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Orange County Indexed

The Ringstaff surname

The Ringstaff name in Orange County Indexed: 25 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1790 to 1856 most named in the 1830s
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1808
  • Marriages 1808–1856
  • Wills 1831
  • Deeds 1836–1855
In the chronology
1831 to 1860 3 people in 4 entries, most in the 1830s
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (6), Churton Street (2), Mebane (1), North Street (1), Hillsboro (1), Orange Street (1)
Married into
Carrigan 1, Griffin 1, Hill 1, McVey 1, Miller 1, Murray 1, Read 1, Tudor 1, Wall 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Phillips 3, Freeman 2
Spellings to try
Rinstaff
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 3 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 the historical records 25 records

9 deeds, 9 marriages, 5 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 1 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. Ringstaff marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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