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Orange County Indexed

The Barber surname

The Barber name in Orange County Indexed: 69 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1909 most named in the 1800s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Marriages 1798–1909
  • Deeds 1799–1849
  • Court minutes 1801–1817
  • Wills 1802–1841
  • Records of enslaved people 1845
In the chronology
1937 to 2025 4 people in 19 entries, most in the 1980s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1963
Places in its deeds and wills
Toms Creek (2), Eno River (1), Chapel Hill (1), Lathers Creek (1), Laughlins Creek (1), Western Territory (1), Laughlen’s Creek (1)
Married into
Dunlap 1, Campbell 1, Tate 1, May 1, Ward 1, Huske 1, Lloyd 1, Trice 1, Kernodle 1, Dicky 1, Sloan 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Bracken 4, Moore 4, Morgan 2, Ward 2, Keer 2, Tate 2, Faucett 2, Edmiston 2
People with a page here
William J. Barber II
Spellings to try
Barbee, Barker, Barbey, Barbe, Barbers, Barler
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 4 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 69 records

11 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 11 marriages, 36 court minutes, 4 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. Barber marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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