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Orange County Indexed

The West surname

The West name in Orange County Indexed: 68 historical records and 11 people in the chronology.

In the records
1753 to 1881 most named in the 1750s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1780
  • Deeds 1755–1817
  • Wills 1774–1817
  • Marriages 1788–1881
  • Records of enslaved people 1817
In the chronology
1911 to 1993 11 people in 33 entries, most in the 1970s
Places in its deeds and wills
Stony Creek (5), Robinsons Creek (2), Toms Creek (1), Haw Branch (1), Haw River (1), Jordans Creek (1), S Branch (1), Milligans Spring Branch (1)
Married into
Atkins 1, Bynum 1, Clark 1, Massey 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Williams 3, Lewis 3, Faucett 2, Granville 2
People with a page here
Benjamin West
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 the historical records 68 records

19 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 32 court minutes, 9 tax list entries and 3 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. West marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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