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Orange County Indexed

The Day surname

The Day name in Orange County Indexed: 129 historical records, 23 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1754 to 1911 most named in the 1870s
  • Court minutes 1754–1787
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Marriages 1809–1911
In the chronology
1821 to 2005 23 people in 22 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1843
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (2), Mill Creek (2), Flat River (2), Durham (2), Buck Quarter Creek (1), Reed Creek (1), Cane Creek (1), Eno River (1)
Married into
Jones 3, Corbett 2, Pettiford 2, Weaver 2, Johnson 2, Evans 2, Mayo 2, Fuller 2, Bird 1, Brooks 1, Burton 1, Cabe 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Fincher 4, Gilston 3, Hamilton 3, Sneed 2, Hargis 2, Blackwell 2, Granville 2, Mebane 2, Erwin 2, Jones 2, Dunnagan 2, Rickets 2
People with a page here
Thomas Day, William Henry Day
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 23 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 2 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 129 records

27 deeds, 77 marriages, 23 court minutes and 2 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Day marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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