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Orange County Indexed

The Waddell surname

The Waddell name in Orange County Indexed: 34 historical records, 11 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1827 to 1855 most named in the 1840s
  • Deeds 1827–1854
  • Wills 1829–1844
  • Records of enslaved people 1839–1853
  • Marriages 1841–1855
In the chronology
1771 to 1987 11 people in 56 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (3), Seven Mile Creek (3), Hillsborough (2), Obion River (2), Collins Creek (1), Atha Lindsays Mill (1), Chapel Hill (1), Hobbs Woodys Ferry Road (1)
Married into
Branch 1, Brownrigg 1, Cameron 1, Davis 1, Green 1, Iglehart 1, Swann 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Moore 6, Turrentine 3, Holden 2, Brownrigg 2, Ashe 2
People with a page here
Alfred Moore Waddell, Hugh Waddell
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 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 34 records

17 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages and 5 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. Waddell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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1850s

Undated

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