Orange County Indexed
The Pleasant surname
The Pleasant name in Orange County Indexed: 17 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1798 to 1855
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1798–1816
- Deeds 1807–1842
- Marriages 1816–1855
- In the chronology
- 1801 to 1983 3 people in 6 entries, most in the 1800s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (2), Jordans Creek (1)
- Married into
- Hancock 1, Riggans 1, Warren 1, White 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Blair 2
- Spellings to try
- Pleasants, Pleasents
- Search beyond these records
- Pleasant 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 Pleasant there)
- Pleasant 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 3 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.
- Pleasant, Danny 2 entries, 1983
- Pleasant, Stephen 1 entry, 1837
- Pleasant, Thomas 3 entries, 1801–1807
In the historical records 17 records
4 deeds, 4 marriages and 9 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Pleasant marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
- 1798Court minutesDeed, Luke Pendergast to Isham Jordan, proved by William Pleasant.
1800s
- 1807DeedsJames Blair to Thomas Pleasant, 22 September 1807
- 1807Court minutesAnderson Izzard was apprenticed to Thomas Pleasant for blacksmithing, with a year’s schooling and a set of tools promised.
- 1807Court minutesJurors valued the bond and awarded Tho Pleasant and others damages against Wilson and Bradshaw.
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed George Foust as road overseer.
- 1816DeedsThomas Pleasant to George Foust, 21 August 1816
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Charles Pleasant and Nancy Riggans
- 1816Court minutesDeed, James Blair to Thomas Pleasant, proved by Joseph Clendenin.
1830s
1840s
1850s
- 1854MarriagesMarriage bond: Albert B Pleasant and Sarah A Warren
- 1855MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas V White and Mary E Pleasant
Undated
- Court minutesRobert Mebane and the other named patrol members received allowances for the previous year’s service.
- Court minutesJudgment was recorded against Joseph Steel; William Shaw and Thomas Pleasant secured a stay for Andrew Murdock’s action.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Thomas Pleasant damages and costs against Samuel Holmes.
- Court minutesRobert Morrow and the other named patrollers received payment allowances for the previous year.
