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Orange County Indexed

The Webb surname

The Webb name in Orange County Indexed: 764 historical records, 62 people in the chronology and 8 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1910 most named in the 1830s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Records of enslaved people 1755–1863
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Wills 1759–1889
  • Marriages 1786–1910
In the chronology
1752 to 2000 62 people in 307 entries, most in the 1910s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 7 people, born 1802 to 1847
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (88), Mebane (39), Eno River (39), Queen Street (27), Churton Street (18), Cane Creek (15), Little River (14), King Street (13)
Married into
Edwards 3, Allen 2, Graham 2, Jones 2, Long 2, Morrow 2, Ruffin 2, Younger 2, Alston 1, Blalock 1, Bradshaw 1, Bryan 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Mebane 59, Taylor 56, Long 48, Norwood 35, Whitted 26, Turner 24, Strudwick 24, Campbell 21, Phillips 17, Thompson 17, Benton 16, Yarbrough 15
People with a page here
Alexander S. (Alexander Stewart) Webb, H. Winder Webb, J. Cheshire Webb, J. Watson (James Watson) Webb, James M. Webb, James Webb, James Webb Jr., John B. Webb, John Maurice Webb, Junius D. Webb, Thomas Webb, William Henry Graham Webb and 1 more
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 62 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 8 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 764 records

374 deeds, 45 records of enslaved people, 72 marriages, 232 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 39 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. Webb marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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