Orange County Indexed
The Weaks surname
The Weaks name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1798
most named in the 1780s
- Tax lists 1779
- Court minutes 1788–1795
- Marriages 1796–1798
- Married into
- Grisham 1, Grissum 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Weeks, Weams, Weakes
- Search beyond these records
- Weaks 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 Weaks there)
- Weaks 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 16 records
2 marriages, 13 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. Weaks marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Weaks Joseph
1780s
- 1788Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Russel of the charge.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury was sworn in Nicholas and Farmer’s action against Jno Kelley; no finding was recorded.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Benj Leonards’s administrators £144 plus costs against James Williams.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury convicted James B Horne of petty larceny; the court ordered fifteen lashes at the public whipping post.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury acquitted James Riggs of petty larceny; the court rejected a motion to charge the prosecutor with costs.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded the Governor tax arrears against sheriff Jesse Gilbert and others, dischargeable through specified money and certificate…
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Stephen Loyd £135.17.8 plus costs against James Williams.
- 1789Court minutesThe jury returned an award dischargeable through payment in specie certificates and costs in Sampson’s action against Whitney.
1790s
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Joseph Weaks & Anne Weakes to John Workman, proved by Thomas Cates and Josiah Cates.
- 1795Court minutesThe jury found James Carson’s covenant unperformed and awarded Wm Ellegard damages and costs.
- 1796MarriagesMarriage bond: James Grisham and Elizabeth Weaks
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: John Grissum and Patsy Weaks
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Henry Younger.
