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The Collins surname

The Collins name in Orange County Indexed: 360 historical records and 25 people in the chronology.

In the records
1754 to 1904 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1754–1818
  • Deeds 1755–1871
  • Wills 1762–1890
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1784–1904
  • Records of enslaved people 1807
In the chronology
1798 to 2009 25 people in 54 entries, most in the 1910s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (4), Forresters Creek (4), Flat River (2), Hillsborough (2), Stony Creek (1), Hico Creek (1), McGowans Creek (1), Owens Creek (1)
Married into
Wilkerson 2, King 2, Crabtree 2, Ashley 1, Baker 1, Biley 1, Brinkley 1, Britt 1, Brogdon 1, Brown 1, Burton 1, Cain 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Jackson 7, Faucett 7, Palmer 5, Granville 4, Armstrong 4, Woods 4, McClure 3, Martin 3, Stroud 3, Cain 3, Elliott 3, Latta 3
People with a page here
Anne Cameron Collins, George Pumpelly Collins, George William Kent Collins, Henrietta P. Collins, Hubert Walter Collins, Paul C. Collins
Spellings to try
Colins, Collin, Collens, Collings, Colling, Collies
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 25 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 360 records

44 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 70 marriages, 221 court minutes, 12 tax list entries and 12 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. Collins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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