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The Roney surname

The Roney name in Orange County Indexed: 134 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1755 to 1849 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1755–1780
  • Deeds 1780–1848
  • Court minutes 1785–1818
  • Marriages 1796–1849
  • Wills 1800–1843
  • Records of enslaved people 1816–1845
In the chronology
1842 1 person in 2 entries
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (8), Haw River (7), Quaker Creek (4), Scrub Creek (3), Deep Creek (3), Mebane (2), Boyds Creek (2), Stony Creek (2)
Married into
Bryen 2, Pickett 2, Trolinger 2, Clapp 1, Cllindenin 1, Collins 1, Fonville 1, Graham 1, Hazle 1, Hughes 1, Montgomery 1, Prather 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Trolinger 6, Mebane 5, McCray 3, Bryan 2, Turner 2, Bryant 2, Anderson 2
Spellings to try
Raney, Rony, Roaney, Roneys, Reney, Rooney
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 the historical records 134 records

34 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 18 marriages, 64 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 4 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. Roney marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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