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Orange County Indexed

The 1755 list of tithables

Orange County’s first surviving tax list: 746 households with their white and Black tithables, and the 59 enslaved people named in 23 of them. Our own reading of the manuscript in the State Archives of North Carolina.

What the columns mean
  • White polls and Black polls: the clerk’s two columns, headed Whites and Blacks, counting the household’s tithables, the people taxed under the law of the time. Neither is a count of everyone in the household.
  • Listed with: the clerk’s words after the name, in our plain terms: the people a household held are called enslaved, and the people of color the clerk records are called people of color. Names are as written, the names of enslaved people too: they are among the earliest records of named enslaved people in the county.
  • Initials in the margin (G.D., A.M., J.G. and others) are shown beside the names they stand near. The list does not say what they mean.
  • Names crossed out in the manuscript are shown and marked, and are not counted. The clerk’s page totals equal the figures on each page, but his total for image 9, and so his grand total, still counts two lines there that were struck through after he added it.
  • Image: the page’s number among the images of the list in the State Archives’ online collection.
  • Names are as written, given name first; we have corrected no spelling. wt is with; Junr, Senr and Esqr are as written.
  • The links under a name search our deeds (1725 to 1785) and court minutes for that name, with abbreviations spelled out. They find people of the same name, who may or may not be the same person.

746 taxpayers.

At the head of the list: “North Carolina Orange to Wit A List of Tythables for the Year 1755”

The list

746 taxpayers · Images 2 to 22

NameListed withWhite pollsBlack pollsImage
Jacob Beackle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Thomas Allred
Deeds · Court minutes
2 3
Henry York
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Timothy Doshire
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
John Watts
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Benjamin Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Thomas Swaford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Daniel Huph
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
David Mires
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Richard Hilton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
John Gray
Deeds · Court minutes
with Nettle & Frank, enslaved12 3
James Watson
Initials in the margin near this name: G.D.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
James Dickens
Deeds · Court minutes
2 3
William Black
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Thomas Bradford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Henry Webb
Deeds · Court minutes
with Dick, Moll, Jude, & Sarah, enslaved14 3
John Stroud Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Matthew Couch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
John Cate
Deeds · Court minutes
& his two Sons3 3
Burr Barton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
John White
Deeds · Court minutes
2 3
Thomas Dunagan
Deeds · Court minutes
3 3
William Combs
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Benjn Jackson
Deeds · Court minutes
2 3
David Knight
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Patrick Bogan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
James Ray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
William Reves
Deeds · Court minutes
4 3
James Crow
Deeds · Court minutes
2 3
Edward Stone
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Stephen Marrell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Thomas Cate Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
2 3
James Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
James Dickey Esqr
Deeds · Court minutes
3 3
John Conner
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
David Steele
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
James McGown Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 3
Henry Brewer
Deeds · Court minutes
3 3
John Powel
Deeds · Court minutes
with Jack, Guil & Jean, enslaved13 3
Elias Powel
Deeds · Court minutes
with Jack, enslaved11 4
Nathaniel Kimbrough
Deeds · Court minutes
with Frank, David & Nan, enslaved13 4
John Dennis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
James McGown Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Samuel Nelson
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
Robert Cate Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
3 4
Elias Downs
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
James Moss
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
William Churton
Deeds · Court minutes
with Tom, enslaved11 4
Thomas Nelson
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
John Jackson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Benjn Cate
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
John King
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Joseph Powel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Thomas Jackson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
William Bogan
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
Thomas Wiley
Deeds · Court minutes
3 4
William Goss
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Thomas Barkley
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
John McComb
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Charles Hagen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Richard Webb
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Samuel Stuart
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
Ephraim McKellip
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
James Paul
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Samuel Watt
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
William Cail
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Michel Joys
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Thomson Harris
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
Benjn King
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
John Douglas
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
William Sesey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
James Couch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
William Cox
Deeds · Court minutes
3 4
William Nunn
Deeds · Court minutes
with Sarah, Hanna Joss & Jean, enslaved14 4
John Brown
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
George Laws
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
George Fulls
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
John Cantrel
Deeds · Court minutes
2 4
George Marlen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 4
Andrew Mitchel Esqr
Initials in the margin near this name: A.M.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
James Scott
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Burr Barton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
William Halcomb
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
William Couch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Thomas Couch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Thomas Forster
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Henry Morris
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Thomas Durham
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Matthew Durham
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
John Price
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
John Wright
Deeds · Court minutes
& son John2 5
Robert Pindergrass
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
John Hogwood
Deeds · Court minutes
& Son James2 5
Thomas Loyd
Deeds · Court minutes
& 2 enslaved people12 5
John Stroud
Deeds · Court minutes
& son Joshua2 5
Henry Leman
Deeds · Court minutes
& John Hangling2 5
John Hunter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
James Reily
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Gideon Bunch
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color1 5
William Cope
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Jeremiah Beem
Initials in the margin near this name: J.S.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
William Miers
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
James Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
John May Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Howel Brewer
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Nicholas Nobles
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
William Heart
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Samuel Temples
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
David Ward
Deeds · Court minutes
with 1 enslaved person11 5
Jacob Brooks
Deeds · Court minutes
with his Son John & 2 enslaved people22 5
Daniel Norris
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Thomas Low
Deeds · Court minutes
with Saml Low & 3 enslaved people23 5
David Phillops
Deeds · Court minutes
3 5
William Phillops
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Christopher Cup
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
John McDaniel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Henry Morgan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Henry Cammer
Deeds · Court minutes
1 5
Thomas Sharp
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Lodwick Clap
Deeds · Court minutes
with his Sons Barnett & George3 6
Phillip Mayer Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Henry Stamper
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Thomas Branson
Deeds · Court minutes
with Charles Basindine & Jacob Leadon3 6
Thomas Alexander
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Richard Henderson
Deeds · Court minutes
3 6
Edward Bray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Benjamin Posey
Deeds · Court minutes
3 6
Richard Goans
Deeds · Court minutes
2 6
Joseph Deavey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Josiah Hart
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Joseph Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
James Waldrom
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Stephen Howard
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Moses Genn
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
George Williams Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Peter Ingold
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
William Marshal
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Jonathan Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
John Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Charles Davis
Deeds · Court minutes
3 6
Joseph Buckingham
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
William Peggott
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Nathaniel Horn
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Richard Sidwell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Isaac Greson
Deeds · Court minutes
2 6
Jeremiah Peggott
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Benjamin Peggott
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Paul Prock
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
John Sidwell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
John Stanfield
Deeds · Court minutes
3 6
Joshua Griffen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Samuel Walker
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
David Morgan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Craft Stanualt
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
John Johnson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Joseph Trotter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 6
Charles Morgan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Thomas Low Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Stidom
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Jacob Hays
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Josep Breed
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Peter Harns
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Joseph Sweany
Deeds · Court minutes
2 7
William Leacy
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Walter Holms
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
David Moat
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Henery
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
William Vernal
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Nathaniel Reed
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Charles Higgens
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Henry Holiday
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Joseph Weight
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Thomas Brooks
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Nethery
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Owen Reed
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Dunagan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
James Dochester
Deeds · Court minutes
2 7
Hugh Taylor
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Ferguson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Timothy Coe
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Daniel May
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Killiam Gorsort
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Aaron Skeggs
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Dial Pavey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Kogle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
William Aldrige
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Simore York
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Edmond Chambors
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Luke Smith
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Peter Hilton Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
James Hilton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
William Cox
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Horneday
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
William McFarson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Richard Camp
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Joseph Doan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
John Doan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Anthony Chamnes
Deeds · Court minutes
1 7
Simon Dickson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Harman Davis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Patrick Coyle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
William Robenson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
James Nickelson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
James Vestal
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Peter Efland
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Absolom McDaniel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
John Beaverly
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Thomas Berrey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Thomas Vestal
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
William Vestal
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
John Alred
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
James Craford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Joseph Wells Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
William Leachey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
George Hobson Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Joseph Wells Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Thomas Carr
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Samuel Griffen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
John Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Peter Hilton
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Henry Whitfills
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Jacob Summers
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Daniel McDaniel
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Samuel Chapman
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Giles Chapman
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Lodwick Swing
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Conrod Low
Deeds · Court minutes
4 8
William Brown
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
William Nelson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Aaron Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Adam Irolinger
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Nicholos Butts
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Conrod Straider
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Christian Morris
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Gasper Prarr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
George Clap
Deeds · Court minutes
2 8
Zachariah Cox
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Tetter Leaney
Deeds · Court minutes
1 8
Edward Cator
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Joseph Maddock
Deeds · Court minutes
4 9
Enoch Lewis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Fredrick Natt
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
John Jonson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Thomas Davis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Francis Day
Deeds · Court minutes
3 9
James Ellet
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
James Burney
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
Robert Davis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
James Latta
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
James Denny
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Moses Ridley
Deeds · Court minutes
with his wife Mary, both people of color2 9
Henry Mayner
Deeds · Court minutes
with Peter, enslaved11 9
William Harten
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Matthew Matiess
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Ephraim West
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
Henry Gould
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
John Burd
Initials in the margin near this name: L.G.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Thomas Crompton
Deeds · Court minutes
5 9
James Swaford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
John Embray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Moses Embray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Thomas Holden
Deeds · Court minutes
4 9
James Campbell
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
Cairns Tenant
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Alexander Leachey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
John Grist
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
Thomas Thompson
Deeds · Court minutes
3 9
James Hart
Crossed out in the source
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
James Taylor
Crossed out in the source
Deeds · Court minutes
3 9
David Mitchel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
David Bradford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Alexander McCraken
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
John Green
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
John Tenant
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
Robert Baray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Caleb Bently
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
David Pinkerton
Deeds · Court minutes
2 9
Joseph Duncan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
Hackey Warren
Deeds · Court minutes
1 9
William Holton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Wilkenson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Horton
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
George Douther
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Joseph Vouse
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Anglan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Henry Waynan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
George Waynan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Benjamin Cadle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Lawrance Thompson
Deeds · Court minutes
3 10
James Mordoch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Patrick Rodeford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Hosea Tapley
Deeds · Court minutes
with Rodger Sara & Annaga, enslaved13 10
John Anderson
Deeds · Court minutes
4 10
Robert Lytle
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
Zachariah Cadle Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Nicholos Colbertson
Deeds · Court minutes
3 10
Griffen Humphrays
Initials in the margin near this name: G.D.
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
Edmond Crouchfield
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Richard Gibbs
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
James McAlister
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
John Alison
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Isaac Gaddis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
William Taylor
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Warren
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Michel Dickson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Clark
Deeds · Court minutes
3 10
John Murdoch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Patrick Murdoch
Crossed out in the source
Deeds · Court minutes
10
Patrick Rutherford
Crossed out in the source
Deeds · Court minutes
0 10
Josias Dickson
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
Robert Brashear Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
George Irven
Deeds · Court minutes
2 10
Antony Swaford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Robert Alison
Initials in the margin near this name: J.A.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Alison
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
John McComb
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James McAdam
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
William Jack
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
Francis Henderson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 10
James Roney
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Robert Teat
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Andrew Bridget
Deeds · Court minutes
3 11
John Boid Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
3 11
James Murray
Deeds · Court minutes
2 11
John Boid
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
James Barnhill
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
William McTeachy
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Edward Brandon
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
John Robertson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Isiah Watkins
Deeds · Court minutes
2 11
James Allison
Deeds · Court minutes
2 11
John Mills
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Henry Key
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Henry Johnson
Initials in the margin near this name: G.D.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
William Baker
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
James Forster Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
John Stuart
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
John Marsh
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Jacob Mosely
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Thomas Osteen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Jacob Bleacher
Deeds · Court minutes
with Ned, enslaved11 11
Obediah Terrel
Deeds · Court minutes
with 3 enslaved people13 11
William Marsh Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
William Marsh Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Mark Morgan
Deeds · Court minutes
with Rafe, James, Nell, Cate Jude, & Cloe, enslaved16 11
Robert McConel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Robert Patterson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
James Forester Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
with one enslaved woman21 11
William Forester
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Joseph Waide
Deeds · Court minutes
with Roger, Jeney, & Nancy, enslaved13 11
Hugh Wood
Deeds · Court minutes
1 11
Stephen Phillips
Deeds · Court minutes
2 11
Thomas Johnston
Deeds · Court minutes
2 11
Richard Braswell
Deeds · Court minutes
with his son & one enslaved person21 12
William Tomlin
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Tomalin
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
William Murphie
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Robertson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Richard Barnet
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
James Kenady
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
David Kenedy
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Henry Goff Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
3 12
Nathaniel Goff
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Moses Ginn
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
William Browning
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Manen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Landrum Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
with his sons & one enslaved person61 12
Richard Copland
Deeds · Court minutes
with one enslaved woman11 12
Thomas Sellers
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Jonathan Walker
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Joseph Walker
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
James Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
2 12
John Wood
Deeds · Court minutes
2 12
John Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Moses Smither
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Isaac Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Argulus Henderson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
William Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Robert Milton
Deeds · Court minutes
2 12
James Younger
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Nicholus Copland Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Nicholus Copland Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
2 12
Joseph Copland
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Record Burks
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Edward Kerksey
Deeds · Court minutes
3 12
John Row
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
James Denny
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
Isaac Jackson
Deeds · Court minutes
2 12
Francis Shomaker
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
William Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
James Phillops
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Phillops
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Wilson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 12
John Bohannon
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Duncan Bohannon
Deeds · Court minutes
with four enslaved people14 13
Peter Marlen
Deeds · Court minutes
2 13
George Smith
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Solomon Witley
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
William More
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
James Copeland
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Joseph Barbie
Deeds · Court minutes
with Christopher Rhodes & five enslaved people25 13
John Davies
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Evin Davies
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Miles Parker
Deeds · Court minutes
with Peter Parker and Two enslaved people22 13
Matthew Curry
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Luke Binum
Deeds · Court minutes
with finch, & Jude, enslaved12 13
John Hatle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Joseph Huff
Deeds · Court minutes
with Joan, enslaved11 13
Arthor Cook
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
John West
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
William Barker
Deeds · Court minutes
3 13
Joel Lesly
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
James Acock
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Henry Day
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Henry Beesly
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Thomas Walls
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
Charles Rayly
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 13
John Wood
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 13
John Patterson Esqr
Deeds · Court minutes
5 13
Cager Picket
Deeds · Court minutes
with Two enslaved people12 13
William Rhods
Deeds · Court minutes
with his Brother & 1 enslaved woman21 13
John Burt
Deeds · Court minutes
& one enslaved person11 13
Garrot Almon
Deeds · Court minutes
2 13
William Hunter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
William Blake
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
James Acock
Deeds · Court minutes
1 13
James Dillard
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Benjamin Blake
Deeds · Court minutes
with one enslaved person11 14
Charles Thomson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Stephen Howard
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Thomas Thomson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
William Barber
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Aaron Barber
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
George Morgan
Deeds · Court minutes
with one enslaved woman11 14
Nathan Powel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Thomas Smith
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Robert Abercrombie
Deeds · Court minutes
2 14
John Mitchel
Deeds · Court minutes
2 14
Patrick McCulloch
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
William Straite
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
William Carden
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Richard Stringfield
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
James Stringfield
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
William Goose
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
James Neil
Deeds · Court minutes
2 14
Samuel Letman
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Carter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Richard Parker
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Samuel Parks
Deeds · Court minutes
with 2 enslaved people12 14
Jesse Pearce
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Phillyps
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Brooks
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Moleses
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Harris
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Robertson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Joseph Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
William Stroud
Deeds · Court minutes
2 14
Thomas Winchester
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
John Dover
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 14
William Armstrong
Initials in the margin near this name: A:M:
Deeds · Court minutes
2 14
Thomas Strein
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
James Fruit
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 14
William Murray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 14
Samuel Allen
Deeds · Court minutes
& Sons3 14
William Gathen
Deeds · Court minutes
2 14
James Hopkins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Jacob Catchem
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Samuel Means
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Alexander Ferguson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
James Beasie
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Henry Wason
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
John Abbot
Deeds · Court minutes
& sons3 15
James Campbell
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 15
Gilbert Strein
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
John McGee
Deeds · Court minutes
with Peter & Febe, enslaved12 15
Bazel Brashear
Deeds · Court minutes
&c3 15
Thomas Lindly
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 15
William Offil
Deeds · Court minutes
2 15
John Phillips
Deeds · Court minutes
2 15
David Phillips Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Howlet
Deeds · Court minutes
2 15
Thomas Sheils
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
John Sclater
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Timothy Terrel
Deeds · Court minutes
& son with Primus, Abram, Peter, Doll, & Nancy, enslaved25 15
William Blackwood
Deeds · Court minutes
3 15
Samuel Farmer
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Ward
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Zachariah Marten
Deeds · Court minutes
with Dublin, Cloe, & Jack, enslaved13 15
Thomas Lapsly
Deeds · Court minutes
2 15
John Johnston
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Hopkins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Means
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Stutly Shurly
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
John Hopkins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Robert Whitehead
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
John Morison
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Hugh Bradly
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
George Gregson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Solomon Alred
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Trogdon
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Alred
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Hugh Laughlan
Deeds · Court minutes
21 15
James Lindly
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
John Lambert
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
William Johnston
Deeds · Court minutes
constable, for 2 people of color2 15
William Alred
Deeds · Court minutes
1 15
Wilkeson Torner
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
William Marten
Deeds · Court minutes
with Will, a person of color11 16
Charles Johnston
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Richard Owings
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
David McComish
Deeds · Court minutes
2 16
John Garner
Deeds · Court minutes
with John Laurance & an enslaved person21 16
Alexander Ottry
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 16
Samuel Dennis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Enoch Spinks
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Mason Pigman
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
James Moss
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Thomas Nelson
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 16
Francis Chancy
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Josep Money
Deeds · Court minutes
3 16
James Downings
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
William Helms
Deeds · Court minutes
2 16
William Branlon
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Robert Ervin
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Laughlin Campbell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Robert Witley
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
John Woody
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
James Dickey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Andrew Callwell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
John Joanus
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
John Wright
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 16
James Murray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
William Craig
Deeds · Court minutes
& sons4 16
John Lemons
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
John Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color1 16
Samuel Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color, & son2 16
Jeffry Beeck
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
William Reed
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Peter youngblood Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
Peter youngblood Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 16
James Chancy
Deeds · Court minutes
with Bess, enslaved11 16
Francis Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
4 16
Zachariah Cadle
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 16
Alexander Mebane Esqr
Deeds · Court minutes
with William Cairns; Ben, Tamor, & Judy, enslaved23 16
John Pryor Esqr
Initials in the margin near this name: J.G.
Deeds · Court minutes
with Jones, George, Will, Moncee, & Hanna, enslaved15 17
William Barnet
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 17
Hugh Barnet
Deeds · Court minutes
2 17
Williay Jay
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 17
James Kaliegh
Deeds · Court minutes
with york, enslaved11 17
John Bumpas
Deeds · Court minutes
2 17
Humphry Barnet
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Samuel Barnet
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Robert Bumpas
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Samuel Bumpas
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
John Satterfield Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
John Satterfield Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
John Gyles
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Luke Ormsby
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Robert Donaldson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
James Currie
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
William Carter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Job Sulf
Deeds · Court minutes
2 17
William Wright
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Robert Barnel
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Richard Burton
Deeds · Court minutes
with Hanna & Nan, enslaved12 17
Owen Sulaven
Deeds · Court minutes
2 17
James Satterfield
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 17
Samuel Hughs
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Benjamin Murray
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
James Mcintire
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Paul Harrelson
Initials in the margin near this name: J.G.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
John Chambers
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Nathaniel Harrilson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
James Hendrik
Deeds · Court minutes
with 2 Sons3 17
Lawrance Rambo
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Neal McCoy
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
Adam Boide
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
William Manes
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 17
Charles Burns
Deeds · Court minutes
1 17
John Warren
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 17
James Stuart
Deeds · Court minutes
& servt2 17
David Conner
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John McEntire
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Hurley
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Hendrick
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
William Gutrey
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Rogers
Deeds · Court minutes
with Nell & Frank, enslaved12 18
William Chambers
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Edward Chambers
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Gordon Esqr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Smith
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Gasken
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 18
Thomas Whithead
Deeds · Court minutes
with 2 Sons & one enslaved person31 18
Daniel Stillwell
Initials in the margin near this name: L.B.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
William Wilson
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 18
Benjamin Hide
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Nathaniel Ronnals
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John House
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Tolbard
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
James Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
& Servent2 18
Lewis Howell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
William Wilson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
John Kelley
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Fredrick Brock
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Edward Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Samuel Sarratt
Deeds · Court minutes
& sons3 18
Thomas Hues
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
George Grimes
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Tege Quiblin
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
James Craford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
Hugh Dabings
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
James Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
William Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
with one enslaved person11 18
Benjamin Carter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 18
William Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
on Cobs Creek with 1 enslaved person11 18
Zachariah Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
with one enslaved person11 18
William Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
& son with 2 enslaved people22 18
John Lea
Deeds · Court minutes
with 2 enslaved people12 19
Andrew Caddle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Joseph Stretten
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
William Nelle
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 19
James Lang
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Thinch Carter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
John York
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 19
Aaron Vanhoucks
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Solomon Deboo
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Ephraim Gould
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
William Sargent
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 19
Joseph Gould
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Daniel Gould
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
William Armstrong
Deeds · Court minutes
with 1 enslaved person11 19
William Sanders
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Charles Boring
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Francis Carne
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Thomas Langly
Deeds · Court minutes
& 2 Sons3 19
John Braford
Deeds · Court minutes
& Son2 19
John Evans
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Thomas Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
William Killay
Deeds · Court minutes
& 2 Sons3 19
George Rennels
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Isaac Dotson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Ananias Allen
Deeds · Court minutes
& sons4 19
Griffen Hogan
Deeds · Court minutes
& 1 enslaved person11 19
William Williams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Elisha Estes
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Robert Kilgore
Deeds · Court minutes
& 2 Sons3 19
William Boring
Deeds · Court minutes
with his 2 sons & 2 enslaved people32 19
Thomas Laxton
Deeds · Court minutes
& Son2 19
John Forde
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Francis Dolahide
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Mailes Goforth
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Dennis Colings
Deeds · Court minutes
1 19
Lawrance Bankson Esqr
Deeds · Court minutes
& Sons5 19
Joseph Boring
Deeds · Court minutes
& 1 enslaved person11 19
Thomas Wilson
Deeds · Court minutes
& 2 Sons3 20
John Robertson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Thomas Gibson
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color3 20
Micager Bunch
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color1 20
Thomas Colens
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color (ditto)3 20
Thomas Colens Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color (ditto)1 20
George Gibson
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color (ditto)1 20
Charles Gibson
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color (ditto)1 20
Mager Gibson
Deeds · Court minutes
a person of color (ditto)1 20
John Read
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
William Owens
Initials in the margin near this name: J.Dr.
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
John Adams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Isaac Adams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
John Driston
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
William Barton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
John Grims
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
William McMillen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Henry Runals Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
& 2 Sons3 20
Nathaniel Runals
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Dudley Runals
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Thomas Barton
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
David Stephens
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
William Stephens
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Joseph Doolittle
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Charles Adams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Isaac Durham
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
George Hide
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Thomas Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Abraham Jones
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
James Laws
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Veneriah Turner
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Ephraim Potter
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Thomas Lovelatty Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
William Stagg
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Thomas Church
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Joseph Pinson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
John Travis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
William Pittman Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
George Flinn
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
David Stapler
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
John Ford
Deeds · Court minutes
1 20
Benjamin Hide
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John West Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John Casterson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John West Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Solomon West
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Alexander West
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Joseph Clift
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John Postion
Deeds · Court minutes
& Sons3 21
William Mills Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Hezikiah Colins
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
William Grimes
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
William Canady Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
William Canady Junr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Thomas Potts
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
George Grimes
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Lovet Gates
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Henry Cobb
Deeds · Court minutes
& 3 Sons4 21
Elisha Fowler
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
George Adams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Daniel Adams
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Giles Tillet
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Isaac Simmons
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John Gerrod
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Stephen McMillen
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John Tripler
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Gideon Holyfield
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Edward Southwell
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Aaron Pinson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John Smith
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Moses Hollis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Nottby Hollis
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
John Dove
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Benjamin Dove
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Edward Smith
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
William Henderson
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Michel Joyce
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
William Jub
Deeds · Court minutes
1 21
Thomas Lovelatty Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
& Two sons3 21
Hugh Porter
Deeds · Court minutes
& Son2 22
George Finlay
Deeds · Court minutes
2 22
Jesse Brashear
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
John Pitman Esqr
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
Richard Simpson
Deeds · Court minutes
with Joseph Lambert & 2 enslaved people22 22
Daniel McCullom
Deeds · Court minutes
& son2 22
John Thrasher
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
Mark London
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
William Cox
Deeds · Court minutes
Haw River3 22
John Cox
Deeds · Court minutes
3 22
Herman Cox
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
Valantine Holingsworth
Deeds · Court minutes
2 22
Aaron Harling
Deeds · Court minutes
2 22
Richard Copeland
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
Thomas Cate Senr
Deeds · Court minutes
2 22
Daniel Cain
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
Benjn Galhan
Deeds · Court minutes
1 22
Total, as written983130

The clerk’s totals: Whites 983, Blacks 130, Total 1113.

The columns add up to 978 white polls, 130 Black polls, leaving out crossed-out names.

Where the list comes from

At the end of the list: “I am of Opinion, that there may be to the Number of thirty who have Concealed themselves, and about twenty who have Inlisted themselves twice March 9th. 1756 Attested By Jas Watson Clk. Cur.”

Tax Lists, Orange County, 1755. Treasurer’s and Comptroller’s Papers, Tax Lists, Box 1, State Archives of North Carolina (SR.204.1.1). The page images (23) are in the State Archives’ online collections. Every line was read from the images by our readers, and we checked their reading against every image, figure by figure wherever a page did not add up. Names are as written; we have corrected no spelling. Orange County, formed in 1752, was then far larger than today and took in parts of several later counties.

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