Orange County Indexed
The Robbs surname
The Robbs name in Orange County Indexed: 37 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1818
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Marriages 1781–1795
- Wills 1789–1807
- Deeds 1792–1806
- Court minutes 1792–1818
- Records of enslaved people 1806
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Deep Creek (4), Great Road (1), Jordans Creek (1), Maryland (1), Dorchester Co., Maryland (1)
- Married into
- Cantril 1, Watson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Hurdle 9, Brannock 3, Cantrell 3, Sloss 2, Marley 2, Ross 2, Ming 2, Cantril 2
- Spellings to try
- Robs
- Search beyond these records
- Robbs 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 Robbs there)
- Robbs 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 37 records
6 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 22 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 4 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. Robbs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Robbs William
1780s
- 1781MarriagesMarriage bond: William Robbs and Susanna Watson
- 1789WillsWill of Adam Marley
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Alex’r Robbs (Chatham District)
- 1792DeedsAlexander Robbs to Hardy Hurdle, 27 February 1792
- 1792DeedsAlexander Robbs to Jonathan Jordan, 27 February 1792
- 1792Court minutesDeed, Alexander Robbs to Hardy Hurdle, proved by Adam Marley.
- 1792Court minutesDeed, Alexander Robbs to Jonathan Jordon, proved by Adam Marley.
- 1794WillsPower of attorney: Ezekiel Mace to Edmond Brannock
- 1794WillsPower of attorney: the heirs to Alex. Robbs
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin Cantril and Sophiah Robbs
- 1796DeedsNorth Carolina to Alexander Robbs, 17 October 1796
- 1797DeedsJohn Sloss to Alexander Robbs, 20 May 1797
- 1798DeedsHardy Hurdle to Alexander Robbs, 1 December 1798
- 1799Court minutesDeed, Hardy Hurdle to Alexander Robbs, acknowledged in court.
1800s
- 1800Court minutesJurors convicted Samuel Shaw on the indictment.
- 1800Court minutesThe court appointed commissioners to set aside provisions and livestock from Edward King’s estate for Sarah King and her minor children (…
- 1801Court minutesWilliam Brannock became guardian of Amey Ross.
- 1806DeedsHardy Hurdle to Alexander Robbs, 17 February 1806
- 1806Records of enslaved peopleWill or bequest: Alexander Robbs to Benjamin Cantril, 18 October 1806
- 1806Court minutesBenjamin Cantrell presented Alexander Robbs’s purported will; Stephen Moreen[?] objected, and the court ordered an issue to determine its…
- 1807Court minutesCommissioners received until the next term to report a year’s provisions for Alexander Robbs’s unnamed widow.
- 1807WillsWill of Alexander (x) Robbs
1810s
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Andrew Huffman & Sophia his wife to John Elmore, proved by William Robbs.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Alexander Robbs as road overseer.
- Court minutesGeorge May was nonsuited in his appeal against Wm Ray.
- Court minutesRobert Harris prevailed against Mary Vaughan on appeal.
- Court minutesThe jury valued Virginia currency in North Carolina money and stated a discharge amount in James W Lackey’s action against John Fairman.
- Court minutesWilliam McCauley was assigned to examine Angel Dorris separately about voluntary consent to conveyances with John Dorris to Alexander Rob…
- Court minutesJurors convicted John and Sam’l Cole; the court limited their liability for state-witness attendance to William Laycock and John Cates.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Ross granted to William Brannock; sureties Alexander Robbs and James Tate.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Casey, Jno Holden, James Miller and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Hardy Hurdle to Alexander Robbs, proved by James Hurdle.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Alexander Robbs granted to Anjel Robbs and Benjamin Cantrell; sureties James Faucett and Joseph Ming.
- Court minutesThe court authorized a sale in Alexander Robbs’s temporary administration.
- Court minutesAngel Robbs formally dissented from her late husband Alex’r Robbs’s will.
