Orange County Indexed
The McCray surname
The McCray name in Orange County Indexed: 43 historical records.
- In the records
- 1790 to 1876
most named in the 1820s
- Deeds 1790–1843
- Marriages 1796–1876
- Court minutes 1816–1818
- Records of enslaved people 1820
- Wills 1843–1844
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stony Creek (8), Toms Creek (5), Deep Creek (4), Stinking Quarter Creek (1), Hillsborough Road (1), Huffmans Mill (1), Scrub Creek (1), Haw River (1)
- Married into
- Helton 1, Hutchison 1, Parker 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Blanchard 4, Hamilton 3, Roney 3, McCauley 2, Minyard 2, Love 2, Graham 2, McCullock 2, Faucett 2, Edmiston 2
- Spellings to try
- McCay, McCrary, McRay, McCraw
- Search beyond these records
- McCray 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 McCray there)
- McCray 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 43 records
26 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 11 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. McCray marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
1810s
- 1810DeedsAlexander McCray to John Cook, 9 October 1810
- 1816Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Abner Pettigrew granted to Henry Bowles; sureties James McCray and George McCullock.
- 1816Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Lydia Fossett granted to Ralph Faucett and George Faucett; sureties James McCray and Ralph Faucett Senr.
- 1818Court minutesDickey and Faucett were nonsuited in their action against George McCray.
- 1818Court minutesThe witness-nonattendance fines against James McCray and Thomas Petty were rescinded in Chesley F Faucett’s action against Samuel Edmiston.
- 1819DeedsJames McCray to Archibald Hamilton, 9 December 1819
- 1819DeedsJames McCray to Archibald Hamilton, 9 December 1819
- 1819DeedsJames McCray to Archibald Hamilton, 9 December 1819
1820s
- 1820DeedsJames McCray to Andrew McCauley, 19 March 1820
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James McCray to Andrew McCauley, 19 March 1820
- 1822DeedsGeorge McCray to Little J Wilkins, 12 March 1822
- 1824DeedsJames McCray to James Dickey, 8 January 1824
- 1824DeedsJohn Douglass to John McCray, 14 August 1824
- 1827DeedsJames McCray to Levi Walker trustee, 7 April 1827
- 1827DeedsJohn McCray to Thomas Graham, 16 October 1827
- 1827DeedsGeorge McCray to Thomas Graham, 16 May 1827
- 1828DeedsJames McCray to Anderson Watson, 14 May 1828
- 1828DeedsJames McCray to Ichabod Hall, 10 June 1828
- 1829DeedsJames McCray to Richard Minyard, 22 June 1829
- 1829DeedsJames McCray to Richard Minyard, 22 June 1829
1830s
- 1834DeedsJames McCray to Lemuel W Simpson, 26 May 1834
- 1835DeedsSnelson Love to James Love trustee & James McCray, 14 September 1835
- 1835DeedsJames Blanchard to James McCray, 14 September 1835
- 1835DeedsJames Blanchard to James McCray, 14 September 1835
- 1835DeedsJames Blanchard to James McCray, 14 September 1835
- 1836DeedsJames McCray to John Roney, 12 April 1836
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: George McCray and Patience Hutchison
1840s
- 1841DeedsAlexander Mason to George Jordan trustee & James McCray, 19 July 1841
- 1842DeedsMary Roney & Sidney Prathar & Catharin Prather & Mary Ann Roney & John McCray to William Roney, 29 January 1842
- 1843DeedsJames McCray to Frederick Blanchard, 11 November 1843
- 1843WillsWill of Polly (x) Roney
- 1844WillsWill of Armour King, Sr.
1870s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed Armour King as road overseer.
- Court minutesDeed, Jno Dunnaven to Geo McCray, proved by John Sloss & Alex Robs.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Palmer, Robert McCray, Alexander Russel and 22 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court listed jurors who failed to appear and qualify.
- Court minutesRobert Morrow and the other named patrollers received payment allowances for the previous year.
- Court minutesSamuel Edmiston became guardian of Delia Anne Love.
- Court minutesWesley Rhodes and the other listed applicants received licenses to retail spirits.
