Orange County Indexed
The Nail surname
The Nail name in Orange County Indexed: 30 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1809
most named in the 1800s
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Court minutes 1790–1804
- Wills 1797
- Records of enslaved people 1797–1809
- Deeds 1805–1809
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (1)
- Often named with
- Harris 2
- Search beyond these records
- Nail 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 Nail there)
- Nail 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 30 records
2 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 21 court minutes, 4 tax list entries 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. Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Nail Robert
1780s
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury convicted Wm Nail of assault; the court imposed a sixpence fine plus costs.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Nail (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1797Records of enslaved peopleWill or bequest: Martha Nail, 1797
- 1797WillsPaper to free Lucy: Martha Nail
1800s
- 1804Court minutesThe court settled John Jameson and others’ claims against Sam’l Riggs and his wife, excluding enslaved Flora and her children from division.
- 1804Court minutesJurors convicted John Carrington.
- 1804Court minutesJurors convicted John Artis of petty larceny.
- 1804Court minutesDeed of bargain and Sale, Caleb Harvey & Mary his wife to Robert Nail, acknowledged in court.
- 1805DeedsNorth Carolina to James Nail, 9 October 1805
- 1809DeedsSterling Harris to Henry Nail, 13 September 1809
- 1809Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Sterling Harris to Henry Nail, 13 September 1809
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Isaac Richardson & Elizabeth Richardson to Robert Nail?.
- Court minutesThe jury valued Virginia currency in North Carolina money and stated a discharge amount in James W Lackey’s action against John Fairman.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Thomas Durham, Rho Brewer, Jno Piper and 27 others for February court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the jury summons list.
- Court minutesRichard Coope prevailed against Frances Child; a new-trial request produced a rule to show cause.
- Court minutesAugustus Benton won damages after a setoff; Benjamin Smith appealed with John Taylor and Nath Christmas as sureties.
- Court minutesAn apparent jury list recorded twelve names.
- Court minutesThe court ordered the sheriff to summon jurors for the next August term.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Henry Nail as road overseer.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Wm Ray principal and interest against Aquilla Rhodes.
- Court minutesIn Levi Whitted’s case against Dan’l Cloud, jurors rejected the document presented as Martha Nail’s will.
- Court minutesJurors found Joseph Street detained enslaved Jack within three years and awarded Susannah Leath damages.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Martha Nail granted to Levi Whitted; sureties William Whitted and James Phillips.
- Court minutesMartha Nail’s administrators received authority to sell her personal property.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Henry Younger.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Wm Blackman, and a fine was recorded without an amount.
