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Orange County Indexed

The Wheat surname

The Wheat name in Orange County Indexed: 3 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1807 to 1832 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1807
  • Court minutes 1811
  • Wills 1832
In the chronology
1859 1 person in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (1)
Often named with
Carman 2
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 1 person

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 3 records

1 deeds, 1 court minutes and 1 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. Search the name in every collection

1800s

1810s

1830s

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