Orange County Indexed

The Mason surname

The Mason name in Orange County Indexed: 395 historical records, 23 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records

1759 to 1908 most named in the 1810s

Deeds 1759–1874
Court minutes 1761–1818
Wills 1763–1844
Tax lists 1779–1790
Marriages 1798–1908
Records of enslaved people 1800–1857

In the chronology

1799 to 2020 23 people in 45 entries, most in the 1880s

In books and archives

1 family heading and 2 people, born 1827 to 1911

Places in its deeds and wills

Chapel Hill (10), Morgan Creek (7), Great Road (6), Mason Hall (6), Mill Creek (5), New Hope Creek (5), Hillsborough (4), Mebane (4)

Married into

Atkins 2, Gattis 2, Hill 2, Trice 2, Massey 2, Baldwin 1, Barker 1, Bawlar 1, Beckworth 1, Birch 1, Boroughs 1, Brewer 1 · the marriages

Often named with

Barbee 12, Mebane 9, Faddis 9, Morgan 8, Watson 7, Guthrie 6, Patton 5, Hamilton 5, Boothe 5, Herndon 5, Davis 5, Woods 5

People with a page here

Danita Mason-Hogans, David Mason Jr., James B. Mason, James Pleasant Mason, Matthew Mason

Spellings to try

Masons, Mahon, Masson, Mabson, Macon, Maron

Search beyond these records

Mason 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 Mason there)
Mason 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 23 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.

Mason, A. 2 entries, 1820
- February 1820: A. Mason opens the Eagle Hotel at Mason Hall
- by April 10, 1820: A. Mason and William Clifton buy a Hillsborough tavern stand and open it as the Traveller's Inn
Mason, Beryl 2 entries, 1930–1943
- 1930–1947: Baby clinics and the Junior Service League, 1930–1947
- by February 12, 1943: Junior Service League runs well-baby clinics in Carrboro and at the Training School
Mason, Carolina Varina 1 entry, 1881
- 1881: Typhoid kills the two surviving Mason daughters, and their father sets aside a family burial ground
Mason, Charles 1 entry, 1962
- April 9, 1962: Mayor McClamroch names Chapel Hill's first public housing authority members
Mason, Charlie 1 entry, 1957
- By December 1957: Charlie Mason's motor court on West Rosemary Street was lodging Black travelers
Mason, David, Jr. 2 entries, 1960–2020
See all 2 entries in the chronology
Mason, H. D. 1 entry, 1888
- March 17, 1888: Farmers' Alliance lecturer G. B. Pickett speaks at Hillsborough
Mason, J. P. 1 entry, 1854
- 1854: Chapel Hill Baptist Church is organized
Mason, James 1 entry, 1799
- February Term 1799: The court binds Joseph Wilkinson, seven, to learn gunpowder making
Mason, James B. 19 entries, 1869–1896
See all 19 entries in the chronology
Mason, James Pleasant 7 entries, 1854–1894
See all 7 entries in the chronology
Mason, Jerry 1 entry, 1897
- March 4, 1897: Jerry Mason, who served university students for more than fifty years, dies
Mason, John Y. 1 entry, 1847
- 1847: Alumni start a fund for a marble monument to Caldwell
Mason, Martha 1 entry, 1894
- July 17, 1894: The Masons leave their farm and a scholarship fund to the university
Mason, Martha James 1 entry, 1881
- 1881: Typhoid kills the two surviving Mason daughters, and their father sets aside a family burial ground
Mason, Mary Elizabeth Morgan 2 entries, 1854–1894
- 1854: Baptist minister James Pleasant Mason marries Mary Elizabeth Morgan
- July 17, 1894: The Masons leave their farm and a scholarship fund to the university
Mason, Morris 1 entry, 1973
- November 17, 1973: Kenan Stadium equipment manager Morris Mason is honored at homecoming before retiring
Mason, R. B. 1 entry, 1913
- 1913: R. B. Mason's land west of the Bellevue mill is platted as the West Hill Property
Mason, Rebecca 1 entry, 1894
- June 1894: Cornelia Phillips Spencer leaves Chapel Hill to join her daughter in Cambridge
Mason, Susan 1 entry, 1849
- May 1849: A jury finds William S. Moore the father of Susan Mason's child after an earlier mistrial
Mason, Varina 1 entry, 1894
- July 17, 1894: The Masons leave their farm and a scholarship fund to the university
Mason, W. 1 entry, 1857
- June 4, 1857: The university gives Postmaster General Aaron V. Brown an honorary LL.D. and William Hooper a D.D.
Mason, Wilton 1 entry, 1961
- January 14, 1961: Everett Thomas sings in the chorus of UNC's La Traviata

In books and archives 3 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 395 records

85 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 53 marriages, 229 court minutes, 8 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. Mason marriages in full · Search the name in every collection