Orange County Indexed
The Wolf surname
The Wolf name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1768 to 1859
most named in the 1790s
- Wills 1768–1817
- Tax lists 1779
- Marriages 1789–1859
- Court minutes 1792–1799
- Deeds 1792–1832
- In the chronology
- 1929 to 2019 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1920s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Varnels Creek (1)
- Married into
- Brown 1, Bullock 1, Cheek 1, Forrest 1, Phillips 1, Williams 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Foust 2
- Spellings to try
- Woolf
- Search beyond these records
- Wolf 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 Wolf there)
- Wolf 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 3 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.
- Wolf, H. D. 1 entry, 1933
- Wolf, Harry 1 entry, 1929
- Wolf, Mary Ann 1 entry, 2019
In the historical records 23 records
3 deeds, 6 marriages, 10 court minutes, 1 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. Wolf marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1768WillsWill of Frederick (x) Nall
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Wolf Peter
1780s
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: John Bullock and Elizabeth Wolf
1790s
- 1792DeedsJohn Rudolf & Margaret Rudolf to William Wolf, 25 October 1792
- 1792Court minutesAfter a jury reported opening the route, James McDaniel became overseer with workers James Stockard, Joseph Clendening, William Ray and 2…
- 1798DeedsWilliam Wolf & Ann Wolf to John Bullock, 9 February 1798
- 1799Court minutesThe court ordered And’w McBroom, Ralph Faucett, William Woods and 27 others summoned for the upcoming court term.
- 1799Court minutesJurors acquitted James Comb of breaking into Sherwood Allen’s house but convicted him on the second count.
- 1799Court minutesJurors convicted Jeremiah Holden of assault; he received leave to appeal with approved securities.
- 1799Court minutesJurors acquitted Sam’l Hill.
1800s
- 1808WillsWill of William Wolf
1810s
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin R Phillips and Barbara Wolf
- 1817WillsWill of Hannah (x) Ray
1820s
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: William Wolf and Rebecca Williams
1830s
1850s
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: John M Wolf and Mary Jane Brown
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: William Wolf and Martha A Cheek
- 1859MarriagesMarriage bond: James Forrest and Martha Jane Wolf
Undated
- Court minutesEdward Wolf was added to Francis Nash’s list of taxables.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Patterson, Sam’l Woods, William Clark and 8 others for jury service.
- Court minutesWilliam Hall won damages against Robert J Steel after jurors upheld the promise and rejected payment, setoff and limitation defenses.
- Court minutesFollowing default, William Shepperd won damages and costs against Frederick Taylor.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of William Wolf granted to Joseph Clendening and George Foust; sureties John Thompson and John McDaniel.
