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The Leathers surname

The Leathers name in Orange County Indexed: 353 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1779 to 1901 most named in the 1850s
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Wills 1779–1856
  • Court minutes 1781–1818
  • Deeds 1787–1873
  • Records of enslaved people 1803–1862
  • Marriages 1803–1901
In the chronology
1799 to 1874 4 people in 8 entries, most in the 1840s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (32), Little River (23), Ellerbe Creek (14), Raleigh (4), Mountain Creek (4), Flat River (3), Hillsborough (3), Dutchmans Branch (2)
Married into
Laws 3, Ray 3, Brown 2, Holloway 2, Nichols 2, Turrentine 2, Armstrong 1, Atkins 1, Barbee 1, Borroughs 1, Breeze 1, Cole 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Ray 14, Wilkerson 14, Turrentine 14, Turner 13, Hopkins 12, Thompson 11, Holloway 11, Steel 9, Cameron 8, Bennehan 8, Cain 8, Lipscomb 8
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 4 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 353 records

175 deeds, 29 records of enslaved people, 54 marriages, 75 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 15 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. Leathers marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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