Orange County Indexed
The Tapley surname
The Tapley name in Orange County Indexed: 97 historical records.
- In the records
- 1752 to 1849
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1752–1849
- Tax lists 1755
- Records of enslaved people 1755–1839
- Wills 1772–1811
- Court minutes 1808–1817
- Marriages 1826–1839
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Flat River (5), Haw River (3), Little River (2), Dry Creek (1), Turnbull Creek (1)
- Married into
- Gant 1, Holt 1, Strader 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Holt 5, Gant 4, Pryor 3, Cook 3, Phillips 2, Low 2, Long 2, Camp 2, Jay 2, Granville 2, Robinson 2, Rankin 2
- Spellings to try
- Tarpley, Talley
- Search beyond these records
- Tapley 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 Tapley there)
- Tapley 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 97 records
24 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 63 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 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. Tapley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1752DeedsHosea Tapley to William Jay, June 1752
- 1755DeedsEarl Granville to Hosea Tapley, December 1755
- 1755Records of enslaved peopleTax list: Hosea Tapley to Hosea Tapley, 1755
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Hosea Tapley
- 1756DeedsHosea Tapley to Aaron Vanhook, 9 June 1756
- 1756DeedsHosea Tapley to John Embree, 28 May 1756
- 1756DeedsGranville to Hosea Tapley, 2 January 1756
- 1756DeedsHosea Tapley to John Ambrey, March 1756
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Hosea Tapley, March 1756
1760s
- 1763DeedsHosea Tapley Sr to Hosea Tapley Jr, 8 October 1763
- 1764DeedsHosea Tapley to John Camp, May 1764
- 1764DeedsHosea Tapley to Thomas Willson Jr, November 1764
- 1765DeedsLuke Robinson to Hosea Tapley, May 1765
- 1765DeedsLuke Roberson to Hosea Tapley, May 1765
- 1766DeedsHosea Tapley to Roger Adkinson, August 1766
- 1767DeedsHosea Tapley to John Pryor, May 1767
- 1768DeedsHosea Tapley to John Pryor, 18 November 1768
- 1768DeedsHosea Tapley Sr to William Rankin, April 1768
1770s
- 1772DeedsHosea Tapley Sr to John Camp, 28 April 1772
- 1772WillsWill of John Pryor
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Wm Baldwin Senr liable without justification and awarded John Rumley damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Isaac Bracken Senr guilty as charged.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Lindsy Johns guilty as charged.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Mason Tapley as road overseer.
- 1811WillsWill of Benjamin Rainey
- 1812DeedsMason Tapley to John Long, 5 May 1812
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Mason Tapley to John Long, proved by Gasper Long.
- 1812Court minutesStephen Redding and the other named patrollers received permission for payment.
- 1814Court minutesThe jury awarded James Murray &c damages and costs against Charles Broom.
- 1817Court minutesThe jury awarded Charles Shanks damages and costs against William Hatchet.
- 1817Court minutesWm Holt and the other named men were appointed to patrol the captain’s district.
1820s
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: James Tapley and Polly Holt
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Gant and Elizabeth Tapley
1830s
- 1839DeedsAbram Tapley to Benjamin Gant, 7 January 1839
- 1839Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Abram Tapley to Benjamin Gant, 7 January 1839
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: Jonathan (Adam) Strader and Milly Tapley
1840s
Undated
- DeedsGranville to Hosea Tapley, 1 November 1751
- Court minutesThe court impaneled the thirteen named grand jurors.
- Court minutesDeed, Hosea Tapley & Sarah to William Taylor.
- Court minutesGrand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Abraham Whitworth, John Dunnagan and 12 others were impaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesJohn and Henry Pinsons, acting as executors, brought an action on the case against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Gray, John Hendricks, John Pryor and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesHosea Tapley brought an action on the case against Thomas Prestwood.
- Court minutesHosea Tapley brought an action on the case against William Aldridge.
- Court minutesRobert Jones brought a petition against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesRichard Gibbs was jailed in Robert Berry’s suit; Hosea Tapley and Wm. Jay provided bail.
- Court minutesHosea Tapley brought an action on the case against William Aldridge.
- Court minutesWilliam Howlett entered a recognizance to the Crown, secured by James Collins and Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesWilliam Gibson brought a petition against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesWm Gibson brought a petition against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesRobert Jones brought a petition against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesLewis Robinson brought a petition against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesJoseph King, Edward Smith, Henry Gold, John Bryant and Hosea Tapley’s hands were assigned roadwork under John Cate Junior.
- Court minutesJohn Griggs brought an action on the case against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesJohn Morris brought a debt claim against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesNamed men were ordered to open the Hico–county-line road; local inhabitants were assigned maintenance under John Satterfield.
- Court minutesBuchannon Spiers and company brought a debt claim against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesMathew Hubbard’s estate, partly held by Hosea Tapley, was ordered sold.
- Court minutesThomas Karr (?) brought an action on the case against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesA commission was ordered to examine Benjamin Whitehead in Buchannon and company’s suit against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesThomas Carr brought an action on the case against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesBuchannon Spiers and company brought a debt claim against Hosea Tapley.
- Court minutesHosea Tapley brought an original attachment proceeding against Thomas Erskine.
- Court minutesNash and McNair brought an action on the case against Hosea Tapley Senior.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Mark Morgan granted to Sarah Morgan and Hardy Morgan; sureties John Kinchen, John Tapley, Patterson and N…
- Court minutesDeed, John Gant & Elizabeth Phillips to Mason Tapley, proved by Benjamin Rainey.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Geo Maddin, Wm Johnston, Rob’t Grimes and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Thomas Armstrong, Moses Lynch, Mason Tapley and 7 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury found Jonathan Forrest promised payment and awarded John Strowd damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded James Pickard damages and costs; payment by the garnishee to John Pickard satisfied the debt.
- Court minutesDeed of conveyance, David Low to Mason Tapley, proved by Chrisom Cook.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Whitted, Samuel Nelson, Thomas Armstrong and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Jeremiah Holt to Wm Holt Jr, proved by Mason Tapley.
- Court minutesThe jury found that the bond claimed by William Dilliard against Thomas Morris had been obtained through duress.
- Court minutesMichael Holt|William Holt Jr became guardian of William Rainey.
- Court minutesWilliam Holt and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Elizabeth Harder.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Chesley P Patterson, William Shepperd, William Morrow and 27 others for the next Superior Court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors John Craig, Robert Eaton, John Rippey and 27 others for the next county court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Mason Tapley, Josiah Thompson, John Johnston and 10 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Joseph Moore damages and found Robert Carson’s executors held sufficient estate assets to satisfy the demand.
- Court minutesThe jury found Mary Lloyd detained Alsy, an enslaved child, within three years and awarded John O’Neal damages and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Burk Walker; he then took the insolvency oath.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Henry Lloyd damages and costs against Edward Robson.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded John Street damages and costs against Samuel Woods.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Jeremiah Holt granted to William Holt and Benjamin Whitby; sureties Thomas Whithed and Mason Tapley.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Andrew McCauley damages against Charles Jorden and Wm Walker.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Salley Miller damages and costs against Richardson Nichols.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded William Moore damages and costs against Samuel Child.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Rippey, Samuel Hunter, John Boothe and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesCapt William Holt and Mason Tapley were appointed election inspectors.
- WillsSpoken will of Hosea Tapley
- WillsWill of William Horn
