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The Bowers surname

The Bowers name in Orange County Indexed: 69 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1788 to 1881 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1788–1812
  • Deeds 1788–1872
  • Marriages 1812–1880
  • Wills 1880–1881
In the chronology
1931 to 1972 4 people in 4 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1843 to 1919
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (6), Little Cane Creek (5), Durham (3), Chapel Hill (3), Morgan Creek (3), Phils Creek (2), Deep Creek (2), Bear Creek (1)
Married into
Hinchy 2, Cloud 1, Jones 1, Loyd 1, Cates 1, Williams 1, Hicks 1, Falkner 1, Wilson 1, Jackson 1, Nevil 1, Snipes 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Marley 5, Faucett 4, King 3, Haney 3, Dorris 3, Petty 2, Booth 2, Sloss 2
People with a page here
Wayne A. (Wayne Alexander) Bowers
Spellings to try
Bowens, Bower, Bowels, Bowes, Bogers
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 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 69 records

25 deeds, 23 marriages, 19 court minutes and 2 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. Bowers marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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