Orange County Indexed
The Powel surname
The Powel name in Orange County Indexed: 36 historical records.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1887
most named in the 1750s
- Records of enslaved people 1755
- Tax lists 1755
- Court minutes 1757–1801
- Deeds 1762–1764
- Marriages 1795–1887
- Wills 1802–1861
- Married into
- Boon 1, Hatch 1, Mason 1, Merritt 1, Smith 1, White 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- McCulloch 3, White 2, Holt 2, Simpson 2
- Spellings to try
- Powell, Powels, Power
- Search beyond these records
- Powel 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 Powel there)
- Powel 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 historical records 36 records
5 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 6 marriages, 16 court minutes, 4 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. Powel marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Records of enslaved peopleTax list: John Powel to John Powel, 1755
- 1755Records of enslaved peopleTax list: Elias Powel to Elias Powel, 1755
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: John Powel
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Elias Powel
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Nathan Powel
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Joseph Powel
- 1757Court minutesJoseph Powel replaced John White as overseer from Michael Synnot’s to Little River.
- 1757Court minutesJoseph Powel replaced John White as overseer from Little River to the county boundary.
1760s
1780s
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Powel as road overseer.
1790s
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Smith and Margarett Powel
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Jacob Boon and Milley Powel
1800s
- 1801Court minutesThe court appointed Absalom Holt as road overseer.
- 1802WillsWill of John (x) Powel
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: William Mason and Rebecca Powel
1810s
- 1811WillsWill of Ludwick Albright
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: William Powel and Polly White
1850s
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: A Stanford Powel and Mary Hatch
1860s
- 1861WillsWill of Standford Powel
1880s
Undated
- Court minutesJohn Powel replaced David Phillips as road overseer.
- Court minutesWill of Joseph Wade, proved by William Burford and Samuel Burton.
- Court minutesThe court selected grand jurors for the next Superior Court at Salisbury.
- Court minutesThe court selected six petit jurors.
- Court minutesJoseph Powel brought an action on the case against Micajah Pickett.
- Court minutesSixteen grand jurors were called and sworn with John Powell as foreman.
- Court minutesWill of John Rice, proved by James Thompson & Prudence Murdoch.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors John Loy, Phillip Snotterly, Aaron Sharp, Jun. and 33 others for next County Court.
- Court minutesWm. Copland and John Powel were exempted from jury service this term.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Powel as road overseer, replacing William Rogers.
- Court minutesThe court fined John Powel for failing to attend as an additional juror.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded James Child’s firm principal, interest and costs.
