Orange County Indexed
The Melvin surname
The Melvin name in Orange County Indexed: 37 historical records and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1789 to 1849
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1789–1849
- Tax lists 1790
- Court minutes 1792–1814
- Wills 1792–1836
- Marriages 1802–1848
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1907
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (7), Harpers Branch (2), Jacobs Creek (1), Mebane (1), Plum Branch (1)
- Married into
- Baldwin 1, Bason 1, Isley 1, Rumbly 1, Strader 1, Pyles 1, Pugh 1, White 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Sullivan 4, Isley 3, Shearman 3, McCluer 2, Parks 2
- Search beyond these records
- Melvin 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 Melvin there)
- Melvin 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 books and archives 1 heading
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.
- Melvin, Lionel Dane, 1907- 1 work
In the historical records 37 records
15 deeds, 8 marriages, 11 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 2 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. Melvin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Edmund Melvin (Chatham District)
- 1792Court minutesDeed, Thomas Garner to Henry McCluer, proved by John Melvin.
- 1792Court minutesThe court appointed John Melvin as road overseer.
- 1792WillsWill of Daniel (x) Sullivan
- 1795DeedsHenry McCluer to John Melvin, 25 April 1795
- 1796DeedsMary Parks to John Melvin, 20 December 1796
- 1799DeedsJohn Melvin to Levin Sullivan, 20 August 1799
1800s
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Melvin and Abigail Baldwin
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: James Melvin and Caty Isley
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: John Melvin and Henny Rumbly
1810s
- 1810Court minutesDeed, John Melvin to Levin Sullivan, proved by Benjamin Shearman.
- 1811Court minutesMichael Holt, James Patterson, John Melvin and John Cable were appointed to make an estate allotment for widow Barbary Cable and report n…
- 1812DeedsJoseph Melvin to James Melvin, 31 July 1812
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded William P Mangum damages and costs against John Melvin.
1820s
1830s
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Jacob Strader and Nancy Melvin
- 1834DeedsHenry Melvin to James Melvin & Boston Isley, 14 January 1834
- 1836DeedsEdmond Melvin to James Sutton trustee, 20 August 1836
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Melvin and Rebecca Pyles
- 1836WillsWill of James Melvin
- 1839DeedsEdmund Melvin to Absalom Harvey trustee, 4 July 1839
- 1839DeedsEdmund Melvin to Absalom Harvey trustee, 20 May 1839
1840s
- 1840DeedsGeorge Melvin & Thomas Boulden to Benjamin Coble trustee, 8 January 1840
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: George Melvin and Nancy Caroline Pugh
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: George Melvin and Susannah Bason
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: William White and Matilda Melvin
- 1849DeedsJames Melvin to Joel C Boon trustee, 1 January 1849
- 1849DeedsLewis Melvin to Alfred Isley trustee & Boston Isley, 4 January 1849
- 1849DeedsLewis Melvin to Alfred Isley trustee & John F Faucett, 4 January 1849
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed Rob’t Tate as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Nicholas Hardin as road overseer, replacing John Melvin.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to John Melvin, proved by James Melone & Benjamin Shearman.
- Court minutesDeed, Mary Parks to John Melvin, proved by William Ray.
- Court minutesDeed, John Melvin to James Melvin, proved by Boston Isley.
- Court minutesDeed, Levin Sullivan to Benja Shearman, proved by John Melvin.
