Orange County Indexed
The McClure surname
The McClure name in Orange County Indexed: 66 historical records.
- In the records
- 1789 to 1847
most named in the 1800s
- Deeds 1789–1820
- Tax lists 1790
- Marriages 1794–1847
- Court minutes 1805–1818
- Records of enslaved people 1807
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (10), Dobbs Creek (4), Gwinns Creek (1)
- Married into
- Carmichael 1, Dishon 1, Faucett 1, Hall 1, Jordan 1, McBride 1, McDole 1, Pritchett 1, Petiel 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Summers 5, Isley 4, Collins 3, Hicks 3, Shearman 3, Hill 3, Carmichael 2, Ross 2, Harder 2, Garringer 2
- Spellings to try
- McClune, McClury
- Search beyond these records
- McClure 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 McClure there)
- McClure 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 historical records 66 records
16 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 9 marriages, 39 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. McClure marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Henry McClure (Chatham District)
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: James McDole and Elizabeth McClure
- 1795DeedsHenry McClure to Benjamin Shearman, 27 August 1795
- 1796DeedsHenry McClure to Major Summers, September 1796
- 1796DeedsHenry McClure to Sarah Ross, 13 January 1796
- 1797DeedsHenry McClure to Samuel Freeman, 24 August 1797
- 1799MarriagesMarriage bond: Luke Dishon and Sarah McClure
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel McBride and Polly McClure
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Pritchett and Peggy McClure
- 1805Court minutesJurors upheld Wm Lockhart Jr’s promise and awarded John Comb damages.
- 1806Court minutesThomas Patterson pleaded not guilty to petty larceny; a juror was withdrawn by consent.
- 1806Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Jacob May granted to George May and Tobias May; sureties Anthony Coble and James McClure.
- 1807DeedsJames McClure to Brice Collins, 18 September 1807
- 1807Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James McClure to Brice Collins, 18 September 1807
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Archabel Carmichael and Anne McClure
- 1808Court minutesJurors found the deeds lacked intent to defraud Elizabeth Nunn; judgment favored David Nunn and others, and an appeal was noted.
- 1808Court minutesThe jury found James Murdock committed trespass on property he did not own and awarded Wm F Strudwick damages and costs.
- 1808Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in William Bond’s case against James Murdock.
- 1808Court minutesThe jury found Samuel Riggs promised payment within three years, rejected setoff, and awarded John Neeley damages and costs.
- 1808Court minutesThe jury found James Murdock promised payment within three years and awarded John Elmore damages and costs.
- 1808Court minutesThe jury found a promise within three years, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Nath’l Carrington damages and costs.
- 1809DeedsMary McClure to Christian Isley, 26 December 1809
- 1809DeedsAaron Allis by Sheriff to James McClure, 23 May 1809
- 1809Court minutesBill of Sale, Augustine Dishon to Luke Dishon, proved by William McClure.
1810s
- 1810DeedsJames McClure to John Hicks, 20 September 1810
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Mary McClure to Christian Isley, proved by Boston Isley.
- 1811DeedsHenry McClure estate by executor & Henry McClure & Archibald Carmichael to Andrew Gearinger, 5 October 1811
- 1811DeedsHenry McClure estate by executor & Henry McClure to James McClure & Andrew Earingen, 5 October 1811
- 1811DeedsMary McClure & Edy McClure & Thomas Pritchett to Christian Isley, 18 November 1811
- 1811DeedsMary McClure to James Hicks, 11 November 1811
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Wm Baldwin Senr liable without justification and awarded John Rumley damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Isaac Bracken Senr guilty as charged.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Lindsy Johns guilty as charged.
- 1812DeedsJames McClure to Andrew Gating, 9 September 1812
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Mary McClure, Henry McClure and Archibald Carmichael to Andrew Garringer, proved by Jacob Summers.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, James McClure to Andrew Garing[er], proved by Jacob Summers.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Mary McClure & Henry McClure to James McClure and Andrew Garringer, proved by Jacob Summers.
- 1813DeedsJames McClure to William Brannock Jr, 25 December 1813
- 1818Court minutesDeed, James McClure to John Hicks, proved by Oath [o]f James Hicks.
1820s
1830s
- 1834MarriagesMarriage bond: William Faucett and Edith McClure
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: David H McClure and Levinia Jordan
1840s
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Petiel and Marion McClure
Undated
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to John Melvin, proved by James Melone & Benjamin Shearman.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to Major Summers, proved by James McClure.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to Benjamin Shearman, proved by James McClure.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to Sarah Ross, proved by Joseph Rumbley.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Thomas H Perkins’s promise within three years, rejected setoff and awarded Andrew Gibson damages.
- Court minutesJurors found Augustus Dishon Jr liable and awarded Wm Lockhart Jr damages; an appeal was noted.
- Court minutesIn Luke Dishon and John McClure’s action against the executors, jurors upheld Henry McClure’s will.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted John Milleson.
- Court minutesDeed, James McClure to Brice Collins, proved by James Faucett.
- Court minutesIn Daniel Cloud’s petition, jurors favored Levi Whitted concerning Salley; the court awarded plaintiffs money but charged them costs, and…
- Court minutesThe jury found John Hyde liable for spoken words; William Ballard appealed the award with Leonard Carlton and Ezekial Trice as sureties.
- Court minutesThe jury found the covenant unfulfilled and awarded damages; Isaac Bracken Sr and Aaron Hill secured a stay of execution.
- Court minutesJames McClure was nonsuited when absent; his witnesses Hall Garrison, John Hughs and Nathan Hill were fined for failing to appear.
- Court minutesAssignment upon a Bill of Sale, Anthony Cable to James McClure, proved by Henry McClure.
- Court minutesThe jury found the conditions fulfilled in James McClure’s action against Joseph Harder.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Geo Maddin, Wm Johnston, Rob’t Grimes and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Thomas Armstrong, Moses Lynch, Mason Tapley and 7 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury found Jonathan Forrest promised payment and awarded John Strowd damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded James Pickard damages and costs; payment by the garnishee to John Pickard satisfied the debt.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Nathan Hall granted to Rachel Hill and John Hill; sureties James McClure and Abner Powell.
