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The Lindsey surname

The Lindsey name in Orange County Indexed: 155 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1756 to 1898 most named in the 1800s
  • Wills 1756–1847
  • Deeds 1765–1873
  • Records of enslaved people 1766
  • Tax lists 1780
  • Court minutes 1785–1816
  • Marriages 1792–1898
In the chronology
1785 2 people in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Prices Creek (2), Eno River (1), Cumbo Branch (1), Durham (1), Haw River (1), Pine Hill Creek (1), Ireland (1), Cane Creek (1)
Married into
Cates 2, Clark 2, Wilkinson 2, Neville 2, Morris 2, Smith 2, Bailey 1, Barbee 1, Blackwell 1, Brewer 1, Daniel 1, Durham 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Moore 5, Durham 3, Brewer 3, Armstrong 3, Edwards 3, Lindsy 3, Jamison 3, Nevill 2, Robertson 2, Lacy 2, Dixon 2, Stroud 2
Spellings to try
Lindley, Lindsay, Lindsy, Linsey, Lindey, Lindcey
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 155 records

9 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 46 marriages, 85 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 12 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. Lindsey marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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