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Orange County Indexed

The Ashley surname

The Ashley name in Orange County Indexed: 84 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1906 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1780–1814
  • Deeds 1782–1845
  • Marriages 1788–1906
  • Records of enslaved people 1806
  • Wills 1819
In the chronology
1801 to 1821 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1800s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Third Fork Creek (1), Flat River (1)
Married into
Cates 3, Brown 3, Vaughan 2, King 2, Smith 2, Aldridge 1, Andrews 1, Fitch 1, Rue 1, Pettigrew 1, Carrington 1, Sanders 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Carrington 3, Mangum 3, Moreland 2, Norton 2, Cabe 2, Wilson 2, Glenn 2, Vaughn 2, Abercrombie 2
Spellings to try
Asley, Ashly
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 1 person

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 1 heading

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 84 records

8 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 47 marriages, 20 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 2 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. Ashley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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