Orange County Indexed
The McCanless surname
The McCanless name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1810
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1780–1806
- Marriages 1789–1806
- Deeds 1798–1810
- Wills 1801–1807
- In the chronology
- 1841 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Little River (3), Hillsborough (1), Mebane (1), Flat River (1)
- Married into
- Douglas 1, Farmer 1, Jordan 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Wilkinson 2, Andrew 2
- Spellings to try
- McCanlis, McCandless, McCanles, McCandles, McCauleys, McCaleps, MCanless
- Search beyond these records
- McCanless 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 McCanless there)
- McCanless 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 16 records
4 deeds, 3 marriages, 7 court minutes and 2 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. McCanless marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1780Court minutesThe court apprenticed Sally Reaves to James McCanless until age 18.
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: John McCanless and Susanna Farmer
1790s
1800s
- 1800Court minutesThe court ordered Joshua Holt, David White, Joseph Clendenin and 26 others summoned for jury service at the August term.
- 1801WillsPower of attorney: Mary (x) Wilson to William Cocke (Cooke ?)
- 1805DeedsJohn McCanless to John Wilkinson, 8 October 1805
- 1805DeedsJane McCanless to John McCanless, 10 October 1805
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel McCanless and Jennett Douglas
- 1806Court minutesDeed, John McCanless to John Wilkinson, proved by James Wilkinson.
- 1807WillsWill of Jean (or Jane) (x) McCanless
1810s
Undated
- Court minutesDavid McCanless returned the inventory of James MCanless’s estate.
- Court minutesSamuel Strudwicks’s executors won damages and costs against Archibald Campbell on a timely obligation.
- Court minutesDeed, James Andrews to Wm McCanless, proved by James Baldridge.
- Court minutesWilliam McCanless registered his livestock earmark.
