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The Hopkins surname

The Hopkins name in Orange County Indexed: 333 historical records and 9 people in the chronology.

In the records
1755 to 1909 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1756–1892
  • Court minutes 1759–1818
  • Deeds 1763–1873
  • Marriages 1789–1909
  • Records of enslaved people 1798–1857
In the chronology
1792 to 1989 9 people in 16 entries, most in the 1790s
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (14), Mountain Creek (7), Eno River (6), Durham (6), Haw River (5), Chapel Hill (5), Bolin Creek (4), Flat River (4)
Married into
Ray 3, Carrington 2, Clark 2, Crabtree 2, Harris 2, Latta 2, Woods 2, Lyon 2, Barby 1, Benton 1, Bonner 1, Brooks 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Harris 13, Leathers 12, Carrington 11, Johnston 10, Ray 8, Patterson 7, Sims 7, Pickett 7, Benton 6, Garrard 5, Latta 5, Love 5
People with a page here
Samuel Hopkins
Spellings to try
Hoskins, Hopkin
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 9 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 333 records

102 deeds, 22 records of enslaved people, 50 marriages, 130 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 21 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. Hopkins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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