Orange County Indexed
The Redding surname
The Redding name in Orange County Indexed: 80 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1790 to 1908
most named in the 1810s
- Tax lists 1790
- Court minutes 1790–1818
- Marriages 1798–1908
- Deeds 1802–1855
- Wills 1829–1831
- Records of enslaved people 1843
- In the chronology
- 1973 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Little River (8), Eno River (5), Haw Branch (1), Haw Creek (1)
- Married into
- Horn 2, Ray 2, Walker 2, Atwood 1, Barlow 1, Bullock 1, Couch 1, Grissum 1, Hall 1, Kinion 1, McAdams 1, Murray 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Cabe 5, Ray 5, Rhodes 3, Woods 3, Vickers 3, Browning 2, Dixon 2, Parrish 2, Smith 2, Whitaker 2, Allen 2, Whittaker 2
- Spellings to try
- Reding, Reading, Reddin, Ridding, Reddins
- Search beyond these records
- Redding 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 Redding there)
- Redding 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 1 person
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 80 records
21 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 21 marriages, 33 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 2 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. Redding marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court appointed Benjamin Peelor as road overseer, replacing Thomas Redding.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Thos. Redding (Orange District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Thos. Redding (St. Mary’s District)
- 1797Court minutesDeed, Jno Vickers to Rilie Vickers, proved by Thomas Redding.
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: John Redding and Anne Roach
1800s
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Stephen Redding and Milley Horn
- 1801Court minutesThe court appointed John Whittaker as road overseer.
- 1802DeedsWilliam Browning & Thomas Browning to Stephen Redding, 5 July 1802
- 1806Court minutesDeed, John Redding to Jacob Allen, acknowledged in court.
- 1808Court minutesDeed, Abram Whitaker to John Redmon Jr, proved by John Redding.
- 1808Court minutesThe jury acquitted Thomas Redding; the court directed the unnamed prosecutor to pay costs.
- 1809Court minutesDeed, Pleasant, Peter & Christiana Peeler to Stephen Redding, proved by Jacob Allen.
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Atwood and Nancy Redding
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: James Horn and Elizabeth Redding
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Abraham Whittaker to Thomas Redding Sr, proved by John Cabe.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, David Dickie to John Redding, proved by David Woods.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Tho Holloway Sr to Thomas Holloway Jr, proved by Thomas Redding.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Abraham Whittaker to Robert Rhodes, proved by Thomas Redding.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Samuel Child as road overseer.
- 1812Court minutesStephen Redding and the other named patrollers received permission for payment.
- 1814DeedsJohn Redding to John Cabe & Moses McCowen, 29 November 1814
- 1814Court minutesThe court apprenticed Betsy Bateman to Thomas Redding for instruction in spinning.
- 1815DeedsStephen Redding to Aquilla Rhodes, 1815
- 1816Court minutesDeed, Stephen Redding to Aquila Rhodes, proved by Harrison Trice.
- 1818DeedsSamuel Turrentine to John Redding, 24 November 1818
- 1818DeedsThomas Redding Sr to James Horn Jr, 28 December 1818
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Murray and Margaret Redding
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded Robert Duncan damages and costs against Allen Sykes.
- 1818Court minutesJohn Jameson was nonsuited in his action against William Hall.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded James Jeffers and Co damages and costs against Mark Barbee.
- 1818Court minutesDeed, Frederick Nash & Maria Burgwin & George W B Burgwin & Robert Ogden & Elizabeth Ogden to John Redding, proved by David Woods Junr.
1820s
1830s
- 1831WillsWill of Empson Bird
- 1832DeedsRicheson Nichols to John Redding Sr, 7 May 1832
- 1833DeedsDavid Ray to David Redding, 25 March 1833
- 1833MarriagesMarriage bond: David Redding and Eliza Hall
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: John Ray and Elizabeth Redding
- 1843DeedsAbel S Parrish to Richard B Ray trustee & Alexander Dixon & John Redding, 11 October 1843
- 1843Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Abel S Parrish to Richard B Ray, Alexander Dixon, John Redding, 11 October 1843
- 1847DeedsMary Reding to John Redding, 18 May 1847
- 1847DeedsStephen Redding to John Redding, 18 November 1847
- 1847DeedsMoses Guess estate by executor to Mary H Redding, 17 March 1847
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph A Smith and Sarah Ann Redding
- 1848DeedsNancy Redding & Robert Redding & Mary Redding & John Redding & David Redding & John Ray & Elizabeth Ray & Stephen Redding to John Smith, 19 August 1848
- 1849DeedsJohn Redman by Sheriff to John Redding, 17 March 1849
- 1849DeedsJohn Redding & Robert Redding to Lawrence N Kinyen, 28 September 1849
- 1849DeedsMary Redding to James Ray, 3 August 1849
- 1849DeedsJohn Riley & Sally Riley & James Browning & Elizabeth Browning & Nancy Redding & John Redding to William N Pratt, 10 September 1849
- 1849DeedsHugh Woods & Eliza J Woods & Geraldine B Ray & William R Ray & Robert Redding & Joseph A Woods & Fanny E Woods & Charles W Ray to William H Murray, 21 May 1849
1850s
- 1850DeedsJohn Redding to John C Kinion, 13 December 1850
- 1852MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Neal and Mary Redding
- 1854MarriagesMarriage bond: William Redding and Mary J Taylor
- 1855DeedsJohn Redding to Joseph A Smith, 1 February 1855
- 1856MarriagesMarriage bond: William Redding and Susan Couch
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: Moses N Redding and Martha A Thompson
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: John Ray and Telitha M Redding
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: William W Redding and Lucy C Barlow
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph S Kinion and Fanny V C Redding
1870s
- 1870MarriagesMarriage license: Jacob Walker and Mary Ann Redding
1890s
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: David Riley and Malisa G Redding
1900s
- 1902MarriagesMarriage license: Jas A Walker and Arrena Redding
- 1908MarriagesMarriage license: Grover Bullock and Etta Redding
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Stephen Carrel & Abraham Whitaker to John Redding, proved by Benjamin Carrel.
- Court minutesE McNair’s surviving-partner action against Baxter Boling ended in nonsuit.
- Court minutesJurors found Wm Mebane liable within three years and awarded Henry Thompson damages against his executors; an appeal was allowed.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Moore, Bowden & Co principal and interest against Thomas Browning.
- Court minutesDeed, Hugh Currie to John Cabe, proved by Thomas Redding.
- Court minutesDeed, Isaac Rainey & John Beaver to John Redding, proved by John McCaleb.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Wm P Mangum, Alex’r Pickard, Nathaniel Carter and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Robert Grisham granted to Catharine Grisham; sureties Thomas Redding and Riley Vickers.
- Court minutesJohn Cabe and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Catharine Grisham.
- Court minutesDeed, John Redding to [John Cabe &] Moses McCown, proved by John Latta Sr.
- Court minutesRichard Breeze and the other named patrollers received payment allowances for the previous year.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Redding granted to Margret Redding and Thomas Crompton; sureties James Mebane and Joseph Allison.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Bass.
- Court minutesThe jury found Campbell Sutton guilty on the indictment.
