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Orange, North Carolina, United States



 


Notes:
1776-present

The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bladen, Granville, and Johnston counties. It was named for the infant William V of Orange, whose mother Anne, daughter of King George II of Great Britain, was then regent of the Dutch Republic.

In 1771, Orange County was greatly reduced in area. The western part of it was combined with the eastern part of Rowan County to form Guilford County. Another part was combined with parts of Cumberland County and Johnston County to form Wake County. The southern part of what remained became Chatham County.

In 1777, the northern half of what was left of Orange County became Caswell County. In 1849, the western county became Alamance County. Finally, in 1881, the eastern half of the county's remaining territory was combined with part of Wake County to form Durham County.

















Township : Latitude: 36.0666694, Longitude: -79.1166694


Birth

Matches 1 to 102 of 102

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Adams, Margaret  11 Nov 1775Orange, North Carolina, United States I3686
2 Allison, Jennet  Abt 1768Orange, North Carolina, United States I243517
3 Anders, Leander  1828Orange, North Carolina, United States I352561
4 Armstrong, Mary  1772Orange, North Carolina, United States I278463
5 Atkins, Eleanor  3 Jan 1795Orange, North Carolina, United States I387529
6 Atwood, Virginia Jane  Abt 1790Orange, North Carolina, United States I260391
7 Babb, Tabitha  1788Orange, North Carolina, United States I78875
8 Bailey, Mary  12 Jan 1762Orange, North Carolina, United States I13643
9 Baldridge, William  15 Dec 1795Orange, North Carolina, United States I104712
10 Baldwin, Thomas  26 Oct 1813Orange, North Carolina, United States I395513
11 Bartley, Isaac  Apr 1777Orange, North Carolina, United States I78874
12 Bartley, Jesse  1811Orange, North Carolina, United States I89685
13 Bartley, Revel  Abt 1818Orange, North Carolina, United States I13615
14 Bartley, William  1815Orange, North Carolina, United States I281709
15 Beverly, Elijah  15 May 1762Orange, North Carolina, United States I15338
16 Boone, Mary  14 Sep 1813Orange, North Carolina, United States I369332
17 Bracken, Rachel  1776Orange, North Carolina, United States I95885
18 Brasel, James  1761Orange, North Carolina, United States I16662
19 Brashear, Robert  Abt 1752Orange, North Carolina, United States I240326
20 Brown, Daniel David  1797Orange, North Carolina, United States I410558
21 Brown, William  1809Orange, North Carolina, United States I369331
22 Browning, Jonathan B  Abt 1776Orange, North Carolina, United States I234729
23 Bryan, Mary  20 May 1769Orange, North Carolina, United States I34800
24 Bryant, William  7 Dec 1754Orange, North Carolina, United States I304247
25 Buster, David  1760Orange, North Carolina, United States I369335
26 Cates, William  1776Orange, North Carolina, United States I327635
27 Clark, Alexander  1725Orange, North Carolina, United States I86934
28 Clendenin, John C.  2 Dec 1818Orange, North Carolina, United States I376340
29 Clendenin, Mary Adeline  1833Orange, North Carolina, United States I377090
30 Clendenin, Sarah E.  4 Feb 1829Orange, North Carolina, United States I376908
31 Cole, Phebe  1791Orange, North Carolina, United States I360183
32 Counts, Isaac  1780Orange, North Carolina, United States I240579
33 Cox, Isaac  21 Apr 1788Orange, North Carolina, United States I13655
34 Daugherty, James  Abt 1797Orange, North Carolina, United States I360182
35 Dorris, Nancy  22 Oct 1794Orange, North Carolina, United States I246387
36 Dunagan, Rachel Cumfort  Abt 1767Orange, North Carolina, United States I372353
37 Durham, James McCaddams  11 Nov 1837Orange, North Carolina, United States I396136
38 Edwards, Rhoda  1774Orange, North Carolina, United States I333984
39 Edwards, Rhoda Castle  Abt 1798Orange, North Carolina, United States I315793
40 Ellis, Martha Patsy  1801Orange, North Carolina, United States I410559
41 Elmore, Susanna  1807Orange, North Carolina, United States I232212
42 Faucett, Mary  1 May 1780Orange, North Carolina, United States I380920
43 Fogleman, Peter  1780Orange, North Carolina, United States I329747
44 Frazier, Elizabeth  Abt 1755Orange, North Carolina, United States I245896
45 Frazier, George  Abt 1751Orange, North Carolina, United States I245893
46 Frazier, Isaac  19 Jan 1763Orange, North Carolina, United States I245899
47 Frazier, Rachael  1760Orange, North Carolina, United States I245898
48 Gaines, Patty  1754Orange, North Carolina, United States I343770
49 Gold, Margaret  1740Orange, North Carolina, United States I98177
50 Goodbread, Sarah Ann  7 Jun 1767Orange, North Carolina, United States I124990
51 Gray, Mary  1796Orange, North Carolina, United States I72754
52 Green, Nathan  Nov 1818Orange, North Carolina, United States I360678
53 Green, Robert  1792Orange, North Carolina, United States I360681
54 Hall, Robert  8 Jun 1757Orange, North Carolina, United States I391067
55 Hargis, William  31 Jul 1797Orange, North Carolina, United States I325416
56 Harmon, Hezekiah  17 Nov 1763Orange, North Carolina, United States I232894
57 Harper, Mary  Abt 1750Orange, North Carolina, United States I4293
58 Hart, Susanna  1771Orange, North Carolina, United States I396373
59 Hendricks, Pheobe  26 Feb 1762Orange, North Carolina, United States I316737
60 Hicks, Mary Ann  Jan 1832Orange, North Carolina, United States I233284
61 Hollaway, William  1811Orange, North Carolina, United States I331680
62 Iseley, David P.  1813Orange, North Carolina, United States I325694
63 Jayne, Abigail  Abt 1740Orange, North Carolina, United States I236225
64 Johnson, Anna  1792Orange, North Carolina, United States I360682
65 Jones, Augustus  1835Orange, North Carolina, United States I360750
66 Jones, Rebecca  1795Orange, North Carolina, United States I393972
67 Kilgore, Hiram  1771Orange, North Carolina, United States I77688
68 Kilgore, Rev. Robert  22 Apr 1765Orange, North Carolina, United States I71026
69 Kilgore, William M.  5 Jun 1769Orange, North Carolina, United States I82877
70 Lea, Elizabeth  1768Orange, North Carolina, United States I299218
71 Lewis, Bracken  19 Dec 1801Orange, North Carolina, United States I95475
72 Lindley, Queen Anna  2 Mar 1809Orange, North Carolina, United States I250413
73 Magee, Frances  1778Orange, North Carolina, United States I327636
74 Mankins, John B.  23 Jun 1804Orange, North Carolina, United States I95886
75 May, Joannah  1740Orange, North Carolina, United States I86935
76 Mays, David  1774Orange, North Carolina, United States I408301
77 McNutt, Robert  1807Orange, North Carolina, United States I323334
78 Montgomery, Alexander  1 Feb 1762Orange, North Carolina, United States I94754
79 Moore, Elijah  Abt 1753Orange, North Carolina, United States I126776
80 Moore, John Austin  May 1758Orange, North Carolina, United States I340068
81 Moore, Sterlin Yancey  7 Oct 1843Orange, North Carolina, United States I340529
82 Moore, William  1821Orange, North Carolina, United States I299839
83 Pace, Joseph Baker  21 Jul 1804Orange, North Carolina, United States I297384
84 Petty, Keziah  19 Dec 1762Orange, North Carolina, United States I388051
85 Petty, Rebecca  1745Orange, North Carolina, United States I388053
86 Phillips, Thompson  18 Jun 1815Orange, North Carolina, United States I407813
87 Phillips, Zachariah  9 Jan 1786Orange, North Carolina, United States I86978
88 Phipps, Isaiah  1769Orange, North Carolina, United States I92672
89 Riggs, Sarah Jane  Abt 1779Orange, North Carolina, United States I407350
90 Rose, Susannah A.  1825Orange, North Carolina, United States I338097
91 Rumley, Jacob  12 Apr 1825Orange, North Carolina, United States I91930
92 Sergeant, Sarah  1762Orange, North Carolina, United States I98175
93 Simmons, Jane  1780Orange, North Carolina, United States I331438
94 Speed, Dr. Edward Watkins  25 Aug 1858Orange, North Carolina, United States I385525
95 Stout, Mary Hannah  Abt 1795Orange, North Carolina, United States I410867
96 Taulbee, Andrew Jackson  1775Orange, North Carolina, United States I311803
97 Thompson, Sarah  1810Orange, North Carolina, United States I346115
98 Tickle, Daniel D  1800Orange, North Carolina, United States I376329
99 Tickle, Solomon D.  1831Orange, North Carolina, United States I376328
100 Truitt, Thompson N  1828Orange, North Carolina, United States I339293
101 Ward, John Murphy  1810Orange, North Carolina, United States I411660
102 Woods, Samuel Ray Sr.  14 Mar 1769Orange, North Carolina, United States I243516

Death

Matches 1 to 32 of 32

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Allen, John  Sep 1812Orange, North Carolina, United States I239338
2 Allen, John III  3 Sep 1828Orange, North Carolina, United States I239236
3 Armstrong, John Stewart  24 Jan 1820Orange, North Carolina, United States I330559
4 Ashford, Nancy  13 Oct 1798Orange, North Carolina, United States I380922
5 Bolling, John  1817Orange, North Carolina, United States I27551
6 Brantley, Lewis  1760Orange, North Carolina, United States I246499
7 Cates, William  15 Jan 1855Orange, North Carolina, United States I327635
8 Faucett, William  26 Jan 1815Orange, North Carolina, United States I380923
9 Frazier, Ann  Abt 1800Orange, North Carolina, United States I245902
10 Frazier, Rachael  1820Orange, North Carolina, United States I245898
11 Freshwater, William Armistead  20 Dec 1808Orange, North Carolina, United States I377095
12 Hall, James  22 Mar 1796Orange, North Carolina, United States I380925
13 Hall, Joseph Cash  20 Dec 1784Orange, North Carolina, United States I70997
14 Hall, Lydia  20 Feb 1815Orange, North Carolina, United States I380924
15 Harris, Tyree  1 Sep 1786Orange, North Carolina, United States I405314
16 Herndon, David  9 Mar 1811Orange, North Carolina, United States I238906
17 Jones, Miriam Elizabeth  25 Apr 1801Orange, North Carolina, United States I390937
18 Kimbrough, Frances  1 Jan 1811Orange, North Carolina, United States I409644
19 Magee, Frances  Orange, North Carolina, United States I327636
20 Minton, John  Nov 1968Orange, North Carolina, United States I238274
21 Moore, Edward Charles I  18 Feb 1790Orange, North Carolina, United States I314722
22 Phipps, Joseph Daniel Sr.  Aft 1769Orange, North Carolina, United States I5718
23 Pigman, Mason  Aft 1790Orange, North Carolina, United States I85659
24 Scarlett, Phoebe  Feb 1815Orange, North Carolina, United States I13651
25 Stanley, Marjorie  1820Orange, North Carolina, United States I245924
26 Taulbee, Samuel  Aug 1791Orange, North Carolina, United States I365703
27 Thornton, Hannah  4 May 1778Orange, North Carolina, United States I404132
28 Walker, John  26 Nov 1811Orange, North Carolina, United States I380921
29 Walker, Martha Houston  1842Orange, North Carolina, United States I94757
30 Webb, Nancy Ann  18 Dec 1833Orange, North Carolina, United States I377089
31 Whitted, Anne Lindsay  6 Feb 1823Orange, North Carolina, United States I411062
32 Woods, Samuel Ray Sr.  9 Mar 1852Orange, North Carolina, United States I243516

Burial

Matches 1 to 10 of 10

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID 
1 Benton, Samuel Morris  Orange, North Carolina, United States I22251
2 Cates, William  Orange, North Carolina, United States I327635
3 Frazier, Ann  Orange, North Carolina, United States I245902
4 Frazier, James M.  Orange, North Carolina, United States I245901
5 Frazier, Rachael  Orange, North Carolina, United States I245898
6 Kimbrough, Frances  Orange, North Carolina, United States I409644
7 Magee, Frances  Orange, North Carolina, United States I327636
8 Stallard, Bond Preston  18 May 1969Orange, North Carolina, United States I291191
9 Stanley, Marjorie  Orange, North Carolina, United States I245924
10 Webb, Nancy Ann  Dec 1833Orange, North Carolina, United States I377089

Birth

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Phillips, Rachel  1817Orange, North Carolina, United States I77712

Probate

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Probate    Person ID 
1 Hall, Lydia  1816Orange, North Carolina, United States I380924

Marriage

Matches 1 to 29 of 29

   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
1 Amburgey / Stewart  1748Orange, North Carolina, United States F2214
2 Beverly / Freeman  3 May 1787Orange, North Carolina, United States F6294
3 Bolling / Bowling  30 May 1816Orange, North Carolina, United States F36541
4 Browning / Vermillion  1775Orange, North Carolina, United States F34788
5 Clark / May  1754Orange, North Carolina, United States F36613
6 Clendenin / Freshwater  10 Sep 1811Orange, North Carolina, United States F153950
7 Compton / Elmore  14 Nov 1807Orange, North Carolina, United States F113533
8 Couch / James  2 Dec 1783Orange, North Carolina, United States F39226
9 Cox / Scarlett  4 Jan 1764Orange, North Carolina, United States F5615
10 Daugherty / Cole  15 Dec 1818Orange, North Carolina, United States F146015
11 Duke / Brown  13 Dec 1822Orange, North Carolina, United States F37193
12 Frazier / Pugh  1748Orange, North Carolina, United States F12826
13 Frazier / Stanley  Abt 1795Orange, North Carolina, United States F93871
14 Hargis / McNunn  24 Jan 1794Orange, North Carolina, United States F128959
15 Hendricks / Vanhook  2 Feb 1758Orange, North Carolina, United States F119047
16 Howard / Sanders  25 Mar 1831Orange, North Carolina, United States F122724
17 Jessee / Armstrong  11 Jan 1800Orange, North Carolina, United States F106618
18 Lewis / Bracken  18 Jul 1796Orange, North Carolina, United States F92406
19 Mankins / Bracken  18 Jul 1796Orange, North Carolina, United States F40098
20 Mason / Hill  12 Jan 1863Orange, North Carolina, United States F157443
21 McCloud / Fields  23 Jan 1816Orange, North Carolina, United States F113553
22 McNutt / Kates  2 Aug 1823Orange, North Carolina, United States F127890
23 McReynolds / Boring  11 Apr 1783Orange, North Carolina, United States F30371
24 Mitchell / Craig  24 Oct 1789Orange, North Carolina, United States F51704
25 Phipps / Fields  1749Orange, North Carolina, United States F2502
26 Reynolds / Frazier  Abt 1786Orange, North Carolina, United States F93874
27 Toliver / Edwards  30 Mar 1787Orange, North Carolina, United States F50175
28 Walker / Faucett  15 Sep 1797Orange, North Carolina, United States F156154
29 Wilson / Saunders  Abt 1807Orange, North Carolina, United States F168574

Married

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Family    Married    Family ID 
1 Duke / Brown  13 Dec 1822Orange, North Carolina, United States F37193