Orange County Indexed
The Scoby surname
The Scoby name in Orange County Indexed: 77 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1816
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1779–1780
- Wills 1782–1796
- Court minutes 1782–1799
- Deeds 1792–1798
- Marriages 1792–1816
- Records of enslaved people 1795
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw Creek (2), Haw Field Branch (1), Haw River (1), Hawfield Branch (1), Eno River (1), Quaker Road (1)
- Married into
- Baker 2, Ellison 2, Rice 1, Strayhorn 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Debow 10, Murphey 4, Patterson 3, Thompson 3, Allen 2, Forrest 2, Brewer 2, Christmas 2, Hodge 2, Tinnen 2
- Spellings to try
- Scobey
- Search beyond these records
- Scoby 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 Scoby there)
- Scoby 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 77 records
4 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 6 marriages, 60 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 3 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. Scoby marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Scoby Mathew
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Scoby, David (Caswell District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Scoby, Mathew (Caswell District)
- 1782Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were summoned, with Samuel Craig as foreman.
- 1782Court minutesWill of David Scoby, proved by Robt. Burnside, Jun..
- 1782WillsWill of Mathew Scoby
- 1783Court minutesDavid Scoby proved the inventory of Mathew Scoby’s estate.
- 1785Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Wm. Whitehead, John Kelley, Edward Grisham and 27 others for next county court.
- 1787Court minutesThe jury found that Mark Patterson executed the deed at issue in the surviving partners’ action.
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey the route from Sloss’s across Haw Creek and Haw River toward Chatham, reporting next term.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury awarded Sam’l Dannel £14.9.0 ½ plus costs against Ro Campbell.
- 1789Court minutesThe court appointed Robert Scoby as road overseer.
- 1789Court minutesThe court ordered jurors Henry Hasting Sr, Tho Baker, Tho Trice and 33 others to attend next term.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury awarded assignee Andrew Patterson £30.14.4 plus costs against Jno Elliott.
- 1789WillsWill of Eli McDannell
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury acquitted Alexander Hunter of petty larceny.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Ray one penny plus costs against Dav’d Pasmore.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded executor James Hogg £12.1.0 plus costs against Jno Taylor.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury convicted Jno Taylor of assault.
- 1790Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Embree’s covenant action against Thompson.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict described as favoring the defendant but naming Sam Turrentine.
- 1791Court minutesOn appeal, the jury awarded Geo Newton £2.12.0 plus costs against Jno Woods.
- 1791Court minutesJames Patterson and Andrew Murdock were assigned to review Rob’t Scoby’s guardianship accounts for Soloman and Stephen Debow and report.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury found against Jacob Graves in Smith’s ejectment action; arrest of judgment was withdrawn and the new-trial rule discharged.
- 1791Court minutesBenj’n Yeargan and Rob’t Scoby were selected to inspect the forthcoming election’s polls.
- 1791Court minutesJoseph Moore was permitted a payment into court; the jury subsequently awarded Jno Taylor damages and costs.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury awarded Jesse Embrie damages, interest and costs against Henry Thompson.
- 1792DeedsJanet Scoby & David Scoby & Esther Scoby to William Allen, 12 July 1792
- 1792DeedsJanet Scoby & David Scoby & Easter Scoby to Matthew Forrest, 17 September 1792
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: James Baker and Mary Scoby
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: John Scoby and Polly Rice
- 1792Court minutesOn Jo Hodge’s motion, Ro Scoby was summoned to provide countersecurity for his guardianship of Jno Debow’s orphans.
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: John Baker and Jane Scoby
- 1795Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Robert Scoby to Robert Tinnen, 13 November 1795
- 1795Court minutesDeed, David Scoby and Esther Scoby to Mathew Forrest, proved by Samuel Allen.
- 1796Court minutesWm Courtney and James Christmas were appointed to examine Rob’t Scoby’s guardianship accounts for Sol and Stephen Debow, Jno Debow’s orph…
- 1796Court minutesSoloman Debow chose Arch’d Murphey to replace Rob’t Scoby as guardian; Murphey posted bond with approved sureties.
- 1796Court minutesAfter allegations of waste and sureties’ petition, the court removed Rob’t Scoby as Stephen Debow’s guardian and ordered accounts for Ste…
- 1796Court minutesArch’d Murphey replaced Rob Scoby as guardian of Stephen Debow, Jno Debow’s orphan.
- 1796WillsBill of sale: Robert Scoby to Robert Tinnen
- 1797DeedsRobert Scoby & Lucy Scoby to Solomon Debow & Stephen Debow by guardian, 17 April 1797
- 1798DeedsRobert Scoby to Archibald Murphey & Solomon Debow & Stephen Debow, 26 February 1798
- 1799Court minutesJno Hogg’s attachment case yielded damages against Rob’t Scoby; jurors largely upheld Archibald Murfee’s property claim, and Hogg sought…
- 1799Court minutesIn William Kirkland’s proceeding against Tho Faucett as bail for Robert Scoby, the court found no such record.
1800s
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: James Ellison and Jenny Scoby
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Ellison and Betsey H Scoby
1810s
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: John Strayhorn and Anne Scoby
Undated
- Court minutesThree named assessors were appointed for District of Tryon (Mathew Scoby, John Steel, Sarfield Brewer).
- Court minutesGaskville Brewer, John Noe and Mathew Scoby were appointed to audit executor Abraham Miles’s account for James Tolbert’s estate.
- Court minutesNamed jurors were listed for the next county court.
- Court minutesThirty named men were appointed grand and petit jurors for next county court and ordered summoned.
- Court minutesA nonsuit was entered in Wm Trice’s debt action against Wm Merrit.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno Cocke £100 plus costs against Jno M Whitney.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Galbreath £26.0.3 plus costs against the estate but found Allison had fully administered available assets; execution awa…
- Court minutesThe court directed the sheriff to summon twelve named jurors for the next Superior Court.
- Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Thomas Surles against John Kelley.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesJacob Lake resigned the Debow children’s guardianship; the court appointed Rob Scoby and commissioners to audit Lake’s accounts and trans…
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire naming summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn, with James Patterson as foreman.
- Court minutesThe record listed fourteen remaining original-panel jurors.
- Court minutesThe jury convicted Abner Tapp of the indictment’s charge.
- Court minutesThe jury found for Ferguson; the court subsequently granted a new trial on motion.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire naming summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe record listed remaining panel jurors and marked James Alston excused.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Garrot Garrison, Jno Riggs, Joseph Wood and 32 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Rob’t Scoby, Jno Flintham, Joseph Hart and 11 others for jury service.
- Court minutesRob’t Scoby replaced Richard Christmas as grand-jury foreman because Christmas’s wife was ill.
- Court minutesReuben Smith became constable for the year, gave bond and qualified.
- Court minutesJames Carson and William Shepperd were assigned to settle Robert Scoby’s accounts for Solomon and Stephen Debow’s guardianship and report.
- Court minutesJohn Thompson was appointed overseer of the recorded road section.
- Court minutesJames and Thomas Dean won damages against James H Keys, but a new trial was granted.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon John Rhodes, Shadrick Forrester, Joseph Dixon and 12 others for Superior Court jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld Reuben and James Burrows’s bond, found a partial payment and land sale, and rejected release in Jonah Warren’s action.
- Court minutesDeed of Trust, Robert Scoby to A Murphey, proved by Samuel Thompson.
- Court minutesDeed, John Scoby to Joseph Allison, proved by Joseph Armstrong.
