Orange County Indexed
The Hilton surname
The Hilton name in Orange County Indexed: 28 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1754 to 1812
most named in the 1750s
- Court minutes 1754–1756
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1759–1765
- Wills 1812
- In the chronology
- 1952 to 1981 1 person in 3 entries, most in the 1950s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Often named with
- McCulloch 2, McCulloh 2, Kimbrough 2
- Spellings to try
- Hinton, Helton, Holton
- Search beyond these records
- Hilton 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 Hilton there)
- Hilton 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 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.
- Hilton family family, 1 work
In the historical records 28 records
5 deeds, 12 court minutes, 10 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. Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1754Court minutesThe road commissioners met with the ten named members present (James Dickey, James Allison, Thomas Loyd, Robert Cate).
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Peter Hilton Junr
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: James Hilton
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Peter Hilton
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Richard Hilton
- 1756Court minutesThe record listed twenty-four road commissioners for the April meeting (Thomas Holden, John Pittman, James Allison, Lawrence Banckson).
- 1756Court minutesThe record listed the county’s thirty-five current road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Robert Cate).
- 1756Court minutesFifteen road commissioners attended the general meeting at the courthouse (Thomas Loyd, James McAllister, William Barnett, Joseph Boggs).
- 1759DeedsHenry McCulloch to Peter Hilton, December 1759
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hilton Peter
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hilton Abraham
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hilton John
1790s
1810s
- 1812WillsWill of Peter (x) Smith
Undated
- Court minutesPeter Hilton replaced Marmaduke Kimbrough as road overseer.
- Court minutesPeter Hilton replaced Marmaduke Kimbrough as road commissioner.
- Court minutesPeter Noe replaced Peter Hilton as commissioner.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Peter Hilton granted to Hannah Hilton.
- Court minutesThe court selected twelve grand jurors for the next Superior Court at Salisbury.
- Court minutesAbraham Hilton replaced Barnard Clapp as constable.
- Court minutesA jury was assigned to survey the requested route through Hawkins’s and David Pattersons’s properties toward Christian Cobles’s former pl…
- Court minutesDeed, James Hilton to George Isley, proved by Malachi Isley.
