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Orange County Indexed

The Cain surname

The Cain name in Orange County Indexed: 661 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1906 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1758–1818
  • Deeds 1759–1874
  • Wills 1779–1884
  • Records of enslaved people 1781–1866
  • Marriages 1781–1906
In the chronology
1778 to 1930 7 people in 40 entries, most in the 1800s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1743
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (31), Little River (31), Hillsborough (30), Buck Quarter Creek (8), King Street (6), Great Road (5), Queen Street (5), New Hope Creek (5)
Married into
Wilkins 3, Hester 2, Scarlett 2, Woods 2, Jones 2, Cates 2, Allen 1, Bailey 1, Browning 1, McKinly 1, Dudley 1, Carpenter 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Ray 28, Carrington 16, Cameron 16, Yarbrough 14, Woods 13, Watson 12, Latta 10, Hunt 9, Forrest 9, Courtney 9, Kirkland 8, Thompson 8
People with a page here
Sarah Jane Bailey Cain, William Cain Sr., William E. Cain, Wm. (William) Cain
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 7 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 661 records

173 deeds, 29 records of enslaved people, 44 marriages, 384 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 26 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. Cain marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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