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The Sykes surname

The Sykes name in Orange County Indexed: 333 historical records, 11 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1787 to 1911 most named in the 1860s
  • Marriages 1787–1911
  • Deeds 1789–1874
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1797–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1802–1823
  • Wills 1806–1879
In the chronology
1879 to 1953 11 people in 12 entries, most in the 1890s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Turkey Hill Creek (21), Cane Creek (10), Bear Creek (4), Durham (4), Butchers Creek (3), Lick Branch (3), Toms Creek (3), Little Cane Creek (2)
Married into
Jones 11, Ray 10, Cates 9, Cheek 8, Dodson 8, Cate 6, Roach 6, Moore 5, Crawford 4, King 4, Lloyd 4, Smith 4 · the marriages
Often named with
Cate 15, Moore 14, McLemore 9, Smith 9, Minor 8, Christmas 6, Cates 5, Kirk 4, Durham 4, Cheek 4, Strudwick 3, Crutchfield 3
Spellings to try
Sikes
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 11 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 333 records

79 deeds, 6 records of enslaved people, 163 marriages, 72 court minutes, 2 tax list entries 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. Sykes marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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