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Orange County Indexed

The Ellis surname

The Ellis name in Orange County Indexed: 118 historical records, 13 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1902 most named in the 1840s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Deeds 1753–1871
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Marriages 1798–1902
  • Wills 1821–1890
  • Records of enslaved people 1824
In the chronology
1835 to 1996 13 people in 22 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (6), Hillsborough Road (3), Hico Creek (3), Sandy Creek (2), S Hico Creek (2), Haw River (2), Hillsborough (2), King Street (2)
Married into
Adcock 2, McCauley 2, Roberts 2, Ashley 1, Brinkley 1, Cates 1, Clark 1, Copley 1, Crabtree 1, Davis 1, Dickie 1, Maddin 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Leigh 5, Herndon 4, McGee 3, Allison 3, Horner 3, Duke 3, McSwain 2, Shaw 2, Mangum 2, McBroom 2, Rainey 2, Parish 2
People with a page here
C. P Ellis, Richard Ellis
Spellings to try
Elliss, Eulis, Elois, Ellit
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 13 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 1 heading

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 118 records

40 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 46 marriages, 24 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 6 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. Ellis marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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