Orange County Indexed
The Gilson surname
The Gilson name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records.
- In the records
- 1788 to 1817
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1788–1811
- Deeds 1790–1794
- Marriages 1817
- Places in its deeds and wills
- New Hope Creek (1), Second Creek (1)
- Married into
- Mitchell 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Day 2, Hamilton 2
- Spellings to try
- Gibson, Gilston, Gisson, Gipson, Gitson
- Search beyond these records
- Gilson 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 Gilson there)
- Gilson 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 16 records
2 deeds, 1 marriages and 13 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Gilson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1790DeedsThomas Bradford to David Gilson, 28 April 1790
- 1794DeedsDavid Gilson to William Sheppard, 22 February 1794
- 1796Court minutesThe court conditionally fined Dav’d Gilson for failing to attend as a juror.
- 1798Court minutesWm Dosset recovered slander damages and costs against William Ansley after default; the court issued a rule concerning a new trial.
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Seymore Duncan as road overseer.
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: George Mitchell and Grace Gilson
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Thomas Durham, Rho Brewer, Jno Piper and 27 others for February court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Robert Fossett, James Trice, Wm Armstrong and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court ordered the sheriff to summon jurors for the next August term.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire.
- Court minutesJurors valued John Carrington’s bond, credited a payment and awarded William Gill principal, damages and costs.
- Court minutesDeed, Andrew Patton to Alexander Mason, proved by Samuel Gilson.
- Court minutesDeed, David Gilson to Henry Day, proved by A Hamilton.
- Court minutesDeed, David Gilson to Henry Day, proved by A Hamilton.
