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The Lipscomb surname

The Lipscomb name in Orange County Indexed: 90 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1823 to 1904 most named in the 1860s
  • Marriages 1823–1904
  • Records of enslaved people 1826–1863
  • Deeds 1826–1874
  • Wills 1845–1879
In the chronology
1838 to 1977 4 people in 5 entries, most in the 1830s
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (12), Eno River (9), Flat River (2), Lick Creek (1), Dan River (1), Cabin Branch (1), Raleigh Road (1), Ellerbees Creek (1)
Married into
Rountree 2, Parker 2, Bass 1, Cain 1, Cameron 1, Douglass 1, Dowd 1, Hall 1, Harris 1, Hart 1, Holeman 1, Holman 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 10, Leathers 8, Turrentine 8, Woods 6, Douglass 5, Holeman 4, Steel 4, Oldham 4, Tapp 4, Turner 3, Johnson 3, Lipsomb 2
Spellings to try
Lispcomb, Lipscombe, Lipsomb, Libscomb, Lipscom
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 90 records

52 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 26 marriages and 3 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. Lipscomb marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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