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Orange County Indexed

The Walker surname

The Walker name in Orange County Indexed: 1,032 historical records, 55 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1758–1874
  • Court minutes 1764–1818
  • Wills 1769–1890
  • Records of enslaved people 1786–1841
  • Marriages 1790–1911
In the chronology
1752 to 1992 55 people in 147 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
5 people, born 1728 to 1899
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (33), Jordans Creek (18), Little River (17), Eno River (14), Hillsborough (11), Stags Creek (10), Cane Creek (8), Haw River (7)
Married into
Latta 7, Thompson 5, Allison 4, Hester 4, Riley 4, Shaw 4, Williams 4, Crawford 3, Garrison 3, Hunt 3, Hurdle 3, Mebane 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Ray 20, McCauley 18, Campbell 17, Harris 17, Butler 14, Thompson 13, Taylor 13, Mebane 11, Shaw 10, Carrington 10, Carson 10, King 9
People with a page here
Houston J. Walker, Joel Paton Walker, John Walker, Mary Walker, N. W. Walker, Peahead Walker
Spellings to try
Waller, Walter, Walkers, Waler
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 55 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 1,032 records

211 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 244 marriages, 480 court minutes, 22 tax list entries and 61 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. Walker marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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