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The Bowles surname

The Bowles name in Orange County Indexed: 91 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1764 to 1894 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1764–1855
  • Tax lists 1779–1780
  • Court minutes 1784–1818
  • Marriages 1801–1894
  • Records of enslaved people 1830–1840
  • Wills 1849
In the chronology
1878 to 1986 4 people in 8 entries, most in the 1980s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1945
Places in its deeds and wills
Quaker Creek (3), New Hope Creek (1), Little River (1), Stags Creek (1), Isaacs Creek (1), Upper Little River (1), Jacksons Creek (1), Laughlins Creek (1)
Married into
Barlow 1, Barton 1, Bass 1, Berry 1, Boling 1, Long 1, Moore 1, Mitchel 1, Roberts 1, Cothron 1, Poulston 1, Wilson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Barnhill 3, Phillips 2, Hughes 2, Norwood 2, Hall 2, Tate 2, Garrison 2
People with a page here
Erskine B. (Erskine Boyce) Bowles
Spellings to try
Bowls, Boyles, Boles, Bowle, Bowlen, Bowes
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 91 records

26 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 15 marriages, 45 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 1 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. Bowles marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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