Orange County Indexed
The Stokes surname
The Stokes name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1757 to 1795
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1757–1795
- Court minutes 1795
- In the chronology
- 1797 to 1956 4 people in 7 entries, most in the 1950s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1762
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (1), Wake Street (1), Queen Street (1), Chapel Hill (1), Narrow Street (1), Franklin Street (1)
- Often named with
- Willice 2
- People with a page here
- Montfort Stokes
- Spellings to try
- Stones
- Search beyond these records
- Stokes 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 Stokes there)
- Stokes 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 4 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.
- Stokes, Henry 1 entry, 1955
- Stokes, Henry B. 2 entries, 1955–1956
- Stokes, Henry Brown 1 entry, 1954
- Stokes, John R. 3 entries, 1797–1808
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.
- Stokes, Montfort, 1762-1842 4 works
In the historical records 18 records
8 deeds and 10 court minutes, 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
1760s
1780s
1790s
- 1795DeedsWilliam Hayes of Wake to Thomas Stokes, 17 April 1795
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Wm Hayes to Thomas Stokes, proved by Wm Cain.
Undated
- Court minutesWilliam Stokes brought a debt claim against George Lumpkin.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed to lay out two roads, with named workers and Burges Harrelson and Thomas Douglass as overseers.
- Court minutesWilliam Stokes and company petitioned against Henry Willice.
- Court minutesWilliam Stokes brought an action on the case against Isaac Grey.
- Court minutesWm. Stokes and company brought a debt claim against Henry Willice.
- Court minutesJohn Stokes produced a license, qualified and was admitted to practice.
- Court minutesDeed, Jno Allison & Josiah Watts & Wm Lytle & Henry Thompson, proved by Jno Ellis.
- Court minutesThe court ordered lots belonging to Vincent P Williamson, Daniel Mallett, John Stokes and James Williams offered for sale for tax arrears.
- Court minutesFrancis Child, acting as executrix, won damages and costs against Montford Stokes.
