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The Burroughs surname

The Burroughs name in Orange County Indexed: 54 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1794 to 1900 most named in the 1830s
  • Marriages 1794–1900
  • Deeds 1799–1874
  • Records of enslaved people 1807–1833
  • Court minutes 1808
In the chronology
1824 to 2004 4 people in 4 entries, most in the 1920s
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (13), Eno River (3), Bakers Creek (2), First Creek (2), Mountain Creek (1), Hillsborough Road (1), Dry Creek (1)
Married into
Jenkins 2, Trice 2, Baker 1, Craig 1, White 1, Pratt 1, Paul 1, Patterson 1, Durham 1, Nunn 1, Whitted 1, Hogan 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Jenkins 5, Craig 2
Spellings to try
Boroughs, Borroughs, Buroughs, Bourroughs, Burrough, Burrughs
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 the historical records 54 records

28 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages and 7 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Burroughs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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