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The Edwards surname

The Edwards name in Orange County Indexed: 510 historical records, 19 people in the chronology and 7 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1759 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1759–1873
  • Court minutes 1761–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1769–1857
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Wills 1784–1850
  • Marriages 1790–1911
In the chronology
1768 to 1994 19 people in 62 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 6 people, born 1703 to 1946
Places in its deeds and wills
Collins Creek (24), Cane Creek (9), Ellerbe Creek (6), Eno River (4), Haw River (4), Chapel Hill (4), Franklin Street (4), Hillsborough (4)
Married into
Carter 3, Thompson 3, Webb 3, Allen 2, Atwater 2, Boggs 2, Brewer 2, Caruthers 2, Davis 2, Durham 2, Loyd 2, Mangum 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Brewer 12, Stanford 10, Lloyd 10, Durham 9, Andrews 6, Moore 6, Carruthers 6, Carter 5, Campbell 5, Cates 5, Shepperd 5, Forrest 5
People with a page here
Charlie Warren Edwards, Isaac Edwards, John Edwards, Jonathan Edwards, Weldon N. (Weldon Nathaniel) Edwards
Spellings to try
Edwerds, Edward
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 19 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 7 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 510 records

122 deeds, 21 records of enslaved people, 112 marriages, 218 court minutes, 23 tax list entries and 14 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. Edwards marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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