Orange County Indexed
The McRae surname
The McRae name in Orange County Indexed: 19 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1800 to 1903
most named in the 1810s
- Wills 1800
- Court minutes 1807–1816
- Marriages 1815–1903
- Deeds 1844
- In the chronology
- 1922 to 1982 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1920s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (1)
- Married into
- Gray 1, Hart 1, Lamb 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Cook 4, Carrington 2, Hunt 2
- Spellings to try
- McRay, MacRae
- Search beyond these records
- McRae 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 McRae there)
- McRae 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 3 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.
- McRae, Carmen 1 entry, 1982
- McRae, Jimmie 1 entry, 1971
- McRae, R. S. 1 entry, 1922
In the historical records 19 records
1 deeds, 3 marriages, 14 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. McRae marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1800s
- 1800WillsDeed: John McRae to John Carrington
- 1807Court minutesDeed, Samuel Dick to Alexander McRae, proved by John Cook.
1810s
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Alexander McRae to John Cook, proved by Isaac Holt.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury decided Thomas Bonner Jr’s action in favor of James Walker.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury acquitted Thomas Sellars.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury found James Comb guilty on the indictment.
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: George McRae and Elizabeth Hart
- 1815Court minutesThe jury awarded Duncan McRae damages against John Cook.
- 1815Court minutesThe jury awarded Alexander McRae damages against John Cook.
- 1816Court minutesThe jury awarded David H Harvey damages and costs against James McRae.
1840s
1900s
- 1901MarriagesMarriage license: Robert L Gray and Mary S Mcrae
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: John C Lamb and Fannie W Mcrae
Undated
- Court minutesRelease, John McRae to John Carrington, proved by Wm Hunt.
- Court minutesJohn McRae was nonsuited against George Daniel and appealed with approved securities.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Wm Lloyd, Wm Gappins, Tho Clark and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded John Taylor Senr damages and costs against Herbert Sims.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn and the proceeding against James McRae was quashed.
- Court minutesRichard Breeze and the other named patrollers received payment allowances for the previous year.
