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Orange County Indexed

The Jay surname

The Jay name in Orange County Indexed: 24 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1752 to 1772 most named in the 1750s
  • Deeds 1752–1772
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Court minutes 1765
In the chronology
1977 1 person in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 person, born 1745
Places in its deeds and wills
Flat River (6), Richland Creek (3), Richland Spring Creek (1)
Often named with
Satterfield 6, Moore 2, Tapley 2
People with a page here
John Jay
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 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.

In the historical records 24 records

18 deeds, 5 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, 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

1760s

1770s

Undated

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