Orange County Indexed

The Oldham surname

The Oldham name in Orange County Indexed: 63 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records

1763 to 1911 most named in the 1850s

Deeds 1763–1874
Wills 1818–1886
Records of enslaved people 1827
Marriages 1827–1911

In the chronology

1861 to 1943 6 people in 21 entries, most in the 1890s

In books and archives

1 family heading and 2 people

Places in its deeds and wills

Toms Creek (4), Collins Creek (4), Durham (3), Obeds Creek (2), Cane Creek (2), School House Spring Branch (1), Hillsboro (1), Hogpen Branch (1)

Married into

Jones 4, Stroud 3, Riggsbee 3, Brewer 1, Day 1, Kelly 1, Lewis 1, Lucus 1, McCauley 1, Meeks 1, Miner 1, Moore 1 · the marriages

Often named with

Leathers 4, Lipscomb 4, Turrentine 4, Tapp 4, Thompson 4, Brewer 3, Sykes 3, Cate 2, Cates 2

People with a page here

Amy Oldham, John Oldham, Thomas J. Oldham

Search beyond these records

Oldham in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Oldham there)
Oldham in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)

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 6 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.

Oldham family family, 1 work
Oldham, Amy, Approximately 1750-1840 1 work
Oldham, John, Approximately 1740-1831 1 work

In the historical records 63 records

27 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 4 court minutes and 4 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. Oldham marriages in full · Search the name in every collection