Orange County Indexed
The Hill surname
The Hill name in Orange County Indexed: 208 historical records, 41 people in the chronology and 6 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1762 to 1910
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1762–1873
- Wills 1774–1846
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Marriages 1785–1910
- Court minutes 1789–1805
- Records of enslaved people 1818–1822
- In the chronology
- 1778 to 1993 41 people in 155 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 5 people, born 1821 to 1926
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (12), Eno River (9), Little River (3), Haw River (3), Raleigh (3), Ellerbe Creek (2), Hillsboro (2), Mountain Creek (1)
- Married into
- Dixon 2, Mason 2, Anderson 1, Ashe 1, Atwater 1, Bradshaw 1, Dossett 1, Evans 1, Fogleman 1, Forrist 1, Goodloe 1, Graham 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Jones 10, Kirkland 6, Cameron 4, Latta 4, Harris 4, Sloan 3, Ruffin 3, Wood 3, McClure 3, Carrington 2, Taylor 2, Brown 2
- People with a page here
- Benjamin Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey) Hill, George Watts Hill, George Watts Hill Jr., Joe Hill, John Sprunt Hill, Thomas Blount Hill
- Search beyond these records
- Hill 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 Hill there)
- Hill 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 41 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.
- Hill, Anderson 3 entries, 1879–1882
- Hill, Ann 1 entry, 1805
- Hill, Cam 2 entries, 1981–1982
- Hill, Chapel 1 entry, 1937
- Hill, D. H. 1 entry, 1876
- Hill, David 2 entries, 1963–1991
- Hill, Douglas 2 entries, 1942–1970
- Hill, Eric 1 entry, 1948
- Hill, Mrs. Erle G. 1 entry, 1960
- Hill, Frances 2 entries, 1942–1970
- Hill, Frances C. P. Blount 1 entry, 1821
- Hill, G. M. 2 entries, 1929–1933
- Hill, G. Maurice 1 entry, 1941
- Hill, George Watts 16 entries, 1929–1993
- Hill, George Watts 1 entry, 1993
- Hill, George Watts, Jr. 5 entries, 1968–1980
- Hill, Ivan 1 entry, 1974
- Hill, John Sprunt 63 entries, 1879–1940
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Hill, John Sprunt 4 entries, 1931–1933
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- 1931–1936: Consolidating the University, 1931–1936
- by September 18, 1931: D. St. Pierre DuBose lets the contract for a stock barn and farm cottage east of Chapel Hill
- by July 28, 1933: St. Pierre DuBose builds a large country house on a hill east of Chapel Hill
- June 6, 1933: The university gives Charles H. Herty an honorary Doctor of Laws
- Hill, John W. 3 entries, 1895–1965
- Hill, Joseph 2 entries, 1799–1805
- Hill, Joseph A. 2 entries, 1832–1834
- Hill, M. A., Jr. 2 entries, 1940–1942
- Hill, Marge 2 entries, 1979
- Hill, Mary E. 1 entry, 1926
- Hill, Mary Ruffin 2 entries, 1877–1914
- Hill, Milford Cordell 2 entries, 1964
- Hill, Norman M., Jr. 1 entry, 1955
- Hill, Randy 2 entries, 1974–1990
- Hill, Robert 2 entries, 1950–1983
- Hill, Sam 1 entry, 1970
- Hill, Samuel S. 1 entry, 1968
- Hill, Thomas 2 entries, 1877–1914
- Hill, Thomas Blount 9 entries, 1853–1888
- Hill, Velma 1 entry, 1982
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Hill, Watts 5 entries, 1926–1963
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- by October 1, 1926: Watts Hill of Durham gives the University a greenhouse for the botany department
- January 10, 1931: Durham Dairy Products opens a dairy store and delivery route in Chapel Hill
- December 18, 1933: University employees enroll in the Hospital Care Association's group plan
- April 27, 1945: Black parents and teachers open a county library for Black readers in Hillsboro
- September 3, 1963: The commissioners accept a portrait of the Earl of Hillsborough for the Tercentenary
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Hill, Watts, Jr. 5 entries, 1979–1986
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- by September 11, 1979: Chapel Hill Town Council approves a design for a four-level deck on Rosemary Street
- February 15, 1984: Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce disavows the U.S. Chamber's endorsement of Jesse Helms
- April 9, 1984: Chapel Hill Town Council holds back its thoroughfare plan to seek a joint plan with Carrboro
- March 12, 1984: Chapel Hill holds its first hearing on a new federal community development entitlement grant
- by January 6, 1986: The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Affordable Housing Task Force forms
- Hill, Watts, Sr. 2 entries, 1969–1971
- Hill, Whitmell 1 entry, 1778
- Hill, Whitmill 1 entry, 1788
- Hill, William 1 entry, 1792
In books and archives 6 headings
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.
- Hill family family, 3 works
- Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993 13 works
- Hill, John Sprunt, 6 works
- Hill, Benjamin, 1696 or 1697- 1 work
- Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 1 work
- Hill, George Watts, Jr., 1926-2002 1 work
In the historical records 208 records
54 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 45 marriages, 94 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 10 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. Hill marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1762DeedsJoseph Mims to Richard Hill, February 1762
- 1764DeedsWilliam Churton to Abraham Hill, May 1764
- 1767DeedsWilliam Wiley to Samuel Hill, May 1767
- 1767DeedsBenjamin Bohannon to Abner Hill, May 1767
- 1767DeedsJohn Bohannon to Syon Hill, May 1767
- 1767DeedsSamuel Henley to William Hill, November 1767
- 1768DeedsJohn Boyd to Sion Hill, April 1768
- 1768DeedsSamuel Hill to Young, April 1768
- 1769DeedsJames Young & Andrew Miller & George Alston to Samuel Hill, 22 April 1769
1770s
- 1774WillsWill of John Pike
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hill Ann
1780s
- 1780WillsWill of George (x) Hill
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin Forrist and Sarah Hill
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: William Hill and Anne Riggs
- 1789Court minutesThe Governor obtained tax-arrears judgment against the sheriff and sureties, dischargeable through the recorded payment terms (Roger Jone…
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: George Hill (St. Mary’s District)
- 1791Court minutesJno Reeves won damages and costs against James Bowers.
- 1791Court minutesTho Pratts’s executors won damages and costs against Brooks and Fosset.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury found James Carson’s bond unpaid and awarded Williams and Patterson damages and costs.
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: William Henry Hill and Elizabeth Ashe
- 1792Court minutesDefault judgment was entered against Aaron Hill and his sureties for tax arrears, dischargeable upon payment of the stated arrears and in…
- 1793DeedsUNC to William Henry Hill, 18 October 1793
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Hill and Hannah Anderson
- 1794DeedsJane Anderson & James Anderson to William Henry Hill, 19 August 1794
- 1795Court minutesEdmond Jones recovered against James Patterson and Jno Hogan after a payment allowance and no setoff.
- 1795WillsWill of John Shy
- 1796DeedsW H Hill to James Hogg, 3 June 1796
- 1796Court minutesWm H Hill recovered damages and costs against Geo Ailsworth; jurors rejected payment and satisfaction.
- 1796Court minutes??? Hill qualified as constable and offered approved sureties.
- 1796Court minutesDeed, Wm Henry Hill Esq to James Hogg, proved by John Williams.
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hill and Polly Whitlock
- 1797Court minutesEllender McDade recovered damages and costs against James Coghlin on appeal; jurors rejected satisfaction.
- 1797Court minutesJurors convicted Isaac Holden of assault.
- 1797Court minutesJurors acquitted Francis Dunn.
- 1797Court minutesDeed, John Elliott to Wm Carter, acknowledged in court.
- 1798Court minutesSamuel Hill recovered damages and costs against Henry Thompson Sr; the court granted an appeal subject to filed reasons.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Samuel Southerland as road overseer.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Jacob Jackson as road overseer, replacing Henry Neal.
- 1799DeedsNorth Carolina to Eli Hill, 6 December 1799
- 1799MarriagesMarriage bond: Eli Hill and Elizabeth Dixon
- 1799MarriagesMarriage bond: Willie Hill and Peggy Dossett
- 1799Court minutesWill of Jonathan Hill, proved by John Hughs.
- 1799Court minutesJurors acquitted Sam’l Hill.
- 1799Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Hastings Jr, Thomas Baker, James Mitchel and 26 others for jury service.
- 1799WillsWill of Jonathan Hill
1800s
- 1800Court minutesThe court appointed road jurors to consider Jehu Whithead’s proposed route alteration and report their decision.
- 1800Court minutesThompson Matisick received permission to operate a tavern at the stated residence.
- 1800Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- 1800WillsWill of Enoch Bradley
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: James Dixon and Hannah Hill
- 1801Court minutesSamuel Hill was appointed.
- 1801Court minutesEnoch Collins was appointed.
- 1801Court minutesDeed of Mortgage, Edmund Forrest to [John] Cain & [Joseph] Armstrong, proved by Willie Hill.
- 1801Court minutesJurors convicted Samuel Hill of assault.
- 1801Court minutesThe court fined Samuel Hill for failing to maintain courtroom order.
- 1802Court minutesPeter Huffman won principal, damages and costs against May and Efland after payment and setoff were rejected.
- 1802Court minutesJurors rejected justification and awarded James Williams damages against Eli Hill.
- 1802Court minutesJurors acquitted James Leathers.
- 1803DeedsSamuel Hill to Peggy Sloan, 13 September 1803
- 1803DeedsGeorge Carrington to Armistead Hill & Russel Hill & Duncan Cameron, 13 June 1803
- 1804DeedsW H Hill to John Taylor Sr, 7 July 1804
- 1804Court minutesDeed, Samuel Hill to Peggy Sloan, proved by Abner B Bruce.
- 1804WillsWill of Jehu Whitted
- 1805Court minutesBill of Sale, David Sloan to Wm Norwood, proved by Sam’l Hill.
- 1805Court minutesJurors valued the bond’s penalty and condition and awarded Armstead and R Hill nominal damages against Geo, Tho Carrington and Ray.
- 1806DeedsJesse Rumbley to Nathan Hill, September 1806
- 1808DeedsNathan Hill to Henry Brannock, 28 March 1808
1810s
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: William Hornaday and Mary Hill
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hill and Sarah Mason
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew Hughes and Sarah Hill
- 1818Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Lewis Hornaday to Society of Friends, Solomon Dixon, Hugh Woody, Joseph Hill, 8 December 1818
1820s
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Long Sr to Society of Friends, Solomon Dixon, Hugh Woody, Joseph Hill, 4 March 1820
- 1820MarriagesMarriage bond: William Ringstaff and Patsy Hill
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: William Hill and Elizabeth Pool
- 1822DeedsWillie Hill to James Latta, 18 December 1822
- 1822Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Willie Hill to James Latta, 18 December 1822
- 1822WillsWill of David Anderson
- 1823DeedsJames Latta Sr to Willie Hill, 24 February 1823
- 1824DeedsWillie Hill to James Latta, 10 June 1824
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: James Hill and Elizabeth Fogleman
- 1825MarriagesMarriage bond: Clark Hill and Priscilla Jenkins
- 1827WillsWill of Sally Lewis Reeves
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Whitmel Hill and Mary Woods
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: William Hicks and Priscilla Hill
- 1832DeedsWilliam Ireland & Rody Ireland & Mary Hill & Nancy Johnston to Andrew Hughes, 26 September 1832
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: John L Graves and Julia A Hill
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas B Hill and Maria T Simpson
- 1837WillsWill of Lewis (x) Hornaday
- 1838DeedsJames Hart to William Hill, 13 October 1838
- 1839DeedsWilliam Hill to William H Brown, 13 December 1839
1840s
- 1843DeedsElizabeth Hill & James Hill to John Fogleman, 13 February 1843
- 1845DeedsPatsy Ringstaff to Calvin Hill, 26 February 1845
- 1845DeedsMary E Hill to Calvin Hill, 14 February 1845
- 1845DeedsWhitmell Hill to Calvin Hill, 11 February 1845
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: James Phillips and Mary E Hill
- 1846WillsWill of Tirza (x) Sweaney
- 1848DeedsCalvin Hill to William Nelson trustee, 4 January 1848
1850s
- 1853DeedsSolomon Fuller estate by Clerk to Thomas B Hill, 14 November 1853
- 1854DeedsCalvin Hill to Josiah Turner Sr, 29 May 1854
- 1855MarriagesMarriage bond: Calvin Hill and Edney Jeffreys
- 1857DeedsThomas Webb to Thomas B Hill, 21 February 1857
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: Smith Evans and Elizabeth Hill
- 1858DeedsFrancis C P Hill to William Rodgers, 3 August 1858
- 1858DeedsRobert F Morris to Cadwalader Jones & Paul C Cameron & Thomas B Hill, 25 May 1858
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: John M Sheeler Jr and Mary E Hill
- 1859MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Graham and Elizabeth Hill
1860s
- 1860DeedsHenry M Crabtree to John T Hill, 3 August 1860
- 1862DeedsJohn U Kirkland & Thomas B Hill & Pride Jones to State of North Carolina, August 1862
- 1863DeedsThomas B Hill to Alexander Dickson, 10 September 1863
- 1863DeedsJohn U Kirkland & Pride Jones & Thomas B Hill to State of North Carolina, September 1863
- 1863MarriagesMarriage bond: James M Mason Jr and Eliza Hill
- 1864DeedsJohn U Kirkland & Thomas B Hill & Pride Jones to State of North Carolina, 15 September 1864
- 1864DeedsThomas B Hill & Alex Dickson to Thomas W Faucette, 6 January 1864
- 1865DeedsFrancis C P Hill to Henry N Brown, 18 December 1865
- 1865DeedsFrancis C P Hill to Thomas Ruffin, 14 December 1865
- 1865DeedsThomas B Hill & Paul C Cameron & Mary R Ruffin & Peter B Ruffin to Thomas R Cain, 1 March 1865
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: Wellington Bradshaw and Margaret Hill
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: Halbert G Hill and Annie R Kirkland
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Tufford and Mary Hill
- 1866DeedsJohn U Kirkland & Thomas B Hill & Edmund Strudwick to State of North Carolina, 14 March 1866
- 1866DeedsJames Webb to Francis C P Hill, 7 September 1866
- 1866DeedsJohn U Kirkland & Thomas B Hill & Pride Jones to State of North Carolina, 13 September 1866
- 1867DeedsJohn U Kirkland & Thomas B Hill & Pride Jones to State of North Carolina, 11 September 1867
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: Monroe Hargrove and Harriet Hill
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hill and Martha E Murdock
- 1868DeedsJohn T Hill to Mary Tufford, 13 November 1868
- 1869DeedsMaria Hill & Thomas B Hill & Anne Cameron & Paul C Cameron & Mary R Ruffin & Peter B Ruffin to Thomas R Cain, 24 March 1869
1870s
- 1870DeedsJ T Hill & Martha E Hill & Mary S E Tafford to William Barton, 16 November 1870
- 1871DeedsMartha A Jones & Pride Jones to Jim Hill, 9 September 1871
- 1872DeedsR C Hill to J W Thomas trustee, 29 August 1872
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: John Weaver and Milly Hill
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: Roland C Hill and Susan Riley
- 1873DeedsM A Jones & Pride Jones to James Hill, 2 June 1873
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Joseph C Webb and Mary Alice Hill
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: John A Pearson and Susan Hill
1880s
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: Amos Goodloe and Louisa Hill
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: Thomas Hill and Mary C Ruffin
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: R H Hill and Mary Snipes
1890s
- 1892MarriagesMarriage license: James Hill and Anna Atwater
- 1892MarriagesMarriage license: James Hill and Lena Harvey
- 1898MarriagesMarriage license: Debouis Turner and Lizzie Hill
1900s
- 1900MarriagesMarriage license: George W Hill and Alice Long
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: Charles R Thomas and Mary R Hill
- 1908MarriagesMarriage license: Charles D Hill and Bertha M Stone
1910s
- 1910MarriagesMarriage license: Andy Harris and Sudie Hill
Undated
- DeedsCalvin Hill to William Nelson trustee
- MarriagesMarriage bond: Clark Hill and Harriot Staly
- Court minutesRichard Holden brought an action on the case against Richard Hill and unnamed others.
- Court minutesRichard Holden brought an action on the case against Richard Hill and others.
- Court minutesAndrew Norwood brought an action on the case against Samuel Hill.
- Court minutesAdministrator Richard Parker brought a debt claim against Richard Hill and others.
- Court minutesWill of George Hill, proved by Thomas Gwinn & James Wood.
- Court minutesSarah Hill and Joseph Wood took executor oaths and submitted George Hill’s estate inventory under oath.
- Court minutesHenry Hill bonded to abide by a court order.
- Court minutesTheo Thompson won damages and costs against Geo Doherty on appeal.
- Court minutesJno Armstrong was nonsuited in his appeal against Wm Jamison.
- Court minutesA judgment for forty shillings and costs was entered in Margaret Carson’s appeal against John Taylor.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Peter Elmore damages and costs against Tarry Feigh.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill became Hillsborough town constable with Sterling Harris and Eli Hill as approved sureties.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Jackson Senior as road overseer, replacing Eli Hill.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill became Hillsbo constable until next court and gave bond with three sureties.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill swore to attend the grand jury; an attendance ticket and allowance were recorded.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- Court minutesThe court recorded a jury panel with some members excused.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Benjamin Yeargan, Rob’t Moore, James Watson and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- Court minutesWm Ferrel was nonsuited in his action against Joseph Courtney Jr.
- Court minutesJames Galbreath’s surviving partners were nonsuited in their action against Thomas O’Harro.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was elected constable and posted security.
- Court minutesThe court ordered jurors David Denning, James Wilson Newhope, Baxter King and 27 others summoned for the next term.
- Court minutesDeed, Isaac Jackson to Wm Pickett, proved by Eli Hill.
- Court minutesDeed, John Taylor to Wm Lockhart, proved by Samuel Hill.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Henry Nail as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Robert Thompson, David Denning, James Wilson and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court listed original jurors who appeared.
- Court minutesJo Allison and Wm Andrews and Samuel Hill were appointed.
- Court minutesJames Hughs recovered damages and costs against Mary Burch.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill qualified as constable and posted bond with approved sureties.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill and Reuben Smith and Reuben Holt were appointed.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joseph Haistings Jr, Thomas Baker, James Mitchel and 26 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Moore, Philip Walker, James Clark and 11 others for jury service.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- Court minutesJames Faucett was nonsuited against Joseph Hart and appealed with Robert Faucett and Samuel Hill as securities.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Guy, Thomas Holloway, Charles Cotton and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Robert Gray, Eli Hill, John Copley and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesFollowing an initial damages assessment, the court set aside judgment and dismissed Peter and John Bysor’s action against Simpson Tate.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was sworn into office.
- Court minutesRobert Carson won damages against Hugh Lovins; appeal securities were approved.
- Court minutesJurors awarded the commissioners damages and costs against Samuel Hill.
- Court minutesSamuel Hill was appointed.
- Court minutesSam’l Hill and Enoch Collins were sworn into office.
- Court minutesThomas Watts became guardian of William C Watts and Thomas D Watts and Joseph M Watts.
- Court minutesThe court fined Samuel Hill for failing to attend the court’s call.
- Court minutesFrancis Moreland’s executors received damages and costs against Jonathan Forrest.
- Court minutesJohn Hubbard was nonsuited against Thomas Edwards and requested an appeal.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Daniel Atkins’s promise, rejected setoff and awarded Andrew McCulley damages; judgment also bound the appeal securities.
- Court minutesJurors rejected Robert Murdock’s promise claim against William Mebane’s executors.
- Court minutesJurors found Joseph Street liable within three years, rejected release and awarded Zephaniah Tate damages.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Horton, Samuel Child, William Whitted Jr and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Morgan Hart, George Garrison, Samuel Child and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury valued the bond and awarded Samuel Hill principal, interest and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury found the covenant unfulfilled and awarded damages; Isaac Bracken Sr and Aaron Hill secured a stay of execution.
- Court minutesJames McClure was nonsuited when absent; his witnesses Hall Garrison, John Hughs and Nathan Hill were fined for failing to appear.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded David Ray’s firm principal, interest and costs.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Nathan Hall granted to Rachel Hill and John Hill; sureties James McClure and Abner Powell.
- Court minutesThe court authorized sale of Nathan Hall’s perishable estate.
