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Orange County Indexed

The Cheek surname

The Cheek name in Orange County Indexed: 386 historical records and 34 people in the chronology.

In the records
1761 to 1912 most named in the 1870s
  • Deeds 1761–1874
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1783–1912
  • Court minutes 1789–1818
  • Wills 1815–1889
  • Records of enslaved people 1825–1847
In the chronology
1852 to 2020 34 people in 126 entries, most in the 1880s
Places in its deeds and wills
Durham (22), New Hope Creek (12), Ellerbe Creek (11), Cane Creek (10), Hillsborough (9), Collins Creek (5), Presswoods Creek (4), Eno River (4)
Married into
Sykes 8, Andrews 7, Williams 6, Durham 6, Smith 5, Jones 4, Pickard 4, Cox 3, Lloyd 3, Markham 3, Merritt 3, Bishop 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Durham 9, Carr 9, McCauley 7, Watson 6, Brown 6, Thompson 5, Smith 4, Andrews 4, Sykes 4, Jones 4, Ray 4, Woods 3
People with a page here
James A. Cheek, Kennon Cheek, Merritt Cheek
Spellings to try
Creek, Cheak, Check, Chreek, Cheeks
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 34 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 386 records

158 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 160 marriages, 45 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 11 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. Cheek marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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