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The Rives surname

The Rives name in Orange County Indexed: 7 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1790 to 1836 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1795–1801
  • Deeds 1836
  • Records of enslaved people 1836
In the chronology
1946 1 person in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 family heading
Often named with
Gant 2
Spellings to try
Reves, Rivers, Rieves, Reives
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 1 person

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 7 records

1 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 4 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection

1790s

1800s

1830s

Undated

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