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Orange County Indexed

The Jackson surname

The Jackson name in Orange County Indexed: 569 historical records, 31 people in the chronology and 10 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1909 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1753–1873
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1818
  • Wills 1761–1880
  • Records of enslaved people 1770–1847
  • Marriages 1787–1909
In the chronology
1765 to 2026 31 people in 82 entries, most in the 1980s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 9 people, born 1767 to 1941
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (19), Forresters Creek (16), Buck Quarter Creek (9), Little River (9), Hillsborough (9), Great Alamance Creek (3), Stinking Quarter Creek (3), Cane Creek (3)
Married into
Riley 6, Crabtree 4, Thompson 4, Cole 3, Ray 3, Hicks 2, Nichols 2, Rhew 2, Murdock 2, Armstrong 1, Ball 1, Bateman 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 12, Whitted 10, Nichols 10, Turner 8, Neal 8, Ray 8, Collins 7, Patterson 7, Woods 7, Shy 7, Williams 7, Holden 6
People with a page here
Andrew Jackson, Arthur Jackson, Blyden Jackson, Fran Jackson, Jesse Jackson, John Stephen Jackson, Laura (Riding) Jackson, Marian Cheek Jackson, Roberta Bowles Hodges Jackson, Stonewall Jackson, Walter Jackson
Spellings to try
Jacksons, Jakson
Search beyond these records

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 31 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 10 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.

In the historical records 569 records

134 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 86 marriages, 295 court minutes, 17 tax list entries and 30 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. Jackson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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