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Orange County Indexed

The Jones surname

The Jones name in Orange County Indexed: 1,049 historical records, 104 people in the chronology and 26 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1752 to 1911 most named in the 1860s
  • Deeds 1752–1874
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1818
  • Wills 1755–1891
  • Marriages 1784–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1796–1861
In the chronology
1770 to 2011 104 people in 409 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 25 people, born 1739 to 1975
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (46), Eno River (36), New Hope Creek (17), Chapel Hill (16), Morgan Creek (14), Churton Street (10), Camp Creek (9), Little Back Creek (9)
Married into
Sykes 11, Thompson 9, Smith 6, Cates 4, Cheek 4, Faucett 4, Hall 4, Johnson 4, Johnston 4, Morrow 4, Oldham 4, Barbee 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Smith 27, Nelson 18, Strayhorn 18, Richards 17, Turner 14, Morgan 13, Thompson 13, Taylor 10, Brown 10, Hill 10, Strudwick 9, Kirkland 9
People with a page here
Allen Jones, Bessie Jones, Cadwallader Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock) Jones, Charles M. Jones, Clarence Dupre Jones, Clyde Jones, Dorcas Jones, Edmund Jones, Edward Jones, Francis Jones, H. G. Jones and 19 more
Spellings to try
Jonas
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 104 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 26 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 1,049 records

382 deeds, 25 records of enslaved people, 308 marriages, 258 court minutes, 26 tax list entries and 50 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. Jones marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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