Orange County Indexed
The Murry surname
The Murry name in Orange County Indexed: 43 historical records.
- In the records
- 1756 to 1882
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1756–1768
- Wills 1783–1882
- Records of enslaved people 1787
- Court minutes 1787–1792
- Marriages 1788–1869
- Married into
- Crawford 1, Millington 1, Scott 1, Weaver 1, Picket 1, Thomas 1, Williams 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Rice 2, Murray 2, McDaniel 2, Neal 2
- Spellings to try
- Murray, Murrey, Murey, Mury, Muurry
- Search beyond these records
- Murry 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 Murry there)
- Murry 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 43 records
3 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages, 25 court minutes and 7 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. Murry marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1780s
- 1783WillsWill of John (x) Rice
- 1785WillsDeed: Athanisius Robison to Sarah Lindsay and others
- 1787Records of enslaved peopleSale: John Murry to James Neal, 30 May 1787
- 1787Court minutesThe court appointed James Murry as road overseer.
- 1787WillsBill of sale: John Murry to James Neal
- 1788MarriagesMarriage bond: John Murry and Mary Scott
- 1788Court minutesThe jury found for Benjamin Hopkins on appeal, and the justice’s judgment was affirmed.
- 1788Court minutesA juror was withdrawn by agreement in Courtny’s action against Jno Bowls and his unnamed wife.
1790s
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: John Murry and Mary Picket
1810s
- 1814MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Murry and Anne Thomas
- 1819WillsWill of Edward Pickett
1820s
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: Green Murry and Peggy Millington
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: John T Murry and Catherine Crawford
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: John W Williams and Wadia A Murry
- 1869WillsWill of William B Murry
1870s
- 1873WillsWill of Maria F Murry
1880s
- 1882WillsWill of Jacob Murry
Undated
- Court minutesJohn Murry brought an action on the case against Christian Tyrie.
- Court minutesJames Cary brought an action on the case against Michael Murry.
- Court minutesThe court selected twelve grand jurors for the next Superior Court at Salisbury.
- Court minutesTwo juries were appointed to lay out a road from Alexander Mebane’s toward the Peedee warehouse route, divided at the Cain Creek meetingh…
- Court minutesMichael Murry registered his mark.
- Court minutesHugh Smith brought an action on the case against Michael Murry.
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to lay out and open the road from Peter Nowey’s to William Wiley’s.
- Court minutesWill of John Rice, proved by James Thompson & Prudence Murdoch.
- Court minutesTwenty-six people were ordered summoned for the next Hillsborough county court.
- Court minutesJames Murry, son of John, became overseer from Quaker Creek to John Collin’s.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn for the term.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were selected by ballot, empaneled, and sworn, with James Ball as foreman.
- Court minutesA jury was assigned to survey a route between marked trees at opposite ends of Wm Harvey’s lane and report.
- Court minutesPatric St Laurance won damages against Jesse Benton’s executors despite limitation and setoff defenses; a new trial was granted.
- Court minutesDeed, James Murry Sr & James Murray Jr, proved by Martin Loy.
- Court minutesDeed, John Murry [John Morris?] to James Woods, proved by Henery Bunch.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Palmer, Robert McCray, Alexander Russel and 22 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Daniel Cloud, Andrew McCrory, James Sheppard and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJoseph Moore and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Phebe Faucett.
- Court minutesThe jury convicted John Stevenson and the other defendants; McDonald and Chambers took the insolvency oath.
