Orange County Indexed
The Shy surname
The Shy name in Orange County Indexed: 37 historical records.
- In the records
- 1761 to 1804
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1761–1801
- Tax lists 1780–1790
- Marriages 1785–1804
- Court minutes 1789–1802
- Wills 1795
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (4), Collins Creek (1), Cane Creek (1)
- Married into
- Cantern 1, Cantrel 1, McClary 1, Stalcup 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Jackson 7, Towell 3, Morrison 2, Hastings 2, Clapp 2, McDade 2, Hill 2, Carter 2
- Search beyond these records
- Shy 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 Shy there)
- Shy 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
12 deeds, 4 marriages, 16 court minutes, 4 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. Shy marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1761DeedsIsaac Jackson & Mary Jackson to Christian Shy, 19 May 1761
- 1761DeedsIsaac Jackson & Mary Jackson to Christian Shy, 19 May 1761
- 1761DeedsWilliam Jackson to Christian Shy, 4 August 1761
- 1764DeedsChristian Shy to James Jackson, May 1764
- 1765DeedsIsaac Jackson to Christian Shy, August 1765
- 1765DeedsIsaac Jackson to Christian Shy, August 1765
- 1765DeedsWilliam Jackson to Christian Shy, August 1765
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Shy, John (Hillsborough District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Shy, John (Caswell District)
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Shy and Martha Cantern
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Shy and Sarah Cantrel
- 1789Court minutesThe court ordered orphan James McDade bound to John Shy until adulthood to learn hatmaking.
- 1789Court minutesThe court remitted John Shy’s tax on 350 acres assessed to him by mistake.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesWill of Jacob Cantrel proved.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Jesse Shy (Caswell District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: John Shy (Caswell District)
- 1794DeedsJesse Shy to Thomas Cate, 11 October 1794
- 1795DeedsRobert Morrison to John Shy, 10 June 1795
- 1795DeedsNorth Carolina to John Shy, 16 July 1795
- 1795WillsWill of John Shy
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Shy and Sarah Stalcup
- 1797Court minutesDeed, John Elliott to Wm Carter, acknowledged in court.
1800s
- 1801DeedsJessy Shy to Jesse Towell, 20 November 1801
- 1801DeedsJesse Shy to Jesse Towell, 20 November 1801
- 1802Court minutesBond, Jesse Shy to Jesse Towell, proved by Richard Thompson.
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: Eli Shy and Elizabeth McClary
Undated
- Court minutesJacob Mason brought a petition against Christian Shy.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Christian Shy.
- Court minutesHenry Hastings brought an action on the case against Christian Shy.
- Court minutesHenry Hastings brought an action on the case against Christian Shy.
- Court minutesWilliam Few brought an original attachment proceeding against Christian Shy.
- Court minutesBarnaby Clapp petitioned against Christian Shy as assignee.
- Court minutesJohn Phillip Clapp brought an action on the case against John Shy.
- Court minutesAfter Jno Shy surrendered his apprenticeship claim, the court released him and bound orphan James McDade to Tho Watts to learn shoemaking.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Woody as road overseer.
- Court minutesOn John Hogan’s petition, Benjamin Davis became overseer with assigned workers for the road from John Grimes’s to Collinses creek.
- Court minutesDeed, Robert Morrison to John Shy, proved by Nathaniel Carter.
