Durham-Orange Genealogical Society
Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

Look Ups

The following volunteers have graciously agreed to do look ups in either the online databases or in their own personal collection of reference or family books pertaining to Durham and Orange Counties of North Carolina. Click on their name below to send them an email requesting a lookup.

If you own any Durham or Orange County resources and would like to volunteer to do look ups please email the webmaster.

 

Volunteer Name Title of the Book
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Ejectments, Vol 1, 1787-1814: Ejectment was a legal process to verify ownership of land via title. If you could not prove ownership, you were ejected.
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Ejectments, Vol 2, 1817-1832
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Ejectments, Vol 3, 1833-1849
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Ejectments, Vol 4, 1850-1902
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Miscellaneous Deeds, 1764-1925: A unique collection of deed records housed at the NC State Archives including deeds of gifts of slaves.
Stewart Dunaway Hillsborough, NC History of Town Lots & Addendum
Stewart Dunaway The Land Grant Atlas of Old Orange County, Vol 2, Saxapahaw Old Fields
Stewart Dunaway Confiscation Act and Pardon and Oblivion Act of North Carolina (1776-1812): Where did the idea of confiscating both personal and real property originate? Was this unique to North Carolina? What was the purpose? Was it successful? These are some of the questions pertaining to this topic.
Stewart Dunaway Land Confiscation Records of NC, Vol 1, 1779-1800: First of three volumes containing State Archive Records pertaining to Land Confiscation. Land Confiscation Act was initially developed to provoke men who could not decide to fight for Independence versus remaining loyal to the King. The threat was – you could have your property (and personal possessions) confiscated and sold. These records are primarily documenting Henry E. McCulloh’s land, although, Fanning, Tryon, Josiah Martin, and Milner are included. In this volume are the records for Chatham, Guilford, Montgomery, Orange, Randolph, and Wake County.
Stewart Dunaway Land Confiscation Records of NC, Vol 2, 1779-1800: Second of three volumes containing State Archive Records pertaining to Land Confiscation. This volume documents those records for the following Counties – Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan, Craven, and Currituck.
Stewart Dunaway Land Confiscation Records of NC, Vol 3, 1779-1800: Third of three volumes containing State Archive Records pertaining to Land Confiscation. This volume documents those records for the following Counties - Dobbs, Duplin, Edgecombe, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Lenoir, Lincoln, Martin, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Pasquotank, Putt, Richmond, Sampson, Surry, and Tyrell. This volume also contains the folder with unknown county or other misc. info.
Stewart Dunaway Proprietor Grants of North Carolina, 1672-1728: Containing images of the original Proprietor Grants and computer generated plat (if possible) showing the land and associated streams, corners etc. Known as the Granville District.
Stewart Dunaway Lord John Carteret, Earl Granville - His Life History and the Granville Grants: detailing the history of the Carteret, Granville, Thynne, Fermor and other families. This book covers all aspects of what is well known as the Granville Grant. 
Stewart Dunaway Life and Times of Edmund Fanning, 1739-1818
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Superior Court Records, Concerning Land, Vol 1, 1785-1832
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Superior Court Records, Concerning Land, Vol 2, 1835-1869
Stewart Dunaway NC Colonial Land Grants - Lord Proprietor and Royal Grants, 1712-1775: This book provides a catalog, and index by location (river, stream, fords, adj propery owners), name of grantee, etc. The plats can contain detailed drawings which could assist researchers.
Stewart Dunaway Miscellaneous N.C. – Road, Bridge, and Mill CRX Records (1767-1937):
Stewart Dunaway Road, Bridge And Ferry History In North Carolina: This book documents the laws enacted in the 18th century for road, bridge, ferry and mills for North Carolina. This book includes examples of the acutal petitions from the counties located in the Piedmont. Images are included to show examples of maps and drawings that were included with these petitions. Mill records and laws are also included. This book provides a great overview and insight to the over 20,000 petitions I have transcribed from the N.C. Archives.
Stewart Dunaway Maps and Drawings of North Carolina - Road, Bridge, Mill and Ferry Records: This book contains all the maps (images) from the Road, bridge, mill and ferry records, residing in the NC State Archives (Raleigh).
Stewart Dunaway Beginners Guide to Grist Mills in North Carolina: This book will provide the reader with a beginning understanding about water powered grist mills in North Carolina.
Stewart Dunaway History of Grist Mills in North Carolina, Vol 1-6: Organized by county. Vol 3 contains Orange County.
Stewart Dunaway Chapel Hill, NC - History of Town Lots (1790-1930s): This book contains deed records pertaining to houses and businesses in Chapel Hill.
Stewart Dunaway North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book - Orange County - Vol 1: containing images of the original Land Grant entry book for Orange County, North Carolina for 1778. Grants 1 - 1000
Stewart Dunaway North Carolina Land Grant Entry Book - Orange County - Vol 2, 1779-1795
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, N.C. - Land Records (1752-1849) Volume 1
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, N.C. - Land Records (1850-1899) Volume 2
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, N.C. - Mill Records - 1782-1859: This book is the complete collection of Mill Petitions and law suits for Orange County, N.C.
Stewart Dunaway Hillsborough, N.C. - History of Town Lots - The Complete Reference Guide
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC Bridge Records, 1787-1865: Petitions from the public requested a bridge be constructed
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, N.C. - Lost Deed Records (1752-1769)
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC - Road Records - Vol. 1, 1786-1820: contains IMAGES of the road petitions with short transcriptions of the road details and includes an index.
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC - Road Records - Vol. 2, 1820-1849 contains IMAGES of the road petitions with short transcriptions of the road details and includes an index.
Stewart Dunaway Orange County, NC - Road Records - Vol. 3, 1850-1883
Stewart Dunaway Land Record Research - Orange and Alamance County, NC
Stewart Dunaway History of Patterson Mill - New Hope Creek - Orange Co., NC
Stewart Dunaway 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.
Stewart Dunaway Hillsborough, NC - District Court Records - Concerning Land (1778-1806): This book represents the complete collection of records detailing land disputes. This land records can assist researchers in locating families or understand how boundaries changed etc.
Stewart Dunaway Henry McCulloh and son Henry Eustace McCulloh (18th Century Entrepreneurs): This 617 page exhaustive reference book completely documents Henry McCulloh and his son Henry Eustace McCulloh. It includes their genealogy, which spans into the Houston, Iredell, and Frohock families.
Stewart Dunaway The Complete History of Thomas Burke: Third Governor of NC who lived in Hillsborough
Stewart Dunaway Pyle's Defeat - The Most Comprehensive Guide: The Battle of Pyle's Defeat was the bloodiest ten minutes of all of Alamance Co. History (then Orange Co).This is the comprehensive presentation of the letters, memoirs, and field notes of the men who participated and a plotting of the actual routes.
Stewart Dunaway Clapp's Mill: The Battle on Foust's Plantation: Commonly known as the Battle at Clapp's Mill, this book provides the most comprehensive review of this battle in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. This book will review three possible battle-sites, and resolve the dispute over which is the correct location. It is illustrated with many maps, drawings, images, charts, etc. 
Stewart Dunaway The American Revolution in North Carolina: This exhaustive reference focuses on the events of the American Revolution from February 19, to March 14, 1781.
Stewart Dunaway Colson's Plantation - Cross Road in the American Revolution: This book focuses on the first 6 months of Gen Greene's activity, after taking over the Southern Campaign from Gen Gates (removed from service). This book is written with a certain angle on Colson's Plantation, in todays Stanly County, N.C. as this was one of several early depots/forts built by Greene's orders.
Stewart Dunaway Battle at Lindley's Mill: This book documents the Battle of Lindley's Mill located in North Carolina, during the Revolutionary War. THIS IS THE ONLY GOVERNOR IN THE USA EVER TAKEN PRISONER DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Mary K Holcomb William Hutchins of Carolina
Mary K Holcomb Robert Hutchins of Colonial America
Mary K Holcomb
Hugh Hutchins of Old England
(The History of the Hutchins Families of the Old and New Worlds)
Mary K Holcomb Jacob Hutchins of Athol, Mass, A Revolutionary War Soldier
Mary K Holcomb Nicholas Hutchins of Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts
Mary K Holcomb
Lynn, Barbee, Miller, Mayton, Hutchins, Rhodes, Nicholls, Herndon,
Blake, Clifton, Vickers, Trice, Patterson, Proctor, Dollar, and allied
families of Durham, Orange, and Wake counties, North Carolina by
Roderic L. Mullen
Mary K Holcomb
A history behind Every Stone (The Confederate section of the Oakwood
cemetery Raleigh, NC) by Charles Purser and frank Powell III
Mary K Holcomb
Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh NC Newspapers 1796- 1826
by Southern Historical Press
Mary K Holcomb
The Bloody Sixth: the Sixth North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States
of America by Richard Iobst and Louis H. Manarin
Richard Ellington Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest look ups
Richard Ellington Cole and Dillehay Families of Durham County information
Richard Ellington William Bennett books of land records in “Olde Orange” including Durham county
Gwenn Olson Slaves mentioned in Orange County estate records 1840-1865
Gwenn Olson
Orange County Slave papers 1783-1865: Catalog of the original slave papers
for Orange County; listings for slave and FPOC trials as well as emancipation
papers, slave sales, and patrol records
Gwenn Olson
Orange County Slave papers 1783-1865: Catalog of the original slave
papers for Orange County; listings for slave and FPOC trials as well as
emancipation papers, slave sales, and patrol records