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The Hicks surname

The Hicks name in Orange County Indexed: 131 historical records, 3 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1772 to 1910 most named in the 1810s
  • Wills 1772–1873
  • Marriages 1785–1910
  • Deeds 1786–1874
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1791–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1829
In the chronology
1791 to 1996 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1790s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (7), Eno River (4), Dobbs Creek (4), Collins Creek (2), S Hico Creek (2), Back Creek (2), Great Road (2), Hillsborough (2)
Married into
Riley 7, Roberts 3, Crabtree 2, Dorherty 2, Hall 2, Lynch 2, Jackson 2, Anderson 1, Baucom 1, Beasling 1, Bowers 1, Brockwell 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Kennon 4, McClure 3, Brannock 3, Stewart 2, Ray 2, Campbell 2, Blackwell 2, Trice 2, Harvey 2, Burch 2, Holden 2, Reams 2
People with a page here
Stanley Hicks, William Jackson Hicks
Spellings to try
Hucks
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 3 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 131 records

41 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 54 marriages, 26 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 8 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. Hicks marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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