Orange County Indexed
The Miers surname
The Miers name in Orange County Indexed: 24 historical records.
- In the records
- 1752 to 1755
most named in the 1750s
- Deeds 1752–1754
- Court minutes 1753–1755
- Tax lists 1755
- Often named with
- Boggs 3, Kimbrough 3, Sidwell 2, Boggan 2, McGee 2
- Spellings to try
- Myers
- Search beyond these records
- Miers in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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- Miers 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 24 records
2 deeds, 21 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1752DeedsWilliam Miers to Joseph Boggs, December 1752
- 1753Court minutesThe court impaneled grand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Benjamin Martin, James McAlester and 10 others.
- 1754DeedsWilliam Miers [& wife Elizabeth] to John Stanfield, March 1754
- 1755Court minutesThomas Branson, Jonathan Williams, Thomas Lindley, Wm. Miers, Daniel Norris and John Tomlinson became overseers for Cape Fare road south…
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: William Miers
Undated
- Court minutesThe court impaneled the fifteen named grand jurors.
- Court minutesMarmaduke Kimbrough was commissioned to build a courthouse, prison and stocks; James Allison, James Dickey and John Pittman were to selec…
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Joseph Sidwell granted to John Sidwell; sureties Joseph Wells and David Miers.
- Court minutesJames Dickey and the other named commissioners were assigned road responsibilities across five county divisions.
- Court minutesMarmaduke Kimbrough, Henry Bidings and Joseph Boggs replaced Timothy Terrell, David Miers and William Miers as road commissioners.
- Court minutesThe listed commissioners were assigned to five road districts (James Dickey, Jno Pitman, John Allison, Mark Morgan).
- Court minutesMarmaduke Kimbrough, Henry Bedingfield and Joseph Boggs replaced Timothy Tyrrell, David Miers and Wm. Miers as commissioners for the sout…
- Court minutesGrand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Abraham Whitworth, John Dunnagan and 12 others were impaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesWm. Vanal (?) proved witness attendance for Wm. Miers in Patrick Boggan’s suit.
- Court minutesPatrick Boggan brought an action on the case against William Miers.
- Court minutesJohn McGee brought an action on the case against William Miers.
- Court minutesDavid Miers and six other named men registered cattle marks.
- Court minutesThe court divided the listed taxables between Orange New Road and Trading Path and required delivery of the allocation to the clerk.
- Court minutesThe court selected petit jurors for the next circuit court.
- Court minutesHenry King brought an action on the case against David Miers.
- Court minutesAlexander Mebane brought a petition against William Miers.
- Court minutesJohn McGee brought an action on the case against David Miers.
- Court minutesDavid Miers brought a petition against Absolom McDonald.
- Court minutesDeed, Christopher Miers to John Piggott, proved by John Cook.
