Orange County Indexed

The Pearce surname

The Pearce name in Orange County Indexed: 27 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records

1755 to 1902 most named in the 1850s

Tax lists 1755
Court minutes 1786
Marriages 1794–1902
Deeds 1796–1872
Wills 1812

In the chronology

1955 to 2009 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1950s

Places in its deeds and wills

Hillsboro (2), Raleigh (1), Queen Street (1), Churton Street (1), Hillsborough (1)

Married into

Hall 2, Anderson 1, Butler 1, Carrington 1, Gomore 1, Jeffers 1, Mack 1, McKee 1, Turrentine 1, Waller 1, Reams 1, Russell 1 · the marriages

Often named with

Turrentine 2

Spellings to try

Peace, Peirce

Search beyond these records

Pearce 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 Pearce there)
Pearce 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 the historical records 27 records

8 deeds, 16 marriages, 1 court minutes, 1 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. Pearce marriages in full · Search the name in every collection