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The Parks surname

The Parks name in Orange County Indexed: 147 historical records and 10 people in the chronology.

In the records
1755 to 1891 most named in the 1860s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1756–1874
  • Court minutes 1782–1818
  • Marriages 1783–1891
  • Wills 1793–1844
  • Records of enslaved people 1828–1846
In the chronology
1836 to 1986 10 people in 59 entries, most in the 1880s
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (39), King Street (11), Haw River (8), Churton Street (8), Union Street (7), Eno River (5), Tryon Street (5), Cane Creek (5)
Married into
Emanuel 1, Garner 1, Hassell 1, Herald 1, Leach 1, Weeks 1, Pugh 1, Tyrrell 1, Wallace 1, Tickle 1, Routon 1, Parris 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Brown 13, Phillips 5, Hooker 5, Jones 4, Cates 4, Turrentine 4, Assignee 4, Baldwin 3, Hedgepeth 3, Gattis 3, McNeal 2, Cox 2
People with a page here
Charles M. Parks, David C. Parks
Spellings to try
Paris, Parkes, Parke
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 10 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 147 records

78 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 13 marriages, 34 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 6 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. Parks marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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