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Orange County Indexed

The Bailey surname

The Bailey name in Orange County Indexed: 106 historical records, 15 people in the chronology and 6 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1763 to 1908 most named in the 1850s
  • Deeds 1763–1863
  • Wills 1768–1835
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1812
  • Marriages 1792–1908
  • Records of enslaved people 1840–1858
In the chronology
1833 to 1998 15 people in 44 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 5 people, born 1873 to 1908
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (11), Durham (6), Hillsborough (6), Raleigh Road (2), Raleigh (2), Great Road (1), Seven Mile Creek (1), Wild Cat Branch (1)
Married into
Cheek 1, Forsyth 1, Thompson 1, Price 1, Morris 1, Roberson 1, Durham 1, Baily 1, Leonard 1, Cain 1, Howerton 1, Ray 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Norwood 7, Durham 6, Howerton 6, Thompson 4, Morris 3, Roberts 2, Close 2, Bevill 2, Patterson 2, Granbury 2, Baker 2, Strudwick 2
People with a page here
J. O. (James Osler) Bailey, J. O. (James Osler) Bailey, John Lancaster Bailey, Joseph W. Bailey, Josiah William Bailey, Loretto Carroll Bailey, Priscilla Brownrigg Bailey
Spellings to try
Bagley, Baily, Baley, Biley, Bayley
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 15 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 6 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 106 records

43 deeds, 8 records of enslaved people, 17 marriages, 24 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 6 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. Bailey marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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