane and company petitioned against William Marsh.
- Court minutesFourteen jurors were appointed to lay out a road to Henry Brewer’s ford, with Vachel Clarke and William Marsh as overseers.
- Court minutesJames Elliott brought a petition against William Marsh.
- Court minutesWm Hamilton and company brought a debt claim against Robert Marsh.
- Court minutesJames Marsh was nonsuited in his action against James Coghlin.
