Orange County Indexed
The Marshall surname
The Marshall name in Orange County Indexed: 121 historical records and 12 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1760 to 1888
most named in the 1810s
- Wills 1760–1837
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Court minutes 1783–1814
- Deeds 1786–1869
- Marriages 1789–1888
- Records of enslaved people 1810
- In the chronology
- 1768 to 2021 12 people in 57 entries, most in the 1970s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (10), Marys Creek (5), Little River (2), Haw River (2), Rock Creek (2), Stinking Quarter Creek (2), Eno River (2), Varnels Creek (2)
- Married into
- Marcum 2, Ray 2, Scoggins 2, Bledsoe 1, Freeman 1, Gifford 1, Pasmore 1, Wells 1, Murray 1, Thompson 1, McCollum 1, Massey 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Foust 7, Stout 7, Dixon 4, Piggott 3, Pike 3, Lindley 3, Leigh 2, Freeman 2, Harvey 2, Wells 2, Davis 2, Chamness 2
- Spellings to try
- Marshal, Marshill, Marshil, Marshel, Marshell
- Search beyond these records
- Marshall 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 Marshall there)
- Marshall 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 12 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.
- Marshall, Elaine 1 entry, 2021
- Marshall, Elizabeth 2 entries, 1799–1828
- Marshall, John 3 entries, 1768–1934
- Marshall, M. M. 1 entry, 1887
- Marshall, Maynard 1 entry, 1917
- Marshall, Ralph T. 1 entry, 1959
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Marshall, Randy 15 entries, 1956–1992
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- 1956–1992: Parking in Chapel Hill and on campus, 1956–1992
- 1971–1992: Carrboro's town government, 1971–1992
- 1971–1992: Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the bicycle, 1971–1992
- 1979–1989: Town elections and bond votes, 1979–1989
- November 3, 1987: Eleanor Kinnaird unseats Mayor Jim Porto, and Carrboro elects Jay Bryan, Frances Shetley and Randy Marshall aldermen
- November 28, 1989: Carrboro aldermen adopt a townwide sidewalk and bikeway plan
- September 26, 1989: Carrboro Board of Aldermen creates a Neighborhood Preservation District and commission
- February 12, 1991: Carrboro aldermen back a federal sales tax on mail-order sales
- November 5, 1991: Carrboro re-elects aldermen Jay Bryan, Frances Shetley and Randy Marshall as Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird runs unopposed
- 1991: The 1991 town elections in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- February 4, 1992: Carrboro aldermen defeat a plan to annex five unincorporated holes inside the town
- September 15, 1992: Carrboro Board of Aldermen raises parking fines to $25
- March 24, 1992: Carrboro aldermen reject a ban on panhandling
- mid-January 1992: Carrboro aldermen meet in retreat facing a $150,000 shortfall
- November 10, 1992: Carrboro aldermen approve a cellular telephone tower on South Greensboro Street
- Marshall, Roger 2 entries, 1963–1967
- Marshall, Roy K. 1 entry, 1949
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Marshall, Shirley 28 entries, 1960–1988
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- 1960–1994: Caring for the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, 1960–1994
- 1965–1977: Chapel Hill and Carrboro town and school board elections, 1965–1977
- 1968–1990: Droughts, the Durham lines and Hillsborough water, 1968–1990
- March 8, 1972: Chapel Hill aldermen appoint Shirley Marshall to the board
- August 31, 1972: Chapel Hill aldermen put off a referendum on a town-campus bus system
- 1972–1974: Planning downtown Chapel Hill's renewal, 1972–1974
- November 6, 1973: Chapel Hill elects Shirley Marshall, Gerry Cohen, Tommy Gardner and Sid Rancer to the Board of Aldermen
- November 26, 1973: Mayor Howard Lee names aldermen to a Chapel Hill-Carrboro energy conservation task force
- 1973–1974: The energy crisis in Chapel Hill, 1973–1974
- September 3, 1973: Alderman Shirley Marshall announces for election to the Chapel Hill board
- March 11, 1974: Chapel Hill aldermen accept the downtown study and set up a committee to carry it out
- April 22, 1974: Chapel Hill aldermen turn down a plan to let vendors back onto Franklin Street
- January 17, 1974: Handicapped students lead University and town officials on an accessibility tour of the campus and Franklin Street
- November 27, 1974: Vandals break or topple forty to fifty monuments in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
- 1975–1991: Chapel Hill's greenways, 1975–1991
- January 7, 1976: Chapel Hill aldermen replace the town's water and sewer authority members with three of their own
- February 23, 1976: Chapel Hill aldermen vote to buy the University's water and sewer systems themselves, bypassing the water and sewer authority
- 1976–1993: Chapel Hill's planning area, the joint planning agreement, the rural buffer and Southern Village, 1976–1993
- October 13, 1977: OWASA approves a surcharge to pay for the Durham water
- by March 15, 1977: OWASA presses on with its Cane Creek reservoir survey over landowners' objections
- September 28, 1977: Chapel Hill Alderman Shirley Marshall decides not to seek another term
- November 2, 1982: Orange County voters elect Democrats Lloyd, Walker and Marshall to the county commission
- February 15, 1983: Orange County commissioners ask the legislature for a law on wild animals and put off a county ban
- 1983–1989: Orange County's half-cent sales tax, school bonds and impact tax, 1983–1989
- September 6, 1983: Orange County commissioners name a task force on school building needs and the half-cent sales tax
- November 4, 1986: Orange County re-elects Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass and its unopposed county officers
- December 1987: Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County leaders begin meeting together on shared issues
- by March 23, 1988: Orange County commissioners drop a $1 million greenways project from the parks master plan
- Marshall, Shirley E. 1 entry, 1984
- Marshall, Thomas Riley 1 entry, 1913
In the historical records 121 records
30 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 16 marriages, 60 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 11 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. Marshall marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1760WillsWill of Henry Maynor
1770s
- 1774WillsWill of Samuel Underwood
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Jacob Marshall (Quakers District)
1780s
- 1783Court minutesDeed, Joseph Cloud to John Piggott, proved by John Marshall.
- 1783Court minutesDeed, Jacob Marshall to Jno. Piggott, proved by ack..
- 1783Court minutesDeed, Jno. Allen to Wm. Marshall, proved by Jacob Marshall.
- 1786DeedsJohn Pike to John Marshall, 16 November 1786
- 1786DeedsJohn Pike & Priscilla Pike to John Marshall, 16 November 1786
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: Benj Marshall and Ruthe Pasmore
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Marshall (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Jacob Marshall (Caswell District)
- 1790WillsWill of John Foust
- 1798DeedsNorth Carolina to Jacob Marshall, 14 December 1798
- 1799DeedsNorth Carolina to Jacob Marshall, 26 November 1799
- 1799DeedsWilliam Murdock to John Marshall, 14 October 1799
1800s
- 1800DeedsJacob Marshall to Jonathan Lindley, 11 January 1800
- 1800Court minutesDeed, Nathan Wells & Ester Wells to Levi Gifford, proved by Benjamin Marshall.
- 1800WillsWill of William Brown
- 1800WillsWill of John Murray
- 1801DeedsMary Burke by Marshall to Duncan Cameron, 1 November 1801
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: Benajmin Marshall and Charity Wells
- 1805DeedsOwen Thomas to Jacob Marshall, 30 July 1805
- 1805DeedsJohn Piggott to William Marshall, 15 June 1805
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: William Freeman and Elizabeth Marshall
- 1806DeedsRichard Leigh to John Marshall Sr, 14 October 1806
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Francis Marshall and Mary Murray
- 1807DeedsHenry Faucett by Marshall to Eleanor McDade, 13 November 1807
- 1807Court minutesJurors acquitted James Faucett.
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Gifford and Sarah Marshall
- 1808Court minutesDeed, William Leathers Sr to William Leathers Jr & Fielding Leathers, proved by John Marshall Sr.
- 1808WillsWill of Peter (x) Foust
1810s
- 1810DeedsJohn Marshall Sr to Bennehan and Cameron, 19 December 1810
- 1810Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Marshall Sr to Bennehan and Cameron, 19 December 1810
- 1810Court minutesThe jury valued two bonds and awarded Jesse Dickins interest and costs.
- 1810Court minutesThe jury upheld the bond, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Joseph Brittain damages and costs.
- 1810Court minutesThe jury found John Phipps Jr guilty as charged.
- 1810Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in assignee Francis Barbee’s action against Edmund Willis’s administrators.
- 1810Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded John Morgan principal, interest and costs.
- 1810Court minutesThe jury returned a guilty finding in the prosecution of John Hubbard and Nehemiah Thomas.
- 1811DeedsJohn Marshall to James Hancock, 30 September 1811
- 1811Court minutesBill of Sale, John Marshall to Benahann & Cameron, proved by Thomas V Hargis.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Nancy Dunnagan owed William Cain the stated debt and costs.
- 1811Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Enoch McPherson granted to Peter Stout and Sarah McPherson; sureties John Marshall and Joseph McPherson.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Alexander as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed James Briggs as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesDeed, Jacob Marshall and Joel Brown Exrs of William Brown Dec'd to Peter Stout, proved by Solomon Stout.
- 1812Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for John Marshall and awarded damages and costs against John Woody’s administrators.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, John Marshall to James Handcock, proved by Thomas Reavis.
- 1813MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac M Bledsoe and Lucy Marshall
- 1813Court minutesDaniel McP[h]erson became guardian of Aaron and Stephen and Anne McPherson.
- 1814DeedsDaniel Freeman to William Marshall, 10 August 1814
- 1814DeedsThomas Dixon to William Marshall, 26 November 1814
- 1814DeedsWilliam Marshall to Thomas Dixon, 26 November 1814
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded James C Brehon damages and costs against James Patterson.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded John May damages against John Taylor Jr.
- 1814Court minutesThomas Murdock became guardian of Nancy Dixon.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury found David H Harvey guilty on the indictment.
- 1814WillsWill of Jeremiah (x) Glenn
- 1816DeedsWilliam Marshall to Thomas Marshall, 14 March 1816
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: William Marshall and Elizabeth Thompson
- 1818WillsWill of Benjamin Piggott
- 1819DeedsWilliam Marshall to John Foust, 14 August 1819
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: Jacob Marshall and Prudy Ray
- 1819WillsWill of John Welborn or Wilbourne
1820s
- 1821DeedsFrancis Marshall to Daniel Foust, 19 November 1821
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: William Marshall and Mary Marshall
- 1821WillsWill of Archibald Nicholson
- 1822DeedsNorth Carolina to William Marshall, 17 December 1822
- 1822DeedsNorth Carolina to William Marshall, 17 December 1822
- 1823DeedsJohn Marshall to John Foust, 28 June 1823
- 1826DeedsJohn Marshall to John Newlin trustee, 1 February 1826
- 1827DeedsWilliam Marshall to Peter Fogleman, 20 August 1827
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph W Marshall and Mary McCollum
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: William Marshall and Nancy Marcum
1830s
1840s
1860s
1870s
1880s
- 1888MarriagesMarriage license: John Ray and Susan Marshall
Undated
- DeedsJoseph Wells to John Marshall, September 1752
- Court minutesWill of Henry Mayner, proved by Charles Davis and John Pyke.
- Court minutesWill of Wm. Craig, proved by Jacob Marshall.
- Court minutesJacob Marshall replaced James Allen as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors John Loy, Phillip Snotterly, Aaron Sharp, Jun. and 33 others for next County Court.
- Court minutesThe named grand jury was impanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Samuel McMullin as road overseer, replacing Jacob Marshall.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon Ben Rhodes, Jno Scott, Jon’n Lindley and 11 others for Superior Court jury service.
- Court minutesThe court ordered jurors David Denning, James Wilson Newhope, Baxter King and 27 others summoned for the next term.
- Court minutesAugustus Benton won damages against Anderson Stroud after jurors upheld the promise and rejected payment, setoff and limitation defenses.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Charles Carroll’s promise and awarded Charles Christmas damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Andrew McBroom, John McDaniel, Daniel Foust and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Adam Sharp, Wm Mebane, John Marshall and 4 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Jacob Stout to David Foust, proved by Jacob Marshall.
- Court minutesDeed, John Marshall to Jacob Stout, proved by Jacob Marshall.
- Court minutesDeed, Richard Leigh to John Marshall, proved by William Leathers.
- Court minutesWill of Peter Foust, proved by affirmations of Thos Lindley and Jacob Marshall.
- Court minutesJames Faucet and the other named patrol members each received an allowance for service during the previous year.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David White, James Williams, Thomas Armstrong and 5 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld the bond, found breached covenants and awarded damages; an appeal was allowed with Edward Jones, Thomas Ruffin and David…
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded Bennehan and Cameron damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded James Child’s firm damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Paul, Henry Albright, William Marshall and 8 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury found a promise within three years and awarded William Bond damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Mark M Yeargain, Samuel White, Noah Rhodes and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Jacob Boon damages and costs against John Powell.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Hart, Moses Campbell, Joshua Thompson and 7 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded John Clinton damages and costs against John Cain?.
- Court minutesDeed, William Marshall to Thomas Dixon, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Dixon to William Marshall, proved by Jacob Moulder.
- Court minutesDeed, Daniel Freeman & Wife to William Marshall, proved by Jacob Moulder.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Treecy Husbands to John Marshall for instruction in spinning.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded James Hastings damages and costs against Henry Hastings.
- Court minutesAfter the court questioned the probate witnesses, a jury rejected the purported will of Jane Lindsy.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors John Craig, Robert Eaton, John Rippey and 27 others for the next county court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Andrew McCauley, George Reeves, John Williams and 12 others for jury service.