Orange County Indexed
The McCallister surname
The McCallister name in Orange County Indexed: 29 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1756 to 1807
most named in the 1760s
- Court minutes 1756–1798
- Deeds 1759–1769
- Wills 1768–1807
- Tax lists 1779
- Records of enslaved people 1786
- In the chronology
- 1974 to 1986 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1970s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Little River (1)
- Often named with
- Allison 3, Clark 3, Page 2, Ray 2, Caldwell 2
- Spellings to try
- McAllister, McAlister, McCallester, McCalister, McCollister, McCollester
- Search beyond these records
- McCallister 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 McCallister there)
- McCallister 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 the historical records 29 records
5 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 18 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 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. Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1764Court minutesThe grand jury was sworn with William Few as foreman.
- 1766DeedsJoseph McCallister to John Pyle, August 1766
- 1766DeedsArchibald McCallister to James Freeland, November 1766
- 1766Court minutesJoseph Allison replaced James McCallister as constable.
- 1768DeedsJames Clarke to John McCallister, October 1768
- 1768WillsWill of John (x) McCallister
- 1769DeedsNeal McCallister to John McCall, 24 October 1769
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: McCallister James
1780s
- 1786Records of enslaved peopleSale: Griscal McCallister to Mary Clark, 25 March 1786
- 1786WillsBill of sale: Griscal McCallister to Mary Clark
- 1788Court minutesDeed, James McCallister to David Gilson, proved by James Carson.
1790s
1800s
- 1807WillsWill of Michael Robinson
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Wm Bogan & Jane to James McCallister.
- Court minutesAlex. McCracken received permission to operate an ordinary at Moses and John Ambee’s Corbintown house, secured by James McCallister and C…
- Court minutesThe sixteen named grand jurors qualified.
- Court minutesJames McCallister was called to testify against Richard Burton, accused of cursing King George the Third.
- Court minutesThomas Roberson became overseer from his house to James McCallister’s, with workers from the road’s upper side.
- Court minutesJames McCallister proved his attendance as juror at Halifax superior court.
- Court minutesThomas Page brought an action on the case against Neal McCallister.
- Court minutesJoseph Allison received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesThomas Page brought an action on the case against Neal McCallister.
- Court minutesArchibald McCallister and Janet McCallister returned an inventory of Andrew Caldwell’s estate.
- Court minutesMargaret Caldwell chose her stepfather Archibald McCallister as guardian on a hundred-fifty-pound bond.
- Court minutesJohn Dowell brought an action on the case against Niel McCallister.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Jeremiah McCallister to David Woods for instruction in blacksmithing.
