Orange County Indexed
The McCabe surname
The McCabe name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1867
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1779
- Deeds 1779–1782
- Court minutes 1783–1790
- Records of enslaved people 1789
- Marriages 1867
- In the chronology
- 1776 to 1789 2 people in 4 entries, most in the 1770s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (1), Little Johns Branch (1), Littlejohns Branch (1)
- Married into
- Oakley 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- McCane
- Search beyond these records
- McCabe 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 McCabe there)
- McCabe 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 2 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.
- McCabe, John 2 entries, 1776
- McCabe, William 2 entries, 1784–1789
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.
- McCabe family family, 2 works
In the historical records 18 records
2 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 1 marriages, 13 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. McCabe marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
1780s
- 1782DeedsWilliam Nunom to George McCabe, 15 February 1782
- 1783Court minutesDeed, Thos. Cates to John McCabe.
- 1787Court minutesThe court appointed William McCabe as road overseer.
- 1787Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Horn to oversee the road from Cate’s branch to Eno and assigned specified workers and nearby laborers.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury upheld Grear’s bond but found his tender, including an offered third horse, sufficient and returned a verdict for him.
- 1789Records of enslaved peopleSheriff's or court sale: William Southerland, Samuel May to John McCabe, 17 April 1789
- 1789Court minutesA nonsuit was entered in Talham’s action against Shepperd.
- 1789Court minutesAfter Jean Latta’s sworn paternity allegation, the court ordered William McCabe to fund child maintenance, ending if mother or child died…
- 1789Court minutesThe jury returned an award of £57.18.11 plus costs; an appeal followed in McVey’s debt action against Allison.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury awarded James Blakes’s administrators £62.16.7 plus costs against John Taylor and Elisha Caine.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury found Picket liable and awarded Benjamin Peelor five shillings plus costs.
1790s
1860s
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas C Oakley and Bettie McCabe
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors George Allen, Jno. Allen, Geo. Johnston and 30 others for next county court.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Edward Grisham as road overseer, replacing Jno McCabe.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire; five named jurors were marked excused.
