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The Mebane surname

The Mebane name in Orange County Indexed: 985 historical records, 25 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1755–1859
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Wills 1766–1877
  • Marriages 1794–1911
In the chronology
1752 to 1982 25 people in 116 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1809 to 1840
Places in its deeds and wills
Mebane (216), Back Creek (23), Mill Creek (18), Haw River (14), Haw Creek (9), Flat River (7), Eno River (6), Hillsborough (5)
Married into
Woods 5, Graves 3, Holt 3, Walker 3, White 2, Mitchell 2, Thompson 2, Moore 2, Morrow 2, Warren 2, Allison 1, Alston 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Taylor 71, Webb 59, Ray 22, Strudwick 20, Thompson 20, McCauley 20, Moore 17, Smith 17, Allison 15, Tate 14, Whithed 14, Benton 13
People with a page here
Alexander Mebane, Benjamin Franklin Mebane, Giles Mebane, James Mebane
Spellings to try
Mebanes, Mabane, McBane, Meban, Mebene, Merane
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 25 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 3 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 985 records

216 deeds, 28 records of enslaved people, 80 marriages, 597 court minutes, 13 tax list entries and 51 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. Mebane marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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