Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814


Book Description

Following the Glorious Revolution, the supporters of the House of Stuart, known as Jacobites, could be found throughout the British Isles. The Scottish county of Angus, or Forfarshire, made a significant contribution to the Jacobite armies of 1715 and 1745. David Dobson has compiled a list of about 900 persons--including not only soldiers but also civilians who lent crucial support to the rebellion. Arranged alphabetically, the entries always give the full name of the Jacobite, his occupation, his rank, date of service and unit (if military), and, sometimes, the individual's date of birth, the names of his parents, a specific place of origin, and a wide range of destinations to which the Jacobites fled after each of the failed insurrections.







Caswell County, N.C. Miscellaneous Land Records


Book Description

"This book contains images of miscellaneous land records for Caswell County .... Each record is photographed and a transcript of the key information is provided .... These records contain land disputes, which in some cases includes a survey plat."--Page 4 of cover.




Orange County, North Carolina Deed Book 5, 1793-1797, Abstracts Of. (Volume #4)


Book Description

By: Wlliam D. Bennett, Pub. 1991, Reprinted 2018, 186 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-960-5. Orange county was formed in 1752 from Granville, Johnston, and Bladen counties with Granville having been formed from Edgecombe County. Rowan County was formed from the western boundary of Orange in 1753. Counties formed from Orange were Guildford in 1785; Chatham in 1770 with a small portion of it taken to become part of Wake County in 1770; and in 1771 Caswell County was taken from Orange with Person County taken from Caswell in 1792. Deeds are GREAT source for genealogical research due to the many and varied family members that are mentioned. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: occupations, marriages, relinquishment of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, current and/or former residences, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds.