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Orange County Indexed

The Gilliam surname

The Gilliam name in Orange County Indexed: 22 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1801 to 1874 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1801–1874
  • Wills 1803–1843
  • Court minutes 1804–1816
  • Marriages 1814–1874
In the chronology
1863 to 1879 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1860s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1805 to 1819
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (6), New Hope (1)
Married into
Chisenhall 1, Thomas 1, Stout 1, Mabrey 1, Strowd 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Bracken 5, Baldwin 2, Stalcop 2, Bradford 2, Wadlington 2, Durham 2, Cates 2
People with a page here
Henry A. Gilliam, Rob. B (Robert Ballard) Gilliam
Spellings to try
Gillam, Gillium, Guilliam, Gilliams
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 2 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 22 records

8 deeds, 5 marriages, 4 court minutes 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. Gilliam marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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