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The Atkins surname

The Atkins name in Orange County Indexed: 109 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1761 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1761–1818
  • Marriages 1790–1911
  • Deeds 1795–1874
  • Wills 1819–1861
  • Records of enslaved people 1821–1855
In the chronology
1799 to 1982 5 people in 11 entries, most in the 1860s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1836 to 1842
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (11), Ellerbe Creek (5), Crooked Creek (4), New Hope (3), Wolf Branch (2), Northeast Creek (2), Haw River (2), Eno River (2)
Married into
Barbee 2, Mason 2, Marcum 2, Carson 1, Moore 1, Carlton 1, Moss 1, Burrughs 1, Ballard 1, Trice 1, Leigh 1, Witherspoon 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Trice 4, Forrest 2, Garrison 2, Terrell 2, Alston 2, Horton 2, Roan 2, Parrish 2, Barbee 2, Markham 2, Marcom 2, Leigh 2
People with a page here
Smith D. Atkins
Spellings to try
Adkins, Akins, Atkin
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 5 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 109 records

41 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 28 court minutes and 3 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. Atkins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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