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The Phillips surname

The Phillips name in Orange County Indexed: 311 historical records, 33 people in the chronology and 8 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1899 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1756–1847
  • Deeds 1763–1872
  • Marriages 1797–1899
  • Records of enslaved people 1799–1847
In the chronology
1740 to 1994 33 people in 179 entries, most in the 1860s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 7 people, born 1792 to 1938
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (45), Haw River (14), Tryon Street (9), Queen Street (6), King Street (6), Margaret Lane (6), Eno River (6), Chapel Hill (6)
Married into
Cole 2, Williams 2, Bass 1, Battle 1, Boyd 1, Brinkley 1, Clarke 1, Cook 1, Cooley 1, Dickerson 1, Evans 1, Fuller 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Webb 17, Lockhart 12, Whitted 11, Rainey 11, Kirkland 8, Albright 6, Turner 6, Parks 5, Taylor 5, Campbell 5, Cain 4, Yarbrough 4
People with a page here
Alonzo Phillips, Charles Phillips, James Dickson Phillips, James Phillips, Robert Phillips, Samuel Field Phillips, Samuel Phillips, William Battle Phillips
Spellings to try
Philips, Phillops, Phillps, Philip, Pliillips, Phillyps
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 33 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 8 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 311 records

118 deeds, 8 records of enslaved people, 37 marriages, 125 court minutes, 7 tax list entries and 16 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. Phillips marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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