Orange County Indexed
The Sample surname
The Sample name in Orange County Indexed: 26 historical records.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1896
most named in the 1760s
- Court minutes 1764–1766
- Wills 1765–1774
- Deeds 1767
- Marriages 1783–1896
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Little River (1), Parish of Saint Matthew (1)
- Married into
- Carrigan 1, Ferrington 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Mebane 5, Allison 3, Oliver 3, Smith 2, Harris 2
- Search beyond these records
- Sample 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 Sample there)
- Sample 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 26 records
1 deeds, 2 marriages, 19 court minutes 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. Sample marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1764Court minutesThe court convened with justices James Allison, John Sample and John Oliver present.
- 1764Court minutesCommissions as justices of the peace were issued to twenty-four named men.
- 1764Court minutesJohn Sample and John Oliver qualified as justices and took their seats.
- 1765Court minutesTyrie Harris, William Lea, John Oliver, John Sample and Lawrence Thompson returned their tax lists.
- 1765WillsWill of James Rooney (or Roney)
- 1766Court minutesThe court convened with justices Tyrie Harris, Thomas Lloyd, Lawrence Thompson and 4 others present.
- 1766Court minutesWilliam Lea, Thomas Hart, Thomas Lloyd, Tyrie Harris, Lawrence Thompson, John Sample and James Terry returned the current year’s tax lists.
- 1766WillsWill of Andrew Caldwell
- 1767DeedsHugh Smith to John Sample, February 1767
1770s
- 1772WillsWill of William Blackwood
- 1774WillsWill of William Rea
1780s
- 1783MarriagesMarriage bond: John Carrigan and Caty Sample
1890s
- 1896MarriagesMarriage license: Jno W Sample and Mary Ferrington
Undated
- Court minutesHugh Smith received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesRobert Hunter received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesJohn Sample brought a petition against Bazel Brashear.
- Court minutesWilliam Mebane received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesJohn Sample brought a petition against Bazel Brashears.
- Court minutesThree grand jurors and three petit jurors were appointed for the next Halifax superior court.
- Court minutesWilliam Bridgett swore before John Sample that he had wronged James Allison concerning a hog; the statement bore William Sample’s signature.
- Court minutesThomas Hines and John Sample certified that imprisoned debtor James Hall received statutory relief in Hugh Montgomery and Francis Nash’s…
- Court minutesSamuel Allen received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesWill of James Roney, proved by Mary Sample.
- Court minutesThe court resumed after half an hour with four named justices present.
- Court minutesCunningham Sample brought a petition against David Ray.
- Court minutesCunningham Sample brought a petition against Joseph Polk.
