Orange County Indexed
The Hughs surname
The Hughs name in Orange County Indexed: 56 historical records.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1858
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1755–1780
- Court minutes 1759–1818
- Deeds 1767–1796
- Marriages 1796–1858
- Wills 1830–1844
- Married into
- Adams 2, Pascal 2, Allison 1, Christopher 1, Cox 1, Fitch 1, Fulton 1, Woods 1, Minnis 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Driskill 2, Strader 2, Burch 2, Hill 2
- Spellings to try
- Hughes, Hueghs
- Search beyond these records
- Hughs 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 56 records
2 deeds, 11 marriages, 34 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 4 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. Hughs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1780s
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hughs, Jno. (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hughs, Jas. (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hughs, Timothy (Orange District)
- 1780Tax listsThe 1780–81 tax lists: Hughs, Willm. (Orange District)
- 1786Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors John Barbie, Alexr. Piper, John Connelly and 29 others for next term.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe court ordered orphan Thomas Hughs bound to Jno Ray until age twenty-one to learn farming.
- 1791Court minutesThe court appointed Jno Hughs as road overseer, replacing Wm Strudwick esq,.
- 1796DeedsJohn Hughs to ElishaT Driskill, December 1796
- 1796MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Fitch and Jeane Hughs
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hughs and Elizabeth Fulton
- 1797Court minutesDeed, John Hughs to Elisha Driskill, proved by George Strader.
- 1797Court minutesDeed, Moses Pierce to Jno Hughs, proved by Sam’l Browning.
- 1799Court minutesWill of Jonathan Hill, proved by John Hughs.
- 1799Court minutesJurors convicted Geo Watson of assault; the court imposed a fine and costs.
1800s
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: John Christopher and Mary Hughs
- 1805Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Scott and Kirkland principal and damages against John Stroud.
- 1805Court minutesJurors upheld John Cain’s promise within three years, rejected payment and setoff and awarded Thomas Keeling damages.
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: William Adams and Sally Hughs
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: Bolling Cox and Polly Hughs
- 1809Court minutesAdministrator James Hughs was nonsuited after failing to appear when called.
1810s
- 1813Court minutesDeed, Charles Jordan to Joseph Tate Sr, proved by John Hughs.
- 1814Court minutesDeed, Norris Compton to Andrew Hughs, proved by John McCauly.
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Meredeth Adams and Fanny Hughs
- 1815Court minutesJames Hart, William Beans and Joseph Hughs entered recognizances securing George Banes’s appearance.
- 1818Court minutesWilliam Leathers and the other named applicants received licenses.
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: James Woods and Patsy Hughs
1830s
- 1830WillsWill of Edward (x) Boswell
- 1836WillsWill of John Hughs, Sr.
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: George Hughs and Sarah Pascal
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: John Pascal and Elizabeth Hughs
1840s
- 1844WillsWill of James Clark
1850s
- 1855MarriagesMarriage bond: William R Hughs and Sarah J Minnis
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph B Allison and Margaret A Hughs
Undated
- Court minutesJames Cary brought a debt claim against Thomas Hughs.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Daniel McCullom’s plantation to Taylors Road; Benjamin King and John Cantril became overseers.
- Court minutesJames Hutchison was appointed overseer on the east side of Haw River with twenty-one named workers.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Bradford to oversee the new Finding Rock–Back Creek road and assigned named workers.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Strudwick to oversee the new Back Creek–Mebanes road and assigned named residents and their laborers.
- Court minutesJames Hughs recovered damages and costs against Mary Burch.
- Court minutesGeorge Darden recovered the unpaid balance and damages against John Taylor after two payment credits; counsel released part of the verdict.
- Court minutesThomas Dent and company recovered damages and costs against Andrew Burke after jurors allowed a setoff.
- Court minutesJurors found Mary Burch owed James Hughs a debt incurred within three years and determined its currency value.
- Court minutesThe court fined absent witnesses Wm Bowls, Thomas Fitch, Jonathan Harvey and Charles Taylor in James Hughs’s suit against Mary Burch.
- Court minutesThe court barred charging Mary Burch for attendance of James Hughs’s witnesses.
- Court minutesJosiah Taylor was nonsuited in his action against Robert Duke.
- 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 awarded Alexander McCracken damages and costs against John Patton.
- Court minutesDeed, James Boyle to Andrew Hughs, proved by James Faucett.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Joseph Hughs.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Charles Partin.
- Court minutesDaniel Wilkerson became guardian of Rachel Wilkinson.
- Court minutesJoseph Hughs became guardian of Kitty Ann Warren.
- WillsWill of John Hughs, Sr
