Orange County Indexed
The Patten surname
The Patten name in Orange County Indexed: 29 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1842
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1780
- Court minutes 1783–1808
- Wills 1790–1840
- Marriages 1792–1842
- In the chronology
- 1914 to 1935 2 people in 14 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 2 people, born 1880 to 1880
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cumberland (2)
- Married into
- Faucett 1, Herman 1, Hurdle 1, Wilson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Thompson 2, Campbell 2, Hughes 2, Tinnen 2
- People with a page here
- Walter Patten, Walter Patten
- Spellings to try
- Patton, Parten, Pattin, Paten
- Search beyond these records
- Patten 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 Patten there)
- Patten 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 2 people
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.
In books and archives 2 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 29 records
4 marriages, 16 court minutes, 6 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. Patten marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Patten, Robert (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Patten, Andrew (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Patten, Allex (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Patten, Saml. (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Patten, Jno. (Caswell District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Patten, Thos. (Caswell District)
- 1783Court minutesFifteen grand jurors qualified, with George Allen as foreman.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Jno and Sam’l Hart against Mary Humphries.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury rejected Bracken’s ownership claim to land attached as Brown’s property; Bracken appealed and filed bond and reasons.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesOn Patten’s petition, the court ordered a jury to relocate the road east of his plantation to reduce injury; a later notation renewed the…
- 1790WillsWill of Andrew Patten (or Patton)
- 1790WillsWill of Andrew Patten (or Patton)
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: John Herman and Martha Patten
- 1792Court minutesA second jury upheld the disputed instrument as Thomas Horn Sr’s will.
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Wilson and Mary Patten
- 1799Court minutesThe court appointed John McDaniel as guardian of William Patten.
1800s
1820s
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: Alexander Patten and Fanny Faucett
1840s
- 1840WillsWill of James Patten
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: James C Patten and Sarah Jane Hurdle
Undated
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Ruth Chance to John Patten until age 18.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Patten granted to Catherine Patten; sureties Ro Patten and Jno Patten.
- Court minutesSarah and Isaac Patten selected their mother Catherine as guardian; she posted a £100 bond with John Patten.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Catherine Patten guardian of Thomas Patten, son of the deceased Thomas, upon a £100 bond with John Patten.
- Court minutesRichard Leigh obtained bond judgment against the defendants, subject to specified payments and a damages release; a new trial was denied.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Benjamin Roaney as road overseer, replacing Wm Bryan.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld and valued the bond, awarding Thomas Johnston damages; Fredrick Fonville and Thomas Fitch secured a stay of execution.
