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The Cate surname

The Cate name in Orange County Indexed: 669 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1903 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1753–1874
  • Court minutes 1754–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1757–1885
  • Marriages 1783–1903
  • Records of enslaved people 1797–1822
In the chronology
1846 to 1953 7 people in 18 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (54), Collins Creek (17), Little Cane Creek (13), Haw River (12), Bear Creek (11), Durham (9), Flat River (7), Marshalls Branch (7)
Married into
Sykes 6, Andrews 3, Hastings 3, Roach 3, Nutt 3, Roberts 3, Bailiff 2, Berry 2, Cooper 2, Workman 2, Smith 2, Pickard 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Kirk 19, Hastings 17, Sykes 15, Brewer 13, Moore 12, Workman 10, McDaniel 10, Smith 10, Thompson 9, Roach 8, Durham 8, Hopson 7
People with a page here
Kemp S. Cate
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 1 heading

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 669 records

186 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 87 marriages, 322 court minutes, 32 tax list entries and 32 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. Cate marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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