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Orange County Indexed

The Shaw surname

The Shaw name in Orange County Indexed: 316 historical records, 15 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1780–1818
  • Deeds 1780–1852
  • Marriages 1787–1911
  • Wills 1792–1845
  • Records of enslaved people 1816–1842
In the chronology
1789 to 1977 15 people in 19 entries, most in the 1890s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 4 people, born 1742 to 1887
Places in its deeds and wills
Jordans Creek (8), Haw River (6), Back Creek (5), Flat River (4), Eno River (3), Mill Creek (3), Mebane (2), New Hope Creek (2)
Married into
Walker 4, Brooks 2, King 2, Vincent 2, Armstrong 1, Banks 1, Browning 1, Bumpass 1, Carden 1, Clark 1, Clenny 1, Cole 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Walker 10, Brashears 8, Hargis 7, Mebane 6, Kenion 5, Ray 5, Thompson 5, Sneed 4, Lockhart 4, Faucett 4, Weedon 4, Lapslie 4
People with a page here
Bernard Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Robert Shaw, Ruth Faison Shaw
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 5 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 316 records

57 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 55 marriages, 175 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 17 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. Shaw marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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