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Orange County Indexed

The Beard surname

The Beard name in Orange County Indexed: 6 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1778 to 1866 most named in the 1840s
  • Court minutes 1778
  • Marriages 1803–1866
  • Deeds 1842–1847
In the chronology
1825 to 1959 7 people in 24 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1888
Married into
McAdams 1, Murray 1, Cameron 1 · the marriages
People with a page here
John Grover Beard, L. E. Beard
Spellings to try
Beyard, Beary
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 7 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 6 records

2 deeds, 3 marriages and 1 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Beard marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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