Orange County Indexed
The Sampson surname
The Sampson name in Orange County Indexed: 4 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1787 to 1789
most named in the 1780s
- Wills 1787
- Court minutes 1788–1789
- In the chronology
- 1768 to 1984 4 people in 4 entries, most in the 1760s
- In books and archives
- 2 people, born 1960
- Often named with
- Benton 2
- People with a page here
- John Sampson, Ralph Sampson
- Spellings to try
- Simpson
- Search beyond these records
- Sampson 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 Sampson there)
- Sampson 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 4 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.
- Sampson, Bruce 1 entry, 1971
- Sampson, Dale 1 entry, 1984
- Sampson, John 1 entry, 1768
- Sampson, W. S. 1 entry, 1929
In books and archives 2 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Sampson, John 5 works
- Sampson, Ralph, 1960- 1 work
In the historical records 4 records
3 court minutes and 1 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. Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1787WillsPower of attorney: Michael Sampson to Joseph Dickson
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a one-penny verdict plus costs in Sampson’s action against Bell.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury returned an award dischargeable through payment in specie certificates and costs in Sampson’s action against Whitney.
