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Orange County Indexed

The Reed surname

The Reed name in Orange County Indexed: 160 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1911 most named in the 1760s
  • Court minutes 1753–1815
  • Deeds 1753–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1780
  • Wills 1769–1821
  • Marriages 1787–1911
In the chronology
1754 to 1994 7 people in 11 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (7), Eno River (5), King Street (3), New Hope Creek (3), Margaret Lane (2), Ellerbe Creek (2), Storm Creek (2), Hico Creek (2)
Married into
Bright 1, Hester 1, Moore 1, Powell 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Churton 8, Granville 7, Watson 5, Mason 5, Lewis 4, Martin 4, Clark 3, Mitchell 3, Bowie 3, Douglas 3, Carroll 2, Williams 2
People with a page here
James Reed, John Shelton Reed
Spellings to try
Redd
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 7 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 160 records

63 deeds, 5 marriages, 81 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 5 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. Reed marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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