Orange County Indexed
The Shearman surname
The Shearman name in Orange County Indexed: 37 historical records.
- In the records
- 1763 to 1828
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1763–1828
- Court minutes 1801–1814
- Marriages 1811
- Records of enslaved people 1814
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (8), Rock Creek (1)
- Married into
- Brannock 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Sullivan 4, McClure 3, Melvin 3, Gardner 2, Busick 2, Lewis 2, Carrington 2, Wrightsell 2, Haney 2, Brannock 2
- Spellings to try
- Sherman, Shoarman, Shearaman, Shearen, Sheirdan, Shearmon
- Search beyond these records
- Shearman 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 Shearman there)
- Shearman 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
13 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 1 marriages and 22 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Shearman marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1790s
1800s
1810s
- 1810DeedsLevin Sullivan to Benjamin Shearman, 17 November 1810
- 1810Court minutesDeed, John Gardner to Benjamin Shearman, proved by Levin Sullivan.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, John Melvin to Levin Sullivan, proved by Benjamin Shearman.
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: William Brannock and Patsy Shearman
- 1813DeedsBenjamin Shearman to Sophear Lewis, 16 March 1813
- 1813Court minutesThe jury awarded Jonathan Lindly damages against Patterson and Patton.
- 1813Court minutesDeed, Elisha Driskell to William Hatchet, proved by Benjamin Shearman.
- 1813Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Shearman to Sophia Lewis, proved by Hall Garrison.
- 1813Court minutesThe jury found William B Mebane guilty on the indictment.
- 1814DeedsJohn D Carrington to Squire Shearman, 25 July 1814
- 1814DeedsBenjamin Shearman to John Wrightsell, 9 September 1814
- 1814Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John D Carrington to Squire Shearman, 25 July 1814
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Squire Shearman damages against George Carrington.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded Isaac Holden damages and costs against Squire Shearman.
1820s
Undated
- Court minutesJudeth Shearman brought a petition against John Slater.
- Court minutesMiddleton Brashears brought a petition against Peter Shearman.
- Court minutesAdam Lawrence brought an action on the case against Peter Shearman.
- Court minutesDeed, John Haney to Benjamin Shearman, proved by Raney Phillips.
- Court minutesDeed, Lewis Garner et Ux to Thomas Lafferty, proved by Benjamin Shearman.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to John Melvin, proved by James Melone & Benjamin Shearman.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry McClure to Benjamin Shearman, proved by James McClure.
- Court minutesDeed, Susannah Smothers to Benjamin Shearman, proved by Major Summers.
- Court minutesDeed, Caleb Busick to Benjamin Shearman, proved by Henry Brannock.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Nathaniel King, Benjamin Shearman, George Garrison and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJohn Bane’s ejectment action was nonsuited when the plaintiff failed to appear.
- Court minutesDeed, Levin Sullivan to Benja Shearman, proved by John Melvin.
- Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Shearman to John Wrightsell, proved by Henry Brannock.
