Orange County Indexed
The William surname
The William name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records.
- In the records
- 1754 to 1872
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1754–1801
- Wills 1761–1835
- Tax lists 1780
- Marriages 1787–1872
- Deeds 1868
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (1), Deep River (1), Mill Creek (1), Little Brush Creek (1), Pennsylvania (1)
- Married into
- Durham 1, Hayes 1, Thompson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Williams 2
- Spellings to try
- Williams
- Search beyond these records
- William 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 William there)
- William 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
1 deeds, 3 marriages, 7 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 3 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. William marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1761WillsWill of Richard Bracewell, Braswell or Branwell
- 1767WillsWill of William Cox
1780s
1800s
1830s
- 1835WillsWill of William (x) Loyd,sr.
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Durham and Jane William
1860s
1870s
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: Davis B William and Sally J Hayes
Undated
- Court minutesZachariah Woods brought an action on the case against Webster William.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Walter Alves road overseer and assigned workers, including enslaved Lewis.
- Court minutesReuben Smith and James Williams were appointed.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Robert William damages against Matthias Williams.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors John Craig, Robert Eaton, John Rippey and 27 others for the next county court.
