Orange County Indexed
The Hays surname
The Hays name in Orange County Indexed: 30 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1890
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1755
- Deeds 1767–1873
- Court minutes 1787–1801
- Wills 1810
- Records of enslaved people 1842
- Marriages 1846–1890
- In the chronology
- 1843 to 2026 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1840s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1844
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Chapel Hill (3), Franklin Street (3), Narrow Street (2), New Hope Creek (1), Main Road (1), Haw River (1), Cane Creek (1), Public Road (1)
- Married into
- Allen 1, Fowler 1, Taburn 1, Watson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Daniel 4, Barbee 2, Courtney 2, Hurdle 2
- People with a page here
- J. Middleton Hays
- Search beyond these records
- Hays 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 Hays there)
- Hays 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 2 people
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 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.
- Hays, J. Middleton, 1844- 1 work
In the historical records 30 records
10 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 13 court minutes, 1 tax list entries 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. Hays marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Jacob Hays
1760s
1770s
1780s
1790s
- 1793DeedsUNC to William Hays, 16 October 1793
- 1794DeedsWilliam Hays to George Daniel, 17 April 1794
- 1795DeedsWilliam Hays to Gray Barbee, 17 April 1795
- 1796Court minutesDeed, Wm Hays to Gray Barbee, proved by Wm Courtney.
1800s
1810s
- 1810WillsWill of Darkis (x) Hays
1840s
- 1842Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Samuel Merritt to John Hays, 12 September 1842
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Jane Hays
1850s
- 1854MarriagesMarriage bond: Hilmon Taburn and Frances Hays
1860s
- 1861MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Hays and Mary Watson
1870s
1890s
- 1890MarriagesMarriage license: William Allen and Della Hays
Undated
- Court minutesHenry Hays replaced James Nichols as constable.
- Court minutesWm. Hays became overseer from Gwinn’s Ford on Haw River to Caswell County Line.
- Court minutesJoseph Pettigrew was bound to Leonard Hays until twenty-one.
- Court minutesLeonard Hays prevailed against Wm Picket.
- Court minutesDeed, Wm Hays to George Daniel, proved by Wm Courtney.
- Court minutesDeed, John Daniel to Samuel Hays, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded John Hays and others principal and damages against Peter Jeffers.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Dorcus Hays granted to Hardy Hurdle; sureties James Hurdle.
- Court minutesCommissioners were appointed to obtain acknowledgment or witness proof of Henry Hays and Anny Hays’s deed to George May.
- Court minutesDeed, Henry Hays & Anne Hays his Wife to George May, proved by Roger Atkinson.
