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Orange County Indexed

The Devereux surname

The Devereux name in Orange County Indexed: 8 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1839 to 1845 most named in the 1840s
  • Records of enslaved people 1839–1844
  • Deeds 1839–1845
In the chronology
1844 to 1967 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 4 people, born 1761 to 1845
Places in its deeds and wills
Mebane (2), Little Back Creek (1), Seven Mile Creek (1), Mill Creek (1), Chapel Hill (1), Franklin Street (1), Hillsborough (1)
Often named with
Strudwick 2
People with a page here
Frances (Pollock) Devereux, John Devereux, Thomas P. (Thomas Pollock) Devereux, Thomas Pollock Devereux
Spellings to try
Deveurex
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 books and archives 5 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 8 records

6 deeds and 2 records of enslaved people, 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

1830s

1840s

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