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Orange County Indexed

The Smith surname

The Smith name in Orange County Indexed: 1,389 historical records, 100 people in the chronology and 21 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1818
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Wills 1759–1892
  • Marriages 1781–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1794–1855
In the chronology
1786 to 2023 100 people in 426 entries, most in the 1980s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 20 people, born 1756 to 1944
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (28), Hillsborough (22), Little River (18), New Hope Creek (16), Cane Creek (12), Back Creek (10), Stinking Quarter Creek (9), Stony Creek (8)
Married into
Ray 9, Brown 6, Jones 6, Riley 6, Wilson 6, Cheek 5, Horner 5, Allen 4, Miller 4, Williams 4, Sykes 4, Thompson 4 · the marriages
Often named with
Jones 27, Thompson 23, Holt 21, Mebane 17, Nelson 15, Turner 13, Whitted 12, Ray 12, McMunn 11, Strayhorn 11, Craig 11, Patterson 11
People with a page here
Benjamin Smith, Betty Smith, Carl Smith (Chapel Hill businessman and county commissioner), Charles Alphonso Smith, Claiborne T. Smith, Jr, Dean Smith, E. Carrington Smith, Francis Smith, Fred Smith, Hoke Smith, Isabel Smith, James Sidney Smith and 14 more
Spellings to try
Smyth, Stith
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 100 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 21 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 1,389 records

355 deeds, 33 records of enslaved people, 330 marriages, 537 court minutes, 55 tax list entries and 79 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. Smith marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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