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The Adams surname

The Adams name in Orange County Indexed: 281 historical records, 23 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1903 most named in the 1820s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1758–1871
  • Wills 1767–1839
  • Court minutes 1780–1818
  • Marriages 1788–1903
  • Records of enslaved people 1796–1842
In the chronology
1778 to 2009 23 people in 62 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
5 people, born 1843 to 1926
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (18), Haw River (11), Stony Creek (9), Chapel Hill (5), Franklin Street (5), New Hope Creek (4), Tryon Street (3), Union Street (3)
Married into
Hughs 2, Baldwin 2, Fuller 2, Young 1, Lynch 1, McFarland 1, Cox 1, Hunt 1, Wright 1, Clancy 1, Millison 1, Cooly 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Young 18, King 9, Thompson 7, Huffman 6, Rumbley 5, Allison 4, Cox 4, Turner 4, Patterson 4, Hogg 3, Estes 3, McDaniel 3
People with a page here
Alice Adams, Charlotte Adams, E. M Adams, Joseph Henry Adams, Nicholson B. (Nicholson Barney) Adams
Spellings to try
Addams
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 23 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 5 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 281 records

116 deeds, 32 records of enslaved people, 43 marriages, 72 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 10 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. Adams marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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