Orange County Indexed
The Tucker surname
The Tucker name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1761 to 1795
most named in the 1760s
- Wills 1761
- Deeds 1762–1795
- Marriages 1792
- In the chronology
- 1936 to 1985 5 people in 11 entries, most in the 1970s
- In books and archives
- 3 people, born 1795 to 1829
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (2), Little River (2), Haw River (1)
- Married into
- Couch 1, Reves 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Downs 2, Turner 2
- People with a page here
- Beverley Tucker, R. S. Tucker, Ruffin S. Tucker
- Search beyond these records
- Tucker 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 Tucker there)
- Tucker 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 5 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.
- Tucker, Elizabeth 1 entry, 1943
- Tucker, Herbert 2 entries, 1968
- Tucker, Irvin B. 1 entry, 1936
- Tucker, Walter 3 entries, 1970–1978
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Tucker, Walter S. 4 entries, 1970–1985
Show the 4 entries
- 1970–1988: UNC, HEW and the desegregation consent decree, 1970–1988
- September 14, 1973: Walter S. Tucker replaces Elizabeth Koontz on the UNC-Chapel Hill trustees
- September 16, 1977: UNC trustees endorse the revised desegregation plan, with two abstaining
- 1985: William Darity succeeds Walter Tucker on the UNC trustees
In books and archives 3 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Tucker, Beverley, 1 work
- Tucker, R. S., 1829-1894 1 work
- Tucker, Ruffin S., 1795-1851 1 work
In the historical records 18 records
6 deeds, 2 marriages, 9 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. Tucker marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
1790s
Undated
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Robert Patterson’s toward the county line; John Brantley and James Copeland became overseers.
- Court minutesWilliam Petty Senior and Thomas Tucker replaced James Copland as road overseers.
- Court minutesNamed men and specified taxables were assigned the Haw River–Roberson’s Ford road in Wm. Petty Senior’s district.
- Court minutesDeed, Mordecai Sutherland & Wife to Elias Turner, proved by Robert Tucker.
- Court minutesDeed, Wm Downs & Wife to Robert Tucker, proved by Elias Turner.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Robert Tucker as road overseer, replacing Richard Lee.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors George Faucet, Jno Walker, Jno Dannel and 27 others for November court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesThe court listed three remaining original-panel jurors.
