Orange County Indexed
The York surname
The York name in Orange County Indexed: 24 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1903
most named in the 1750s
- Tax lists 1755
- Deeds 1759–1770
- Court minutes 1761–1787
- Marriages 1841–1903
- In the chronology
- 1884 to 1896 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1890s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (1), Churton Street (1)
- Married into
- Fowler 1, Lowe 1, Lynch 1, Thompson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Hunter 2
- Search beyond these records
- York 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 York there)
- York 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.
- York, Tyre 1 entry, 1884
- York, W. B. 1 entry, 1896
- York, William B. 1 entry, 1896
In the historical records 24 records
7 deeds, 4 marriages, 10 court minutes and 3 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. York marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Simore York
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Henry York
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: John York
- 1759DeedsEarl Granville to Semore York, March 1759
- 1759DeedsSemore York to Henry York, March 1759
- 1759DeedsSemore York to William Ingleson, March 1759
1760s
- 1761Court minutesFourteen named grand jurors were ordered fined for neglect.
- 1764Court minutesSixteen men were appointed to lay out a road from the Rowan–Orange boundary across Sandy Creek toward Cape Fare.
- 1766DeedsHarmon Husband to Joseph York, August 1766
- 1766DeedsSemore York to Edward Wilburne, November 1766
- 1768DeedsAbsolom McDaniel to Semore York, July 1768
1770s
1780s
1840s
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: William Thompson and Frances York
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: James Lowe and Elissa York
1870s
- 1871MarriagesMarriage license: William B York and Mary E Fowler
1900s
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: H S York and Flora A Lynch
Undated
- Court minutesSemore York replaced Thomas Lowe as road overseer.
- Court minutesFourteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesJames Hunter replaced James York as road overseer from Stinking Quarter to Country Line.
- Court minutesSemore York brought an original attachment proceeding against Lott Warren.
- Court minutesThirteen men were appointed to lay out a road from the county line at John Hannah’s plantation to Harmon’s Road.
- Court minutesJohn York replaced James Hunter as constable.
- Court minutesJohn Wimbush and company petitioned against James York and others.
