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The Roberts surname

The Roberts name in Orange County Indexed: 433 historical records, 30 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1761 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1761–1874
  • Wills 1774–1880
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1783–1911
  • Court minutes 1784–1817
  • Records of enslaved people 1799–1835
In the chronology
1808 to 2005 30 people in 58 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Flat River (21), Rocky Creek (12), Eno River (12), Ellerbe Creek (8), Nunns Creek (5), Hillsborough (4), Little River (4), Northeast Creek (4)
Married into
Crabtree 4, Parker 4, Cate 3, Hicks 3, Mangum 3, Thompson 3, Weaver 3, Archer 2, Clark 2, Ellis 2, Faucett 2, Gilbert 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Harris 12, Latta 7, Mangum 7, Jones 7, Parker 7, Umstead 6, Barbee 6, Cates 5, Ellison 5, Ray 5, Compton 5, Hutchins 4
People with a page here
Clyde Roberts, Fireball Roberts, Reid Roberts
Spellings to try
Robert, Robarts
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 30 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 433 records

138 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 141 marriages, 110 court minutes, 9 tax list entries and 28 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. Roberts marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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