Orange County Indexed
The Wilkinson surname
The Wilkinson name in Orange County Indexed: 138 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1753 to 1896
most named in the 1790s
- Deeds 1753–1869
- Court minutes 1755–1818
- Tax lists 1779
- Wills 1781–1847
- Marriages 1795–1896
- Records of enslaved people 1815–1827
- In the chronology
- 1799 to 1998 6 people in 23 entries, most in the 1960s
- In books and archives
- 2 people, born 1914 to 1940
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Eno River (7), Little River (5), Great Road (3), Back Creek (2), Hillsborough (1), Mebane (1), Laughlins Creek (1), Shanklins Mill (1)
- Married into
- Clark 3, Lindsey 2, Walker 2, Allison 1, Blount 1, Bracken 1, Brown 1, Davis 1, Findly 1, Fuller 1, Hailey 1, Hughes 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Wilson 4, Hargis 3, McCracken 3, McCanless 2, Walker 2, Thompson 2, Hughes 2, Riley 2, Smith 2, Taylor 2, Tinnen 2, Horton 2
- People with a page here
- Frank Wilkinson, Sylvia Wilkinson
- Spellings to try
- Wilkerson, Wilkins, Wilkenson, Wilkison, Wilkeson, Wilkinsons, Willkinson
- Search beyond these records
- Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson there)
- Wilkinson 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 6 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.
- Wilkinson, A. D. 1 entry, 1880
- Wilkinson, C. C. 1 entry, 1959
- Wilkinson, Frank 13 entries, 1962–1987
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Wilkinson, Frank 5 entries, 1966
Show the 5 entries
- March 4, 1966: Committee for Free Inquiry members picket South Building over the speaker bans
- February 8, 1966: Students form the Committee for Free Inquiry after the Aptheker ban
- March 4, 1966: Acting Chancellor Sitterson bars Herbert Aptheker but approves departmental invitations to two Communist scholars
- March 1, 1966: Acting Chancellor Sitterson names the faculty members of the new speakers advisory committee
- May 13, 1966: University defendants answer the Speaker Ban suit and ask for dismissal
- Wilkinson, Joseph 1 entry, 1799
- Wilkinson, Sylvia 2 entries, 1967–1998
In books and archives 2 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.
- Wilkinson, Frank, 1914-2006 5 works
- Wilkinson, Sylvia, 1940- 1 work
In the historical records 138 records
27 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 28 marriages, 65 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 13 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. Wilkinson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1770s
1780s
- 1781WillsWill of Thomas Lapslie
- 1785Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon jurors Wm. Whitehead, John Kelley, Edward Grisham and 27 others for next county court.
- 1788Court minutesThe court ordered orphan Sarah Woods bound to Francis Wilkinson until legal adulthood.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury awarded Andrew Gibson £20.10.6 plus costs against John Jones.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury found Walter Murray not liable in Henry Murray’s action.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury convicted Edw’d Willerby of petty larceny involving several objects.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Sheppard twenty shillings plus costs against Andrew Burke.
- 1791Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Mangum granted to Thos Wilkinson.
- 1791Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Ma?? granted to Thomas Wilkinson.
- 1791Court minutesDeed, James Wilkinson to Edw’d Smith, proved by James Moore.
- 1792Court minutesWill, proved by Samuel Wilkinson & Samuel McCrackin.
- 1792WillsWill of Elizabeth Paul
- 1795DeedsJohn Riley to John Wilkinson, 20 November 1795
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: William Wilkinson and Nancy Wilkinson
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Richard Lake to Jno Gantley, proved by Francis Wilkinson.
- 1795WillsWill of Alexander McCracken
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Ray and Susanah Wilkinson
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: John Wilkinson and Rebecca Williams
- 1798DeedsJohn Wilkinson to Daniel Wilkinson, 9 March 1798
- 1799Court minutesJames Roney won damages and costs against Wm Wilkins.
- 1799Court minutesJurors convicted And[rew] McCulloch of assault.
1800s
- 1802WillsWill of John (x) Gandley
- 1805DeedsJohn Wilkinson to James Wilkinson Jr, 18 October 1805
- 1805DeedsJohn McCanless to John Wilkinson, 8 October 1805
- 1806DeedsThomas Wilson & James Wilson & Elizabeth Wilson & John Wilkinson & Anne Wilkinson & Robert Wilson & John Wilson to Caleb Wilson, 27 May 1806
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: James Wilkinson and Susan Allison
- 1806Court minutesDeed, John McCanless to John Wilkinson, proved by James Wilkinson.
- 1806WillsWill of Francis Wilkinson
- 1807Court minutesJurors upheld William Griffiths’s promise within three years, rejected setoff and awarded ??dah Griffiths damages; an appeal was noted.
- 1808DeedsJames Findley to John Wilkinson, 7 January 1808
1810s
- 1814WillsWill of James Wilkinson
- 1815DeedsRebecca Wilkinson to Thomas N S Hargis, 24 November 1815
- 1815Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Rebecca Wilkinson to Thomas N S Hargis, 24 November 1815
- 1815WillsWill of William Wilkinson
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Simon Davis and Rebecca Wilkinson
- 1816Court minutesThe jury awarded Rebecca Wilkinson damages and costs against John Mason.
- 1818Court minutesWilliam Wilkinson and Susannah Wilkinson renounced executorship under James Wilkerson’s will.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury decided Francis Child’s action in favor of James Smith.
- 1818WillsWill of James Wilkinson
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: William Wilkinson and Polly Lindsey
1820s
- 1820WillsWill of Ann (x) Wilson
- 1822DeedsWilliam Jackson to Daniel Wilkinson, 21 December 1822
- 1825DeedsJames Wilkinson to Freeman Leath, 17 October 1825
- 1825DeedsJohn Roberts to Thomas Wilkinson, 21 October 1825
- 1825MarriagesMarriage bond: James Wilkinson and Nancy Bracken
- 1825MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Wilkinson and Lucitta Ruffin Lindsey
- 1826DeedsJoseph Clark to Lemuel Wilkinson, August 1826
- 1827DeedsJames Wilkinson to Andrew Hughes & Caleb Wilson, 24 April 1827
- 1827Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James Wilkinson to Andrew Hughes, Caleb Wilson, 24 April 1827
- 1827Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James Wilkinson to Joseph Bracken, 3 August 1827
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: Lemuel Wilkinson and Betsey Wilkerson
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: Francis Wilkinson and Elizabeth McDaniel
1830s
- 1833MarriagesMarriage bond: John Wilkinson and Polly Clark
- 1834DeedsEdmund Moye to Alexander Findly trustee & Samuel Wilkinson, 11 February 1834
- 1834MarriagesMarriage bond: Willie Riggs and Margret Wilkinson
- 1837DeedsDaniel Wilkinson to John Wilkinson, 26 May 1837
- 1838MarriagesMarriage bond: James Riley and Elizabeth Wilkinson
- 1838MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Wilkinson and Elizabeth Walker
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: William Walker and Mary Wilkinson
- 1839MarriagesMarriage bond: James Wilkinson and Ellen Jane Thompson
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas R Jordan and Sally Wilkinson
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: John Wilkinson and Margaret McKee
- 1842DeedsThomas Wilkinson & John Wilkinson & William Wilkinson & Samuel Wilkinson & Nancy Wilkinson & Margaret Wilkinson & Mary Wilkinson & Jane Wilkinson & Elizabeth Riley & James W Riley to Thomas Wilkinson & John Wilkinson & William Wilkinson & Samuel Wilkinson & Nancy Wilkinson & Margaret Wilkinson & Mary Wilkinson & Jane Wilkinson & Elizabeth Riley & James W Riley, 19 March 1842
- 1842WillsWill of Daniel Wilkinson
- 1844WillsWill of John Pickett
- 1844WillsWill of James Clark
- 1847WillsWill of William Wilkinson
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: William F Wilkinson and Moriah Ann Findly
1850s
1860s
1870s
1890s
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: D N Wilkinson and Cordelia Hailey
- 1896MarriagesMarriage license: Chas C Wilkinson and Edella Marris
Undated
- DeedsThomas Wilkinson to Francis Wilkinson, September 1752
- Court minutesDeed of Gift, Thomas Wilkinson to Francis Wilkinson.
- Court minutesCairns Tinnen brought an action on the case against Thomas Wilkinson.
- Court minutesThe court selected six petty jurors.
- Court minutesThomas Wilkinson replaced Zachariah Riddle as constable.
- Court minutesJohn Anderson replaced Thomas Wilkinson as constable.
- Court minutesBlake Baker brought an action on the case against Thomas Wilkinson.
- Court minutesSix petit jurors were named.
- Court minutesNamed men and their taxables, with inhabitants of adjoining districts, were ordered to work on the James Cantril–Taylor’s Road connection.
- Court minutesGrand jurors Hugh Porter, Robert Taylor, John Taylor and 16 others were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesJohn Taylor and Francis Wilkinson became sureties for William Daniel in Robert Tate’s suit.
- Court minutesFrancis Wilkinson became overseer from Taylor’s Ford to Stagg’s Creek; James Boid or Bird oversaw the continuation to his residence.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were named, with Richard Holeman as foreman.
- Court minutesEleven jurors were appointed to open the road from Isaac Lowe’s mill through Alexander Mebane’s mill to Woody’s ferry.
- Court minutesJames Wilkinson replaced James Horton as road overseer.
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to lay out a road from the Caswell County line near Taps mill toward the Johnston ordinary–Abercrombie road.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon thirty named jurors for the next county court.
- Court minutesJames Wilkinson replaced Hugh Finley as overseer from Hillsborough to the Enoe ford at his plantation.
- Court minutesFourteen grand jurors were sworn after the sheriff returned the venire.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire naming the listed prospective jurors.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded assignee Isaac Stubbs £39.15 in damages plus costs against James Wilkinson.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesThe remaining original-panel jurors were listed; Tinnen, Craig, and Walker were marked excused.
- Court minutesJohn Mangom selected Thomas Wilkinson as guardian, who posted a fifty-pound bond with James Patterson as surety.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Park as road overseer, replacing James Wilkinson.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Clark as road overseer.
- Court minutesJohn Caldwell prevailed in James Carson’s covenant action brought for Rich’d Clifton?.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Robert Tinnen as road overseer, replacing Wm Clark.
- Court minutesRichard Leigh obtained bond judgment against the defendants, subject to specified payments and a damages release; a new trial was denied.
- Court minutesPatrick St Laurance recovered damages and costs from Jesse Benton’s executors.
- Court minutesThe jury found David Strayhorn had not undertaken the alleged obligation and ruled against John Grant Rencher.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Rich’d Cothran, James Stockard, John Ray Maj and 27 others for next term.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Wilkinson as road overseer, replacing Robert Tinnin.
- Court minutesWm McCauley and Thomas Watts were assigned to settle Francis Wilkinson’s executorship accounts for Mangrom’s estate.
- Court minutesThe court ordered the sheriff to summon jurors for the next August term.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire.
- Court minutesThe court excused jurors Edw’d Jones, Wm Wilkinson, John Bragg and 4 others.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Fulton as road overseer, replacing Wm Walker.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Haywood as road overseer, replacing James Lapsley.
- Court minutesDeed, John Wilkinson to Daniel Wilkinson, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Edmund Gwin [or Green?], George Albright, Jacob Wilhoit and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesWill of John Gandly, proved by Rob’t Faucett & John Wilkinson.
- Court minutesThe court conditionally fined the named absent jurors and directed process requiring them to answer their defaults.
- Court minutesWm Wilkinson and Ben Yeargan were excused from jury attendance after sworn explanations.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Rebecca Wilkinson to Thos N S Hargis, proved by Dudley Sneed.
- Court minutesDaniel Wilkerson became guardian of Rachel Wilkinson.
