Orange County Indexed
The Ainsley surname
The Ainsley name in Orange County Indexed: 11 historical records.
- In the records
- 1782 to 1783
most named in the 1780s
- Court minutes 1782–1783
- Often named with
- Johnston 2, Nichols 2, Taylor 2, McCauley 2, Elliott 2
- Spellings to try
- Ansley
- Search beyond these records
- Ainsley in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Ainsley there)
- Ainsley in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the historical records 11 records
11 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1782Court minutesJohn Nichols and Wm. McCauley were appointed to inventory taxable property in St. Thomas and Hillsborough, with three assessors (Charles…
- 1783Court minutesWm. Ainsley replaced John Hart as road overseer.
- 1783Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Elliott, Robt. Campbell and Wm. Ainsley present.
- 1783Court minutesThe court convened with justices Archer Grissom, John Elliott and Wm. Ainsley present.
- 1783Court minutesThe court convened with justices John Butler, John Walker, John Nichols and 2 others present.
Undated
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Mary Hadder granted to Wm. Ainsley; sureties Charles Johnston and Henry Hastings.
- Court minutesWm. Ainsley returned a sales account for Widow Hadder’s estate.
- Court minutesThirty named men were appointed grand and petit jurors for next county court and ordered summoned.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn, with Robt. Abercrombie as foreman.
- Court minutesWm. Ainsley qualified as a justice of the peace.
- Court minutesWm. McCauley, John Ray and Wm. Ainsley signed the minutes.
