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Orange County Indexed

The Rice surname

The Rice name in Orange County Indexed: 62 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1764 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1764–1871
  • Wills 1769–1866
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Marriages 1792–1911
  • Court minutes 1803–1812
  • Records of enslaved people 1818–1819
In the chronology
1790 to 1976 9 people in 14 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1903
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (4), Mebane (2), Mill Creek (1), Big Hatchey River (1), Hathee River (1), Eno (1), Western waters (1)
Married into
Carden 3, Albert 1, Browning 1, Clayton 1, Holt 1, Pettegrew 1, Pettigrew 1, Pickett 1, Scoby 1, Terrill 1, Tyrrell 1, Younger 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Mumford 3, Thompson 3, Revill 3, Walker 3, Pickett 2, Adams 2, Lynch 2, Murry 2, Tomlinson 2, Umstead 2, Benton 2
People with a page here
Oscar Knefler Rice
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 9 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 62 records

12 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 17 marriages, 22 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 7 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. Rice marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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