Orange County Indexed
The Johns surname
The Johns name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1905
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Wills 1785–1801
- Court minutes 1795–1812
- Marriages 1798–1905
- Deeds 1799–1804
- In the chronology
- 1938 to 1947 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1930s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Little River (1), Stinking Quarter Creek (1)
- Married into
- Fowler 1, Harris 1, Price 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Malone 2, Clarks 2
- Search beyond these records
- Johns 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 Johns there)
- Johns 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 chronology 2 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.
- Johns, J. B. 2 entries, 1938
- Johns, P. H. 1 entry, 1947
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.
- Johns family family, 2 works
In the historical records 18 records
2 deeds, 3 marriages, 7 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 3 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. Johns marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Johns Thomas
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Johns John
1780s
- 1785WillsWill of Henry (x) Waggoner
- 1787WillsBill of sale: John Murry to James Neal
1790s
1800s
- 1801Court minutesDeed, John Johns to Henry Johns, proved by Andrew Caddle.
- 1801WillsWill of John Johns
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Caty Johns
- 1804DeedsHenry Johns to John Malone, 20 August 1804
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found Lindsy Johns guilty as charged.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Henry Johns to John Malone, proved by Simeon Cochran.
1900s
- 1905MarriagesMarriage license: Earnest Johns and Sarah Harris
