Orange County Indexed
The Somers surname
The Somers name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records.
- In the records
- 1800 to 1835
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1800–1818
- Wills 1835
- Often named with
- Cable 4, Gibson 3, Rose 2, Murdock 2
- Spellings to try
- Sumers
- Search beyond these records
- Somers 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 Somers there)
- Somers 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 18 records
17 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
1800s
- 1800Court minutesMartin Somers won damages against Felty Farmer after jurors upheld the promise and rejected setoff.
- 1802Court minutesFetty Somers received damages and costs against Absalom Holt.
- 1804Court minutesThe court ordered a jury to allot land under Margret Somers’s dower petition against John Somers and Andrew Gibson.
- 1808Court minutesDeed, Peter Somers to Jacob Somers, proved by Andrew Gibson.
- 1808Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cable Sr to Peter Somers, proved by Andrew Gibson.
1810s
1830s
- 1835WillsWill of Frederick Fonville
Undated
- Court minutesJohn Batts Baird won damages against Wm Oneal’s executors; an appeal was granted with approved securities.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Peter Somers damages against Neil B Rose.
- Court minutesAfter payment credits, Peter Somers received a separate principal-and-interest balance against Neil B Rose.
- Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cable to Peter Somers, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cable to Peter Somers, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cable to Peter Somers, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, Jacob Lineberger to McCain & Jeffreys, proved by Peter Somers.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors David Mebane, John Long, Christopher Daniel and 26 others for the next Superior Court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Samuel Thompson Eno, Benjamin Rhodes, James Moore and 33 others for the next court.
