Orange County Indexed
The Norris surname
The Norris name in Orange County Indexed: 21 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1908
most named in the 1750s
- Tax lists 1755–1779
- Court minutes 1755–1785
- Deeds 1757–1872
- Wills 1765–1843
- Marriages 1891–1908
- In the chronology
- 1978 to 1984 1 person in 4 entries, most in the 1980s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Seven Mile Creek (1), Eno River (1)
- Married into
- Brown 1, Walker 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Thompson 3, Jones 3, Wright 2
- Spellings to try
- Norriss
- Search beyond these records
- Norris 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 Norris there)
- Norris 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 chronology 1 person
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
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Norris, June 4 entries, 1978–1984
Show the 4 entries
- 1978–1994: Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week at UNC, 1978–1994
- 1982–1994: The Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, B-GLAD and student-fee funding, 1982–1994
- November 26 to 30, 1984: The Carolina Gay Association holds a fall Gay Awareness Week with a talk by Tom Chorlton
- April 2 to 6, 1984: The Carolina Gay Association holds Gay Awareness Week on the theme Gay Visions of a New World
In the historical records 21 records
3 deeds, 2 marriages, 11 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 3 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. Norris marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1765WillsWill of Daniel Norris
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Norris Thomas
1780s
- 1783Court minutesHands within the listed inhabitants’ bounds were ordered to work under Jesse Benton from Gallows Hill to the branch between Nelson’s and…
- 1785DeedsThomas Norris to James Thompson, 21 July 1785
- 1785Court minutesJno. Estis became overseer from Baxter’s Branch to Hillsborough; the listed inhabitants’ hands were assigned to maintain the road.
1790s
- 1794WillsWill of James Thompson
1840s
- 1843WillsWill of Peter F. Perry
1870s
1890s
1900s
- 1908MarriagesMarriage license: Charles Norris and Artelia Brown
Undated
- Court minutesThe appraisal by John Jones and John Wright of a black horse held by Daniel Norris was ordered recorded.
- Court minutesJohn Jones and John Wright valued the horse taken up by Daniel Norris at one pound five shillings.
- 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 minutesSamuel Norris became road overseer from Bear Creek to Deep River.
- Court minutesDorman Hinson replaced Daniel Norris as road overseer.
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to open a road from Bear Creek to the Cumberland line.
- Court minutesZachariah Martin brought a petition against Daniel Norris.
- Court minutesWill of Daniel Norris, proved by John Thompson.
