Orange County Indexed
The Meritt surname
The Meritt name in Orange County Indexed: 10 historical records.
- In the records
- 1811 to 1879
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1811–1812
- Marriages 1827–1879
- Married into
- Albert 1, Johnson 1, Markham 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Merritt, Merrit, Merit, Maritt
- Search beyond these records
- Meritt 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 Meritt there)
- Meritt 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 10 records
3 marriages and 7 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Meritt marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found for Drury Dunn; earlier defense attendance was excluded from costs, and Susannah Cole’s witness Jacob Garrison Sr was fine…
- 1811Court minutesThe jury upheld and valued the bond, rejected payment and satisfaction, and awarded Christian Peelor damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury awarded William H Meritt damages after rejecting setoff; only Samuel Haynes’s and Benjamin Dodd’s witness attendance was taxed a…
- 1811Court minutesDeed, Solomon P Morgan to William Henry Meritt, proved by duly ack’d in open Court and ordered to be registered.
- 1812Court minutesThe jury awarded William H Meritt damages and costs against James H Lewis.
1820s
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: Willie Meritt and Jane Albert
1870s
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: Jack Meritt and Leesey Markham
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: William Johnson and Sarah Meritt
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, John Meritt to John Rhodes, proved by Wm Rhodes.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Henry Meritt as road overseer.
