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The Cameron surname

The Cameron name in Orange County Indexed: 273 historical records, 25 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1795 to 1909 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1795–1874
  • Court minutes 1801–1818
  • Marriages 1802–1909
  • Wills 1803–1891
  • Records of enslaved people 1810–1853
In the chronology
1752 to 2010 25 people in 160 entries, most in the 1870s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1777 to 1815
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (24), Eno River (23), Little River (17), Queen Street (9), Flat River (6), Ellerbe Creek (6), Hillsboro (5), Long Branch (4)
Married into
Shepard 2, Amy 1, Anderson 1, Baird 1, Beard 1, Bennehan 1, Bradshaw 1, Bradsher 1, Wells 1, Sharp 1, Winters 1, Ruffin 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Kirkland 19, Cain 16, Harris 14, Ray 13, Bennehan 9, Taylor 9, Mangum 8, Leathers 8, Turner 8, Campbell 8, Webb 7, Carrington 6
People with a page here
Annie Sutton Cameron, Bennehan Cameron, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Sallie Mayo Cameron
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 25 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 273 records

122 deeds, 32 records of enslaved people, 34 marriages, 74 court minutes and 11 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. Cameron marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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