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Orange County Indexed

The Hester surname

The Hester name in Orange County Indexed: 126 historical records and 7 people in the chronology.

In the records
1782 to 1911 most named in the 1870s
  • Marriages 1782–1911
  • Wills 1787–1875
  • Court minutes 1818
  • Deeds 1830–1873
In the chronology
1854 to 1970 7 people in 8 entries, most in the 1850s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (4), Flat River (2), Ellerbee Creek (2), Back Creek (1), S Hico Creek (1)
Married into
Wells 5, Walker 4, Allen 2, Cain 2, Cooper 2, Henry 2, Johnson 2, Kersey 2, Tilman 2, Torian 2, Warren 2, Pendergrass 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Crabtree 2, Duke 2, Mangum 2, Williard 2
Spellings to try
Hecter, Hesser
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 7 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 the historical records 126 records

21 deeds, 98 marriages, 2 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. Hester marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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