Orange County Indexed
The McFarland surname
The McFarland name in Orange County Indexed: 65 historical records.
- In the records
- 1753 to 1904
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1753–1813
- Deeds 1760–1863
- Marriages 1798–1904
- Wills 1800
- Records of enslaved people 1801–1804
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Flat River (6), Dials Creek (2), S Hico Creek (2), Hillsborough-Red Mountain Road (2), Mill Creek (1), Little River (1), Mountain Creek (1), Haw River (1)
- Married into
- Cook 2, Adams 1, Copley 1, Hicks 1, Jones 1, Maddison 1, Mangum 1, Matterson 1, Mattison 1, McDanl 1, Tilly 1, Stanly 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Horton 5, Mangum 2, Hodge 2, Barnet 2, Gwinn 2
- Spellings to try
- McFarlin, McFarling, McFarlain, McFarlan, McFarlane, McFarlaine
- Search beyond these records
- McFarland 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 McFarland there)
- McFarland 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 65 records
22 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 26 court minutes and 1 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. McFarland marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1760DeedsHugh Barnet to Robert McFarland, November 1760
- 1760DeedsRobert McFarland to Frederick Carlock, November 1760
- 1764DeedsJoseph Barnet to Robert McFarland, February 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to Robert McFarland, May 1764
- 1764DeedsRobert McFarland to Lawrence Rambo, May 1764
- 1765DeedsRobert McFarland to Moses Walker, May 1765
- 1766DeedsRobert McFarland to John Pryor, August 1766
- 1768DeedsJames McFarland to William Sargeant Jr, 9 February 1768
- 1768DeedsThomas Dobbins Jr to Robert McFarland, October 1768
1770s
1780s
1790s
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: James Copley and Mary McFarland
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry McFarland and Sally Mattison
- 1800WillsWill of Benjamin Peelor
- 1801DeedsHenry Horton to Elizabeth McFarland, 10 January 1801
- 1801Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Henry Horton to Elizabeth McFarland, 10 January 1801
- 1801Court minutesDeed, Walter McFarland to Joseph Hodge, proved by Robert Hodge.
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: Larkin McFarland and Patsy Matterson
- 1804DeedsHenry Horton to Susannah McFarland, 6 February 1804
- 1804Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Henry Horton to Susannah McFarland, 6 February 1804
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Adams and Susannah McFarland
- 1805DeedsWilliam McFarland to Allen Parrish, 20 December 1805
- 1807Court minutesThe court ordered Jacob Troxler, Benj Burnside, James Gant and 27 others summoned for Superior Court jury service.
- 1807Court minutesJurors acquitted Alex’r Lackey of petty larceny.
- 1807Court minutesJurors acquitted Thomas Patterson of petty larceny.
1810s
- 1810DeedsHenry McFarland to John McFarlan, 23 February 1810
- 1810Court minutesThe jury credited payment, valued the bond and awarded William Kirkland the remaining principal, damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Herbert Simms as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed John McFarland as road overseer.
- 1812Court minutesThe court appointed Mark Harris and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury awarded Jonathan Lindly damages against Patterson and Patton.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury found William B Mebane guilty on the indictment.
- 1818DeedsThornton McFarland to Daniel Umstead, 13 February 1818
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: James Cook and Dicey McFarland
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: William McFarland and Winefred Jones
1830s
1840s
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew McFarland and Caroline Cook
1850s
1860s
1870s
- 1870MarriagesMarriage license: Allen K Mcfarland and Martha Stanly
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: James Weaver and Sarah Mcfarland
1900s
- 1904MarriagesMarriage license: John V Mcfarland and Annie Hicks
Undated
- DeedsRobert McFarland to Andrew Evans, August 1759
- Court minutesThe court impaneled the thirteen named grand jurors.
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned the road from John Roberson’s shop toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill under William Lea.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road toward Granville County; Edward Chambers, Robert McFarland and Thomas Douglas became overseers.
- Court minutesEight named workers were assigned to Solomon Debow’s road.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed to lay out two roads, with named workers and Burges Harrelson and Thomas Douglass as overseers.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Henry Horton to Susannah McFarland, proved by Jeremiah King.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Robert McLemore’s promise within three years and awarded John Carrington damages.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Thomas McFarland to Joseph Gwinn for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Archibald McFarland to Joseph Gwinn for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesRobert Mebane and the other named patrol members received allowances for the previous year’s service.
- Court minutesThe jury decided Hector McNeil’s action in favor of John Lankston.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Nathaniel King, Benjamin Shearman, George Garrison and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJohn Bane’s ejectment action was nonsuited when the plaintiff failed to appear.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Taylor Duke, Adam Douglass, John Durham Senr and 27 others for the next county court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Durham, Isaac Shugars, James Murdock and 12 others for jury service.
