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The Johnston surname

The Johnston name in Orange County Indexed: 767 historical records, 30 people in the chronology and 11 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1752 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1752–1874
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1764–1855
  • Court minutes 1766–1818
  • Marriages 1783–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1804–1847
In the chronology
1768 to 1987 30 people in 120 entries, most in the 1770s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 10 people, born 1699 to 1901
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (28), Eno River (25), Chapel Hill (12), Hillsborough (11), Haw Creek (9), Haw River (8), McAdams Creek (8), Bolin Creek (8)
Married into
Thompson 7, Jones 4, Russell 4, Fossett 3, Smith 3, Cole 2, Craig 2, Freeland 2, Gibson 2, Hood 2, Patton 2, Roach 2 · the marriages
Often named with
McCauley 33, Patterson 23, Craig 20, Long 13, King 13, Barbee 12, Thompson 12, Hopkins 10, Butler 9, Stroud 8, Allen 8, Blackwood 7
People with a page here
Charles W. Johnston, Charles W. Johnston, Denis Johnston, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Gabriel Johnston, George Johnston, George Mulholland Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert Zenas Johnston, Samuel Johnston, William Johnston
Spellings to try
Johnson, Jonston, Johnstons, Jonson, Johntson, Johnstone
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 30 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 11 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.

In the historical records 767 records

214 deeds, 21 records of enslaved people, 105 marriages, 359 court minutes, 21 tax list entries and 47 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. Johnston marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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