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The Matthews surname

The Matthews name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1752 to 1895 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1752–1823
  • Court minutes 1753–1810
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Wills 1791–1795
  • Marriages 1814–1895
In the chronology
1965 to 1966 1 person in 8 entries
In books and archives
1 person, born 1942
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (3), Haw River (1), Cape Fear River (1), Bush Creek (1), Philadelphia (1)
Married into
Briggs 1, Deshon 1, Horn 1, Price 1, Qualls 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Ruffin 3, Norwood 3
People with a page here
Stuart Matthews, William Matthews
Spellings to try
Mathews, Matthis, Mathew
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 1 person

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 23 records

9 deeds, 5 marriages, 6 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 2 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. Matthews marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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