Orange County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Orange County

County Courthouse
Orange County North Carolina 200 S Cameron St Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-245-2675 Courthouse burned 1789 Reg of Deeds has B & D rec from 1913 m & land rec from 1754, div rec from 1869 pro rec from 1756 & ct rec from 1865 Orange county created from Bladen, Granville, Johnson 31 Mar 1752

Parent County
1752--Orange County was created from Bladen, Granville and Johnston Counties. County seat: Hillsborough

Neighboring Counties

 * Alamance
 * Caswell
 * Chatham
 * Durham
 * Person

Family Histories

 * [Clendenin] White, Jo White. "Clendenin of Orange County, North Carolina: An Exercise in Southern Genealogical Problem Solving," The Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 1985):186-190.

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

 * UNC Black Student Movement Newspapers (1969-1981) -- available from the NC Digital Heritage Center
 * North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, North Carolina State Archives. Search full text newspapers published in Hillsboro.

Vital Records
Yearbooks


 * UNC-Chapel Hill: 1890-1978
 * Orange County students at NC colleges - via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Durham North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * NCGenWeb: Orange County - part of the USGenWeb Project