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The King surname

The King name in Orange County Indexed: 860 historical records, 28 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1818
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Wills 1782–1879
  • Marriages 1783–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1801–1845
In the chronology
1784 to 2005 28 people in 74 entries, most in the 1980s
In books and archives
4 people, born 1913 to 1947
Places in its deeds and wills
Bolin Creek (21), Morgan Creek (19), Deep Creek (16), Chapel Hill (11), New Hope Creek (8), Flat River (5), Hillsborough (5), Great Road (3)
Married into
Lloyd 10, Gattis 6, Brewer 4, Davis 4, Sykes 4, Andrews 3, Carr 3, Wyatt 3, Pearson 3, McCauley 3, Ashley 2, Collins 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Hogan 22, McCauley 13, Johnston 13, Holt 12, Lloyd 12, Rainey 10, Gattis 10, Walker 9, Taylor 9, Blackwood 9, Adams 9, Horner 7
People with a page here
Martin Luther King Jr., Stephen King, Wayne King
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 28 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 860 records

198 deeds, 18 records of enslaved people, 166 marriages, 402 court minutes, 35 tax list entries and 41 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. King marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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