Orange County Indexed
The Meachum surname
The Meachum name in Orange County Indexed: 14 historical records.
- In the records
- 1785 to 1873
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1785–1803
- Marriages 1794–1829
- Wills 1813
- Deeds 1873
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (1)
- Married into
- Anderson 1, Holiday 1, Moris 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Meacham, Mechum
- Search beyond these records
- Meachum 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 Meachum there)
- Meachum 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 14 records
1 deeds, 3 marriages, 9 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. Meachum marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
1800s
- 1803Court minutesJurors convicted Spencer Meachum.
1810s
- 1813WillsWill of Sackfield or Zackfield Brewer
- 1814MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Holiday and Dolly Meachum
1820s
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: John Moris and Nancy Meachum
1870s
Undated
- Court minutesThe listed people were ordered summoned as jurors for next county court.
- Court minutesDeed, Charles Abercrombie to Wm. Deshazen, proved by Jno. Meachum.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld John Taylor’s bond and recorded a payment finding; an appeal was granted with James Keys and Samuel Benton as sureties.
- Court minutesDeed, John Meachum to Wm Rhodes Jr, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesJurors valued the Virginia currency and tobacco claimed by executor Lyne Shackleford against John Meachum after default.
- Court minutesSamuel Shepperd and John Edwards surrendered John Meachum to discharge their bail obligation in John G Rencher’s action.
