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The Riley surname

The Riley name in Orange County Indexed: 460 historical records, 14 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1775 to 1911 most named in the 1830s
  • Wills 1775–1878
  • Deeds 1778–1874
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1779–1815
  • Marriages 1785–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1822–1852
In the chronology
1777 to 1989 14 people in 19 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (23), Seven Mile Creek (11), Back Creek (7), McGowans Creek (5), Hillsborough (5), Forresters Creek (4), Little River (4), Great Road (3)
Married into
Crabtree 9, Thompson 8, Hicks 7, Jackson 6, Smith 6, Cates 5, Dollar 4, Hall 4, Woods 4, Watson 4, Walker 4, Cole 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 16, Watson 9, Parker 6, Carroll 4, Chambers 4, Latta 4, Trice 3, Brown 3, Redman 3, Walker 3, Ray 3, Allison 3
Spellings to try
Railey, Ridley, Rily, Raley, Ryley, Reiley
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 14 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 460 records

106 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 211 marriages, 104 court minutes, 14 tax list entries and 20 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. Riley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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