Orange County Indexed
The Saxon surname
The Saxon name in Orange County Indexed: 38 historical records.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1804
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1764–1804
- Tax lists 1779
- Wills 1779
- Court minutes 1779–1788
- Marriages 1782
- Places in its deeds and wills
- New Hope Creek (4), Crooked Creek (2), New Hope (1)
- Married into
- Gamage 1, Marcom 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Markham 2, Smith 2, Granville 2, Cary 2
- Spellings to try
- Saxton
- Search beyond these records
- Saxon 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 Saxon there)
- Saxon 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 38 records
15 deeds, 2 marriages, 17 court minutes, 3 tax list entries 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. Saxon marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1779Court minutesWill of Robert Abercrombie, proved by Wm. Saxon & James Discern.
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Saxon John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Saxon William
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Saxon Samuel
- 1779WillsWill of Robert Abercromby
1780s
- 1780DeedsNorth Carolina to John Saxon, 13 March 1780
- 1782MarriagesMarriage bond: William Gamage and Charity Saxon
- 1782MarriagesMarriage bond: William Saxon and Mary Marcom
- 1785DeedsWilliam Markham to William Saxon, 20 November 1785
- 1785DeedsWilliam Markham to William Saxon, 26 November 1785
- 1785DeedsSamuel Saxon & Elizabeth Saxon to John Jenkins, 24 February 1785
- 1787Court minutesDeed, William Marcom to William Saxon, proved in court.
- 1788Court minutesDeed, Archer Grisham to Anderson Comer, proved by William Saxon.
1790s
1800s
Undated
- DeedsJohn Bohanan to Samuel Saxon, March 1759
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from James Trice’s toward Halifax; Nathaniel Kimbrough and Benjamin Saxon became overseers.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Joshua Ambrose Smith granted to John Spann; sureties Benjamin Blake and Benjamin Saxon.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesEighteen jurors were appointed to lay out the road from Childsburg to the Johnston County line and assemble at the courthouse in February.
- Court minutesNathaniel Cary brought an action on the case against Benjamin Saxon.
- Court minutesNathaniel Cary brought an action on the case against Benjamin Saxon.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Johnsons Line to Cape Fare Road; Christopher Barbee became overseer.
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to open a road from Bear Creek to the Cumberland line.
- Court minutesJohn McLeroy brought a debt claim against Benjamin Saxon.
- Court minutesThomas Hart brought an original attachment proceeding against Benjamin Saxon.
- Court minutesCharles Saxon replaced Howell Brewer as road overseer.
- Court minutesThirty-four named jurors were appointed for next county court.
- Court minutesGarnishees Comer and Ansley disclosed bonds owed to the Abercrombies; Comer questioned land-title security, while Ansley could not alloca…
- Court minutesDeed, Henry Saxon to William Morris, proved by Thomas Jinkins.
