Orange County Indexed
The Watkins surname
The Watkins name in Orange County Indexed: 43 historical records and 7 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1909
most named in the 1900s
- Tax lists 1755
- Court minutes 1759–1764
- Deeds 1764–1842
- Wills 1816
- Marriages 1843–1909
- In the chronology
- 1894 to 2000 7 people in 7 entries, most in the 1940s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Flat River (1)
- Married into
- Cole 1, Douglas 1, Hursey 1, Jordon 1, Kelly 1, Leigh 1, Lyon 1, Miller 1, Patterson 1, Riley 1, Rosemond 1, Squires 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Williams 4, Thompson 3, Parker 2, Seals 2
- Spellings to try
- Wadkins
- Search beyond these records
- Watkins 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 Watkins there)
- Watkins 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.
- Watkins, G. T. 1 entry, 1894
- Watkins, Gotha C. 1 entry, 2000
- Watkins, John 1 entry, 1988
- Watkins, L. S. 1 entry, 1900
- Watkins, Martin A. 1 entry, 1946
- Watkins, Thomas 1 entry, 1961
- Watkins, V. G. 1 entry, 1942
In the historical records 43 records
5 deeds, 15 marriages, 21 court minutes, 1 tax list entries 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. Watkins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1810s
1840s
1860s
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: L S Watkins and Laura L Lyon
1880s
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Alex Watkins and Milly Patterson
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Jarret Kelly and Delilia Watkins
1890s
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: Henry M Rosemond and Eula H Watkins
- 1896MarriagesMarriage license: M H Miller and Lyon Watkins
- 1896MarriagesMarriage license: George S Whitted and Artelia H Watkins
- 1898MarriagesMarriage license: John F Watkins and Annie Douglas
1900s
- 1904MarriagesMarriage license: Charlie Watkins and Maggie Cole
- 1905MarriagesMarriage license: H W Watkins and Nannie Turner
- 1906MarriagesMarriage license: A H Walker and Donnie Watkins
- 1906MarriagesMarriage license: Alexander Riley and Novella Watkins
- 1906MarriagesMarriage license: J W Watkins and Flossie Squires
- 1907MarriagesMarriage license: J W Hursey and Effie Watkins
- 1909MarriagesMarriage license: Thos Alx Watkins and Anna Jordon
Undated
- Court minutesThe court impaneled the thirteen named grand jurors.
- Court minutesWm. Pitman Jr., Wm. Pitman Sr, John Pitman, Miles Parker and James Watkins registered livestock marks.
- Court minutesThe court selected grand and trial jurors for the next General Court.
- Court minutesJohn Boyd brought a petition against Isaiah Watkins.
- Court minutesJosiah Watkins sought Supreme Court review after the Williams children were bound to John Rogers and guardianship was denied to Watkins a…
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of William Williams granted to Isaiah Watkins.
- Court minutesJohn Stubblefield brought an action on the case against Isaiah Watkins.
- Court minutesAnn Seals brought an action on the case against Isaiah Watkins’s administrators.
- Court minutesIsaiah Watkins filed a further inventory of Wm. Williams’s estate; two other estate matters were noted without details.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the county-line road near Pinson’s ferry to John Cunningham’s road; Daniel Allen became overseer.
- Court minutesHenry Leman and Thomas Watkins became road overseers from the courthouse to Woody’s ferry.
- Court minutesReason Ricketts brought a debt claim against Josiah Watkins.
- Court minutesGeorge Watkins brought a petition against David Hambre.
- Court minutesJohn Thompson brought an action on the case against Isaiah Watkins.
- Court minutesGeorge Watkins brought a petition against Peter Craven.
- Court minutesPeter Watkins brought an action on the case against Francis Posey.
- Court minutesJohn Thompson proceeded against Isaiah Watkins.
- Court minutesMoses Watkins received ten lashes for stealing John Woods’s drawing knife.
- Court minutesJohn Dowell was allowed £13-11 for feeding jailed defendants William Massey, James Robinson, John Ward, Moses Watkins and Bazzel Brashear…
