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The Wilkins surname

The Wilkins name in Orange County Indexed: 109 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1768 to 1908 most named in the 1820s
  • Deeds 1768–1874
  • Tax lists 1780–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1816
  • Wills 1784–1835
  • Marriages 1808–1908
  • Records of enslaved people 1809–1847
In the chronology
1915 to 1972 1 person in 3 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1865
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (4), Back Creek (3), Ellerbe Creek (3), Otter Creek (2), Flat Rock Branch (2), Scrub Creek (2), Huffmans Mill (1), Hillsborough Road (1)
Married into
Cain 3, Franklin 2, Holt 2, Jones 2, Pendergrass 2, Barbee 1, Briggs 1, Cash 1, Cheek 1, Cole 1, Davis 1, Dixon 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 6, Ming 4, Hutcheson 4, Cole 3, Dorris 2, Wood 2, Blackwood 2, Mebane 2, Dixon 2, Morrow 2, Phillips 2, Trousdale 2
Spellings to try
Wilkens
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 109 records

29 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 47 marriages, 23 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 4 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. Wilkins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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