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The Jenkins surname

The Jenkins name in Orange County Indexed: 157 historical records and 8 people in the chronology.

In the records
1762 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1762–1874
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Court minutes 1786–1818
  • Wills 1786–1885
  • Marriages 1789–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1814–1859
In the chronology
1874 to 1993 8 people in 15 entries, most in the 1880s
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (15), Camp Creek (5), Crooked Creek (2), Lick Branch (2), Hillsborough (2), Big Branch (1), Mill Creek (1), Deep River (1)
Married into
Barbee 3, Merritt 3, Burroughs 2, Trice 2, Perry 2, Barby 1, Baxter 1, Boothe 1, Borland 1, Bynum 1, Coller 1, Crabtree 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Patterson 14, Barbee 9, Burroughs 5, Moore 4, Strain 4, Herndon 4, Jones 2, Dorris 2, Clifton 2, Carroll 2, Causey 2, Beasly 2
People with a page here
Leo W. (Leo Warren) Jenkins
Spellings to try
Jinkins
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 8 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 the historical records 157 records

54 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 45 marriages, 39 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 11 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. Jenkins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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