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Orange County Indexed

The Alves surname

The Alves name in Orange County Indexed: 265 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1787 to 1821 most named in the 1790s
  • Marriages 1787–1807
  • Wills 1787–1812
  • Court minutes 1788–1818
  • Deeds 1789–1821
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1802–1812
In the chronology
1790 to 1805 2 people in 11 entries, most in the 1790s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1768
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (19), Little River (17), Eno River (14), Mountain Creek (10), Main Road (7), King Street (5), Raleigh (3), Otter Creek (3)
Married into
Johnston 1, Henderson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Hogg 27, Thompson 18, Harris 15, Norwood 14, Tatom 13, Kirkland 11, Campbell 9, Hooper 8, Child 8, Carson 7, Cain 6, Lindley 6
People with a page here
Walter Alves
Spellings to try
Alver, Alvis, Alces
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 2 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 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.

In the historical records 265 records

58 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 186 court minutes, 1 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. Alves marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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