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Orange County Indexed

The Barbee surname

The Barbee name in Orange County Indexed: 815 historical records, 19 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1754 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1754–1874
  • Court minutes 1758–1818
  • Wills 1774–1881
  • Marriages 1789–1911
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1792–1867
In the chronology
1779 to 1965 19 people in 60 entries, most in the 1870s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (53), Chapel Hill (26), Northeast Creek (21), Morgan Creek (13), Franklin Street (7), Bolin Creek (6), Lick Creek (6), Ellerbe Creek (5)
Married into
Patterson 6, Herndon 5, Jones 3, Morgan 3, Trice 3, Hopson 3, Davis 3, Jenkins 3, Andrews 2, Atkins 2, Scarlett 2, Holder 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Patterson 45, Morgan 27, Herndon 24, Rhodes 17, Watson 17, Trice 16, Johnston 12, Mason 12, Guthrie 12, Markham 10, Carr 10, Taylor 10
People with a page here
Alfred David Barbee Sr., Algernon S. Barbee, Christopher Barbee, William Barbee
Spellings to try
Barber, Barbie, Barbey, Barbe
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 19 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 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 815 records

284 deeds, 32 records of enslaved people, 128 marriages, 325 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 41 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. Barbee marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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