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The Dickey surname

The Dickey name in Orange County Indexed: 181 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1752 to 1907 most named in the 1750s
  • Court minutes 1752–1818
  • Deeds 1754–1873
  • Tax lists 1755–1780
  • Marriages 1793–1907
  • Wills 1795–1844
  • Records of enslaved people 1828–1834
In the chronology
1752 to 1827 2 people in 5 entries, most in the 1750s
Places in its deeds and wills
Deep Creek (7), Owens Creek (3), Great Road (1), Hillsborough (1), Haw River (1), Toms Creek (1), Stony Creek (1), S Hico Creek (1)
Married into
Baldridge 1, Bason 1, Brown 1, Cates 1, Clarke 1, Crabtree 1, Lynch 1, Garrison 1, Lewis 1, Hurdle 1, Moore 1, Faucett 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 6, Hurdle 5, Patterson 5, King 4, Hazell 4, Faucett 4, Allison 4, Hart 4, Hall 3, Taylor 3, Mitchel 3, Tate 3
Spellings to try
Dickie, Dicky, Dickiy, Dikey
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 the historical records 181 records

37 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 23 marriages, 104 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 9 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. Dickey marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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