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Orange County Indexed

The Howard surname

The Howard name in Orange County Indexed: 134 historical records, 20 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1910 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1758–1863
  • Court minutes 1789–1811
  • Marriages 1797–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1804–1833
  • Wills 1820–1867
In the chronology
1765 to 1989 20 people in 49 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1829
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (7), New Hope Creek (5), Moccasin Branch (3), Durham (3), Long Branch (2), Motts Creek (1), Hillsborough (1), Margaret Lane (1)
Married into
Dodson 3, Sykes 3, Pugh 3, Cates 2, Durham 2, Bates 1, Boggs 1, Briggs 1, Cape 1, Crawford 1, Dickerson 1, Faucett 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Moore 6, Thompson 4, Christmas 4, Steel 3, Hargis 2, Williams 2, Horton 2, McDaniel 2, Cheek 2, Smith 2, Ray 2, Glass 2
People with a page here
B. J. Howard, George Howard, Martin Howard
Spellings to try
Haward
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 20 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 134 records

37 deeds, 6 records of enslaved people, 41 marriages, 38 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 6 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. Howard marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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