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Orange County Indexed

The Bryan surname

The Bryan name in Orange County Indexed: 49 historical records, 11 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1909 most named in the 1780s
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1779–1806
  • Deeds 1784–1848
  • Marriages 1784–1909
  • Wills 1818–1827
In the chronology
1824 to 1995 11 people in 35 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1860
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (4), Great Road (1), S Hico Creek (1), Back Creek (1), Whitteds Creek (1), Little River (1)
Married into
Baker 1, Blanchet 1, Steel 1, Robinson 1, Neely 1, Eason 1, Rider 1, Cook 1, Paylor 1, Webb 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Roney 2, Means 2
People with a page here
Shepard Bryan, William Jennings Bryan
Spellings to try
Bryant, Brian, Bryen, Bryans
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 11 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 49 records

10 deeds, 11 marriages, 22 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 2 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. Bryan marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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