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Orange County Indexed

The Spence surname

The Spence name in Orange County Indexed: 4 historical records and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1762 to 1828 most named in the 1820s
  • Deeds 1762–1828
In books and archives
2 people, born 1899
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (2), Stony Creek (2), Soney Creek (1)
People with a page here
Cornelia Phillips Spence, Thomas Hugh Spence
Spellings to try
Spencer
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 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 4 records

3 deeds and 1 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection

1760s

1820s

Undated

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