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The Bradford surname

The Bradford name in Orange County Indexed: 253 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1755 to 1866 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1818
  • Deeds 1755–1847
  • Wills 1767–1822
  • Marriages 1783–1866
  • Records of enslaved people 1817
In the chronology
1794 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (4), Haw River (3), Stony Creek (3), Stags Creek (3), Lick Creek (1), Laughlins Creek (1), Mebane (1), Haw Creek (1)
Married into
Ray 3, Bird 1, Hamilton 1, Doogan 1, McAdams 1, Smith 1, Cates 1, Douglass 1, Hunneycut 1, Warnock 1, Garrison 1, Patterson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Tate 11, Ray 9, Garrison 8, Bird 6, Faucett 6, Smith 6, Walker 5, Douglass 5, King 5, Mebane 4, Strudwick 4, Allen 3
Spellings to try
Bedford, Bradferd, Braford, Brafford, Bradfprd, Brandford
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 1 person

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 the historical records 253 records

30 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 23 marriages, 165 court minutes, 18 tax list entries and 16 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. Bradford marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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