The Richards surname

In the records

1761 to 1898 most named in the 1780s

• Wills 1761–1787
• Deeds 1765–1865
• Tax lists 1779–1780
• Marriages 1783–1898
• Court minutes 1784–1807

In the chronology

1796 to 1945 4 people in 14 entries, most in the 1880s

Places in its deeds and wills

Hillsborough (8), King Street (5), Margaret Lane (4), Eno River (2), Hillsboro (1), Hazel Street (1), Rocky Creek (1), Little River (1)

Married into

Barry 1, Brown 1, Fossitt 1, Hancock 1, Holman 1, Hulgan 1, Pearce 1, Pogue 1, Wilson 1, Taylor 1 · the marriages

Often named with

Jones 17, Strayhorn 12, Lyon 10, Nelson 4, Smith 4, Paul 4, Craig 4, Hunt 4, Breeze 4, Benton 4, Woods 3, Gill 3

Spellings to try

Richardson, Richard, Ritchard

Search beyond these records

• Richards in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
• HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Richards there)
• Richards in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)

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.