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Orange County Indexed

The Hooker surname

The Hooker name in Orange County Indexed: 40 historical records, 8 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1803 to 1901 most named in the 1860s
  • Court minutes 1803
  • Deeds 1837–1868
  • Wills 1848
  • Marriages 1850–1901
  • Records of enslaved people 1858–1860
In the chronology
1841 to 1999 8 people in 36 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1910 to 1947
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (10), Eno River (3), Hills Creek (2), Big Creek (2), King Street (2), Stones Creek (2), New Hope Creek (1), Tryon Street (1)
Married into
Albea 1, Allison 1, Brown 1, Faucette 1, Turner 1, Jones 1, Snipes 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Brown 10, Parks 5, Holden 3, Phillips 2, Freeland 2, Norwood 2, Latimer 2, Jones 2, Hedgepeth 2
People with a page here
J. W. Hooker, Michael Hooker
Spellings to try
Hooper
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 8 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 40 records

27 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 8 marriages, 2 court minutes and 1 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. Hooker marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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