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Orange County Indexed

The Hornaday surname

The Hornaday name in Orange County Indexed: 64 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1764 to 1846 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1764–1807
  • Deeds 1765–1842
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Wills 1792–1841
  • Marriages 1792–1846
  • Records of enslaved people 1813–1818
In the chronology
1954 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (14), Wells Creek (4), Rock Creek (3), Haw River (2), Marys Creek (2), Fayette Road (1), Old Road (1), Fayetteville Road (1)
Married into
Alexander 2, Albright 1, Allen 1, Dicks 1, Hill 1, Hofner 1, Thompson 1, Woody 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Coble 4, Wells 4, Underwood 4, Woody 3, Shofner 2, Patterson 2, Albright 2, Lindley 2, Nugant 2, Freeman 2, Pike 2, Wheeler 2
Spellings to try
Horneday, Horniday, Holladay, Hornedy, Holaday, Hornady
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 1 person

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 64 records

31 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 9 marriages, 13 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. Hornaday marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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