Orange County Indexed
The Wrightsell surname
The Wrightsell name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records.
- In the records
- 1805 to 1838
most named in the 1810s
- Marriages 1805–1835
- Deeds 1805–1838
- Court minutes 1807–1818
- Records of enslaved people 1818
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stinking Quarter Creek (1), Spoons Creek (1), Marys Creek (1), Rock Creek (1)
- Married into
- Moser 1, Shatterley 1, Smith 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Albright 4, Cook 3, Holt 2, Shearman 2, Foster 2, Brannock 2
- Spellings to try
- Wrightsel
- Search beyond these records
- Wrightsell 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 Wrightsell there)
- Wrightsell 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 23 records
8 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages and 11 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Wrightsell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1800s
- 1805DeedsAugustine Cook to John Wrightsell, 4 October 1805
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: Adam Wrightsell and Barbara Moser
- 1807Court minutesThe court ordered John Walker Jr, Young Hopson, Martin Neese and 27 others summoned for the next county-court jury service.
- 1809Court minutesDeed, Augustus Cook to John Wrightsell, proved by Henry Cook Jr.
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Jacob Albright as road overseer.
- 1814DeedsBenjamin Shearman to John Wrightsell, 9 September 1814
- 1815DeedsAbsalom Holt by Constable John Wrightsell to Michael Holt, 22 July 1815
- 1816DeedsJohn Wrightsell to George Foster, 18 November 1816
- 1818DeedsJacob Albright to John Wrightsell, 25 November 1818
- 1818Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Jacob Albright to John Wrightsell, 25 November 1818
- 1818Court minutesThe court recorded David Hobbs, John Sheppard, John Wrightsell and 33 others for jury service.
1820s
1830s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Paul, Samuel Chambers, Stephen Ward and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, Henery and Augustin Cook to John Wrightsell, proved by James Hall.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Willie Shaw, Henry Sheppard Eno, Joseph Baker Jr and 27 others for the next court (Jno).
- Court minutesBill of Sale, John Wrightsell to Michael Holt, proved by Thos Scott.
- Court minutesJohn Wrightsell received permission to operate a tavern at the stated residence.
- Court minutesDeed, John Wrightsell to George Foster, proved by Henry Brannock.
- Court minutesDeed, Benjamin Shearman to John Wrightsell, proved by Henry Brannock.
