Orange County Indexed
The Picket surname
The Picket name in Orange County Indexed: 123 historical records.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1887
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1760–1763
- Court minutes 1785–1818
- Marriages 1793–1887
- Wills 1807–1831
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Duck River (1)
- Married into
- Benson 1, Fann 1, Graham 1, Hamilton 1, Marcum 1, Murry 1, Pickard 1, Rigsby 1, Pike 1, Wright 1, Woods 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Stanley 3, Grisham 3, Barbie 3, Standifer 3, McCauley 3, Standiford 2, Walker 2, Woods 2, Mebane 2, Wilson 2
- Spellings to try
- Pickett, Pickets, Pickit, Pickat
- Search beyond these records
- Picket in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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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 123 records
2 deeds, 11 marriages, 99 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 6 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. Picket marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Cager Picket
1760s
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Picket, Edward (Orange District)
- 1785Court minutesJno. Taylor and Wm. Courtney were authorized to admit Wm. Picket to bail.
- 1785Court minutesA jury was sworn in the State’s case against Wm. Picket and Jas. B. Horn.
- 1785Court minutesA jury with two substitutions was sworn in the State’s case against Wm. Picket.
- 1785Court minutesA jury was sworn in Alex Martin’s case against administrator Thos. Donalson.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard Zacheus Tate’s case against administrator Sarah Lytle.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard Allison & St. Laurence’s case against Wm. Leet.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard administrator Scurloch’s case against Luttrell’s administrators.
- 1785Court minutesThe same jury heard John Hogan’s case against Lutterell’s administrators.
- 1786Court minutesJoseph Barbie’s slander case against Wm. Picket ended in a nonsuit.
- 1786Court minutesA jury was sworn in M. Patterson’s case against Rob. Campbell.
- 1787Court minutesThe court appointed Edward Picket as road overseer, replacing Ro Faucett.
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Gwinn road overseer and listed six workers for the route through Peelors to Greens.
- 1789Court minutesA nonsuit was entered in Bowls’s debt action against Courtney.
- 1789Court minutesDeed, Jno Gee & wife to Wm Picket, proved by Mark Patterson.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury found Picket liable and awarded Benjamin Peelor five shillings plus costs.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Picket £35.10 plus costs against Jno Stroud.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Benj. Picket (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Joshua Picket (St. Asaph’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Henry Picket (St. Mark’s District)
- 1791Court minutesWm Muzzle won three shillings and costs against Jno Sturges on appeal.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury awarded Thomas Farmer twenty shillings and costs against Absalum Tatom.
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: Alexander Graham and Mary Picket
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed Absalum Hunt as road overseer.
- 1795Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors John Casey, John Kennon, Thomas Horner and 27 others for August court.
- 1797Court minutesThe court ordered jurors summoned for the next August term.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Jacob Jackson as road overseer, replacing Henry Neal.
- 1799Court minutesThe court appointed named road jurors to survey and report on the proposed route.
- 1799Court minutesWm Picket was fined for missing the jury call.
- 1799Court minutesPorter Allen won slander damages against Jno Holden; the court granted an appeal with approved securities.
- 1799Court minutesJno Hogg’s attachment case yielded damages against Rob’t Scoby; jurors largely upheld Archibald Murfee’s property claim, and Hogg sought…
- 1799Court minutesJno McCauley was convicted of keeping a disorderly house, fined with costs, and deprived of his license.
- 1799Court minutesEdmond Shelton, Bennet Watson, John McCauley and John Picket were added to the St Thomas’s patrol.
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: John Murry and Mary Picket
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Picket and Cresey Fann
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Rigsby and Elizabeth Picket
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: William Picket and Elizabeth Hamilton
- 1807WillsWill of William (x) Picket
- 1809WillsWill of Henry (x) Picket
1810s
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Eliza Estis to William Picket, proved by James Latta.
- 1811Court minutesBill of Sale, Thomas Ray to Wm Picket, proved by duly ack’d in open Court and ordered to be registered.
- 1812WillsWill of John Walker
- 1814Court minutesWilliam F Strudwick’s ejectment action was nonsuited; an appeal was granted.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded George Carrington damages against Jacob Whittaker.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Daniel S Farlow damages against William Watson.
- 1818Court minutesArchibald Hamilton and William Picket qualified as executors for Joseph Hamilton’s estate.
- 1818Court minutesJohn McCauley became guardian of Anna Fossett and Nathaniel Fossett and Susan Fossett and John Fossett.
- 1819WillsMortgage: George (x) Picket to Samuel Wilson
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: John Picket and Mary Pike
- 1830WillsWill of Elizabeth (x) Walker
- 1831WillsWill of Joseph Moore
1840s
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Stephen Benson and Emiley Picket
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: William Picket and Patsy Wright
1850s
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: Asa Picket and Tennesia Marcum
1880s
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: Jessie H Woods and Ella M Picket
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: T M Pickard and Emma L Picket
Undated
- Court minutesBryan Crosbie and John Tapley Patterson, or either, were appointed to take Henry Picket’s deposition in Izrael Standiford’s suit against…
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Tyree Harris’s case against James Alston.
- Court minutesThe same jury heard Commons’s case against Campbell.
- Court minutesThe same jury heard Henry Thompson’s case against Geo. Clower.
- Court minutesThe same jury heard James Ray’s case against James Baldridge.
- Court minutesThe same jury heard Wm. Nunn’s case against John Flintham.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Edw. Guinn’s case against Lewis Simmons.
- Court minutesThe same jury heard Geo. Meek’s case against Lutterell’s administrators and Nath’l. Hart’s executors.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Wm. Clark’s case against Sam Allen.
- Court minutesA jury with two substitutions heard Elinor Davis’s case against Geo. Carrington.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Thos. Brooks’s case against Wm. Nunn.
- Court minutesA commission was ordered to take Arch’d. Grisham’s deposition in Wm. Picket’s caveat against Israel Stantiford.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Thos. Holden’s case against Wm. Picket for John Campbell.
- Court minutesArch’d. Grisham’s deposition was ordered in the pending suit between Joseph Barbie and Wm. Picket.
- Court minutesDepositions of Benj. Jones and Wm. Stanley were ordered in Wm. Picket’s case against Israel Standifer.
- Court minutesJohn Barbie’s deposition in Georgia was ordered for Israel Standifer against Wm. Picket, with thirty days’ notice.
- Court minutesWm. Stanley’s immediate deposition at Blue House was ordered for Wm. Picket against Izrael Standifer.
- Court minutesThe jury found for James Standiford against Wm. Picket.
- Court minutesThe administrators of Thos. Capper proceeded against And. Lytle’s administrators before the jury from case No. 4.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Andrew Gibson £75.5, dischargeable through certificates, with costs; the record referred to the trial docket for certifi…
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Bradford to oversee the new Finding Rock–Back Creek road and assigned named workers.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Strayhorn, James Hart, James Craig and 34 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court listed the remaining members of the original jury panel.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Abraham Abbott of petty larceny.
- Court minutesThe jury found Wm Lylte’s instrument valid and unpaid, awarding Norman Bigalow damages and costs.
- Court minutesTheo Thompson won damages and costs against Geo Doherty on appeal.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Hutchens as road overseer, replacing Riley Vickers.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey a road from the University toward Chatham and report.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld John Taylor’s bond and recorded a payment finding; an appeal was granted with James Keys and Samuel Benton as sureties.
- Court minutesThe jury favored Reuben and James Burrows on covenant performance; an appeal was granted in William Ansley’s action.
- Court minutesLeonard Hays prevailed against Wm Picket.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Turner as road overseer, replacing James Hutchins.
- Court minutesJames Godfrey won damages against Matthew McCauley; the jury rejected setoff and limitation defenses.
- Court minutesBen Yeargain won damages against James Patterson; a new-trial request produced a rule to show cause.
- Court minutesThomas Mulholland prevailed against Mary Scarlet on appeal.
- Court minutesSamuel Thompson was nonsuited in his administration-capacity appeal against Andrew Burke.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the jury summons list.
- Court minutesThe court listed the remaining original-panel jurors.
- Court minutesDeed, Wm Picket to Jno Warren, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Henry Nail as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Casey, James Mebane Jr, Samuel Torrentine and 25 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Mebane, Joseph Thompson, John Kelly and 10 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court ordered jurors summoned for November.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Loyd to Wm Walker, proved by Edward Picket.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Mebane, David Carson, James Philips and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Henry Neal, Sam’l Chambers, James Ray and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesAdam Phifer recovered damages and costs against James Wilson for slander within the limitation period.
- Court minutesWm Courtney recovered damages against Samuel Benton; jurors rejected setoff and found the undertaking within three years.
- Court minutesJurors found James Johnston detained enslaved Ester, Moses, Ellick and Betsy, rejected limitation and awarded Marchel Roberts and others…
- Court minutesJurors convicted Adam Phifer of petty larceny; an appeal was requested.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Anthony Rickets of assault and battery; the court charged the unnamed prosecutor with costs.
- Court minutesDeed, Obed Green to Joshua Picket, proved by Edmund Green.
- Court minutesRob’t Faucet was nonsuited against Sherwood Allen and requested an appeal with James Faucet as surety.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Hodge, Henry Long, Wm Mangum and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Guy, Thomas Holloway, Charles Cotton and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Henry Long on the indictment.
- Court minutesJurors awarded the commissioners damages and costs against Samuel Hill.
- Court minutesThe court ordered William Picket to pay Elizabeth Crabtree child-maintenance installments.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Christopher Dannel, Jeremiah Roberts, James Robinson and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Thompson, Elisha Braxton, James Campbell and 2 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for Edward Harris, acting through his unnamed guardian, and awarded damages.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded George Riggs damages and costs against Benjamin Bullock.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Picket, James Nicholson, William Armstrong and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Durkin Henderson and Co damages against Whiting Wallace and Rich’d Wallace.
