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The Brooks surname

The Brooks name in Orange County Indexed: 184 historical records, 31 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1753–1815
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1755–1838
  • Wills 1764–1812
  • Marriages 1785–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1810–1813
In the chronology
1770 to 2015 31 people in 71 entries, most in the 1960s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1906
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (4), Buck Quarter Creek (3), Ellerbe Creek (2), Haw River (2), Hillsborough (1), King Street (1), Meadow Creek (1), Tick Creek (1)
Married into
Allen 2, Shaw 2, Barbee 1, Beebe 1, Blackwell 1, Mardick 1, Jackson 1, Terrell 1, Moore 1, Purdue 1, Day 1, Wallis 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Granville 7, Stout 5, Taylor 5, Eaton 5, Boggs 4, Johnston 3, Bedingfield 3, Dowell 3, Howell 3, Turrentine 3, Tatom 2, Nordyke 2
People with a page here
Cleanth Brooks, Elizabeth Brooks, Frederick P. Brooks Jr., Joe Bethel Brooks
Spellings to try
Brook, Brookes
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 31 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 3 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 184 records

36 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 33 marriages, 100 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 4 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. Brooks marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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