Orange County Indexed
The Jeffers surname
The Jeffers name in Orange County Indexed: 78 historical records.
- In the records
- 1756 to 1902
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1756–1874
- Court minutes 1786–1818
- Tax lists 1790
- Marriages 1805–1902
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (2), Jordans Creek (2), Hillsboro (1), Owens Creek (1), Quicks Creek (1), Drones Creek (1)
- Married into
- Guy 3, Carrington 2, Corn 2, Evans 2, Hathcock 2, Jones 2, Ball 1, Ballard 1, Barker 1, Carroll 1, Fausett 1, Foster 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Granville 6
- Spellings to try
- Jeffrers, Jefers, Jiffers, Jefferys
- Search beyond these records
- Jeffers in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Jeffers there)
- Jeffers in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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 78 records
19 deeds, 38 marriages, 18 court minutes and 3 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. Jeffers marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Ozborne Jeffers, September 1756
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Osborne Jeffers, September 1756
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Osborne Jeffers, September 1756
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Osborne Jeffers, September 1756
- 1756DeedsEarl Granville to Osborne Jeffers, September 1756
- 1759DeedsOsborne Jeffers to John Alston [Jr], March 1759
- 1759DeedsOsborne Jeffers to Henry Warren, March 1759
1760s
1780s
- 1786Court minutesBrian Judge proceeded against Gainer Jeffers.
- 1787Court minutesWhitney won £18.1.6 plus costs; the court required proof of Ross’s offsetting account and appointed five men to settle their accounts by…
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Saml Allen £24.17 in damages plus costs against Jno Sturges.
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Garner Jeffers (Chatham District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Evan Jeffers (Chatham District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: John Jeffers (Chatham District)
1800s
- 1803Court minutesPeter Jeffers received damages and costs against Wm Edwards.
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: Vines Guy and Elizabeth Jeffers
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Jeffers and Lucy Jeffers
- 1807Court minutesBill of Sale, Isaac Bracken to Evan Jeffers, proved by Andrew Robertson.
- 1809MarriagesMarriage bond: James Jeffers and Betsy Jeffers
- 1809MarriagesMarriage bond: Joshua Jeffers and Polly Ball
- 1809MarriagesMarriage bond: Littleton Jeffers and Lucy Hathcock
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Evans and Lucy Jeffers
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Buckner Guy and Sylvia Jeffers
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Willis Jeffers and Dicey Jeffers
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed George Carrington as road overseer.
- 1813MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fausett and Elizabeth Jeffers
- 1814Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to take James Jeffers’s unnamed children into custody and produce them for apprenticeship.
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: William Barker and Marget Jeffers
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Elias Jeffers and Polly Jones
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Willie Jones and Dellah Jeffers
- 1818Court minutesThe jury awarded James Jeffers and Co damages and costs against Mark Barbee.
1820s
- 1821DeedsRobert Jeffers to John McKerall, 24 December 1821
- 1821DeedsRobert Jeffers to Levi Cole, 21 March 1821
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Dixon Corn and Tempe Jeffers
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Guy and Betsey Jeffers
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: John Jeffers and Dilley Ballard
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: William P Foster and Jane Jeffers
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: William Swift and Nancy Jeffers
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew Jeffers and Viney Jeffers
- 1832DeedsRobert Scott to Drew Jeffers, 8 November 1832
- 1835DeedsDavid Haithcock to John Jeffers, October 1835
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: Willson Jeffers and Jane Evans
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Jeffyres or Jeffers and Phoebe Johnston
- 1838DeedsWillis Jeffers to William Ward trustee for William Vincent, 2 March 1838
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: Burton Jeffers and Lucy Haithcock
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: Addison Jeffers and Sophia Jeffers
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: Charles Jeffers and Elizabeth Jeffers
- 1842DeedsJoshua Jeffers to William Ward trustee, 5 September 1842
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: Elijah Hathcock and Sally Jeffers
- 1843DeedsAndrew Jeffers to William Ward trustee, 28 September 1843
- 1843DeedsJohn Barbee to Robert J Jeffers, 28 November 1843
- 1843MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert J Jeffers and Mary P Jenkins
- 1846DeedsJohn Burroughs to Robert J Jeffers, 6 November 1846
1860s
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: W Aj Jeffers and Nancy J Carroll
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: Munroe Pendergrass and Ann Jeffers
1870s
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: Robt J Jeffers and Etha C Rhodes
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: Ruffin Jeffers and Letha A Woods
- 1872MarriagesMarriage license: Walden Jeffers and Susan Tansil
- 1874DeedsRobert J Jeffers to G C Farthing trustee, 20 May 1874
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: Adolphus Oakley and Caroline Jeffers
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: Albert Pearce and Fanny Jeffers
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Noah Jeffers and Elizabeth Carrington
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: Robert Jeffers and Nannie Carrington
1880s
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Levi Jeffers and Elva Corn
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Wesley Waller and Hawkins Jeffers
1890s
- 1898MarriagesMarriage license: Thadeous Jeffers and Mary Jeffers
1900s
- 1902MarriagesMarriage license: Wm Wilson and Becky Jane Jeffers
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed Rob’t Tate as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Hughes as overseer and assigned the listed road workers.
- Court minutesJurors found unperformed covenants and awarded Peter Jeffers damages against Hastings and Adams.
- Court minutesJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded John Hays and others principal and damages against Peter Jeffers.
- Court minutesJurors found Robert Murdock detained enslaved Daniel within three years and awarded Wm B Mebane damages.
- Court minutesJurors found William Cantrill detained enslaved Stephen and awarded Thomas McCullock and his wife damages; an appeal was allowed.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed William Jeffers to John Taylor Senr for instruction in blacksmithing.
- Court minutesThe jury found Fredrick Taylor guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury found Edward Robson guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury found Hosea C Smith guilty on the indictment.