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The Bason surname

The Bason name in Orange County Indexed: 87 historical records and 5 people in the chronology.

In the records
1779 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Tax lists 1779–1780
  • Deeds 1780–1866
  • Court minutes 1787–1811
  • Marriages 1800–1911
  • Wills 1809–1843
  • Records of enslaved people 1827–1833
In the chronology
1926 to 1957 5 people in 5 entries, most in the 1920s
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (11), Back Creek (7), Hillsborough (3), Main Road (2), Pine Branch (2), Deep Creek (2), Stony Creek (2), Quaker Creek (2)
Married into
King 1, Whitesides 1, Walker 1, Foust 1, McAdams 1, Pye 1, McBane 1, Fulton 1, Carrington 1, Trolinger 1, Dickey 1, Lashley 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 7, Foust 7, Clapp 7, Trolinger 5, Sharp 3, Huffman 2, Server 2, Stanford 2, Gant 2, Anderson 2, Paul 2, Hodge 2
Spellings to try
Bacon, Beason, Beson, Basson
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 5 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 87 records

30 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 18 marriages, 28 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 4 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. Bason marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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