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Orange County Indexed

The Sanders surname

The Sanders name in Orange County Indexed: 21 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1874 most named in the 1820s
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Deeds 1771–1868
  • Wills 1776–1827
  • Records of enslaved people 1790–1828
  • Court minutes 1800–1813
  • Marriages 1822–1874
In the chronology
1859 to 2019 9 people in 34 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Dan River (1), Chapel Hill (1), Craig's Lane (1), Haw River (1), Jones Ferry Road (1)
Married into
Ashley 1, Cates 1, Howard 1, Terrell 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Carter 2, Taylor 2, Rencher 2
People with a page here
John L. Sanders
Spellings to try
Saunders
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 9 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 21 records

3 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 6 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 5 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. Sanders marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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