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The Wilson surname

The Wilson name in Orange County Indexed: 870 historical records, 58 people in the chronology and 9 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Court minutes 1777–1818
  • Wills 1781–1863
  • Records of enslaved people 1784–1861
  • Marriages 1785–1911
In the chronology
1793 to 1992 58 people in 167 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 8 people, born 1799 to 1936
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (29), Eno River (10), Mountain Creek (8), Stony Creek (8), McGowans Creek (8), Haw Creek (8), Flat River (7), Haw River (6)
Married into
Turrentine 7, Ray 6, Smith 6, Hall 5, McCauley 5, Parker 5, Davis 4, Nichols 4, Woods 4, Brown 3, Cole 3, Riley 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Turrentine 15, Ray 14, Latta 11, Tate 10, Jones 8, Thompson 8, Dollar 7, Rhodes 7, Woods 7, Hastings 7, May 7, Wood 7
People with a page here
Alexander Wilson, Ben F. Wilson, Christopher Wilson, Frank C. Wilson, George Lovick Wilson, H. V. Wilson, John A. (John Albert) Wilson, John A. Wilson, Louis Round Wilson, Thomas James Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
Spellings to try
Willson, Wilsons, Wilbon, Wilsonm
Search beyond these records

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 58 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.

In books and archives 9 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.

In the historical records 870 records

188 deeds, 15 records of enslaved people, 246 marriages, 335 court minutes, 36 tax list entries and 50 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. Wilson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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