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The Snipes surname

The Snipes name in Orange County Indexed: 116 historical records, 18 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1793 to 1911 most named in the 1870s
  • Marriages 1793–1911
  • Wills 1795–1844
  • Court minutes 1800–1816
  • Deeds 1810–1874
  • Records of enslaved people 1822–1853
In the chronology
1793 to 1984 18 people in 25 entries, most in the 1940s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Terrells Creek (3), Chapel Hill (3), Bolin Creek (2), Cane Creek (2), New Hope Creek (1), Back Creek (1), Cane Creek Meeting House (1), Ready Branch (1)
Married into
Lloyd 3, Bradshaw 2, Fuller 2, Nevill 2, Neville 2, Andrews 1, Armstrong 1, Atwater 1, Bowers 1, Brewer 1, Brooks 1, Burnett 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Willis 11, Stanford 6, Barbee 3, Brewer 3, Robertson 3, Durham 3, Newlin 3, King 2, Freeman 2, Edwards 2, Mebane 2, Kirk 2
People with a page here
M. Norma Snipes
Spellings to try
Snipe
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 18 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 116 records

20 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 62 marriages, 20 court minutes and 11 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. Snipes marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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