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Orange County Indexed

The Spencer surname

The Spencer name in Orange County Indexed: 24 historical records, 10 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1761 to 1885 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1761–1867
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Court minutes 1786–1796
  • Records of enslaved people 1795
  • Marriages 1855–1885
In the chronology
1775 to 2004 10 people in 70 entries, most in the 1870s
In books and archives
5 people, born 1734 to 1921
Places in its deeds and wills
Watery Branch (3), New Hope Creek (2), Hillsborough (1), King Street (1), Margaret Lane (1), Cross Episcopal Church (1), Rosemary Street (1), Chapel Hill (1)
Married into
Love 1, Mitchell 1, Phillips 1 · the marriages
Often named with
McCulley 2, Brown 2
People with a page here
Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, James Monroe Spencer, John E. (John Edward) Spencer, Samuel Spencer
Spellings to try
Spence
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 10 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 5 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 24 records

10 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 9 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Spencer marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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