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Orange County Indexed

The Herndon surname

The Herndon name in Orange County Indexed: 532 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1764 to 1880 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1764–1874
  • Wills 1769–1879
  • Court minutes 1782–1818
  • Marriages 1784–1880
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1799–1854
In the chronology
1806 to 1933 5 people in 11 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (18), Northeast Creek (13), Crooked Creek (11), Durham (7), Lynches Creek (5), Main Street (4), S Hico Creek (3), Mebane (3)
Married into
George 8, Barbee 5, Rhodes 4, Burnett 3, Dixon 3, Guess 3, Booth 2, Boothe 2, Green 2, King 2, Wells 2, Vickers 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Barbee 24, Leigh 12, George 9, Taylor 7, Markham 6, Patterson 6, Trice 6, Mason 5, Clendening 5, Benton 5, Webb 5, Scott 5
Spellings to try
Herendon, Hearndon, Hendon, Herindon
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 532 records

118 deeds, 16 records of enslaved people, 98 marriages, 274 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 22 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. Herndon marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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