Orange County Indexed
The Griffis surname
The Griffis name in Orange County Indexed: 36 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1780 to 1886
most named in the 1800s
- Tax lists 1780
- Court minutes 1800–1811
- Marriages 1801–1886
- Deeds 1820–1842
- Records of enslaved people 1830
- In the chronology
- 1938 1 person in 1 entry
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Boyds Creek (3), Back Creek (3), Haw River (1), Stags Creek (1), Mebane (1), Stony Creek (1)
- Married into
- Woodle 1, Horn 1, Jeffries 1, Lyttle 1, Jacobs 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Mitchell 2, Walker 2, Armstrong 2, King 2, Freeman 2
- Spellings to try
- Griffin, Griffins
- Search beyond these records
- Griffis 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 Griffis there)
- Griffis 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 36 records
13 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 5 marriages, 15 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Griffis marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1800s
- 1800Court minutesJurors upheld William King’s bond and awarded William Griffis principal, interest and costs.
- 1800Court minutesJurors found Absalom Holt had not performed his covenant and awarded Wm Griffis damages and costs.
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: James Woodle and Sarah Griffis
- 1801Court minutesFollowing default, Hudson Brown received damages and costs against John Dunnavin.
- 1801Court minutesFollowing default, James Strayhorn received damages and costs against Thomas Nelson.
- 1801Court minutesWm King won damages against Wm Griffis; the court entered judgment against the unnamed appeal securities.
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: William Griffis and Sally Horn
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed James Hutcheson as road overseer.
1820s
- 1820DeedsEdith Griffis to Josiah Turner, 20 January 1820
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: William Jeffries or Griffis and Polly Lyttle
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: William Griffis and Tempey Jeffries
- 1823DeedsJohn Griffis to Elijah Pickard, 23 May 1823
- 1828DeedsEdy Griffis to John Rippy, 5 May 1828
- 1829DeedsJames Webb to John Griffis, 7 September 1829
1830s
- 1830DeedsJohn Mitchell to Abel Griffis trustee & John Griffis & William Griffis, 22 March 1830
- 1830DeedsJohn Walker & James Walker to John Griffis and Company, 15 July 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: John Walker, James Walker to Abel Griffis, 12 March 1830
- 1830Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: John Mitchell to Abel Griffis, John Griffis, William Griffis, 22 March 1830
- 1831DeedsJohn Griffis to Levi Killian, 5 November 1831
- 1837DeedsJacob Dishon to Richard Younger trustee & Jonathan Griffis, 3 June 1837
- 1837DeedsWilliam P Griffis to Thomas E Griffis, 12 March 1837
1840s
1880s
- 1886MarriagesMarriage license: John Griffis and Rosa Jacobs
Undated
- Court minutesThe court bound Betsy Griffis, Mason Griffis’s daughter, to Jno Armstrong until lawful age.
- Court minutesThe court bound Sally Griffis, Mason Griffis’s daughter, to Jno Armstrong until lawful age.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Benjamin Peeler’s action against William Dunnagan.
- Court minutesJurors upheld John Lankston’s bond and found an unpaid balance due Hugh Snelling.
- Court minutesWilliam Griffis received damages and costs against Sarah Freeman.
- Court minutesWilliam Griffis received a separate damages award against Sarah Freeman.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Dunlap granted to Isaac Griffis; sureties Alexander Lacky and Evan Jeffries.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Benjamin Starks of trespass and acquitted Joel Tate; Starks received two weeks’ imprisonment, followed by detention pend…
- Court minutesThe jury found John Hyde liable for spoken words; William Ballard appealed the award with Leonard Carlton and Ezekial Trice as sureties.
