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The Yarbrough surname

The Yarbrough name in Orange County Indexed: 123 historical records, 3 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1799 to 1869 most named in the 1800s
  • Court minutes 1799–1818
  • Deeds 1800–1833
  • Records of enslaved people 1801–1833
  • Marriages 1805–1869
In the chronology
1820 to 1994 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1820s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (12), Great Road (3), Queen Street (3), Tryon Street (3), Quaker Creek (2), High Road (2), Little River (2), Churton Street (1)
Married into
Alston 1, Currie 1, Doherty 1, Gean 1, Hampton 1, Henry 1, Holman 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Webb 15, Cain 14, Bond 12, Kirkland 10, Ray 9, Bruce 7, Child 7, Smith 5, Clancy 5, Campbell 5, Young 4, Phillips 4
Spellings to try
Yarborough
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 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 123 records

43 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages and 64 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Yarbrough marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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