Orange County Indexed

The Cantrell surname

The Cantrell name in Orange County Indexed: 20 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records

1765 to 1845 most named in the 1830s

Deeds 1765–1845
Tax lists 1780
Wills 1790–1838
Court minutes 1796–1808

In the chronology

1973 1 person in 1 entry

Places in its deeds and wills

Stony Creek (4), Jordans Creek (2), Ireland (1), America (1), Jordan Creek (1)

Often named with

Robbs 3, Walker 2, Underwood 2, Tapscott 2, Faucett 2

Spellings to try

Cantril, Cantrill, Carrell, Cantrel, Cottrell, Cantral

Search beyond these records

Cantrell in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Cantrell there)
Cantrell in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)

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 1 person

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.

Cantrell, Scottee 1 entry, 1973
- April 24, 1973: The Association of Women Students publishes the first issue of its newspaper, SHE

In the historical records 20 records

9 deeds, 6 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 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. Search the name in every collection