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The Cates surname

The Cates name in Orange County Indexed: 487 historical records, 40 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1911 most named in the 1870s
  • Deeds 1779–1874
  • Court minutes 1783–1814
  • Marriages 1785–1911
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Wills 1799–1876
  • Records of enslaved people 1802
In the chronology
1789 to 2025 40 people in 93 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1948
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (19), Eno River (9), Ellerbe Creek (7), Bear Creek (5), Hillsborough (3), Flat River (3), Line Branch (3), New Hope Creek (3)
Married into
Lloyd 10, Sykes 9, Riley 5, Jones 4, Crawford 4, Couch 4, Crabtree 4, Ashley 3, Turner 3, Ray 3, Miller 3, Long 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Durham 7, Cate 7, Roberts 5, Sykes 5, Edwards 5, Minor 4, Parks 4, Carrington 3, Moore 3, Crawford 3, Smith 3, Nutt 3
People with a page here
James L. Cates Jr.
Spellings to try
Coates, Cabes, Cales, Cotes, Cattes
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 40 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 487 records

90 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 251 marriages, 124 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 13 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. Cates marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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