Orange Family Genealogy Narrative

The Orange Family History

Last Updated April 6, 2022, by Jerry Orange: (coachorange@yahoo.com)

Summary: A very strong case can be made for the Orange family name and my Orange family ancestors originating from an area of the city of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon, France named the “Orange Stronghold”. While definitive evidence will likely never be found, if it even existed, details which support this assertion will be presented below.

Jean Orange, oldest documented ancestor (whose ancestors likely came from the Orange Stronghold), was born circa 1580 in Bolbec, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.[i] His ancestors left Bolbec for London, England in 1687 due to the persecution of French Protestants (Huguenots). Louis Orange (Lewis/Louys) left England in 1700 aboard the Mary and Ann ship carrying French Refugees (Huguenots) to Virginia. They were in Virginia until about 1811 when they moved to Tennessee. About 1852, they arrived in Kentucky. All of my subsequent ancestors were born in Kentucky, including myself.

(Note: I have put all of my direct Orange family relatives discussed here along with many other Orange relatives on familysearch.org. This site provides much more information about the people but if you are just looking for Orange relatives be sure to go there). I also have a less detailed Orange web site.

While Louis Orange (1670), great grandson of Jean, started the family line in America. Abraham Orange (1671), also great grandson of Jean and cousin of Louis, stayed and started the England family line.

A French dictionary of names lists Orange[ii] as originating from the city in France although I think it is more likely they took their name from the Orange Stronghold which is about 150 miles east of Bolbec, France in Caen, France.[iii] Surnames were added in the 12^th to 14^th century usually based on your location, occupation or unique characteristic; record keeping was required of the Church in the 1500s in France. Just a note, the famous William of Orange is not a relative, he took his name from the principality of Orange when he became prince.

There will likely not be any older records found in Bolbec for the Orange family or nearby Lintot, France where the Mont-Criquet Temple was used as a place of worship, but no earlier than 1578.

There is a record of the Orange family in St Brelade, Jersey, France since 1309, Jourdain Orange, but I cannot find any relationship to the Bolbec Oranges.[iv] Actually, it is thought that the Orange family came from France to Jersey to avoid religious prosecution so they may be descendants not ancestors. On LDS, the first name is Berthlot Orange 1470 (KZCK-R4F) and ends with Walter Orange (KPWJ-MT5) who died in 1909. However, he had seven sons, but there are no records of them having sons to continue the family line (this seems odd and needs to be explored).

Since they were original Orange family members in the 1500s were Protestants, they were not allowed to have a church so they called their place of worship a Temple. This Temple was destroyed in 1659 and the second Temple built in Lintot was closed in 1681.[v] These records and many more Orange descendants are in familysearch.org and supported in other web sites.[vi]

The Upper Normandy region of France has an interesting history, it was part of the Roman Empire in the first century BC, then Rollo, Earl of Orkney, a Norman, became the first Duke of Normandy in 918 and France reclaimed it in 1204. William the Conqueror came from Normandy, great, great, grandson of Rollo, to be King of England in the battle of Hastings in 1066. Then WWII (D-Day) and the invasion of Normandy.

Orange surname and ancestor origin (500BC to 1580): October 19, 2021 by Jerry Orange

This document lists all the pertinent information relating to the origin of my ancestors with the Surname Orange; It starts in early France BC and continues to about 1580. It includes the history of the “Orange Stronghold”, an area of land located in Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon, France, a region in Brittany where the name Orange was widely used and likely originated. It is also thought that many who lived here and used the name Orange are my ancestors. The first records which I can directly prove are my ancestors are from Bolbec, France and they are thought to have originated from the “Orange Stronghold”.

This document tries to summarize and pull the pertinent facts from two important documents about the Orange family. 1. The ORANGE site in Vieux-Vy-sir-Couesnon I, published by the Society of History and Archeology of the Pays de Fougeres on May 30, 2015. http://shapfougeres.blogspot.com/2015/05/le-site-dorange-vieux-vy-sur-couesnon.html 2. Genealogy of the ORANGE families of the Pays de Caux developed by Daniel Orange on October, 2009. https://orangegenealogie.jimdofree.com/etude-du-patronyme/

1. History of Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon, France and the “ORANGE Stronghold”

o The Celtics (Gallic or Galls) occupied Brittany in the 5^th century BC

o The ORANGE camp or stronghold got its name from the Celts: Araurio which means “land slopping toward the water”, this name eventually changed to Orange.

o The Romans (Caesar) took the land from the Celts around 50 BC and built a Roman encampment.

o The Saxons used the camp around the 5^th century and may have burned it.

o Burial grounds for an Amorican Chief (celtic origin) where found which contained 2 skeletons and a spear and gold.

o Orange was the seat of Important Lordships likely made during the 11^th century.

o In a 1499 confession it included reference to an ORANGE castle.

o The Orange Stronghold at one time consisted of a Seigneurial House, moors, out buildings, ponds, mills, fisheries, paper mills, etc The Lord administered feudal rights, justice and royalties to all.

o In the Orange area called the stronghold, there is an Orange mill, Orange Road, Orange stream which flows into the Couesnon River and Orange family house. The standing house which replaced the Orange house in the 1800s still bears the name of Orange and the old paper mill has the name “moulin d Orange” (mill of Orange).

o As a note, there is a Chateau d’Orange near Saint-Jean-Sur, Mayenne that a long time ago belonged to the same family that owned the Orange house in Vieux-Vy.

2. Records of people who used the name ORANGE or Orenge originated from the Orange stronghold. These names were all found in the Brittany region or nearby supporting the Orange stronghold origin.

o 1143 Radulfe or Raoul de Orenges – Abbey of Savigny

o 1152 William (son) of Orenge – Abbey of Savigny

o 1158 Guillaume d’Orenge – land near Laval in Mayenne

o 1158 William of Orange, rank of noble, took his name from the land of Orange located in the parish of Saint-Aubin in Brittany.

o 1173 William of Orenge – defended Dol de Bretagne

o 1225 Guy d’Orenges – Nantes

o 1257 Geoffroy d’Orange –fiefdom – “Tennement –es-Oranges, south of Avranches

o 1259 Yves of Orange – Caen and Cheux

o 1292 Estienne Orenge, Richard Orenge, Orenge, Marie d’Orenge

o 1354 Jean Paynel, Lord of Orange, Feif of Orange was given a mill in Orange by his mother Jeanne Malemains.

o 1371 Orenge la Oreite

o 1386 Jehan and Guillaume d’Orenges, Orenge Ambroys, Michel d’Orange

o 1391 Guilbourde d’Orenge – Rennes

o 1398 Orange de Canves – Normandy, Jean d’Orange

o 1399 Jean d’Orenge

o 1400 Guillaume d’Orange son of Robert orange and Marie du Gesclin

o 1401 Jean d’Orenge has 3 paper mills in Vieux-Vy, one named Orenge

o 1414 Jean d’Orenge – Captain.

o 1419 Jean Orange

o 1419 William of Orenge

o 1422 Jean Orange

o 1427 Richard, Phillippe, Barnabe Orange

o 1450 Orange family ended when Marie d’Orange married Bertrand de Chateaubriand.

o 1488 Colin d’ Orange

o 1488 Land of Orange, owned by the Chateaubriand family was an encampment for Briton Troops.

o 1489 Georges d’Orange

o 1590 Georges d’Orenge, capture of Mayenne

o 1605 Guillaume d’Orange baptised in Cherboug

My genealogy page has documented my Orange family ancestors back to circa 1580 in Bolbec, France with the listing of Jean Orange in the records of the Bolbec Temple. The above information is everything found on the Orange family prior to that time and it is unlikely that a direct tie can be made to Jean Orange. However, as you can see above, it is likely that all these Orange people originated from the “Orange stronghold”. The conclusion is that Jean Orange 1580 or his ancestors are from the “Orange Stronghold” and thus is the origin of the Orange family and the Orange surname. Note: all of this is supported with much greater detail in the two documents listed above.

My documented Orange Ancestors:

The earliest records found in Bolbec and Lintot Temple list eight likely siblings, parents unknown. My direct ancestor is Jean Orange. The only other male, Guillaume Orange; records for his family line end about 1673 in France. The earliest Orange records came from the Departmental archives of Seine-Maritime in France. The record is 4 E 3381 registers of the temple of Bolbec established in Lintot (17^th century). Link

Jean Orange: 1581-1621
Jeanne Orange: 1580 –
Guillaume Orange: 1581 –
Catherine Orange: 1594 –
Anne Orange: 1595 –
Jacqueline Orange: 1595 –
Marie Orange: 1602 – 1671
Judith Orange: 1604 – 1674

France 1581-1687, England -1700

Generation 1:

Jean Orange: 1581-1621: married about 1607
Jeanne Gilles: 1582 -

Abraham Orange: 1607 – 1662
Jean Orange: 1607 – 1673
Suzanne Orange: 1610 –
Isaac Orange: 1613 –
Jeanne Orange: 1616 –
Marguerite Orange: 1621 -

Jean Orange was born in about 1581 in Bolbec, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. He died in the same location about November 1621; the death note said he was the “eldest resident of Bolbec”. Jean married in about 1607 in Lintot, France to Jeanne Gilles, born about 1582, location unknown, death date and location unknown.

They had six children including my ancestor; Abraham Orange. It seems everyone lived in Bolbec and traveled the few miles to Lintot, France where they held their Protestant worship. It was called Lintot’s temple, where the christenings and record keeping were done, because Protestants were not allowed to have churches[vii].

Generation 2:

Abraham Orange: 1607 – 1662 – married 1632
Jeanne Lecaron: 1611 – 1675

Jean Orange: 1639 – abt 1690
Anne Orange: 1633 –
Abraham Orange: 1635 – 1661
Daniel Orange: 1641 –
Mathieu Orange: 1643 - 1687

Abraham Orange was born on November 11, 1607 in Bolbec,Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France and died in 1662 in Lintot, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. He married Jeanne Lecaron on May 23, 1632 in Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Jeanne was born in May, 1611 in Bolbec, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France and died in the same location on May 12, 1675; her five siblings, parents and grandmother are listed in familysearch.org. Abraham and Jeanne had five children including my ancestor Jean Orange.

Generation 3:

Jean Orange: 1639 – about 1690 – married 1663
Judith Fauquet: 1635 – after 1698

Louis Orange: 1670 – 1734
Judith Orange: 1664 – 1706
Pierre Orange: 1661 – 1719
Jean Orange: 1668 –
Martha Orange: 1673 –
Madeleine Orange: 1675 –
Abraham Orange: 1677 – 1678
Ann Orange: 1679 -1679

Jean Orange was born on January 16, 1639 in Bolbec and died in Stepney, Middlesex London, England about April 13, 1690. Judith Fauquet born in 1635 in Bolbec, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France and died after 1698 in London, England married Jean Orange on October 21, 1663 in Lintot, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Jean and Judith had eight children including my ancestor Louis Orange who was born on October 26, 1670 in Bolbec and who died in Henrico County, Virginia, USA on August 24, 1734.

On October 22, 1685, French King Louis XIV repealed the Edict of Nantes in an act called the Revocation. The Edict was a Charter of Rights given to the Huguenots in 1598 which granted them freedom of worship. All of France was Catholic except for the about 10% of the population who were Huguenot Protestants. As a result, thousands of Protestants were killed and many thousands fled to England and other nearby countries. They were required to renounce their religion and be re-baptized.[viii]

In 1681, Charles II, King of England offered sanctuary to the Huguenots. By 1700 there were 50,000 Huguenots in England with 50% in London and 25% of the total came from the Normandy area in France. Also, by 1700 there were 14 French Churches. The Huguenots turned the silk industry in Spitalfields and Threadneedle street into “Weaver Town”.

Jean Orange was arrested in Maubeuge, France on February 14, 1686 and taken to Tourni, France. He said he “abjure at Rouen” on January 19, 1686. On March 6, 1686 he was forgiven for sentencing. This means he gave up his Protestant belief and was re-baptized a catholic which saved him and his family from sentencing and certain death.

This history is on Jean Orange’s record[ix] at the Huguenot archives in London, England, where he, his daughter Judith and son John (this is likely son Jean) are listed as French Refugees on March 5, 1687.[x] And Jean and daughter made record on May 2, 1687 in Spitalfield ds HSL Vol 39. His son Jean “young man of Bolbec” made record on September 25, 1687. Accord CLEMENT Jean 1687.

In June, 1698 Judith Fauquet is a Huguenot refugee in London – of new convertists from Bolbec, June 1698 no 419: widow of Jean Orange age 58, children, Marthe 28 years old and Madeleine 26 years old. Eldest daughter of Elie Fauquet 5 F 25 resident of Bolbec and Marie Barbet. Judith’s age is incorrect at 58 since the document also says she was born in 1635 which makes her 62. Evidently, Jean Orange left Bolbec for London with two children in 1686, died in 1690 In London and then his wife left Bolbec and came to England in 1698 with two other children.

On the same Huguenot record of Jean Orange in London, which says he was in London in 1686, it also states “Event: arrested in London 1697 1698”. There is a record of a John Orange buried April 13, 1690 in Stepney, Middlesex, London, England.[xi] This is thought to be Jean (pronounced like John in the English spelling) Orange. Judith is stated as a widow in 1698 in the Huguenot archives which could support this. However, if Jean Orange was arrested in London in 1697 1698 then this is not his death. But if Judith is a widow in 1698, and he is arrested in 1698, he must have died in 1698. Is this why Judith came to London, 11 years after her husband, Jean Orange, left with two of the children? Louis Orange is not mentioned, however, he gets married a year later in 1699 in London.

(As a note, Abraham 1607(Louis’s grandfather), who had a son named Abraham 1635 who had a son named Abraham 1671 was also a Huguenot refugee in England arriving in 1687. This Abraham 1671(Louis’s cousin) had two sons Abraham 1695 and John Pierre 1696 who started the Orange family in England). These records are also on familyhistory.org.

(There is also and Orange line originating with John Orange 1675 (K4JD-H9F) in Yorkshire, England. Five generations later Albert Edward Orange 1842 and his two brothers left for New Zealand on board the Zealandia in 1857 from Wakefield, Leicester, England.) The family line still exists in NZ with Paul Orange 1960. This line seems to be different than my family line from France to England. Records on familysearch.org.)

Lewis (English spelling of Louis) Orange married Mary Whitehead on October 1, 1699 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, Kent, England.[xii] This is about 6 months before Louys Orange and Mary and infant left for America on the Huguenot ship. In addition, The National Huguenot Society has listed the Orange family as French Huguenots[xiii].

There are records of a Louys 1661, Louys 1663, and an L’Orange family line. None of these are related to Louis Orange born 1670 to Jean Orange.

1) A baptism of Louys Orange on September 07, 1662 in a French Catholic Church in Saint Germaine en Laye and it indicates that he was born on 02 November 1661. His parents are listed as Jacques Orange and Guillemette Thomas. Guillemette was born on August 11, 1641 in Jugon-les-Lacs, Cotes-d’Armor, Bretagne, France. The source was the Upper Brittany, France Births & Baptism, 1501-1907 saved online in ancestry.com and familysearch.com. Jacques is from Gagny and is a varlet - a nobleman in training to be a Knight (foot soldier) in the King's army. The godparents also appear to be nobles.

2) There is another Louys Orange in France in the 1600s who also is likely not a direct relative. This Louys Orange was born September 10, 1663 .This information was provided by 95, Mesnil Aubry, , VAL D'OISE as indicated on the web page. His father was also named Louys Orange and was born in 1629 and died January 25, 1694 in a’Mesnil Aubry, Val D’oise. I do not have the location in France. He married Madeleine Bouticourt (born on April 22, 1636) on June 22, 1656. Her father was named Hubert and her mother was Charlotte La Quenouille. They had 7 children of which one was Louys. This Louys Orange was born September 10, 1663 in a’ Mesnil Aubry, Val D’oise. I cannot find any other information on this Louys Orange nor the previous Louys Orange who was born in 1661.

3) There is also another web page that claims Louys Orange was related to Sir Velas L'Orange but I think that is unlikely even though they site an approved genealogy of Marie L’Orange published in The Huguenot, Publication 19 pp. 118-124. Linwood E. Orange published Orange of Virginia in 1997 which says he was a descendant of Louis Orange abt 1675 in France. His information comes from gravestones and obituaries; Paige S. Orange and Ann Barden Carroll helped him. There was a L’Orange who also came to America on a Huguenot ship who is more likely the direct relative.

4) There is one other listing of the name Orange in the LDS index to the Saint Germain-en-Laye church records from 1550-1700. It appears to be a burial of an Orange in 1684 but may not be; the actual record is all but illegible. The church records of Gagny start in 1680 and there is no index. The search must continue in the French archives.

In England, there are Oranges listed in LDS as belonging to the French Protestant Church and being aliens to England.[xiv] These records are found in the 1600s, it is thought that they were part of the French Huguenots who left France for England in 1685. Also, there are other earlier Orange families in England; there are about 10 Oranges in the 1500s and more than 50 Oranges throughout England in the 1600s.

Virginia: 1700-1811

Generation 4:

Louis (Louys, Louiss or Lewis) Orange: 1670 - 1734 – married 1699
Mary Whitehead: about 1675 – 1735

Lewis Orange: 1720 – 1779
John Orange: 1700 – 1762
Judith Orange: 1702 – 1734
Elizabeth Orange: 1705 -1734
Magdelin Orange: 1705 – 1754
Peter Orange: 1708 – 1754
Mary Turner: 1720 -1792

Louis Orange was born on October 26, 1670 in in Bolbec, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France[xv] and died August 24, 1734 in Henrico County, Virginia. He married Mary Whitehead on October 1, 1699 in Deptford St. Nicholas, Kent, England. She was born about 1675 and died April 7, 1735 in Virginia. While there are many records of the name Mary Whitehead, I have not found any records of her birth, parents, or siblings in England or death in Virginia. They had seven children with my ancestor being Lewis Orange.

Louis Orange was 17 when his father Jean Orange registered in London as a French refugee in 1687 (he was not listed as being with him) and he was 20 when his father Jean (John) likely died in 1690. Louis’s mother registered in London as a French refugee in 1698 but he is not listed as being with her either. Louis was married October 1, 1699 to Mary Whitehead. Therefore, he must have left Bolbec for London after 1687 and before 1699.

The Orange family started in America in July 31, 1700 when Louis (Louiss/Louys) Orange[xvi], wife (Mary) and one child arrived at James Town, Virginia on July 31, 1700. Louys (Louiss) aboard the ship Mary and Ann and was listed as one of the 205 French Refuges. The ship set sail on April 19, 1700 from Gravesend England. Louis was listed as Orange and received 15 shillings for baking while aboard the Ship.[xvii] This was a record of the disposition of the money to the passengers.[xviii] The ship was one of five that left England. Dr. Daniel Coxe, a court physician in England was the principal promoter to establish a colony of French refugees in America. Dr. Coxe succeeded in convincing King William, III of England that the people should locate along the James River.

There were 10,000 acres of land that was divided among the French refugees. Louiss Orange was listed as a French refugee that did not receive land.[xix] The land owners were called Patentees. The French Lands were south of the James River in Henrico County.

(There was a Jean L'Orange who died shortly after arriving and his wife Frances received two segments of land. They had one daughter also names Frances. She married numerous times and gave her land away to her children by other marriages and therefore is not related to Louiss Orange who died in 1734. The L'Orange named stopped since she had no males named Orange.)

The Virginia Magazine has a very long article on The French Huguenot Frontier Settlement of Manakin Town. This is supposed to be where all the Huguenots settled including those from the Mary and Ann. It contains amazing details of those on the Mary and Ann, England, France and those that settled in the area. It is a must read if you want to understand why they came to America and why they settled there.[xx]

On May 12, 1705 Lewis Orange was naturalized in Virginia. It is thought that this is the same Louiss or Louys Orange just spelled in the English version and not the French version.[xxi]

Since Lewis did not receive land as a French refugee, he must have moved to Henrico County since he is listed as living on 95 acres owned by Benjamin Watson as stated in his will on March 16, 1715. Benjamin Watson’s will, stated the land that Lewis was living on would go to Watson's son when he reached the age of 18. Some of the land of Watson was along Gilley's Creek which is probably where Louis (Lewis) lived.[xxii]

A will belonging to Lewis Orange,[xxiii] thought to be the same as Louys Orange, showed that he died in August 24, 1734 in Henrico County Virginia. His wife's name was Mary. He had a son named Lewis Orange who is thought to be the direct descendent (Lewis2). John Orange, probably the first born son, could have been named Jean (English spelling) and could have been the infant on the ship to America.

The will listed the following for Lewis Orange and their inheritance.

Lewis: western part of land (Lewis-2)
Peter: lower part of land
John: houses, orchards and plantation
Mary: wife, executor and to live on the plantation for life
Judith Ligon: 12 pence
Elizabeth Willce, 1 pence
Magdelin Atkins, 1 pence
Mary Turner, 1 pence

The witnesses are James Lasley and William Turner. His inventory value was recorded as pounds 10/15/0.[xxiv]

There is a William Orange born about 1761 in Ireland (L4HM-2T4) who married Elizabeth Gibson. He has a family line that still exists in Pennsylvania. I have not been able to find any records of William in Ireland to see if he is related to the Orange family line.

Generation 5:

Lewis Orange: 1720 – 1792 married unknown
Keziah Orange: 1732 - 1792

William Orange: 1759 – 1815
Lewis Orange: 1756 – 1779
Joshua Orange: 1750 – 1812
Lucretia Orange: 1760 - 1824

Lewis Orange (son of Louis/Lewis) was born about 1720 and died after 1792. His wife (marriage date unknown) Rebecca Keziah was born about 1732 and died about 1792. They had four children with William Orange being the direct descendant born January 26, 1759 in Cumberland County.

Lewis Orange (spelled Oring) bought 400 acres of land on May 24, 1756 in the central part of Cumberland County from Julius Allen, a Henrico County Patentee[xxv]. Lewis owned 135 acres along Stamping Branch, a fork of Little Guinea Creek in Virginia that he gave to William. On this land was an Orange family cemetery. Note: prior to 2006, a relative visited this area, Thomas Orange of Berea, OH. searching for this cemetery.

This purchased land is different than the land he inherited from his father in the 1734 will. Henrico County was split in 1728 to add Goochland County. Goochland County was split in 1749 to add Cumberland County (part south of the James River). Since Lewis's will was executed in 1734 in Henrico County after the formation of Goochland County, the inherited land cannot be in Cumberland County.

Lewis Orange (spelled Oringe) shows as having a law suit brought against him in Cumberland County in May 24, 1762 and June 28, 1762, an Alias Capias was awarded.[xxvi] The law suit person was Thomas Yuille.

Lewis Orange and wife Keziah (thought to be Lewis 1720) sold land in Cumberland County Virginia to Thomas Moore for 26 pounds and five shillings on January 24, 1771.[xxvii] The total land sold was 105 acres of the 400 acres that Lewis bought in 1756. Another Indenture shows up on April 20, 1776 that says Lewis Orange sold 105 acres to Thomas Moore.[xxviii] Lewis Orange sold his land to John Farmer and Thomas Moore. The Farmer name shows additionally as a surety for William's marriage and also Edith Orange marries Burnell Farmer on Dec. 12, 1812 in Amelia County, Va. William is the direct descendent.

In the 1782 census,[xxix] Joshua Orange is listed with a total of 4 white people in Cumberland County. Lewis Orange 1720 is also listed as a separate head of household and with 4 white people. This must be Lewis Orange 1720 since Lewis 1756 (his son) died in the Revolutionary War.

Rebecca Keziah is one of eight siblings whose father is an Unknown Tuscarora Indian. This is based on DNA matching which shows she was Tuscarora Indian with African. The African came from her likely Great Grandfather. Based on a lost record she married Lewis Orange about 1758. A 1771 land deed also indicates that Keziah Orange was the wife of Lewis Orange.

Myself and another Lewis Orange and Rebecca Keziah descendant, have done DNA tests that match descendants of Rebecca's siblings. This is proof that Rebecca Keziah is a Keziah family member. The Keziah family DNA matches the Tuscarora Indians and has African ancestry. This likely came from "The Elder".

"The Elder" arrived via shipwreck on the NC coast in 1646. He was rescued by the Tuscarora, along with seven other Africans and a Spanish crewman from a Spanish slave ship bound for Cuba. The Agents of Jamestown's Governor Francis Yeardley were told in 1653 of the Spaniard and his family of eight Negroes and the families they had acquired in the seven years they had been living with the Tuscarora. At a later date they visited the Spaniard and offered to convey the group back to "civilization" but "they seemed well-pleased to remayne withe ye Savages."

In other words "The Elder" remained with the Tuscarora Tribe as did his children. "The Elder" is thought to be the great grandfather of Rebecca Keziah (Orange). He had an African wife and Tuscarora wife which shows up in the DNA. Keziah ancestors are "The Elder" and his Tuscarora wife.

Related Orange records:

I found many incorrect records of the name Keziah, it was an Indian name in North Carolina. There was never a Chief Nicholas that married a Huguenot named Elizabeth Maria Calais Duneveaux. Some web sites incorrectly say they had a daughter named Rebecca Keziah. Actually Nicholas was a sibling of Rebecca Keziah (Orange) and only became a Chief when he moved to New York.

They say Rebecca Keziah married Lewis Orange and then married William Smith and had a daughter in 1762. The William Smith genealogy was approved in 1953 by the sons of the American Revolution.[xxx] However, this second Rebecca Keziah is actually the daughter of Sandifer Keziah (Rebecca Keziah Orange’s brother) and married William Moore Oct 4, 1798 in Surry County, NC.

Peter Orange (Lewis’s uncle) appears with Peter Depp on the 1744 list of inhabitants of King William Parish.[xxxi] He is also listed in the Huguenot Immigration to Virginia records.[xxxii]

On March 28, 1754 Peter Orange died in Amelia County Virginia and left 100 pounds to his wife Ann.[xxxiii] The will was originally created before there was an Amelia County in 1734/1735. It is probably not the land that Lewis Orange gave him in Henrico County. Amelia County was not ever part of Henrico County, therefore Peter must have moved. Amelia County is adjacent to Cumberland County.

John Orange (Lewis’s uncle) owned land in Henrico County in August 6, 1762 near John Parsons's land which was on the west side of Beachen Run.[xxxiv] Since John ended up with the Houses, he may have ended up with all of the land in Henrico County. Since Peter showed up in Amelia County and Lewis-2 in Cumberland County.

John Orange was paid for his duties by the St. Johns Church in Henrico City, Richmond, VA from December 9, 1771 until December 17. 1773.[xxxv]

Joshua Orange (Lewis’s 1720 son) enlisted in the Revolutionary war on February 15, 1776 and was discharged on March 5, 1778.[xxxvi] He was from Cumberland County and joined the 5th Virginia Battalion. He was in the Rifle Regimen 5th VA. Battalion and shows as a Corporal.[xxxvii] Joshua Orange was born ca. 1758.

Joshua served in the VA militia during Dunmore's War. This was a war with the Indians in the land between the Alleghenies and the Ohio River. So he was an Indian fighter. He must have been a good shot since he was with Morgan's Rifles during the Revolutionary War. His service in Dunmore's War is noted in the Library of Virginia card file, card 31 of 53. And if you're interested in Dunmore's War, do a Google search on [Dunmore's +war] and you'll get several pages of links. The "OhioKids" link gives a nice, simple description, and the "newriver" link gives a more thorough treatment.

Lewis Orange (Lewis’s son) enlisted on February 12, 1778 and was shown as sick in Brunswich on November, 1778 and dead on January 13, 1779.[xxxviii] He did not pick up his last pay sent on June 16, 1786 so it is assumed the records are correct. His pay was picked up by Jos Carrington. Lewis, the son, joined the 7th VA. Reg't. Both Lewis Orange, the son, and Joshua are listed as soldiers who have not received bounty land.[xxxix]

It is interesting to note that about 12,000 French Soldiers fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary war. Approximately 2,112 died. Two of the deceased are listed as Charles Orange, officer, who died on January 5, 1783 in a Boston Hospital. Also, a Jacques Orange who died on August 12, 1779 in the Hospital of Fort Royal. These records are in familysearch.org.

Generation 6:

William Orange: 1759 – 1815 married 1785
Elizabeth Melton: 1764 - 1804

Yearby Orange: 1794 – 1852
Polly Belcher Orange: 1786 – 1870
John Orange: 1788 –
Byrd Orange: 1789 – 1859
Zepheniah Orange: 1791 – 1859
Chizziah Bailey Orange: 1792 -
Eliza Orange: 1796 –
Nancy Orange: 1798 –
Elizabeth Orange: 1803 –
Matthew W. Orange 1794 - probably not their child.

William Orange was born on January 26, 1759 and died April 30, 1815. He married Elizabeth Melton on September 26, 1785 in Cumberland County, VA.[xl] Surety was James Farmer. She was born November 5, 1764 in Bedford, VA. And died the same place about 1804. They had nine or maybe 10 children with the direct descant being Yearby Orange.

William Orange was not in the Revolutionary War, although his brother Lewis died while in service and his other brother Joshua was quite active in the war. Maybe he stayed at home for this reason. However, he paid a supply tax in 1783 that went to help support the war effort so he is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution.[xli]

William Orange appears in the Virginia 1784 census for the first time with 4 white people and 2 dwellings and 1 other building.[xlii]

There are three people with the name William Orange which has caused many incorrect records. My direct ancestor who remained in Virginia and married in 1785 and a second who served in the Revolutionary War in North Carolina. The NC William Orange must have died shortly after the war since his heirs picked up his bounty land which supports the idea of two William Oranges. The third is William A. Orange. He is listed in the 1810 and 1820 census and married Stiry Wade on June 30, 1807 in Cumberland County which supports the third.

In the 1787 Cumberland County tax records, William Orange is also listed with no details except that Lewis is responsible for the tax.[xliii] On the 1787 Henrico tax list there are no Oranges listed.

On March 26, 1792, Lewis-2 sold 135 acres that he was living on to his son William Orange.[xliv] This was the land on Stamping Branch, a small fork of the Little Guinea creek. This was the last of the original 400 acres purchased in 1756. The question is what happened to the original land willed to him by the original Lewis Orange who died in 1734. Most likely, John kept all the land after Lewis bought land in 1756.

There are actually two Little Guinea Creeks. The correct one flows SE of Cumberland, flows SE roughly parallel to VA 13 and empties into the Appomattox River about 2 miles downriver from the Big Guinea.

It is thought that Lewis-2 lived on Louis's land with John until he moved to Cumberland County in 1756 when he purchased the land and William was born in 1759.

On August 23, 1784, Lewis-2 sold 90 acres of land to Joshua his wife Milla and their son Lewis J. Orange for the sum of five pounds.[xlv]

Lewis-2 Orange also sold 93 acres to John Farmer for five pounds on August 23, 1784.

In the 1787 Cumberland County tax records, Lewis is listed as having one black older than 16, 3 horses and 14 cattle. William Orange is also listed with no details except that Lewis is responsible for the tax.[xlvi] Joshua Orange (spelled Orrange) is listed as having 13 blacks, 4 horses and 21 cattle.

The 1800 Virginia Census was destroyed by a fire and no records exist. The 1800 Cumberland County tax lists show that William Orange has two horses.[xlvii]

On November 9, 1804, William Orange (spelled Orrange) is listed as a registered voter in Cumberland County.[xlviii] John Orange also registered to vote in Cumberland County.

William Orange does not show up in the 1810, Virginia, Tennessee Census or North Carolina census.

On March 25, 1811 William Orange sold his 135 acres to Byrd Farmer for $500. This land has the Orange graveyard on it.[xlix]

William Orange and family must have moved to Smith County Tennessee around 1811-1813 since he sold his property in 1811 and his son Zephaniah Orange was married on February 24, 1813 in Cumberland County, VA.

William Orange died on April 30, 1815 in Smith County TN.[l] The will indicated that his wife was Elizabeth which confirms he is the correct William Orange. The will lists the names of the nine children above and does not include Mathew. Either he was still in Virginia or was not their child. John and Byrd were the executors of the will.

Related Orange Records:

In the 1784 census, Joshua Orange is listed with 5 white people and 1 dwelling. Lewis-2 Orange is not listed.[li]

A different William Orange appears in the Halifax County North Carolina census in 1784 with one male between 26 and 60, one male under 21 or over 60 and a white female all ages.

William Orange of North Carolina enlisted in the Revolutionary War while living in North Carolina. He was in Montfort's Company from July 20, 1778 for nine months as a private. He is listed again in Dixon's Company from June 14, 1781 for fourteen months until time out on Dec. 14, 1782.[lii] William was given a Revolutionary War land grant from North Carolina on September 15, 1787. Ann Orange is listed as having some involvement in the grant; however it was sold to Robert Nelson. Privates were entitled to 640 acres that was granted in Davidson County TN.[liii]

William Orange received a North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Voucher on November 4, 1782. He is listed as Wm Orange and the event place was Halifax, North Carolina. This record is in familysearch.org.

William Orange shows up as getting land deeded to him by Henry Overstreet in Halifax County North Carolina circa 1785. This is likely the NC William Orange since he shows up in 1784 NC census. He must have died shortly after this since his heirs picked up his bounty land. William Orange received a grant 379, warrant 2056 in Davidson County, Tenn. on Sept. 15, 1787 from North Carolina that was assigned (sold) to Robert Nelson.[liv] I can only guess the origin of this William Orange, but likely he was the descendant of John Orange or Peter Orange both sons of Louis Orange and born about 1700 – 1708.

On November 16, 1789 Joshua Orange signed a petition against heavy taxes.[lv]

On November 9, 1804, John Orange, probably son of William Orange, was listed as a voter in Cumberland County for an election held in Cumberland County for the election of Electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States.[lvi]

In the 1810 Virginia census, William Orange does not show up. Instead a William A. Orange, son of Joshua, shows up. Also showing up on the census is Joshua Orange. Lewis-2 is presumed to have died between 1792 and 1810 which puts him at least 72 years old at time of death.

William A. Orange has 2 white males under the age of 10, 2 white males between 16 and 26 and 1 white female between 16 and 26 and no slaves.

Lewis(4) Orange, probably Lewis J. son of Joshua, served in the VA Militia during the War of 1812. The specifics can be found at the Library of Virginia website. He may have had some financial difficulties, as he had to sell off some small pieces of the land he inherited from Joshua. Also, three of his daughters were declared destitute by the County.

Joshua Orange died in 1812 in Cumberland County and an inventory of his estate is given.[lvii]

John Orange is listed in the Military for 5 years on February 6, 1819 as a Private in the 5 Infantry.[lviii]

William A. Orange does show up in the 1820 census, which supports the idea that William Orange is different than William A. Orange. It lists a male and female 26-45, 4 females under 10 and 2 males 10 to 16, no slaves.

In the Kentucky Papers a John Orange son of William is shown bound to William Goddard in 1806. This must be near Virginia.[lix]

In the 1850 Virginia census, there is a Mathew W. Orange who was born in 1794 in Virginia. He would have been about 18 years old when William moved to Tennessee and could be an additional son to William and Elizabeth, but he is not listed in the Orange family bible nor in the will.

There are many Oranges listed in Virginia and North Carolina after William left for Tennessee about 1812. The ones in Cumberland County are descendants of Joshua Orange, Williams’s brother. The remaining in other counties (Charles City, Henrico, etc.) can be linked to each other but I cannot find any ties to this family line nor can I find any earlier records or ancestors to determine their origin. Remember, Louis’s will left land to Lewis, Peter and John in Henrico County. Lewis bought land in Cumberland so that is why all his ancestors via Joshua are there. The Henrico relatives most likely came from John since he had the plantation in Henrico, although he does show up in Cumberland records also. Peter shows up in Amelia County, so those Oranges may be his descendants.

The same is true of North Carolina. There are Oranges listed in familysearch.org but none have ancestors prior to about 1804. This needs a lot more investigation to determine if William Orange left any relatives in Virginia. Also, trying to determine where these Oranges originated, start with Henderson H. Orange

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about 1812 and John Orange 1820. There is also a Sarah Orange 1760, Susan Orange 1793, and James and Susan Orange about 1800. My conclusion is all the Orange family in Virginia and North Carolina are descendants of Louis Orange. I have also found a John Orange 1886 from Austria and Michael Oranges 1858 from Italy both in Pennsylvania.

As mentioned before, Abraham Orange, 1671, started the family tree in England. Four generations later three of his descendants, brothers, left England for America. Daniel Orange, 1793 arrived first before 1820. His two brothers, William Frederick 1796 and Benjamin E. 1820, arrived on the ship Tontine, E. Turley, Master at Philadelphia in the spring of 1820. They migrated to Illinois and then Ohio. Most descendants stayed in Illinois but a few went to Massachusetts and Los Angeles, CA. My search for ancestors ended about 1900, so this family line may have ended; the records are on familysearch.org.

Generation 7:

Yearby Orange: 1794 – 1852 married prior to 1817
Saphrona Jones: 1796 - 1870

Yearby Newton Orange: 1835 – 1886
Albert J. Orange: 1817 – 1901
Catharine Greene Orange: 1820 – 10/06/1867
Francis Marion Orange: 1822 - 1896
Cornelia Orange: 1824 –
Francis Orange: 1825 –
Amanda Payne: 1826 –
Cornelia Orange: 1826 –
Nancy Nichols Orange: 1827 – 1897
Benjamin Jasper Orange: 1831 - 1914
Elisa Orange: 1832 –
Elizzie M. Orange: 1833 – 12/15/1856
Sophronia Orange: 1835 –
Sophrona Orange: 1838 -

Yearby Orange was born on December 31, 1794[lx] in Cumberland, VA and died January 6, 1852 in Simpson County, Ky. He married Saphrona Jones, born in 1796, died 1870. They were married in Cumberland, VA in 1816. They had 14 children with Yearby Newton Orange being my direct ancestor.

Yearby could have been derived from New Year Baby since he was born on Dec. 31.

It is thought that Yearby was married between 1814 and 1817 in Smith County Tennessee due to the ages of his children.

Yearby Orange served in the First Regiment (Col. Philip Pipkin), Capt. James Blakemore's Company, as a 6th Corporal. He enlisted 20 June 1814 and was mustered out 2 Feb. 1815. He was paid for 7 months and 13 days at $10 per month or $74.90.[lxi]

Yearby (Irby) Orange was a juror in Smith County, Tenn. on Feb 10, 1817.[lxii]

The four sons including Yearby Orange show up in the 1820 Smith County Tennessee Census. Yearby and his wife are between 16 and 26 years of age with a son under 10 and two females under 10 and one other female between 16 and 26.[lxiii]

All records before 1838 in Smith County courthouse were destroyed by fire and the marriage certificate cannot be located. The county was formed in 1799 and the courthouse that burned was built in 1804. Since Yearby's wife was born in Virginia and Zephaniah was married in Virginia in 1813, Yearby could also have been married in either Tenn. or VA.

Smith County on Feb. 1819 ordered John Gordon to use a hammer and crowbar to construct roads which included the road leading from Orange's to James Mosses.[lxiv] Yearby later sold land to John Gordon.

In 1824 Yearby was listed in the Smith County church and then in 1828 Sophronia was listed as one of the female members.[lxv]

In the 1830 Tennessee Census, Yearby does not show up nor does Byrd. They also do not show up in the Kentucky Census.

Byrd Orange sold Yearby 37 acres in Smith County Tenn. on Nov. 24, 1834.[lxvi] Yearby sold John Gordon 37 acres on April 28, 1837[lxvii] and sold his belongings and possible land to Champion T. Thomas on May 6, 1837.[lxviii] Yearby shows up in the 1840 and 1850 Smith County census so he must have had other land. It is thought that the Orange family owned land near the present day Gordonsville exit off I-40.

In 1837, Y. Orange signed a petition regarding the county line between Smith and Cannon.[lxix]

On October 20, 1837 Yearby Orange delivered the mail. He received $100 to $600 annually based on the route.[lxx]

In the 1840 Tennessee Census Yearby shows up (spelled Yirby) in Smith County and no Oranges show up in Kentucky.

In the 1850 Smith County Tennessee Census Yearby is shown as 55 years old, born in Virginia and married to Sofrona Jones also 55 and born in Virginia. They have the following listed:

Frances 28 all born in Tennessee
Cornelia Ann 24, m. R.D. Bell, 1/18/48, Lebanon TN[lxxi]
Eliza 18, Elizabeth w. born 1833
Sophronia 15
Sophrona 12

Three attending school and one married within the year. It is thought that Newton's name is really Yearby Newton.

Sophrona Jones father was Benjamin Jones who died on March 23, 1843. In the will Sophrona's name is mentioned.[lxxii]

There is an interesting letter[lxxiii] that tells about Yerby and his wife Sophronia. It adds additional children and some names don't match the 1850 census. "They had eight children: 3 sons - Benjamin, Albert, & Newton; 5 daughters - Nealy, Nancy, Amanda, Sophronia, and Catherine Greene".

In the 1850 Kentucky Census there is 5 Oranges listed.

Albert Butler
Benjamin Butler – son of Yearby born 1831, TN
Bird Butler – brother of Yearby
William J Butler
Zephaniah Caldwell – brother of Yearby.

Butler means the county in Kentucky.

In January 6, 1852 Yearby Orange at the age of 58 in Simpson County, KY.[lxxiv] It is thought that he died shortly after moving to Kentucky. This part of Simpson County is thought to later have been changed to Butler County. There is an Old Orange cemetery that has the grave of Byrd Orange and other Oranges. Yearby may be buried there. The cemetery is south of hwy 626 on highway 79. Go about one mile south on 79, cross a creek bridge, second driveway on the right. This driveway or road is owned by James Oberhausen. Proceed up the drive for about two miles. As the road veers right at the top of a hill on the right are two pillars with a metal gate. This is the cemetery and it is badly overgrown with trees, bushes, etc. Yearby's grave could not be identified, however there are rocks and tombstones which cannot be read.

There is a second Orange cemetery where Owen Orange and his father William Franklin Orange are buried. Albert's son George gave the land and it is known as the George Orange Cemetery. Owen has a grave stone, however he said he marked his father with a rock. There are rocks next to Owen's grave stone. There are many other Oranges here and some unidentifiable. The directions are to turn right off of highway 79 going north at 626, Davis Crossroads. The Orange Cemetery road sign is now gone. The cemetery is about four miles on the left and the caretaker is David Graham who is a distant cousin. He lives in the house just east of the cemetery on the left.

Related Orange Records:

Zephaniah Orange married Elizabeth R. Melton on Feb 21, 1813 in Cumberland County Va.

Byrd Orange was a farmer. He served as a Private in Captain James Tubb's Company, 2nd Reg't. West Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812, from September 20, 1814 to April 10, 1815. His pay was $8.00 per month.[lxxv] He died on May 8, 1859 and is buried in "Old" Orange cemetery in Butler County. Zephaniah also served at the same time.

On August 27, 1823 Zephaniah Orange and Elizabeth R. Orange were recorded as neighbors in John Farmer's divorce proceedings in Smith County, TN.[lxxvi]

This site has a map of Tennessee and Kentucky about 1830. http://www.tngenweb.org/maps/tnky1835.htm

John Orange is shown as giving security for Hector Sanford on 3/8/1830 in Mason County, Ky. for a Minister Bond (Methodist).[lxxvii]

On Oct. 17, 1846 Zephaniah Orange sold 75 acres in Smith County to Jeremiah Agee for $275.[lxxviii]

There is a Nancy Nichols Orange listed as a daughter to Yearby who was born in TN in 1827.

Generation 8:

Yearby Newton Orange: 1835 – 1886 married 1861
Mary A. Graham: 1837 - 1885

William Franklin Orange: 1869 – 1953
Anna Belle Orange: 1872 - 1962

Yearby Newton Orange (born about 1835) married Mary Graham on December 30, 1861 in the County Clerk's office in Butler County Ky.[lxxix] Mary was born in 1837 in Butler County as were her parents. They had two children my ancestor William Franklin Orange born in May 21, 1869 and Anna born about 1872.

Y.N. Orange bought 28.5 acres for $160 in Butler County near the Bowling Green road from William Chandler on Dec. 14, 1857.[lxxx] Yearby Newton bought and sold land six times with his last sale on Jan. 20, 1886 to Y.H. Orange.

In the 1860 Kentucky Census there are 18 Oranges listed. Saffrona Orange is listed as being 64 years old and sewing is her occupation. Yearby N. Orange is listed as being 24 years old and a farmer. Amanda Payne is living with them.

In the 1870 Kentucky Census, Newton Orange shows up as 35 years old with Mary being 33 and born in Kentucky. Sophronia show up as 64 again and William shows up as 1 year old. Amanda Payne is shown as being 44 and born in Tn. They are living in Sugar Grove, Butler County Ky.

In the 1880 Butler County, Ky census Newton Orange (age 44 ) shows up with wife Mary (age 42) with son Franklin ( age 11) and daughter Anna ( age 8). Amanda Pain (age 62) listed as sister. Also, in the United States Census, 1880. It incorrectly lists Hallie Manners as a male. She is shown with her father Francis and mother Matilda and a total of 8 children.

Yearby Newton Orange served in the Civil War on the Union side. He enlisted in Hartford, Ky. on Aug. 14, 1862 and was in the Calvary. He was 28, 5'11'3/4' tall with a light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and a farmer from TN.[lxxxi]

YERBY N. ORANGE, Private, Co. F, 12th Ky. Vol. Cav.
Enrolled 14 August 1862 (3 years)
Mustered In: 17 November 1862 @ Owensboro, Ky.
Mustered Out: 23 August 1865 @ Louisville, Ky.
Ky Adjutant General, Volume # 1; page 328

Fought with the 12th Kentucky Vol Calvary and was in some of the most bloody battles of the war, he fought at:
Battle of the Narrows and Horshoe Bottoms April 28-29 1863
Greasy Creek May 10,1863
Buffington's Island Ohio July 19, 1863
Littleriver Nov 14-15 1863
Clinch Mountain Dec 6,1863
Siege Of Atlanta May 11-Sept 8,1864
Battle Of Resaca May 14-15 1864
Lost Mountain June 11-17 1864
Muddy Creek June 7,1864
Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2,1864
Mcaffees Crossroads June 20,1864
Lost Mountain (again) July 1-2 1864
Battle Of Jonesboro Aug 31, - Sept 4,1864
Joined Stonemans Brigade in 1865 Fought at Shallow Ford April 11,1865
Grants Creek April 12, 1865
Returned to Eastern Tennesse until mustered out Aug.23,1865

12th Regiment Cavalry

Organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Ky., November 17, 1862. Attached to District of West Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. Independent Cavalry Brigade, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. Detached Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Dismounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, September, 1864. District of Louisville, Ky., to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District East Tennessee, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District East Tennessee, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Action at Owensboro, Ky., September 18, 1862. Sutherland Farm September 19. Action at Calhoun, Ky., November 25, 1862. Operations against Morgan's Raid into Kentucky December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Bear Wallow, Ky., December 23, 1862. Near Glasgow December 24. Bear Wallow and near Munfordsville December 25. Bacon Creek near Munfordsville December 26. Johnson's Ferry, Hamilton's Ford, Rolling Fork, December 29. Boston, Ky., December 29. Duty in District of Western Kentucky until April, 1863. Creelsborough April 19. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Narrows, Horse Shoe Bottom, April 28-29. Horse Shoe Bend, Greasy Creek, May 10. Pursuit of Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio July 2-26. Marrowbone July 2. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19, Surrender of Morgan near Cheshire, Ohio, July 20. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Ordered to Glasgow, KY., August 4. Burnside's march into East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Carter's Station September 20-21. Jonesboro September 21. Watauga River Bridge September 21-22. Philadelphia October 20. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Little River November 14-15. Stock Creek November 15. Near Knoxville November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Clinch Mountain December 6. Rutledge December 7. Bean's Station December 9-17. Rutledge December 16. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Bean's Station and Rutledge December 18. Bend of Chucky Road near Dandridge January 16-17. About Dandridge January 16-17. Dandridge January 17. About Dandridge January 26-28. Flat Creek and Muddy Creek January 26. Fair Garden January 27. Dandridge January 28. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., February 3-12. At Mt. Sterling until April. March from Nicholsville, Ky., to Dalton, Ga., April 29-May 11. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 11-September 8. Vernell Station May 11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Pine Log Creek May 18. Cassville May 19-22. Eutaw River May 20. About Dallas May 25-June 5. Burned Church May 26-27. Mt. Zion Church May 27-28. Allatoona May 30. Pine Mountain June 10. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 11-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. McAffee's Cross Roads June 20. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Cross Roads June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Lost Mountain July 1-2. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 14. Duty there at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., until November. Rally Hill November 29. Burbridge's Saltsville Expedition December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Bristol December 14. Near Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville, Va., December 16. Mt. Airey December 17. Near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Salt works at Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Operations against Sue Monday's guerrillas near Elizabethtown, Ky., and in Green River Counties January and February, 1865. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., March 20 and Join General Stoneman. Stoneman's Raid in Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 20-April 27. Boone, N. C., March 28. Statesville April 10-11. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville April 11. Grant's Creek and Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Howard's Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains, April 22. Near Hendersonville April 23. Asheville April 25. Return to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater until August. Mustered out August 23, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 233.

Yearby Newton Orange has a gravestone, but his named is spelled incorrectly.

Generation 9:

William Franklin Orange: 1869 – 1953 married 1891
Hallie Angeline Manners: 1871 - 1904

Owen Mitchell Orange: 1899 – 1991
Nora B. Orange: 1892 – 1979
Ellie E. Orange: 1896 -

William Franklin Orange was born May 21, 1869 and died June 2, 1933 in Butler County, KY. William married[lxxxii] Hallie Angeline Manners on January 9, 1891 in Butler County. Hallie was born on Nov. 1871 and died on October 13, 1904 in Navarro County, TX.[lxxxiii] They had three children including my grandfather Owen Mitchell Orange who was born on May 6, 1899 in Butler County. The Kentucky vital records has no record of a birth certificate for Owen.

W.F. Orange sold land to L.R. Bridges on Nov. 2, 1894 in Butler County.[lxxxiv]

Hallie died in 1904 in Corsicana Texas when William moved the family there to be near Hallie's sisters. Hallie’s sister Mary Elizabeth Sims also died in the same location. They are both children of Francis Manners and Matilda Corey. Also, J. M. Coley was a witness at her marriage and he would be her Uncle.

William remarried on October 3, 1907 to Mattie Thompson and had Carry, Carlie and Franklin.

William Franklin Orange died at Owen's house in Bowling Green KY on June 2, 1933 (reported in the Bowling Green Newspaper) and was buried in the Orange Cemetery with only a rock as a gravestone. There is no record of his birth in 1869 other than the census since Kentucky quit keeping record during the civil war period. He does appear in the 1930 Butler County Census as Frank, age 60. They have replaced the rock with a gravestone but it has the wrong birth and death date.

Hallie Angeline Manners father was Francis Manners. Francis was born in 1825 in TN.. Francis father is thought to be Michael Manners who was born about 1787 in VA and died on April 3, 1866 and he served in the War of 1812. Lucinda Manners, born about 1808, who he married on May 6, 1846 in Smith County, TN received his pension in about 1869. Michael is thought to have a first wife named Frances (although no records show this) and they had five children including Francis. He then had three more children with Lucinda White.

Generation 10:

Owen Mitchell Orange: 1899 – 1991 married 1919
Grace Turner: 1904 - 1980

Warren Turner Orange: 1920 - 1965

Owen Mitchell Orange married[lxxxv] Grace Turner in Mitchellville, TN on September 21, 1919 and had Warren Turner Orange born October 31, 1920 in Butler County. Grace Turner[lxxxvi] (403-03-6893) was born April 12, 1904 in Kentucky and died April 12, 1980 in Russellville, KY. Owen Mitchell Orange was born May 6, 1899 and died July 13, 1991, both in Butler County, KY. Owen and Grace were second cousins once removed. John Cochran 1790-1875 was Owen’s great great grandfather and Grace’s great grandfather. I bet they didn’t know this.

Owen registered for the service on September 12, 1918. He was medium height, medium build with blue eyes and brown hair.[lxxxvii]

Owen operated Owen Orange Trucking Company and hauled fruit in Tennessee and Kentucky.[lxxxviii] He also played in a band called Owen Orange and the Bowling Green Cowboys. They were on channel 13 for 5 years in the 1960's.

Owen Orange (O M Orange) and Grace appear in the 1920 census living in Sugar Grove, Butler County, KY.[lxxxix] Kentucky vital statistics does not have a birth certificate for Warren. Owen and Grace do not appear in the 1930 Butler County, KY Census. In the 1940 census Owen was living in Bowling Green off Route 71. He was a truck driver of wholesale fruit. No one else was in the household and the highest grade he attended was 8.

Owen Orange is listed in the 1940 Census as divorced and living alone in Warren County. He was a wholesale fruit truck driver.

In the 1950 census Owen is listed as married to Isabell and living at 718 Fairfield Ave. in Bowling Green, Ky. He is a used and new car salesman. In the 1950 census Grace Hall (Turner) is married to Jesse L Hall and living on a farm in Logan County, Ky.

Owen also married Thelma Reynolds and then on May 29, 1942 in Athens Alabama married Isabelle Rutherford born January 19, 1918.

Owen Orange died in Bowling Green, Kentucky on July 13, 1991 (402-40-1640) and was buried in the Orange Cemetery.[xc]

Related Orange Records:

Grace Turner parents were William Scott Turner (born 11-1-1852 in KY died 3-16-1923 in Logan Co., Ky) and Nancy (Nannie) T. Cohron (born about 1860). She had a sister Nellie F who was born in 1901 (1910 census). William S. Turner also appears in the 1860 Butler County, Ky. census as 8 years old as shown below. His father was William Turner (born 5-19-1803 in Warren County,NC died 3-3,1885 in Butler Co. KY) and mother was Judith T. Chick (born 10-06-1813 in VA. died 3-19-1890 in Butler Co., KY).

32 855 791 TURNER Wm 59 M W Black Smith 700 250 North Carolina33 855 791 TURNER Judith T 46 F W sewing Virginia 34 855 791 TURNER Paulina 12 F W Tennessee X 35 855 791 TURNER Rebecca 11 F W Kentucky X 36 855 791 TURNER Wm S 8 M W KY X 37 855 791 TURNER Thos I 18 M W farm labor Tennessee

Generation 11:

Warren Turner Orange: 1920 -1965 married 1951
Francis Margurite (Fritzie) Ilgenfritz: 1920 - 1985

Son: Jerry Louis Orange: 1953 -

Warren Turner Orange (403-10-1994) married Francis (Fritzie) Margurite Ilgenfritz twice, in Indiana in 1950 and in Franklin, Simpson County Kentucky on August 2, 1951 and had Jerry Louis Orange on March 6, 1953 in Louisville, KY. This was Warren’s second marriage and Fritzie’s third (she married five times).

Fritzie Orange was born on March 3, 1920 in Howard County, IN.[xci]

Fritzie shows up in the 1930 census living in Lafayette, IN. Warren nor his father show up in the 1930 census.

1940 (April 2) Census: Warren lived on 1023 2^nd st., Louisville, KY. He rented it for $20 per month, was 19, head of household, 10^th grade was last attended. On April 1, 1935 he lived in Evansville, IN (with Nora). The number of hours worked the week of March 24-30 was 65. He was the manager of a soda fountain at a retail drug store (probably Walgreen). The number of weeks worked in 1939 was 52 with $500 salary for the year. Nora B. was his wife, she was 20, attended 4 years of high school and was not working.

On February 16, 1942 Warren Orange signed up for the Service. His registration card[xcii] said he was living at 1430 South 13^th Pl. Birmingham, AL. and was working for Walgreen Drug Co. He was 5 feet 7 inches weighing 120 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and light brown complexion.

Warren was enlisted in the Army on August 10, 1943 as a private[xciii] at Ft. Mcclellan, AL. He had 1 year of high school and was a hotel and restaurant manager. He told me he was a cook in the army. I am still looking for more information.

Warren’s separation papers said his date of active service was August 31, 1943 and date of separation was March 17, 1946. He was a staff Sargent cook for 18 months and a Staff Sargent Duty NCO for 12 months. He separated from Fort McPherson, GA. He was the Duty Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of 50 enlisted men and German prisoners who had kitchen duty to serve 3500 men.[xciv]

Warren married Nora by 1940 and Warren’s first son, Ronald Turner Orange, was born in 1946.

In the 1950 census Warren and Nora M are living at 920 south 2^nd street on the third floor in Louisville, KY. Ronald Orange is not present and is living with his Grandmother Grace Turner. Warren sold wholesale produce and had a stand on 2^nd street.

In the 1950 Census Fritzie M is married to Floyd J Kaye. They are living in Calumet City, IL 156 Place Burnham Avenue with Richard and Sonya Madison.

Warren got a job at Walgreens in Chicago and Fritzie also had a job at Walgreens. It appears they met around 1950 divorced their spouses and married. The applied for a marriage certificate in Dec, 1950 in Indiana but must have waited because of Warren’s job changing back to Louisville.

Warren married Fritzie Kaye (Ilgenfritz) on August 2, 1951 in Simpson County, KY[xcv]. His father Owen was present. Jerry Louis Orange was born on March 6, 1953.

Warren became an executive for Walgreen with jobs in Chicago, Indiana, and Louisville, KY. He was working as a fountain beverage Manager in Louisville having responsibility for Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. He was on a business trip in Cincinnati, OH when he had a heart attack and died at the hospital on February 26, 1965.

Fritzie Orange had two children with Delmar Madison (Richard Madison and Sonya Martin), married Floyd Kaye, married Warren Orange and then Jerry Pellum. She and Jerry Pellum moved from Jeffersonville, IN in 1971 to Port Charlotte, FL where she died on September 4, 1985.[xcvi]

Both Warren Orange and Fritzie Orange are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky.[xcvii]

Here are some links to pictures.[xcviii]

Related Orange records:

Fritzie's parents were Alfred C. Ilgenfritz and Pearl Ellen Miller, married August 12, 1908 in Hammond, In. Alfred's parents were Charles and Ida M. Lock married Dec. 16, 1883. Frederick B. Ilgenfritz served in the Revolutionary War and many of descendants are listed in the DAR.

Warren Orange married Nora Mae Campbell in 1940 and had Ronald Orange born on February 7, 1946. Warren was an Army staff sergeant and was discharged at Fort McPherson Georgia on March 17, 1946. Ron Orange married Loretta Bundy and had Jason and Julie Orange.

Generation 12:

Jerry Louis Orange: 1953 – married 1975
Vicki Jo Oliver: 1954

Son: Darren James Orange: 1984 –
Son: Wesley Thomas Orange: 1990 -

Jerry Louis Orange married Vicki Jo Oliver on May 17, 1975 in Louisville, KY and had Darren James Orange on May 4, 1984 in Lafayette, In. and Wesley Thomas on October 11, 1990 in Plano, Tx.

Orange Family Tree

Jean Orange

Jeanne Gilles

Abraham Orange

Jeanne Lecaron

Jean Orange

Judith Fauquet

Louis (Lewis/Louiss/Louys) Orange

Mary Whitehead

Lewis-2 Orange

Keziah

William Orange

Elizabeth Melton

Yearby Orange

Sophrona Jones

Yearby Newton Orange

Mary Graham

William Franklin Orange

Hallie Angeline Manners

Owen Mitchell Orange

Grace Hall

Warren Turner Orange

Frances Margurite Ilgenfritz

Jerry Louis Orange

Vicki Jo Oliver

Orange Family Timeline

DATE	Event	NOTES
a 1581	Jean Orange Birth	Bolbec, France
a 1582	Jeanne Gilles Birth	Bolbec, France
a 1607	Jean & Jeanne Marriage	Bolbec, France
Nov 11 1607	Abraham Orange Birth	Bolbec, France
May 1611	Jeanne Lecaron Birth	Bolbec, France
Nov 1621	Jean Orange Died	Bolbec, France
May 23 1632	Abraham & Jeanne Marriage	Bolbec, France
a 1635	Judith Fauquet Birth	Bolbec, France
Jan 16 1639	Jean Orange Birth	Bolbec, France
a 1662	Abraham Orange Died	Lintot, France
Oct 21 1663	Jean & Judith Marriage	Lintot, France
Oct 26 1670	Louis Orange Birth	Bolbec, France
May 12 1675	Jeanne Lecaraon Died	Bolbec, France
Jan 19 1686	Jean Orange Abjure	Rouen, France
Feb 14 1686	Jean Orange Arrested	Maubeuge, France
March 6, 1686	Jean Orange Absolved	Tourni, France
May 2 1687	Jean Orange Refugee	London, England
April 13 1690	Jean Orange Died	London, England
after 1698	Judith Fauquet Died	London, England
Oct 1 1699	Louis & Mary Whitehead Marriage	London, England
April 19 1700	Louis left London	London, England
July 31 1700	Louis arrived in Virginia	Jamestown, VA
May 12, 1705	Louis/Lewis Orange Naturalized	Virginia
March 16 1715	Lewis Orange listed in Watson will	Henrico County, VA
a 1720	Lewis-2 Orange Birth	Henrico County, VA
a 1732	Keziah Orange Birth	unknown
August 24, 1734	Lewis Orange Death, will	Henrico County, VA
April 7, 1735	Mary Whitehead died	Virginia
May 24 1756	Lewis-2 Orange bought land	Cumberland County, VA
Jan 26, 1759	William Orange Birth	Cumberland County, VA
May 24, 1762	Lewis-2 Orange law suit	Cumberland County, VA
Nov 5, 1764	Elizabeth Melton Birth	Bedford, VA
Jan 24, 1771	Lewis-2 Orange sold land	Cumberland County, VA
April 20, 1776	Lewis-2 Orange sold land	Cumberland County, VA
a 1782	Lewis-2 Orange 1782 census	Cumberland County, VA
a 1783	William Orange Paid Rev War Supply Tax	Cumberland County, VA
a 1784	William Orange Census	Virginia
Sep 26, 1785	William & Elizabeth Marriage	Cumberland County, VA
a 1787	William Orange tax records	Cumberland County, VA
a 1792	Lewis-2 Orange Death	Cumberland County, VA
a 1792	Keziah Orange Death	Cumberland County, VA
Jan 6, 1793	Yearby Orange Birth	Cumberland County, VA
a 1796	Saphrona Jones Birth	Cumberland County, VA
a 1804	Elizabeth Melton Died	Smith County, TN
a 1811 - 1813	William Orange moved to Tenneessee	Smith County, TN
June 20 1814	Yearby Orange: Enlisted War of 1812	TN
Feb 2 1815	Yearby Orange: Mustered out war of 1812	TN
April 30 1815	William Orange died	Smith County, TN
Feb 10 1817	Yearby Orange Juror	Smith County, TN
a 1814 - 1817	Yearby & Sophrona marriage	VA or TN
Feb 1819	Yearby Orange: road constructed	Smith County, TN
a 1820	Yearby Orange 1820 Census	Smith County, TN
a 1824	Yearby Orange & Sophronia Smith Cty Church	Smith County, TN
a 1835	Yearby Newton Orange Birth	Smith County, TN
April 28, 1837	Yearby Orange sold land	Smith County, TN
May 6, 1837	Yearby Orange sold belongings and land	Smith County, TN
a 1837	Yearby Orange: petition on county line of Smith and Cannon	Smith County, TN
Oct 20 1837	Yearby Orange: delivered mail	Smith County, TN
a 1837	Mary Angeline Graham Birth	Butler County, KY
a 1840	Yearby Orange 1840 Census	TN
a 1850	Yearby Orange 1850 Census	Smith County, TN
Jan 6 1852	Yearby Orange Death	Simpson County, KY
Dec 14 1857	Yearby Newton Orange bought land	Butler County, KY
a 1860	Yearby N. Orange 1860 Census	KY
Dec 30 1861	Yearby Newton Orange & Mary Marriage	Butler County, KY
Aug 14 1862	Yearby Newton Orange Enlisted Civil War Union	Hartford, KY
Nov 17 1862	Yearby Newton Orange Enlisted Civil War Union: Muster IN	Owensboro, KY
Aug 23 1865	Yearby Newton Orange Enlisted Civil War Union Muster out	Louisville, KY
May 21 1869	William Franklin Orange Birth	KY
a 1870	Sophrona Jones Death	KY
a 1870	Newton Orange 1870 Census	Butler County, KY
Nov 1871	Hallie Angeline Manners Birth	Butler County, KY
a 1880	Newton Orange 1880 Census	Butler County, KY
a 1885	Mary Graham Death	Butler County, KY
a 1886	Yearby Newton Orange Death	Butler County, KY
Jan 9 1891	William Franklin Orange & Hallie Marriage	Butler County, KY
Nov 2 1894	William Franklin sold land	Butler County, KY
May 6, 1899	Owen Mitchell Orange Birth	Butler County, KY
April 12 1904	Grace Turner Birth	KY
Oct 13 1904	Hallie Angeline Manners Death	Navarro County, TX
Sep 12 1918	Owen Mitchell Orange Register for Service	Butler County, KY
Sep 21 1919	Owen Mitchell Orange and Grace Marriage	Mitchellville, TN
a 1920	O M Orange 1920 Census	Butler County, KY
March 3 1920	Francis Margurite Ilgenfritz Birth	Howard County, IN
10/31/1920	Warren Turner Orange Birth	Butler County, KY
a 1940	Owen Orange 1940 Census	Butler County, KY
a 1940	Warren Turner Orange 1940 Census	Louisville, KY
Feb 16 1942	Warren Turner Orange Registration Service	Louisville, KY
Aug 10 1943	Warren Turner Orange Muster In	Mcclellan, AL
a 1950	Warren Turner Orange & Frances Marriage	IN
Aug 2 1951	Warren Turner Orange & Frances Marriage, Second	Simpson County, KY
March 6 1953	Jerry Louis Orange Birth	Louisville, KY
June 2 1953	William Franklin Orange Death	Butler County, KY
Nov 6 1954	Vicki Jo Oliver Birth	Jeffersonville, IN
Feb 26 1965	Warren Turner Orange Death	Cincinatti, OH
May 17 1975	Jerry Louis Orange & Vicki Marriage	Louisville, KY
April 12 1980	Grace Turner Death	Russellville, KY
May 4 1984	Darren James Orange Birth	Lafayette, IN
Sep 4 1985	Francis Margurite Ilgenfritz Death	Port Charlotte FL
10/11/1990	Wesley Thomas Orange Birth	Plano, TX
July 13 1991	Owen Mitchell Orange Death	Butler County, KY

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Other Orange Family History

(most likely unrelated)

In 1583, there is a Peter de Orange shown as a Frenchman living in London(11a).

On October 6, 1652 Thomas Orange received a land grant in Lancaster County, VA. for importing two people (himself and Salter Knight).(1a)

On August 24, 1664 Sivillius Orange had land in Rappa & N'umberland County.(2a)

Marta Orange received land upon the branches of Aquia Run on September 26, 1678 (Mr. Anto. Buckner) Staff Co. (9a).

Mehitable Orange was a witness for the sale of land on September 3, 1745 in Boston between Peter King of Boston and Mercy his wife(10a).

James Orange was listed in the Revolutionary War as from South Carolina(9) page 652. Listed as a grenadier of the 17th British Reg't - deserted for 6 to 8 weeks from Capt. Thomas Meriwether(3a) on June 6, 1777.

Edward Orange , private, Ziefler's Co., 1st U.S. Reg't (Lt. Col. Darke) was a volunteer soldier from 1785-1790(3b).

Mary Orange married Mathew Rothery on April 4, 1763. Thought to be the step daughter of William Orange of Norfolk(2a)

William Orange of Norfolk was listed as a Captain and Major and as a merchant in Norfolk, County(4a). He is listed as a Lt. on Nov 21, 1755 and as a major on Feb. 17, 1864.(6a)

William Orange of Norfolk married Mary (Malbone) Kenna or Kenner, a widow, who had several children including Mary and Ann(5a).

William Orange of Norfolk is listed in the Tithtable of Norfolk City from 1750 until June 1771. It appears he died then. William Orange of Norfolk is listed as a resident of England and as a property owner in the borough of Norfolk whose house was one of 1331 that was destroyed in the Rev. War(7a). He is also listed as Vestryman for the Elizabeth River Parish in June 8, 1761.

William Orange moved from Norfolk Virginia back to Liverpool, Lancaster, England. His will was dated June 1789 in Liverpool and probate to John Sparling, William Bolden, Richard Kent and William Charles Lake(8a).

A Thomas Orange of New York City whose will is listed in the court of Canterbury England died in Nov. 1824 and probate to the surviving executor Henry Kermit(8a).

Cosby Orange was born in 1798. He m(1) Nancy Montgomery in 1828 in Cumberland Co. They had five daughters and one son, born between 1829 and 1841. Nancy must have died sometime after 1841. By 1850 Cosby had\par migrated to Highland Co., OH, taking the children with him. He m(2) Locky Mosby on 25 Apr 1850. They had a son, who was born 5 Oct 1851 but only lived three months. Cosby died on 8 Mar 1860.

Bibliography - a

All hyperlinks will be designated as the letter B with a number

(1a) Virginia Colonial Abstracts, pg 182, R929.3755 F594v 1988

(2a) William and Mary 8w(2)104

(3a) 18th Century VA. Newspapers R929.3755 H4336 1987 pg 254

(3b) Vol Soldiers 1784-1811 R929.373

(4a) Loyalist of Southern Campaign R929.375 C594L pg 167, 178, 188

(5a) Boston Transcripts June 15, 1931 Article 1920

(6a) Loyd D. Bockstruck Vir. Col. Soldiers 975.5 B665v

(7a) Virginia Magazine 23v413 and 2v216

(8a) Prerogative Court of Canterbury R929.373 col

(9a) Cavaliers and Pioneers patent book 6 R875.5 n967c pg 188

(10a) Boston Transcripts, Nov 11, 1912, 2447

(11a) Huguenot Society of London 10/2, 354 R284.5 H897 lp

Other Orange Family Geneologists

Jean Orange Sullivan 10159 Provo Road Rochester, KY 42273 (502) 934-2101

Elizabeth "Betty" J. King 210 W. 2^nd #39a Andover, KS 67002 (316) 733-5535

· Attendees an annual Orange family reunion on the 4^th Sunday in August at the Dawson Springs, KY Community Center. Zephianah Orange’s line.

Tom W. Orange 145 White Hall Berea, OH 44017 (216) 234-5076

Nora Elizabeth Ellis 500 N. Mahan Clute, TX 77531 ??????????????

Marian John 955 E. 13800 S. Draper, UT 84020

Sally Ann Henderson 17812 Orangetree Ln. Justin, CA 92680

Jimmy Orange http://home.earthlink.net/~jorange/ He died in 2007

I got a lot of the info & pictures from Melvin Crum: MCrum70137@aol.com a descendant of Byrd Orange, and Verna Lou Orange: VRROBBINS@aol.com a descendant of William Sanford Orange. And Patricia Lorentz: lorenz@kcmetro.cc.mo.us a descendant of Benjamin J. Orange

Edith Bastin epb1937@scrtc.com

Polston/Poston Family http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/2778/
Harrod/Herrod Family http://members.tripod.com/ebastin/index.html

This is a genealogy page of Jim Farmer, and has some Oranges on it.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jotajota/yfarmer.htm

This a good genealogy page for Orange research. http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/orange/