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Orange County Indexed

The Wilder surname

The Wilder name in Orange County Indexed: 10 historical records, 3 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1807 to 1848 most named in the 1830s
  • Marriages 1807–1832
  • Deeds 1818–1848
In the chronology
1847 to 1991 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1914
Places in its deeds and wills
Owens Creek (1), Stony Creek (1), Jordans Creek (1), Toms Creek (1)
Married into
Vincent 1, Walker 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Atkinson 2, Burkett 2, May 2, Friend 2
People with a page here
Roy Wilder, Jr
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 3 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 2 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 10 records

4 deeds, 2 marriages and 4 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Wilder marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1800s

1810s

1830s

1840s

Undated

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