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Orange County Indexed

The Wood surname

The Wood name in Orange County Indexed: 364 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1898 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Deeds 1753–1874
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1755–1856
  • Marriages 1781–1898
  • Records of enslaved people 1821–1844
In the chronology
1674 to 1993 7 people in 9 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1841
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (17), Ellerbe Creek (7), Little River (4), Haw River (3), Flat Rock Branch (3), Rock Creek (3), Durham (3), Stones Creek (2)
Married into
Chisenhall 3, Albright 2, Burton 2, Davis 2, Glenn 2, Thompson 2, Alston 1, Boggan 1, Burn 1, Cain 1, Cate 1, Cates 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Albright 11, Woods 7, Wilson 7, Holt 6, Glenn 6, Coble 6, Cain 5, Newton 4, Few 4, Malone 4, Lewis 4, Allen 4
People with a page here
Mary Arthur Collins Wood, Rebecca Anderson Collins Wood, Sabret Wood, Thomas Fanning Wood
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 7 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 3 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 364 records

92 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 45 marriages, 186 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 26 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. Wood marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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