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Orange County Indexed

The Rogers surname

The Rogers name in Orange County Indexed: 217 historical records, 15 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1755–1836
  • Deeds 1755–1871
  • Wills 1767–1848
  • Court minutes 1780–1814
  • Marriages 1784–1910
In the chronology
1790 to 1975 15 people in 27 entries, most in the 1790s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1930
Places in its deeds and wills
Little Alamance Creek (6), Great Alamance Creek (4), Hillsborough (3), Little River (2), Mebane (2), Haw River (2), Back Creek (2), Mill Creek (2)
Married into
Patterson 2, Albright 1, Beck 1, Berry 1, Booth 1, Burnett 1, Cabe 1, Capps 1, Cates 1, Cheek 1, Coble 1, Couch 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Williams 5, Mebane 4, Albright 4, Turner 3, Long 3, Holt 3, Gibson 3, Patton 3, Yate 2, Thompson 2, Holmes 2, Pryor 2
People with a page here
John J. W. Rogers, John Rogers, William J. Rogers
Spellings to try
Rodgers, Roger, Roggers
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 15 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 4 headings

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 217 records

48 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 59 marriages, 91 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 10 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. Rogers marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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