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Orange County Indexed

The Charles surname

The Charles name in Orange County Indexed: 30 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1764 to 1815 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1764–1813
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1786–1811
  • Wills 1790–1815
In the chronology
1813 to 1993 2 people in 4 entries, most in the 1980s
Places in its deeds and wills
Dry Creek (6), Haw River (5), Little Alamance Creek (1)
Often named with
James 4, Holt 3, Gunn 2, Gibson 2, Phillips 2, Hudson 2, Farmer 2, Troxler 2
People with a page here
Marquis Charles Cornwallis
Spellings to try
Challes, Charley
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 2 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 30 records

11 deeds, 15 court minutes, 2 tax list entries 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. Search the name in every collection

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1810s

Undated

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