Orange County Indexed
The Stafford surname
The Stafford name in Orange County Indexed: 33 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1772 to 1882
most named in the 1840s
- Deeds 1772–1847
- Marriages 1798–1882
- Wills 1837–1841
- In the chronology
- 1838 to 1985 4 people in 7 entries, most in the 1830s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (7), Varnels Creek (4), Haw River (1), Whitteds Creek (1), Marys Creek (1), Cobb Creek (1)
- Married into
- Amick 1, Brockwell 1, Faust 1, Horady 1, Horniday 1, McCauley 1, Moffat 1, Pickett 1, Taylor 1, Wells 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Holt 3, Dixon 3, Pike 2, Slater 2
- Spellings to try
- Stanford, Standford, Swaford, Sanford, Swafford, Stanfords
- Search beyond these records
- Stafford 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 Stafford there)
- Stafford 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 chronology 4 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Stafford, Frederick 2 entries, 1839–1841
- Stafford, John 2 entries, 1838–1839
- Stafford, June 1 entry, 1972
- Stafford, Mark 2 entries, 1969–1985
In the historical records 33 records
16 deeds, 10 marriages, 5 court minutes and 2 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. Stafford marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
1790s
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Taylor and Eletha Stafford
1800s
1810s
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Nathan Wells and Mary Stafford
1820s
1830s
- 1830DeedsFrederick Stafford to John Pike, 1 September 1830
- 1830DeedsJohn Pike to Frederick Stafford, 1 September 1830
- 1832DeedsNorth Carolina to Frederick Stafford, 20 December 1832
- 1832DeedsPeter Fogleman to John Stafford, 18 September 1832
- 1835DeedsJohn Stafford to John Dixon, 24 February 1835
- 1835DeedsDavid Graves to John Stafford, 12 March 1835
- 1837DeedsThomas Bevans to Samuel L Holt trustee & Isaac Holt & John Stafford & John R Holt, 15 September 1837
- 1837WillsWill of Lewis (x) Hornaday
- 1839DeedsLewis Hornaday estate by executor to George Stafford, 23 August 1839
1840s
- 1840DeedsGeorge Stafford to John McPherson, 29 August 1840
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: John Pickett and Laura Stafford
- 1841WillsWill of Zernah Hobson
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: Daniel Faust and Patsy Stafford
- 1844DeedsJohn Stafford to Solomon Dixon, 21 February 1844
- 1845DeedsJohn Stafford to Thomas Dixon, 29 May 1845
- 1846DeedsNorth Carolina to Frederick Stafford, 8 April 1846
- 1847DeedsNorth Carolina to George Stafford, 15 March 1847
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: William Horady and Nancy Stafford
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: Balaum Stafford and Polly Amick
1860s
1880s
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: Irvin Brockwell and Ella Stafford
Undated
- Court minutesWill of Mary Stafford, proved by Samuel Money.
- Court minutesJohn Slater submitted Mary Stafford’s inventory.
- Court minutesA sworn jury found for Nathaniel Hart against James Miller in the amount 8.0.1.
- Court minutesDeed, James Holt to George Stafford, proved by Levin Wood.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Anthony Ward, Peter Cortner, Edward Couch and 27 others for the next county court (Jno).
