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Orange County Indexed

Tax list, 1755

Orange County’s list of tithables for 1755 lists William Nunn with Sarah, Hanna Joss & Jean, enslaved, and charges the household with 1 white and 4 Black tithables.

Date
1755
Record
Tax list
Citation
Orange County list of tithables for 1755, image 4, State Archives of North Carolina (SR.204.1.1)
Parties
William Nunn

People named

Name as recordedAgeNotes
Sarah
Hanna
Joss
Jean

Each name links to every record naming someone of that name. Family ties are listed only where the record states them.

Sources

  • Orange County’s list of tithables for 1755, Treasurer’s and Comptroller’s Papers, State Archives of North Carolina, image 4. Orange County Indexed read the list from the page images and wrote the description. The household in the whole list.

This page is drawn from our reading of the manuscript list. Before relying on it, check the page image.

Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026