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Orange County Indexed

The Thomas surname

The Thomas name in Orange County Indexed: 241 historical records, 22 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1764 to 1907 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1764–1869
  • Court minutes 1766–1818
  • Wills 1766–1844
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1784–1907
  • Records of enslaved people 1832–1845
In the chronology
1923 to 2020 22 people in 32 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 4 people, born 1857 to 1948
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (14), Back Creek (4), Rock Creek (4), Stinking Quarter Creek (4), Stony Creek (4), Marys Creek (3), Cane Creek (3), Little Alamance Creek (2)
Married into
Cook 3, Jones 3, Dixon 2, Garrison 2, Riley 2, Stevens 2, Albright 1, Andrews 1, Anthony 1, Atkinson 1, Boggs 1, Bristow 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Albright 8, Thompson 7, Tate 5, Holt 4, Lindley 3, Cate 3, Sykes 3, Campbell 2, Lackey 2, Wilson 2, McManning 2, Gooch 2
People with a page here
Augustus Thomas, Clarence Thomas, Howard Thomas, Norman Thomas
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 22 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 241 records

64 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 64 marriages, 80 court minutes, 19 tax list entries and 12 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. Thomas marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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