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Orange County Indexed

The Shepherd surname

The Shepherd name in Orange County Indexed: 144 historical records and 5 people in the chronology.

In the records
1768 to 1879 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1768–1873
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Records of enslaved people 1784–1847
  • Court minutes 1785–1811
  • Marriages 1827–1879
  • Wills 1839–1841
In the chronology
1821 to 1899 5 people in 6 entries, most in the 1880s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (11), Ellerbe Creek (11), New Hope Creek (7), Hillsborough (6), Tryon Street (3), Great Road (2), Wells Creek (2), Raleigh (2)
Married into
Carlton 2, Copley 1, Crisp 1, Hutchins 1, Kelly 1, Nutt 1, O'Kelley 1, O'Kelly 1, Pickett 1, Rhoades 1, Shaw 1, Starr 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Trice 5, Strudwick 4, Latta 4, Taylor 4, Carlton 4, Leathers 4, Wilkerson 3, Edwards 3, Paul 3, Benton 3, Hall 3, Ferrell 3
Spellings to try
Shepperd, Sheppard, Shepheard, Sheperd, Shepard, Shepperds
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 5 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 the historical records 144 records

77 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 43 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 2 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. Shepherd marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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