Orange County Indexed

The Johnson surname

The Johnson name in Orange County Indexed: 252 historical records, 53 people in the chronology and 20 headings in books and archives.

In the records

1755 to 1911 most named in the 1870s

Tax lists 1755–1780
Deeds 1755–1874
Wills 1764–1844
Court minutes 1787–1808
Marriages 1789–1911

In the chronology

1789 to 2022 53 people in 131 entries, most in the 1940s

In books and archives

1 family heading and 19 people, born 1709 to 1935

Places in its deeds and wills

Eno River (9), Little River (8), Cane Creek (3), Mebane (3), Fayetteville Road (2), Flat River (2), Old Field Creek (2), Camp Creek (2)

Married into

Jones 4, Cole 3, Hogan 3, Turner 3, Merritt 3, Atwater 2, Barbee 2, Crabtree 2, Day 2, Hall 2, Hester 2, Robson 2 · the marriages

Often named with

Martin 5, Granville 5, Leathers 3, Lipscomb 3, Mitchell 2, Newlin 2, Hargrave 2, Smith 2, Anderson 2, Cain 2, Warren 2, Williams 2

People with a page here

Andrew Johnson (Journey of Reconciliation), Cecil Johnson, Charles Spurgeon Johnson, Clyde Johnson, Edward S. Johnson, Francis Lavergne Johnson, Gerald W. Johnson, Guion Griffis Johnson, Guy Benton Johnson, Jack Johnson, John Lipscomb Johnson, John Monroe Johnson and 6 more

Spellings to try

Johnston, Jonson, Johntson

Search beyond these records

Johnson 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 Johnson there)
Johnson 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 53 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 20 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.

Johnson family family, 1 work
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989 9 works
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 3 works
Johnson, Edward S. 3 works
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 3 works
Johnson, Guy Benton, 2 works
Johnson, Michelle Cassandra 2 works
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 2 works
Johnson, Cecil, 1900-1976 1 work
Johnson, Clyde, 1908- 1 work
Johnson, Francis Lavergne, 1901-1971 1 work
Johnson, Gerald W. (Gerald White), 1890-1980 1 work
Johnson, Jack, 1878-1946 1 work
Johnson, John Lipscomb, 1869-1932 1 work
Johnson, John Monroe, 1840-1906. 1 work
Johnson, Mildred, 1924- 1 work
Johnson, Odie Pauline, 1908-1980 1 work
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 1 work
Johnson, Robert L. (Robert Leon), 1930- 1 work
Johnson, Shirley Williams, 1935-2000 1 work

In the historical records 252 records

64 deeds, 142 marriages, 37 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 6 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. Johnson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection