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The Holmes surname

The Holmes name in Orange County Indexed: 141 historical records, 21 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1760 to 1911 most named in the 1790s
  • Wills 1760–1889
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1785–1814
  • Marriages 1792–1911
  • Deeds 1794–1871
  • Records of enslaved people 1830–1841
In the chronology
1795 to 1980 21 people in 74 entries, most in the 1940s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1859 to 1900
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (9), Varnels Creek (6), Mount Hermon Meeting House (2), Mount Hermon United Methodist Church (2), Fayetteville Road (2), Turkey Hill Creek (2), Chapel Hill (2), Alamance Creek (1)
Married into
Thompson 3, Moore 2, Sykes 2, Coble 1, Cooper 1, Dodson 1, Dukes 1, Green 1, Rogers 1, Woody 1, Tomson 1, Ray 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Sharp 7, Thompson 6, Albright 5, McDaniel 5, Ray 5, Foust 4, Clendenin 4, Green 4, Rogers 2, Pryor 2, House 2, Barbee 2
People with a page here
Harold M. Holmes, J. A. Holmes, John Simcox Holmes, Peter Holmes, Urban T. Holmes, Jr
Spellings to try
Holms, Homes, Hoomes
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 21 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 3 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 141 records

35 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 25 marriages, 65 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 7 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. Holmes marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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