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The Rankin surname

The Rankin name in Orange County Indexed: 13 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1764 to 1830 most named in the 1760s
  • Deeds 1764–1830
  • Court minutes 1789
In the chronology
1915 to 1999 6 people in 7 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1919
Places in its deeds and wills
Little Alamance Creek (1), Flat River (1)
Often named with
Camp 2, McKnight 2, Tapley 2
People with a page here
Edward L. Rankin, Jr
Spellings to try
Rankins
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 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 1 heading

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 13 records

9 deeds, 3 court minutes and 1 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. Search the name in every collection

1760s

1770s

1780s

1830s

Undated

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