Orange County Indexed
The Watt surname
The Watt name in Orange County Indexed: 25 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1900
most named in the 1750s
- Tax lists 1755
- Deeds 1757–1816
- Marriages 1900
- In the chronology
- 1949 to 1987 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1940s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1851
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (1), Petersburg Street (1), Main Cross Street (1), Eno River (1)
- Married into
- Thorp 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Williams 2, Mitchell 2, Hart 2, Barnett 2
- People with a page here
- George Washington Watt
- Search beyond these records
- Watt 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 Watt there)
- Watt 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 2 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.
- Watt, Melvin 2 entries, 1970–1987
- Watt, William E. 1 entry, 1949
In books and archives 1 heading
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.
In the historical records 25 records
2 deeds, 1 marriages, 21 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Watt marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Samuel Watt
- 1757DeedsSamuel Watt to William Saffage, March 1757
1810s
1900s
- 1900MarriagesMarriage license: George Thorp and Maria Watt
Undated
- Court minutesSamuel Watt registered a livestock mark.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt replaced Daniel Hollyfield as constable.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt brought an original attachment proceeding against John Smith.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt became guardian to Mary Williams and John Williams, orphan children of Wm. Williams.
- Court minutesThomas Dobbin brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt and Boyd.
- Court minutesSeventeen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Daniel McCullom’s plantation to Taylors Road; Benjamin King and John Cantril became overseers.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt was ordered to bring Winnifred Mitchell to the next court to be bound to him.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt was ordered to bring Judith Mitchell to the next court to be bound to him.
- Court minutesThirteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesJames Bowe (Bowie ?) brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesRichard Simpson brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt brought an action on the case against Larkin Pearpont.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Robert Barnett granted to Samuel Watt; sureties David Hart and Daniel McCollum.
- Court minutesSamuel Watt returned an inventory of Robert Barnett’s estate.
- Court minutesEd. Fanning and Fr. Nash brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesJohn Williams brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesThomas Whitton brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesWilliam Nunn brought a debt claim against Samuel Watt.
