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The McDade surname

The McDade name in Orange County Indexed: 117 historical records and 32 people in the chronology.

In the records
1779 to 1911 most named in the 1850s
  • Tax lists 1779–1780
  • Court minutes 1787–1818
  • Marriages 1798–1911
  • Deeds 1799–1874
  • Wills 1808–1844
  • Records of enslaved people 1847–1851
In the chronology
1818 to 1989 32 people in 63 entries, most in the 1920s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (11), Chapel Hill (2), Great Road (1), Hillsborough (1), Bolin Creek (1), Franklin Street (1), Reid Street (1), Stones Creek (1)
Married into
Freeland 3, Allison 2, Compton 2, Moore 2, Murphey 2, Wilson 2, Allen 1, Baity 1, Battle 1, Brooks 1, Burch 1, Chandler 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Moore 6, Campbell 3, Watts 3, Carson 2, Barton 2, Breeze 2, Clark 2, Shy 2, Allison 2, Stewart 2, Crabtree 2, Thompson 2
People with a page here
Alphonso J. McDade, Patterson H. McDade
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 32 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 117 records

24 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 51 marriages, 28 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 9 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. McDade marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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