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Orange County Indexed

The Fowler surname

The Fowler name in Orange County Indexed: 75 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1906 most named in the 1860s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1775–1879
  • Marriages 1802–1906
  • Deeds 1823–1873
In the chronology
1923 to 1961 9 people in 19 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (3), Eno River (2), Ellerbe Creek (1), Second Creek (1), Rail Road (1), Chapel Hill (1), Reed Street (1), Durham (1)
Married into
Cheek 2, Clark 2, Griffin 2, Pendergrass 2, Bird 1, Bivins 1, Breedlove 1, Brown 1, Burges 1, Caudle 1, Cole 1, Collins 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Massey 2
People with a page here
Mason Fowler, Robert Lee Fowler
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 9 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 75 records

13 deeds, 53 marriages, 2 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 5 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. Fowler marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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