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The Laws surname

The Laws name in Orange County Indexed: 307 historical records and 17 people in the chronology.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1850s
  • Tax lists 1755–1779
  • Wills 1759–1881
  • Deeds 1763–1874
  • Court minutes 1778–1818
  • Marriages 1799–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1814–1850
In the chronology
1799 to 1981 17 people in 135 entries, most in the 1890s
Places in its deeds and wills
Flat River (16), Little River (9), Hillsborough (8), Eno River (6), Mountain Creek (5), Reeds Creek (4), Big Branch (3), New Hope Creek (3)
Married into
Mangum 5, Hall 3, Leathers 3, Ray 3, Gates 2, Gray 2, Harris 2, Riggs 2, Woods 2, Umstead 2, Watson 2, Walker 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Strudwick 22, Lynch 17, Norwood 14, Turner 9, Guess 8, Walker 8, Latta 8, Nelson 8, Turrentine 8, Umstead 7, Harris 7, Leathers 6
People with a page here
Dudley M. Laws, George Laws, Hubert G. Laws
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 17 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 307 records

120 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 84 marriages, 80 court minutes, 5 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. Laws marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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