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The Evans surname

The Evans name in Orange County Indexed: 162 historical records, 24 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1910 most named in the 1850s
  • Tax lists 1755–1779
  • Deeds 1765–1874
  • Wills 1766–1845
  • Court minutes 1784–1817
  • Marriages 1800–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1816–1851
In the chronology
1821 to 2007 24 people in 51 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1824 to 1937
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (8), Eno River (3), Hillsboro (3), Second Creek (2), Churton Street (2), Little Creek (2), Flat River (2), Rock Creek (2)
Married into
Harris 3, Bookram 2, Day 2, Jeffers 2, Stroud 2, Lynch 2, Alston 1, Blackwell 1, Booth 1, Boreland 1, Bridges 1, Bryant 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Patterson 7, Carrington 6, Turner 5, Rhodes 5, Parker 4, Bagley 4, Parrish 3, McMullen 2, Maris 2, Anderson 2, Jones 2, Webb 2
People with a page here
Henry Evans, John P. Evans, Nathan George Evans, Suellen Evans, Walker Evans
Spellings to try
Evins, Evens, Evant
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 24 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 4 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 162 records

48 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 66 marriages, 28 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 11 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. Evans marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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