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The Huffman surname

The Huffman name in Orange County Indexed: 87 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1773 to 1849 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1773–1849
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1790–1816
  • Wills 1790–1844
  • Marriages 1818–1849
  • Records of enslaved people 1827
In the chronology
1954 to 1992 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1990s
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (14), Back Creek (7), Great Alamance Creek (6), Alamance Creek (4), Gun Creek (4), Cedar Creek (3), Mebane (2), Boyds Creek (2)
Married into
May 2, Cabel 1, Hufhines 1, Whedbee 1, Sellars 1, Wagoner 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 10, Troxler 7, Adams 6, May 5, Isley 4, Clapp 3, Trolinger 3, Harden 2, Bason 2, Server 2, Criscoe 2, Loy 2
Spellings to try
Hufman, Hoffman, HuffmanF
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 2 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 87 records

48 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages, 20 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 5 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. Huffman marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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