Orange County Indexed
The Hopson surname
The Hopson name in Orange County Indexed: 105 historical records.
- In the records
- 1756 to 1903
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1756–1818
- Deeds 1765–1874
- Tax lists 1779
- Wills 1786–1845
- Marriages 1787–1903
- Records of enslaved people 1810–1844
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (7), Northeast Creek (3), Haw River (2), Chapel Hill Road (2), New Hope Creek (1), N E Creek (1)
- Married into
- Barbee 3, Hogan 3, Davis 2, Blackwood 1, Boothe 1, Chambers 1, George 1, Green 1, Herndon 1, Sears 1, Tapp 1, Wimberly 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Cate 7, Barbee 7, Thompson 6, Brewer 3, Moore 2, Tapp 2, Moring 2, Andrews 2, Herndon 2
- Spellings to try
- Hobson, Hopsons
- Search beyond these records
- Hopson in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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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 105 records
24 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 19 marriages, 47 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 6 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. Hopson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hopson Richard
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Hopson Martin
1780s
- 1782DeedsMartin Hopson to Mark Patterson, 17 July 1782
- 1786WillsWill of Richard Hopson
- 1787DeedsThomas Hopson to Christopher Barbee, 1 March 1787
- 1787MarriagesMarriage bond: John Sears and Mary Hopson
- 1787Court minutesDeed, Thomas Hopson to Christopher Barbee, proved in court.
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: Zachariah Hopson and Ruthy George
1790s
1800s
- 1801DeedsJames Kirk to William Hopson, 3 December 1801
- 1803WillsWill of Thomas Durham
- 1807Court minutesThe court ordered John Walker Jr, Young Hopson, Martin Neese and 27 others summoned for the next county-court jury service.
- 1808Court minutesJurors found the deeds lacked intent to defraud Elizabeth Nunn; judgment favored David Nunn and others, and an appeal was noted.
- 1808Court minutesA juror was withdrawn by agreement in John Carrington’s prosecution.
- 1809Court minutesJoseph Doug[h]try, Harrison Trice and their laborers were assigned to road overseer Younger Hopson.
1810s
- 1810DeedsWilliam Hopson to Thomas Cate, 4 June 1810
- 1810DeedsThomas Cate to William Hopson, 4 June 1810
- 1810Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Hopson to Thomas Cate, 4 June 1810
- 1810Court minutesBill of Sale, William Hopson to Thomas Cate, acknowledged in court.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Thomas Cate to William Hopson, acknowledged in court.
- 1810Court minutesThe court appointed William Hopson as road overseer.
- 1811DeedsMilley Cate to William Hopson, 7 January 1811
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Younger Hopson as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for James Moore and awarded damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury valued the Virginia-money bond and awarded William O Mangum damages; part was remitted for tobacco delivered in connection with…
- 1811Court minutesThe jury valued the bond, rejected payment, and awarded guardian James Webb damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury valued the bond, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Sarah Kirk damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury upheld and valued the bond, rejected payment and satisfaction, and awarded Christian Peelor damages and costs.
- 1812Court minutesA jury was charged in Bryant Kittrell’s action against John Taylor Senr; no finding followed.
- 1812Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for Edward Harris and awarded damages and costs.
- 1812Court minutesThe jury awarded John Woody damages and costs against Holmes and Lankston.
- 1812Court minutesThe jury found Robert Clinton guilty on the indictment.
- 1813MarriagesMarriage bond: Richard Tapp and Rebecca Hopson
- 1813Court minutesThe jury awarded Arch’d Campbell damages against James H Lewis.
- 1813WillsWill of Sackfield or Zackfield Brewer
- 1815Court minutesThe jury awarded James Hart damages against Phillip Walker.
- 1816Court minutesThe jury found Samuel McCaddams guilty on the indictment.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury acquitted George Allen and the other defendants; the unnamed prosecutor was ordered to pay costs.
- 1818Court minutesDeed, William Marshal to Thomas Marshal, proved by Isaac Hopson.
1820s
- 1820MarriagesMarriage bond: Brinkley Hopson and Sally Wimberly
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Nevill Barbee and Sally Hopson
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Wiley Hopson and Rebecca Nevill
- 1826DeedsLewis Hopson & Christopher Barbee to Sampson Moore, 25 January 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Lewis Hopson, Christopher Barbee to Sampson Moore, 25 January 1826
- 1827DeedsWilliam Hopson to Richard Tapp, 24 November 1827
- 1827Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Hopson to Richard Tapp, 24 November 1827
1830s
1840s
- 1840DeedsWilliam Hopson to Sarah Barbee, 15 September 1840
- 1840Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Hopson to Sarah Barbee, 15 September 1840
- 1843DeedsWilliam Hopson to Eliza J Thompson, 8 September 1843
- 1843Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Hopson to Eliza J Thompson, 8 September 1843
- 1844DeedsWilliam Hopson to Eliza J Thompson, 2 January 1844
- 1844DeedsWilliam Hopson to William Thompson, 30 May 1844
- 1844Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Hopson to Eliza J Thompson, 2 January 1844
- 1844Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Hopson to William Thompson, 30 May 1844
- 1845WillsWill of William (x) Hopson
1850s
- 1850MarriagesMarriage bond: Brinkley Hopson and Caroline Green
1860s
1870s
- 1870MarriagesMarriage license: William D Hopson and Nancy Jane Barbee
- 1871DeedsThomas H Hughes to Martha H Hopson, 4 March 1871
- 1872DeedsThomas B Hopson & Henry Hearst to Josiah Atkins Sr trustee, 25 April 1872
- 1874DeedsJesse Hopson to DeWaine Garrard, 1874
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: H S Barbee and Lydia Hopson
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: Nelson Hopson and Ann Blackwood
1880s
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: Robert Davis and Susan Hopson
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: Sandy Hopson and Florence Davis
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: Chesley Hopson and Susan Hogan
1890s
- 1892MarriagesMarriage license: Hargie Hopson and Martha Perry
- 1894MarriagesMarriage license: Winslow Hopson and Mittie Hogan
1900s
- 1901MarriagesMarriage license: Henry Hogan and Gertrude Hopson
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: Mitchell Chambers and Cornelia Hopson
Undated
- MarriagesMarriage bond: Elias Herndon and Polly Hopson
- Court minutesJohn Jones, John Wright and George Hopson became commissioners for Cape fare road south of Haw River from Western path to the boundary.
- Court minutesThe record listed twenty-eight road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Thomas Loyd).
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned the road from John Roberson’s shop toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill under William Lea.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Johnsons Line to Cape Fare Road; Christopher Barbee became overseer.
- Court minutesSixteen grand jurors were called and sworn with John Powell as foreman.
- Court minutesWilliam Dorum and Edward Hopson became bail for James Beazley in Hamilton and company’s suit.
- Court minutesDeed, John Nunn to Thomas Hopson, proved by Abraham Massey.
- Court minutesFourteen jurors were appointed to lay out the previously petitioned road and report at the next court.
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned to overseer Benj. Hearndon.
- Court minutesThirty-four named jurors were appointed for next county court.
- Court minutesDeed, Sackfield Brewer to Wm Hopson, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Eli Herndon as road overseer, replacing Thomas Trice.
- Court minutesJames Monthly became guardian of Milly Barby, Patsy Barby and Edy Barbie, with bond and Tho Hopson as surety.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Daniel Freeman as road overseer, replacing Jno Morrow.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded John Hays and others principal and damages against Peter Jeffers.
- Court minutesThe court fined jurors David Woods, Young Hopson, Levin Woods and 4 others for failing to appear.
- Court minutesThe court ordered Jonathan Jorden, William Laws, Thomas Jinkins and 27 others summoned for Superior Court jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Miller, James Lindly, Daniel Freeman and 9 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded John Nichols damages and costs against Robert Gray.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Lucy Blalock damages against John Browning.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded John J??ler Senr damages and costs against Charles Jordan.
