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The Cooper surname

The Cooper name in Orange County Indexed: 80 historical records, 15 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1908 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1753–1844
  • Tax lists 1780–1790
  • Marriages 1784–1908
  • Court minutes 1785–1814
  • Records of enslaved people 1796–1826
  • Wills 1810–1833
In the chronology
1834 to 2023 15 people in 26 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1842 to 1901
Places in its deeds and wills
Marys Creek (1), Morgan Creek (1), Clendenins Creek (1), Ellerbe Creek (1), Haw River (1)
Married into
Cate 2, Hester 2, Morgan 2, Turner 2, Allen 1, Armstrong 1, Barnett 1, Browder 1, Clifton 1, Ray 1, Perry 1, Holmes 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 4, Wood 3, Moore 2, Merritt 2
People with a page here
David Young Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper, Lenox Gore Cooper, Tim Ervin Cooper
Spellings to try
Cooker, Coope
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 15 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 3 headings

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 80 records

12 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 34 marriages, 26 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. Cooper marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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