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Orange County Indexed

The Burrington surname

The Burrington name in Orange County Indexed: 5 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1754 to 1761 most named in the 1750s
  • Deeds 1754
  • Records of enslaved people 1754–1761
In the chronology
1754 2 people in 2 entries
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (2), North East Branch (1), Cape Fear River (1), North West Branch (1), Northeast Cape Fear River (1)
Often named with
Strudwick 4
People with a page here
George Burrington
Spellings to try
Buffington
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 2 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 5 records

2 deeds and 3 records of enslaved people, 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

1750s

1760s

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