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Orange County Indexed

The Parker surname

The Parker name in Orange County Indexed: 432 historical records, 45 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1754 to 1911 most named in the 1840s
  • Wills 1754–1871
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1757–1873
  • Court minutes 1764–1818
  • Marriages 1792–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1799–1859
In the chronology
1786 to 2020 45 people in 117 entries, most in the 1940s
In books and archives
4 people, born 1909 to 1942
Places in its deeds and wills
Flat River (28), Little River (11), Mebane (8), Mountain Creek (4), Hillsborough (3), Deep Creek (3), Raleigh (2), New Hope Creek (2)
Married into
Horner 5, Wilson 5, Brown 4, Roberts 4, Wagoner 4, Gates 3, Harris 3, Mangum 3, Woods 3, Smith 3, Allison 2, Browning 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Harris 19, Horner 12, Carrington 12, Mangum 12, Mebane 9, Taylor 8, Hart 8, Garrard 7, Bane 7, Roberts 7, Riley 6, Watson 6
People with a page here
David Parker, Edie Parker, Harrison Parker, James E. Parker, John A. Parker, Karen Lynn Parker, T. B. (Thomas Bradley) Parker
Spellings to try
Parmer, Parkes, Parke, Parler
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 45 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 4 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 432 records

117 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 124 marriages, 155 court minutes, 7 tax list entries and 15 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. Parker marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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