Orange County Indexed
The Westmoreland surname
The Westmoreland name in Orange County Indexed: 11 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1787 to 1800
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1787–1791
- Court minutes 1789–1800
- Tax lists 1790
- In the chronology
- 1978 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Ellerbe Creek (3), Suck Branch (2), Eno River (1)
- Often named with
- Green 2, McDaniel 2
- Search beyond these records
- Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland there)
- Westmoreland 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 1 person
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.
In the historical records 11 records
4 deeds, 6 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. Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1787DeedsJohn Hall to Reuben Westmoreland, 9 September 1787
- 1788DeedsJohn Green Jr to Reuben Westmoreland, 7 January 1788
- 1789Court minutesThe court exempted Reuben Westmoreland from tax assessed for Martin because of Martin’s infirmity.
- 1789Court minutesThe court appointed Ruebin Westmoreland as road overseer.
1790s
- 1790DeedsRuben Westmoreland to Daniel Chandlers, 17 December 1790
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Reuben Westmoreland (St. Mark’s District)
- 1791DeedsReuben Westmoreland to Daniel McDaniel, 4 March 1791
- 1791Court minutesThe court appointed Dan’l Chandler as road overseer, replacing Rubin Westmoreland.
- 1792Court minutesA monetary verdict was recorded in Zachariah Herndon’s covenant action against Reuben Westmoreland.
