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Orange County Indexed

The Allison surname

The Allison name in Orange County Indexed: 743 historical records and 15 people in the chronology.

In the records
1753 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1753–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1759–1874
  • Wills 1769–1891
  • Marriages 1782–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1787–1856
In the chronology
1759 to 1992 15 people in 42 entries, most in the 1830s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (35), Little River (23), Hillsborough (17), Back Creek (12), Mebane (5), King Street (4), Churton Street (3), New Hope Creek (3)
Married into
Clark 4, Hughes 4, Wilkerson 4, Walker 4, Tinnin 4, Woods 3, Thompson 2, Gray 2, McDade 2, Watson 2, Taylor 2, Christopher 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Taylor 20, Ray 17, Thompson 15, Mebane 15, Clark 13, Woods 11, Campbell 10, Moore 10, Faucett 9, Armstrong 9, Whithed 9, Berry 7
People with a page here
Joseph Allison
Spellings to try
Alison, Allisons, Allson
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 15 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 the historical records 743 records

178 deeds, 27 records of enslaved people, 110 marriages, 377 court minutes, 14 tax list entries and 37 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. Allison marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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