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The Sneed surname

The Sneed name in Orange County Indexed: 114 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1792 to 1906 most named in the 1820s
  • Deeds 1792–1874
  • Court minutes 1799–1816
  • Records of enslaved people 1816–1833
  • Marriages 1825–1906
  • Wills 1829–1841
In the chronology
1788 to 1823 2 people in 4 entries, most in the 1820s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1844
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (10), Hillsborough (9), Flat River (4), Little River (3), Back Creek (3), King Street (3), Cates Creek (3), Mill Creek (2)
Married into
Holeman 1, Latta 1, Lipscomb 1, Parker 1, Sparkman 1, Waller 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Hargis 10, Webb 10, Horton 10, Shaw 4, Lucas 4, Nelson 4, Jameson 3, Norwood 3, Yarbrough 3, Murphey 3, Graham 3, Steel 3
People with a page here
William M. Sneed
Spellings to try
Speed, Snead
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 2 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 2 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 114 records

75 deeds, 24 records of enslaved people, 6 marriages, 6 court minutes and 3 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. Sneed marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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