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The Gates surname

The Gates name in Orange County Indexed: 109 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1909 most named in the 1870s
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Marriages 1793–1909
  • Court minutes 1798
  • Wills 1816–1850
  • Deeds 1832–1874
  • Records of enslaved people 1843–1858
In the chronology
1780 to 1960 5 people in 13 entries, most in the 1780s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1728
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (16), New Hope (3), Eno River (2), Flat River (2), Hillsborough (2), Tapleys Creek (1), Red Mountain Road (1), Cains Mill (1)
Married into
Brown 4, Smith 3, Hall 3, Parker 3, Harris 2, Waggoner 2, Laws 2, Terry 2, Riley 2, Miller 2, Allison 1, Berry 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Waggoner 6, Bumpass 5, Smith 4, Markham 4, Hall 3, Marcom 3, Patterson 3, Harris 2, Parker 2, Kell 2, Taylor 2
People with a page here
Horatio Gates
Spellings to try
Gattes, Ggates, Gated, Ganes
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 5 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 109 records

36 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 54 marriages, 11 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 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. Gates marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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