Orange County Indexed
The Briggs surname
The Briggs name in Orange County Indexed: 45 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1811 to 1904
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1811
- Deeds 1811–1821
- Marriages 1811–1904
- Wills 1815
- Records of enslaved people 1815–1819
- In the chronology
- 1988 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stags Creek (1), Ellerbe Creek (1)
- Married into
- Bumpass 2, Howard 1, Southerland 1, Harris 1, Nichols 1, Hunter 1, Marshill 1, Northen 1, Rhodes 1, Riley 1, Parrish 1, Wilkins 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Alston 10, Webb 3, Woods 2, Carrington 2, Leathers 2
- Spellings to try
- Brigs
- Search beyond these records
- Briggs 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 Briggs there)
- Briggs 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 chronology 1 person
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In the historical records 45 records
6 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 18 marriages, 17 court minutes and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Briggs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1810s
- 1811DeedsHugh Morris to James Briggs, 2 January 1811
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: Anderson Howard and Nancy C Briggs
- 1811Court minutesThe court accepted James Briggs’s sworn explanation and excused payment of his fine for missing the previous term’s jury.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Allen Cain as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Jacob Jackson as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed James Briggs as road overseer.
- 1815DeedsDuncan D Briggs to Mary A Alston, 30 July 1815
- 1815DeedsDuncan D Briggs to Kitty L Alston, 30 July 1815
- 1815DeedsJacob Whitaker to James Briggs, 8 June 1815
- 1815Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Duncan D Briggs to Mary A Alston, 30 July 1815
- 1815Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Duncan D Briggs to Kitty L Alston, 30 July 1815
- 1815WillsWill of Duncan D. Briggs
- 1819DeedsJohn J Briggs to Absalom Alston, 25 February 1819
- 1819Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John J Briggs to Absalom Alston, 25 February 1819
1820s
- 1821DeedsJames Briggs to Duncan Cameron, 2 October 1821
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: James Briggs and Nancy Hunter
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: William Harris and Maria Briggs
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: Turner Nichols and Susannah Briggs
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: Fendal Southerland and Mary Briggs
1840s
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: Alfred Marshill and Elizabeth Briggs
1860s
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: R Nixon Northen and Margaret Briggs
1870s
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: Joseph Briggs and Helen Rhodes
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: Marshall Briggs and Mary Riley
- 1875MarriagesMarriage license: Ruffin Briggs and Amanda Parrish
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: B Briggs and Sally Wilkins
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: Green Briggs and Jane Bumpass
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: Ruffin Briggs and Emma Bumpass
1880s
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: Ruffin Briggs and Pattie Holman
1890s
- 1891MarriagesMarriage license: Ida Merritt and Anna Briggs
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: J Barter Matthews and Zola Wilson Briggs
1900s
- 1900MarriagesMarriage license: Jas Woods and Jenny Briggs
- 1904MarriagesMarriage license: Wm Briggs and Lilly Smith
Undated
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned under James Scarlett to open the road from Caswell County Line to Widow Woods near Mr. William Johnston’s.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Geo Maddin, Wm Johnston, Rob’t Grimes and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court listed jurors who failed to appear and qualify.
- Court minutesA caveat was entered against probate of Duncan D Briggs’s will.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Duncan D Briggs granted to Absalom Alston; sureties Alfred Alston and Anthony M Dixon.
- Court minutesThe court authorized sale of Duncan D Briggs’s perishable estate.
- Court minutesDeed of Gift, Duncan D Briggs to Kitty L Alston, proved by James Webb.
- Court minutesDeed of Gift, Duncan D Briggs to Mary S Alton, proved by James Webb.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors David Mebane, John Long, Christopher Daniel and 26 others for the next Superior Court.
- Court minutesJames Briggs and Moses McCowen were appointed election inspectors.
- Court minutesDeed, Jacob Whittaker to James Briggs, proved by Fielding Leathers.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of John Arnold Senr granted to James Briggs and Fielding Leathers; sureties Herbert Sims and Sterling Harris.
- Court minutesMoses McCown and James Briggs were appointed election inspectors.
