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Orange County Indexed

The Lewis surname

The Lewis name in Orange County Indexed: 370 historical records, 16 people in the chronology and 7 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1753–1869
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1783–1848
  • Marriages 1784–1911
  • Court minutes 1786–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1793–1840
In the chronology
1835 to 2004 16 people in 35 entries, most in the 1910s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 6 people, born 1856 to 1945
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (20), Ellerbe Creek (14), Eno River (9), Stony Creek (7), Hillsborough (7), Buck Quarter Creek (5), Franklin Street (4), Mebane (3)
Married into
Cole 2, Farthing 2, Alston 1, Bracken 1, Bullock 1, Burch 1, Caffey 1, Child 1, Christian 1, Clark 1, Clarke 1, Conklin 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Taylor 18, Child 12, Granville 12, Latta 10, Benton 9, Rhodes 7, Whitted 7, Thompson 4, King 4, Mitchell 4, Wood 4, Churton 4
People with a page here
Bob (Robert Franklin) Lewis, H. Stuart Lewis, Henry W. Lewis, Henry Wilkins Lewis, Jane Crichton Williams Lewis, Richard H. Lewis
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 16 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 7 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 370 records

135 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 54 marriages, 142 court minutes, 11 tax list entries and 14 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. Lewis marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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