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Orange County, North Carolinam 1752-1952
The great migration from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont of the Carolina came in the middle of the 18th century. Scotch-Irish and German immigrants moved South along the "Great Wagon Road" through the Shenandoah Valley to Carolina, looking for less expensive land and Orange County received a great influx of these settlers. This book discusses the history of the county from its beginning along with other issues such as: agriculture, education, commerce, Indian affairs, politics, religion, slavery, and war service. But what the family researcher will savior are the biographical sketches of many the early citizens such as: Andrews, Badger, Battle, Bennehan, Benton, Berry, Bingham, Burke, Butler, C...
Orange County, N.C. - Suspended Land Grants (1782-1808)
Suspended land grants are records dealing with conflicts over "vacant land". These records are for Orange County, NC. This book contains images of the original documents, including a transcript so that names and locations can be indexed. These original records are in the State Archives (Raleigh) - but are not cataloged on an individual basis.
Johnston and Robson Mill History - Orange County, NC
This book documents the old Johnston mill site (1793), which was sold to William Robson in 1810, for $3500. Then George Johnston and his son, built a second mill, a saw mill, on New Hope Creek. This would lead to a law suit with Robson in 1823. Original documents, including many depositions and a letter to Judge Ruffin, tells the whole story. This book covers both of these mill sites and even a third mill site - Charles Johnston on New Hope Creek near Turkey Farm Road. This book has all the deed records, plats, pictures, maps and many drawings, describing the mill operations, and locations. Some basic genealogy is provided on the Johnston, and more so on for the Robson family. Cemetery locations, images of tombstones, and even the slaves burial sites are shown.
Marriages of Orange County, North Carolina, 1779-1868
Marriages of Orange County contains abstracts of all the marriage bonds issued in Orange County from 1779 until 1868, when marriage bonds--as prerequisites for marriage--were discontinued. These marriage records were abstracted from a microfilm copy of the original marriage bonds on file at the State Archives in Raleigh and refer altogether to some 20,000 persons, including bondsmen. The data is arranged throughout in alphabetical order by the surname of the groom, and each entry includes the name of the bride, the date of the bond, the name of the bondsman, and, from 1851, the date of the actual marriage.
We Have Roots Too!
"Anecdotes, tidbits and documents to provide insight into the lives of members of the Peterson, Freeland, gardner, Snider, Hurt and many other families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Also, data on the Arnold family of Texas, the Ochs family of Tennessee and New York, the Wilder family of Vermont, the Barr family of Pennsylvania, and many others."--Back cover.
