Orange County Indexed
The Mills surname
The Mills name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1824
most named in the 1750s
- Tax lists 1755
- Court minutes 1755–1797
- Deeds 1764–1824
- In the chronology
- 1854 to 1985 5 people in 6 entries, most in the 1950s
- In books and archives
- 1 person
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Philo Mills (2), Chapel Hill (2), Garrard Mills (2), Franklin Street (2), William Mills (1)
- People with a page here
- Caesar Mills, Caesar Mills
- Spellings to try
- Miles, Milly
- Search beyond these records
- Mills 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 Mills there)
- Mills 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 5 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.
- Mills, Cone 1 entry, 1952
- Mills, Fetzer 2 entries, 1969–1985
- Mills, Mary 1 entry, 1854
- Mills, R. H. 2 entries, 1948–1953
- Mills, Sam 1 entry, 1854
In books and archives 1 heading
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 16 records
3 deeds, 11 court minutes and 2 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. Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Court minutesJoseph Pinson and Wm. Mills became road overseers under John Pittman.
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: John Mills
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: William Mills Senr
1760s
1790s
- 1796Court minutesJames Mills’s surviving partners recovered on Samuel Dannel’s bond; jurors rejected payment, satisfaction and setoff and converted Virgin…
- 1797Court minutesAfter an evenly divided ruling left the nonsuit standing, Wm Norwood appealed for James Mills and company, with Wm Hall providing security.
1820s
Undated
- Court minutesJacob Mason brought an original attachment proceeding against George Mills.
- Court minutesHenry Tollinger brought an original attachment proceeding against Charles Mills.
- Court minutesNamed men and their taxables, with inhabitants of adjoining districts, were ordered to work on the James Cantril–Taylor’s Road connection.
- Court minutesWm. Mills Senior, John Roberson and George Adams became overseers of adjoining road sections beginning at James Allison’s.
- Court minutesMary Redman brought an action on the case against John Mills.
- Court minutesJames Mills’s surviving partners were nonsuited against Samuel Dannel; the court ordered Dannel to show why a new trial should not be gra…
