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The Berry surname

The Berry name in Orange County Indexed: 196 historical records, 21 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1758 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1758–1874
  • Wills 1761–1870
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1782–1818
  • Marriages 1791–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1819–1849
In the chronology
1784 to 1994 21 people in 137 entries, most in the 1860s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1798 to 1934
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (11), Little River (8), Flat River (8), Lick Creek (6), Eno River (6), Hillsboro (4), Churton Street (3), Milton Road (2)
Married into
Whitted 3, Cate 2, Wagoner 2, Brown 2, Whitaker 2, Bell 1, Carter 1, Ellison 1, Strayhorn 1, Blealock 1, Cates 1, Tickle 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Jones 8, Allison 7, Strayhorn 5, Waggoner 5, Brown 4, Armstrong 3, Faucett 3, Robinson 3, Pinkerton 3, Morrow 3, Miller 2, Ray 2
People with a page here
Harriet Morehead Berry, Job Berry, John Berry, Lisbon P. Berry, Mary E. Strayhorn Berry, W. P. Berry, Wendell Berry
Spellings to try
Bery, Barry, Beary, Berrey, Bearry
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 21 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 4 headings

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 196 records

70 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 62 marriages, 48 court minutes, 5 tax list entries 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. Berry marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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