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Orange County Indexed

The Woods surname

The Woods name in Orange County Indexed: 983 historical records, 25 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Wills 1760–1879
  • Court minutes 1761–1818
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1781–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1799–1862
In the chronology
1784 to 1990 25 people in 34 entries, most in the 1880s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (35), Eno River (13), Hillsborough (10), Haw Creek (7), Mebane (7), Queen Street (4), Varnels Creek (4), Mount Willing Road (4)
Married into
Brown 8, Hall 8, Ray 6, Mebane 5, Montgomery 4, Riley 4, Wilson 4, Allison 3, Cummins 3, Jones 3, McKee 3, Parker 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Nichols 17, Ray 13, Cain 13, Allison 11, Hall 10, Carrington 10, Mebane 9, Montgomery 9, Latta 8, Riggs 7, Thompson 7, Wood 7
People with a page here
David Woods
Spellings to try
Woody, Woodys
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 25 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 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 983 records

185 deeds, 28 records of enslaved people, 212 marriages, 482 court minutes, 33 tax list entries and 43 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. Woods marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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