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Orange County Indexed

The Duke surname

The Duke name in Orange County Indexed: 196 historical records, 8 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1766 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1766–1874
  • Court minutes 1778–1818
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1783–1911
  • Wills 1784–1880
  • Records of enslaved people 1803
In the chronology
1852 to 1980 8 people in 21 entries, most in the 1850s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1855
Places in its deeds and wills
Flat River (13), Camp Creek (6), Big Cedar Creek (3), Eno River (3), Cub Island Creek (3), Little Cedar Creek (2), Little River (2), Mill Creek (2)
Married into
Carrington 2, Clinton 2, Rhew 2, Jones 2, Holloway 2, Lyon 2, Angier 1, Bennett 1, Brinkley 1, Brown 1, Cairey 1, Cheek 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Horner 10, Mangum 10, Carrington 6, Leathers 4, Parker 4, King 4, Holden 4, Hunt 3, Stagg 3, Jones 3, Sims 3, Laws 3
People with a page here
Benjamin N. (Benjamin Newton) Duke, Washington Duke
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 8 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 196 records

63 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 46 marriages, 73 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 10 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. Duke marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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