Orange County Indexed
The Shields surname
The Shields name in Orange County Indexed: 26 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1787 to 1893
most named in the 1850s
- Court minutes 1787
- Deeds 1822–1873
- Marriages 1826–1893
- Wills 1833
- In the chronology
- 1777 to 1935 7 people in 9 entries, most in the 1890s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (5), Burrs Creek (1), Ellerbe Creek (1)
- Married into
- Cates 1, Chandler 1, Cox 1, Hardy 1, Morris 1, Nichols 1, Vickers 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Hooper 2, Williams 2
- Spellings to try
- Shield, Shiels
- Search beyond these records
- Shields 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 Shields there)
- Shields 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 7 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.
- Shields, A. W. 1 entry, 1887
- Shields, C. W. 2 entries, 1927–1935
- Shields, John 2 entries, 1777–1852
- Shields, John C. 1 entry, 1854
- Shields, M. McG. 2 entries, 1895–1896
- Shields, R. M. 1 entry, 1898
- Shields, Robert 1 entry, 1852
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.
- Shields family family, 2 works
In the historical records 26 records
11 deeds, 7 marriages, 7 court minutes and 1 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. Shields marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1787Court minutesDeed, John Shields to William McCauley, proved in court.
1820s
1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
- 1868MarriagesMarriage license: David Vickers and Rachael Shields
1870s
1890s
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: John A Cates and Jennie Shields
Undated
- DeedsWilliam J Shields & Cadwallader Jones Jr & Nathaniel J King & Charles W Johnston & J Allison & William W Allison & Richard Nichols to State of North Carolina
- Court minutesNamed men and specified taxables were assigned the Haw River–Roberson’s Ford road in Wm. Petty Senior’s district.
- Court minutesDeed, John Shields to Andrew Davis.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire listing thirty prospective jurors.
- Court minutesWm. Hooper, James Williams and John Shields were appointed to assess Hillsborough taxable property.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Thos. Holden’s case against Wm. Picket for John Campbell.
- Court minutesJohn Estes and Samuel Allen replaced Wm. Hooper and James Williams as town assessors, joining John Shields to return the list next court.
