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The Capps surname

The Capps name in Orange County Indexed: 36 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1792 to 1909 most named in the 1830s
  • Marriages 1792–1909
  • Court minutes 1795
  • Deeds 1795–1842
  • Wills 1807–1833
  • Records of enslaved people 1830
In the chronology
1919 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Great Alamance Creek (7), Haw River (2), Varnels Creek (1), Little Alamance Creek (1), Pearsons Creek (1)
Married into
Stout 2, Rogers 1, McDaniel 1, Tier 1, Johnson 1, Scott 1 · the marriages
Often named with
McDaniel 4, Douda 3, Rogers 2, Scott 2
Spellings to try
Caps, Cappes, Cappa
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 1 person

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 36 records

12 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages, 13 court minutes and 2 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. Capps marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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