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Orange County Indexed

The Rhodes surname

The Rhodes name in Orange County Indexed: 689 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1905 most named in the 1800s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Deeds 1753–1872
  • Wills 1760–1880
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1783–1905
  • Records of enslaved people 1798–1843
In the chronology
1792 to 1839 6 people in 7 entries, most in the 1820s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1840
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (28), Ellerbe Creek (21), Eno River (21), Second Creek (10), Chapel Hill (5), Suck Branch (3), Hollow Rock Branch (2), Petersburg Road (2)
Married into
Vickers 5, Herndon 4, Hutchins 3, Trice 3, Barbee 2, Brockwell 2, Copley 2, Guess 2, Horn 2, James 2, Moore 2, Warren 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Barbee 17, Patterson 17, Vickers 13, Rainey 11, Couch 10, Trice 9, Moore 8, Wilson 7, Lewis 7, Horn 7, White 7, Anderson 7
People with a page here
William James Rhodes
Spellings to try
Rhoades, Rodes, Rhodos, Rhods
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 2 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 689 records

152 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 91 marriages, 394 court minutes, 12 tax list entries and 35 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. Rhodes marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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