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Orange County Indexed

The James surname

The James name in Orange County Indexed: 172 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1758 to 1909 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1758–1874
  • Wills 1775–1869
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1784–1818
  • Marriages 1785–1909
  • Records of enslaved people 1847
In the chronology
1789 to 2008 4 people in 12 entries, most in the 1790s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1776 to 1938
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (10), Dry Creek (9), Travis Creek (6), Eno River (6), Little River (2), Tickle Creek (1), Tickles Branch (1), Kimmerlins Creek (1)
Married into
Carden 3, Monk 3, Allison 2, Cates 2, Cole 2, Horne 2, Rhodes 2, Rhew 2, Nichols 2, Riley 2, Ashley 1, Baldwin 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 6, Thompson 5, Charles 4, Granville 3, Farmer 2, Gwinn 2, Starr 2, Cortner 2, Rhodes 2, Turner 2, Carroll 2, Morrison 2
People with a page here
A. Everette James, Jr. (Alton Everette), Daniel James, Hinton James
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 4 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 3 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 172 records

47 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 68 marriages, 41 court minutes, 5 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. James marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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