Orange County Indexed
The McDonald surname
The McDonald name in Orange County Indexed: 9 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1787
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1780
- Court minutes 1787
- In the chronology
- 1936 to 1974 5 people in 10 entries, most in the 1930s
- In books and archives
- 2 people, born 1876 to 1903
- Often named with
- Sloss 2
- People with a page here
- A. James (Alexander James) McDonald, Ralph Waldo McDonald
- Spellings to try
- McDonal, McDonnald, McDonall
- Search beyond these records
- McDonald 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 McDonald there)
- McDonald 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 5 people
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.
- McDonald, Osalo 1 entry, 1972
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McDonald, Ralph 4 entries, 1936–1940
Show the 4 entries
- July 4, 1936: B. J. Howard wins Orange County's Democratic runoff for the legislature
- June 6, 1936: Orange Democrats nominate Sheriff S. T. Latta Jr. and give Sandy Graham a large county vote
- 1936–1940: Orange County's elections of 1936, 1938 and 1940
- January 14, 1940: The University's new radio studio makes its first broadcast
- McDonald, Ralph Waldo 2 entries, 1936–1944
- McDonald, Susan E. 2 entries, 1973–1974
- McDonald, William J. 1 entry, 1959
In books and archives 2 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 9 records
8 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. Search the name in every collection
1780s
Undated
- Court minutesDavid Miers brought a petition against Absolom McDonald.
- Court minutesJohn Graves petitioned for a Wolf Island mill; fifteen named men were appointed to examine the site’s suitability.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Jno. Butler, Eli McDonald and Jno. Walker present.
- Court minutesThe court resumed its sitting with justices William McCauley, Eli McDonald, Jonath’n Lindly and John Sloss present.
- Court minutesThe court directed the sheriff to summon twelve named jurors for the next Superior Court.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Joseph Ally as road overseer, replacing John Hall,.
