Orange County Indexed
The McCulley surname
The McCulley name in Orange County Indexed: 64 historical records.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1897
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1780
- Marriages 1787–1897
- Court minutes 1795–1814
- Deeds 1795–1846
- Records of enslaved people 1795–1846
- Wills 1820–1830
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stony Creek (5), Toms Creek (4), Jordans Creek (3), Owens Creek (1), Watsons Creek (1)
- Married into
- Douglas 1, Enoch 1, Gant 1, Garrison 1, Gilston 1, Hamilton 1, Hurdle 1, Loyd 1, Tickle 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Tate 8, Edmiston 3, Spencer 2, Bysor 2, Nicholson 2, Hurdle 2, Watson 2, Hamilton 2, Tickle 2, Standiford 2, Hatchett 2
- Spellings to try
- McCauley, McCulloh, McMullen, McCawley, M'Cauley, McCully, McCuley
- Search beyond these records
- McCulley 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 McCulley there)
- McCulley 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 64 records
21 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 10 marriages, 24 court minutes, 1 tax list entries 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. McCulley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1795DeedsJohn Spencer to Joseph McCulley, 30 December 1795
- 1795Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Spencer to Joseph McCulley, 30 December 1795
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Bryan Judge to Andrew McCauley, proved by Thomas McCulley.
- 1796DeedsJohn Standiford to Thomas McCulley, 25 November 1796
- 1797DeedsJesse Robinson to Thomas McCulley, 5 September 1797
- 1797DeedsNorth Carolina to Thomas McCulley, 10 August 1797
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: John McCulley and Sarah Hurdle
- 1798DeedsThomas McCulley to Thomas Vincent, 26 January 1798
- 1798DeedsJohn Tate to Joseph McCulley, 19 June 1798
- 1798Court minutesThe court fined Andrew McCulley and James Watson for failing to attend as additional jurors.
- 1798Court minutesDeed, Jno Tate to Joseph McCulley, proved by Jo Hart.
- 1799DeedsJesse Lynch to Andrew McCulley, 24 May 1799
1800s
- 1803DeedsZacheus Tate to Robert McCulley, 21 September 1803
- 1803Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Uriah Tate to Robert McCulley, 21 September 1803
- 1803Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Zacheus Tate to Robert McCulley, 21 September 1803
- 1804DeedsUriah Tate to Robert McCulley, 28 August 1804
- 1804Court minutesBill of Sale, Zacheus Tate to Robert McCulley, proved by Edward Hatchett.
- 1804Court minutesBill of Sale, Uriah Tate to Robert McCulley, proved by Edward Hatchett.
- 1805DeedsPeter Bysor & John Bysor to Robert McCulley, 20 August 1805
- 1805Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Peter Bysor, John Bysor to Robert McCulley, 20 August 1805
- 1806Court minutesJurors upheld John Bragg’s promise and awarded Henry Thompson Jr damages.
- 1806Court minutesJurors convicted George Ray.
- 1807MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph McCulley and Polly Gilston
1810s
- 1813Court minutesThe jury valued Graves and Gunn’s unpaid bond claim against James Shepperd and awarded interest; James Faucett and Thomas McCulley secure…
- 1814Court minutesDeed, Andrew McCulley to Samuel Edmiston, proved by George McCulley.
- 1816DeedsJohn McCulley to George McCulley, 2 April 1816
- 1817DeedsJoseph McCulley to James Nicholson, 3 November 1817
- 1817DeedsGeorge McCulley to Samuel Edmiston, 23 October 1817
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: William Hamilton and Sarah McCulley
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas McCulley and Peggy Douglas
- 1818DeedsGeorge McCulley to Thomas Love, 16 August 1818
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: Moore McCulley and Lillia McCulley
- 1819DeedsEdward McCluskey heirs to Andrew McCulley, 1 November 1819
1820s
- 1820WillsWill of Robert McCulley
- 1827DeedsMoore McCulley to Anderson Watson, 2 October 1827
- 1827DeedsMoore McCulley & William Hamilton to Andrew McCulley Sr, 2 October 1827
- 1827DeedsMoore McCulley to James Hurdle, 2 September 1827
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: William McCulley and Charity Garrison
- 1828WillsWill of Hardy Hurdle
1830s
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: David Tickle and Peggy McCulley
- 1846DeedsMoore McCulley to Daniel Tickle & Margaret Tickle, 23 January 1846
- 1846Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Moore McCulley to Daniel Tickle, Margaret Tickle, 23 January 1846
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Joshua A Gant and Mary McCulley
1890s
- 1897MarriagesMarriage license: James Mcculley and Lillie B Enoch
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, John Standiford to Thos McCulley, proved by Charles Christmas.
- Court minutesAndrew McCulley recovered damages and costs against Robert Wilson.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Daniel Atkins’s promise, rejected setoff and awarded Andrew McCulley damages; judgment also bound the appeal securities.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Jesse Rice’s promise within three years, rejected setoff and awarded Wm Cain Sr damages against his executors; an appeal wa…
- Court minutesDeed, Jacob Harder to Edmond Browning, proved by William McCulley.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded Bennehan and Cameron damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Anthony Ward, Peter Cortner, Edward Couch and 27 others for the next county court (Jno).
- Court minutesGeorge McCulloch returned an account of hiring out unnamed enslaved people from Joseph McCulley’s estate; the court ordered it recorded.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded an estate account for Joseph McCulley’s estate.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Geo McCulley’s account of hiring out enslaved people belonging to Joseph McCulley’s estate.
- Court minutesThe court recorded George McCulley’s account of hiring out enslaved people belonging to Jos McCully’s estate.
- Court minutesDeed, George McCulley to James Hurdle, proved by William Dickey.
- Court minutesDeed, Joseph McCulley to James Nicholson, proved by P Green.
- Court minutesDeed, John McCulley to George McCulley, proved by Samuel Edmiston.
- Court minutesDeed, Jesse Robertson to Thomas McCulley, proved by Andrew McCulley.