Orange County Indexed
The McCawley surname
The McCawley name in Orange County Indexed: 20 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1787 to 1831
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1787–1818
- Records of enslaved people 1796
- Wills 1797–1829
- Marriages 1830–1831
- In the chronology
- 1787 1 person in 1 entry
- Married into
- Blackwood 1, Hunter 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Lytle 3, Compton 3, Murray 2, Johnston 2, Connally 2
- Spellings to try
- McCauley, McCulley, McCauly, M'Cauley, McCaleb, McCanles, McCawly
- Search beyond these records
- McCawley 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 McCawley there)
- McCawley 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 20 records
1 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 14 court minutes 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. McCawley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1787Court minutesThe court directed the sheriff to summon jurors John Armstrong, Wm Hall, Matthew McCawley and 8 others for the next Superior Court.
- 1787Court minutesThe court authorized Umstead’s deposition without the parties; the jury later awarded Benton £11.2.1. Sheppard filed a salt-sale account…
- 1787Court minutesThe court ordered a bridge across Eno near Hillsborough and appointed five men to contract for and supervise construction (John Estes, Wm…
- 1787Court minutesJohn Nichols qualified as high sheriff and posted bond with five named sureties.
- 1787Court minutesThe court resumed its sitting with justices Elie McDannel, Wm Lytle, Jonath’n Lindley and Wm McCawley present.
1790s
- 1796Records of enslaved peopleMortgage: Thomas Connally to John McCawley, 3 February 1796
- 1797WillsMortgage: Thomas Connally to John McCawley
1810s
- 1816Court minutesDeed, John F Ray to John Murray, proved by John McCawley.
- 1818Court minutesDeed, Andrew McCawley to John McCawley, proved by Thomas Compton.
- 1818Court minutesDeed, Andrew McCauley to John McCawley, proved by Thomas Compton.
1820s
- 1821WillsWill of James Murray
- 1829WillsWill of Charles McCawley
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: John Blackwood and Mary McCawley
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: William McCawley and Mary Hunter
Undated
- Court minutesA list beginning with Wesley Rhodes recorded liquor-license fees or issuance annotations.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Rippey, Samuel Hunter, John Boothe and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesCharles McCawley and George Johnston were appointed election inspectors.
- Court minutesDeed, Andrew McCawly to John McCawley, proved by Thomas Compton.
- Court minutesDeed, Alexander Carson to Thomas Bird, proved by John McCawley.
- Court minutesJohn McCawley was authorized to sell part of John Faucett’s orphans’ land on credit.
