Orange County Indexed
The Downs surname
The Downs name in Orange County Indexed: 13 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1794
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Wills 1759–1760
- Deeds 1765–1792
- Marriages 1785–1794
- Court minutes 1790
- In the chronology
- 1932 to 1952 1 person in 8 entries, most in the 1930s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1903
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (3), Little River (2), Neuse River (1), Newbern (1), Chowan Co (1), Bird's Creek (1), Halifax (1)
- Married into
- Allen 1, Tilley 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Alves 2, May 2, Tucker 2
- People with a page here
- Robert B (Robert Bingham) Downs
- Search beyond these records
- Downs 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 Downs there)
- Downs 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.
- Downs, Robert B 8 entries, 1932–1952
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 13 records
4 deeds, 2 marriages, 3 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 2 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. Downs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Elias Downs
- 1759WillsWill of Henry Webb
1760s
- 1760WillsWill of James Alston
- 1765DeedsThomas Nelson to Zachariah Downs, August 1765
1780s
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Bartlit Allen and Mary Downs
1790s
- 1790DeedsWilliam Alves & Amelia Alves to William Downs, 10 April 1790
- 1790DeedsWilliam Downs to Thomas May, 22 May 1790
- 1790Court minutesDeed, William Downs to Thomas May, proved by Walter Alves.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Downs (St. Mary’s District)
- 1792DeedsWilliam Downs & Mary Downs to Robert Tucker, 11 April 1792
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: William Downs and Polly Tilley
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, Zachary Downs to Samuel Piper.
- Court minutesDeed, Wm Downs & Wife to Robert Tucker, proved by Elias Turner.
