Orange County Indexed
The Writisman surname
The Writisman name in Orange County Indexed: 12 historical records.
- In the records
- 1782 to 1785
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1782–1785
- Spellings to try
- Witsman, Writsman, Writesman, Writeman
- Search beyond these records
- Writisman 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 Writisman there)
- Writisman 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 12 records
12 court minutes, 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
- 1782Court minutesPeter Writisman & wife, Peter Writisman to Robt. Nelson, proved by Thomas Mulholland.
- 1783Court minutesHands within the listed inhabitants’ bounds were ordered to work under Jesse Benton from Gallows Hill to the branch between Nelson’s and…
- 1785Court minutesJno. Estis became overseer from Baxter’s Branch to Hillsborough; the listed inhabitants’ hands were assigned to maintain the road.
Undated
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Pratt granted to Mary Pratt; sureties James Monro and Peter Writisman.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter Writisman to German Baxter.
- Court minutesJohn Hopkins faced a state trespass case before twelve named jurors.
- Court minutesThirty named jurors were appointed for next court and ordered summoned.
- Court minutesPeter Writisman replaced John Justice as road overseer.
- Court minutesThirty-four named jurors were appointed for next county court.
- Court minutesTwelve jurors were impanelled and sworn as Jury No. 76.
- Court minutesTwenty-six people were ordered summoned for the next Hillsborough county court.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors qualified.
