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The Baskett surname

The Baskett name in Orange County Indexed: 17 historical records.

In the records
1767 to 1846 most named in the 1840s
  • Wills 1767–1836
  • Deeds 1782–1846
  • Court minutes 1787–1800
  • Records of enslaved people 1846
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (3), Haw River (1)
Often named with
O'Daniel 4, Cate 4, Watlington 3, Morrison 2, Perry 2
Spellings to try
Basket
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 historical records 17 records

4 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 6 court minutes and 6 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. Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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