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The Ruffin surname

The Ruffin name in Orange County Indexed: 140 historical records, 15 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1810 to 1911 most named in the 1820s
  • Court minutes 1810–1818
  • Deeds 1810–1872
  • Records of enslaved people 1811–1846
  • Wills 1811–1889
  • Marriages 1832–1911
In the chronology
1752 to 2021 15 people in 117 entries, most in the 1820s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1787
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (18), King Street (8), Eno River (8), Haw River (4), Back Creek (3), Forresters Creek (3), Margaret Lane (3), Cates Creek (2)
Married into
Webb 2, Bass 1, Beasly 1, Brodnax 1, Cain 1, Cameron 1, Chambers 1, Harrison 1, Hill 1, Holeman 1, Jordan 1, Latta 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Kirkland 20, Webb 13, Norwood 11, Turner 9, Jones 7, Murphey 7, Neal 5, Cain 5, Whitted 5, Taylor 5, Campbell 4, Jackson 4
People with a page here
Allen Jones Ruffin, Anne Kirkland Ruffin, Edmund Ruffin, Jesse Ruffin, Sterling Ruffin, Thomas Ruffin, Thomas Ruffin Jr.
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 3 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 140 records

52 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 33 court minutes and 14 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. Ruffin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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