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Orange County Indexed

The Hughes surname

The Hughes name in Orange County Indexed: 161 historical records, 34 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1774 to 1904 most named in the 1830s
  • Wills 1774–1892
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Deeds 1779–1873
  • Court minutes 1787–1804
  • Records of enslaved people 1789–1843
  • Marriages 1789–1904
In the chronology
1779 to 1996 34 people in 124 entries, most in the 1890s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1902
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (9), Eno River (9), Jordans Creek (5), Hillsborough Road (3), Stony Creek (2), Laughlins Creek (2), Durham (2), Cumberland (2)
Married into
Allison 4, Link 2, Cook 1, Crossett 1, Dickey 1, Douglass 1, Ellis 1, Faddis 1, Game 1, Gattis 1, Henden 1, Hill 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Allison 7, Faucett 5, Moore 4, Wilson 4, Garrison 4, Clark 4, Thompson 4, Boyle 3, Harvey 3, Wilkerson 3, Tate 3, Ireland 3
People with a page here
Hatcher Hughes, John Knox Hughes, Langston Hughes, Robert Hughes, Samuel Wellwood Hughes, Ted Hughes
Spellings to try
Hughs, Hughey, Hurghes
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 34 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 161 records

72 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 37 marriages, 21 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 18 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. Hughes marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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