Orange County Indexed
The Rickets surname
The Rickets name in Orange County Indexed: 40 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1762 to 1825
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1762–1825
- Tax lists 1779–1780
- Court minutes 1785–1808
- Marriages 1797–1821
- In the chronology
- 1777 to 1795 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1770s
- Married into
- Ray 2, Crutchfield 1, Edwards 1, Jones 1, Morrow 1, Pickard 1, Pugh 1, Williams 1, Woody 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Moore 3, Draper 2, Day 2, Wilson 2, Christmas 2, Mebane 2
- Spellings to try
- Ricketts, Ricket, Rickett, Rickkets
- Search beyond these records
- Rickets 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 Rickets there)
- Rickets 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.
- Rickets, Sarah 2 entries, 1777–1795
- Rickets, William 1 entry, 1795
In the historical records 40 records
5 deeds, 10 marriages, 22 court minutes and 3 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Rickets marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Rickets Reason
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Rickets Samuel
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Rickets, Samuel (Caswell District)
- 1785Court minutesIn Joseph Baker’s case concerning Benj. Leonard’s administrators, the jury found Jno. Allison had not fully administered the estate.
- 1786Court minutesMich’l. Wilson proceeded against Francis Day and Reason Rickets.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury was sworn in Michael Wilson’s debt action against F Day and R Rickets.
1790s
- 1795Court minutesOn Sarah Rickets’s application, Absalum Roach was ordered to produce Polly Rickets; the deadline was extended to next term.
- 1796Court minutesDeed, Dickens & Waite to Anthony Rickets, proved by James Christmas.
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: William Rickets and Ferebee Williams
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Gennings Rickets and Rebecca Edwards
- 1798Court minutesJurors acquitted Francis Rickets; the court charged the unnamed prosecutor with costs.
- 1798Court minutesJurors convicted Anthony Haston of assault.
- 1799Court minutesThe court appointed Robert Harris as road overseer.
- 1799Court minutesDeed, Dickens & Waite to Anthony Rickets, proved by Robert Bell.
- 1799Court minutesThe court apprenticed William Rickets to Valentine Moore for instruction in farming.
- 1799Court minutesThe court apprenticed Mary Rickets to Valentine Moore for instruction in spinning.
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Rickets and Nelley Ray
- 1800Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Rickets as road overseer, replacing Alexander Pickard.
- 1801Court minutesJames Moore became guardian of Elizabeth Rickets.
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Woody and Rachel Rickets
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: William Morrow and Margaret Rickets
- 1806Court minutesDavid Mebane paid Jennings Rickets’s childbearing-related fine concerning Margret Ray; a later receipt recorded repayment to Mebane.
- 1808Court minutesDeed, George Bradford to James Mebane, proved by John Rickets.
- 1809MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac Pickard and Polly Rickets
1810s
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: Jennings Rickets and Haley or Katey Pugh
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: William Rickets and Casandra Jones
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Ray and Rhodah Rickets
1820s
Undated
- Court minutesAnthony Rickets became guardian of James Harris, orphan of the deceased James Harris, and gave bond.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Walker as road overseer.
- Court minutesBenjamin Spencer recovered damages and costs against Isaac Bracken; jurors rejected escrow and satisfaction defenses and found the undert…
- Court minutesThe court fined Anthony Rickets for jury nonattendance.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Anthony Rickets of assault and battery; the court charged the unnamed prosecutor with costs.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Reason Rickets granted to Anthony Rickets.
- Court minutesJames Carson recovered nominal damages and costs against John Taylor Sr.
