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Orange County Indexed

The Hooper surname

The Hooper name in Orange County Indexed: 104 historical records, 14 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1769 to 1902 most named in the 1780s
  • Deeds 1769–1864
  • Court minutes 1783–1816
  • Records of enslaved people 1784–1821
  • Wills 1784–1886
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Marriages 1791–1902
In the chronology
1742 to 1981 14 people in 57 entries, most in the 1770s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1742 to 1811
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (8), Franklin Street (6), Hillsboro (6), Hillsborough (5), Tryon Street (4), Eno River (3), Back Street (2), Raleigh (1)
Married into
Barbee 1, Caldwell 1, Copeland 1, Graves 1, Hogg 1, Nichols 1, Nunn 1, Miles 1, Reid 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Hogg 9, Alves 8, Tatom 5, Caldwell 3, Ray 3, Robson 2, Nunn 2, Watson 2, Allen 2, Walker 2, Shepherd 2, Shields 2
People with a page here
Archibald Maclaine Hooper, John DeBerniere Hooper, William Hooper
Spellings to try
Hooker, Hopper, Hoper, Hoopers
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 14 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 4 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 104 records

38 deeds, 11 records of enslaved people, 10 marriages, 35 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 9 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. Hooper marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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