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The Ward surname

The Ward name in Orange County Indexed: 289 historical records, 17 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1757–1874
  • Wills 1767–1889
  • Court minutes 1780–1818
  • Marriages 1784–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1824
In the chronology
1827 to 1991 17 people in 73 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Stags Creek (15), Cane Creek (8), Eno River (5), Chapel Hill (3), Hillsborough (3), Haw River (3), Columbia Street (2), Churton Street (2)
Married into
Compton 7, Durham 3, Lloyd 3, Moore 3, Perry 3, Sharp 3, Williams 3, Christopher 2, McAdams 2, Millington 2, Riley 2, Scott 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Compton 9, Pike 7, Armstrong 4, Burk 3, Moore 3, Clark 3, Underwood 3, Wells 3, Stoner 2, Kirk 2, Thompson 2, Barber 2
People with a page here
Ira Ward, Ralph H. Ward
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 17 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 289 records

77 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 82 marriages, 94 court minutes, 11 tax list entries and 24 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. Ward marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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