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Orange County Indexed

The Jolly surname

The Jolly name in Orange County Indexed: 9 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1786 to 1899 most named in the 1780s
  • Deeds 1786
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1812
  • Marriages 1847–1899
In the chronology
1982 to 1983 1 person in 2 entries
Places in its deeds and wills
Ellerbe Creek (1)
Married into
Williams 1, Morris 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Abercrombie 2
Spellings to try
Jolley
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 1 person

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 9 records

1 deeds, 2 marriages, 5 court minutes and 1 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. Jolly marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1780s

1790s

1810s

1840s

1890s

Undated

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