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The Buchanan surname

The Buchanan name in Orange County Indexed: 3 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1785 most named in the 1770s
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Court minutes 1785
In the chronology
1841 to 1994 4 people in 7 entries, most in the 1850s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1888
People with a page here
Annabel Morris Buchanan, James Buchanan
Spellings to try
Bohanan, Buchannon, Buchanon, Buchannan, Buckhanon
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 4 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 3 records

1 court minutes and 2 tax list entries, 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

1770s

1780s

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