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Orange County Indexed

The Bradshaw surname

The Bradshaw name in Orange County Indexed: 193 historical records, 12 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1780 to 1907 most named in the 1800s
  • Tax lists 1780–1790
  • Court minutes 1782–1817
  • Wills 1784–1845
  • Deeds 1790–1871
  • Marriages 1797–1907
  • Records of enslaved people 1798–1831
In the chronology
1868 to 1979 12 people in 33 entries, most in the 1940s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1893
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (11), Meadow Creek (8), Wynns Creek (2), Fayetteville Road (2), Durham (2), Wynn Creek (1), Salem Meeting House (1), Salem Presbyterian Church (1)
Married into
Teer 3, Morrow 3, Turner 2, Snipes 2, Cates 2, Allen 1, Alston 1, Anderson 1, Atwater 1, Baine 1, Clendennan 1, Clendening 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 14, Stewart 7, Strudwick 6, Clendenin 5, Smith 4, Roach 4, Steel 3, Sykes 3, Rhodes 3, Clendening 3, Teer 2, Pleasants 2
People with a page here
Francis Foster Bradshaw, H. S. Bradshaw
Spellings to try
Bradsher, Bratchaw, Bradshaws, Bradshear, Bradshary, Bradshaww
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 12 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 193 records

47 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 55 marriages, 71 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 9 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. Bradshaw marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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