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Orange County Indexed

The Lea surname

The Lea name in Orange County Indexed: 185 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1898 most named in the 1760s
  • Tax lists 1755–1779
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Court minutes 1761–1815
  • Wills 1768–1879
  • Records of enslaved people 1812–1844
  • Marriages 1817–1898
In the chronology
1752 to 1979 2 people in 5 entries, most in the 1760s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1807
Places in its deeds and wills
Stags Creek (13), Little River (7), Lynches Creek (6), N Hico Creek (6), Back Creek (3), Stony Creek (3), Quaker Creek (3), S Hico Creek (3)
Married into
Allen 1, Bradshaw 1, Bradsher 1, Compton 1, Faucett 1, Florance 1, Garrard 1, Holden 1, Mansfield 1, Moore 1, McCullock 1, Terry 1 · the marriages
Often named with
McCauley 13, Armstrong 8, Granville 7, Hart 7, Lloyd 6, Harris 5, Wells 4, Barnwell 4, Patterson 4, Thompson 4, Shofner 3, Faucett 3
People with a page here
Solomon Lea
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 books and archives 1 heading

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 185 records

91 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 18 marriages, 55 court minutes, 9 tax list entries and 9 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. Lea marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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