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Orange County Indexed

The Tate surname

The Tate name in Orange County Indexed: 645 historical records, 11 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1752 to 1908 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1752–1818
  • Deeds 1764–1873
  • Wills 1770–1856
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1785–1908
  • Records of enslaved people 1803–1828
In the chronology
1775 to 1994 11 people in 32 entries, most in the 1890s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1824 to 1899
Places in its deeds and wills
Stony Creek (13), Haw River (11), Jordans Creek (9), Toms Creek (5), Mebane (5), Haw Creek (5), Watsons Creek (4), Mill Creek (4)
Married into
Strayhorn 6, Lynch 3, Smith 3, Allen 2, Armstrong 2, Hart 2, Kelly 2, Murray 2, Nelson 2, Sharp 2, Squires 2, Woods 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Mebane 14, Bradford 11, Wilson 10, Hart 10, Smith 10, McCulley 8, Bracken 7, Walker 7, Jones 6, Nelson 6, Scott 6, Rainey 6
People with a page here
Allen Tate, George W. Tate, James Turner Tate, William T. Tate
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 4 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 645 records

109 deeds, 8 records of enslaved people, 97 marriages, 381 court minutes, 14 tax list entries and 36 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. Tate marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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