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Orange County Indexed

The Rhea surname

The Rhea name in Orange County Indexed: 15 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1807 to 1815 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1807–1814
  • Records of enslaved people 1808–1812
  • Court minutes 1808–1815
In the chronology
1812 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (3), Bolin Creek (2), Narrow Street (1), Franklin Street (1)
Often named with
Taylor 3, Hopkins 3, Robson 3, Hogg 3, Craig 2
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 1 person

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 15 records

7 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people and 6 court minutes, 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

1800s

1810s

Undated

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