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The Brewer surname

The Brewer name in Orange County Indexed: 423 historical records, 14 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1756–1874
  • Court minutes 1761–1818
  • Wills 1784–1875
  • Marriages 1786–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1787–1851
In the chronology
1785 to 1980 14 people in 25 entries, most in the 1880s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1832 to 1866
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (11), Morgan Creek (7), Little Cane Creek (5), Haw River (5), Chapel Hill (3), Cane Creek Meeting House (2), Durham (2), Mebane (1)
Married into
Lloyd 5, King 4, Trice 3, Loyd 2, Edwards 2, Cates 2, Kirkland 2, Thompson 2, Andrews 1, Baldwin 1, Bass 1, Bradshaw 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Cate 13, Hatch 12, Edwards 12, Bridges 10, Weaver 10, Thompson 10, Kirk 9, Whitted 8, Webb 7, Moore 6, Benton 6, Whithed 6
People with a page here
Charles Edward Brewer, Fisk P. Brewer
Spellings to try
Brower, Bremer
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 14 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 423 records

65 deeds, 24 records of enslaved people, 63 marriages, 238 court minutes, 9 tax list entries and 24 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. Brewer marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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